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Obama seeks to persuade skeptical on Syria

President Obama is confronted with one of his most difficult foreign policy tests and faces a Congress divided about overseas conflict.

US long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad , 64, walked to dry sand, completing her swim from Cuba as she arrives in Key West.

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‘Never, ever give up,’ Nyad urges after Cuba-Florida swim

On her fifth try, Diana Nyad has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

Boston Mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie at the annual Labor Council breakfast in Boston today.

Golar Richie touts plan to increase Boston jobs

Using Labor Day as a springboard, mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie issued proposals for increasing the number of jobs.

John Lackey is not pleased after giving up the first run of the game in the seventh inning (on an Andy Dirks triple).

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TIGERS 3, RED SOX 0

John Lackey is a hard-luck loser again

Lackey turned in a solid start but got no support as the Red Sox lost to the Tigers, 3-0.

Global Rescue employees Bryan Kewley (left) and Kevin Helm participated in company training exercises.

World’s perils give rise to a rescue business

Companies are sending employees around the globe, and Boston security firm Global Rescue is in demand.

Adrian Walker

Squeezing the laborers

The Demoulas family and Liberty Mutual are divided by the way they treat their workers, but united by greed.

Galileo Mondol, 17, was charged in an alleged sex assault at a camp attended by 165 Somerville High School students.

Somerville mayor vows to review sexual assault case

Three Somerville High School students allegedly sexually assaulted underclassman members of the school’s junior varsity boys’ soccer team.

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