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Boston schools to offer free lunches to all students

The initiative is part of an effort by Boston Public Schools to make it easier for students from low-income families to receive free meals by eliminating the need to fill out paperwork.

Obama pushes for approval of Syria military strike

President Obama received support from Sen. John McCain for a limited strike, although other lawmakers are wary.

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

Candidates talk about economy, jobs on Labor Day

Daniel Conley offered proposals for increased economic opportunities in Boston while Felix Arroyo and Charlotte Golar Richie also released job plans.

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

Joey Collins (left) and Ted Koch in the Barrington Stage Company production of “Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah.”

KEVIN SPRAGUE

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Literary legends ramble on in ‘Scott and Hem’

“Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah” explores the love-hate relationship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

The Royall House (above left) and Slave Quarters (rear) in Medford, was built by Isaac Royall, a trader in rum, sugar, and slaves.

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Museum in Medford adopts a new mission

The museum focused on a wealthy family, but now it’s being recognized for bringing to life the grim history of slavery in Massachusetts.

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

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 in a matchup of the best teams in the American League.

Henrik Stenson holes out from a bunker on No. 17, essentially wrapping up his win (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Henrik Stenson wins Deutsche Bank Classic by 2 shots over Steve Stricker

Henrik Stenson tied the tournament scoring record at 22 under par to win by two shots.

Opinion

JAMES CARROLL

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This juncture of near-infinite data collection and total analysis capacity achieves a critical mass in the penetration of secrets.

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Elizabeth Mitchell and Dan Zanes (right) with Mitchell’s husband, Daniel Littleton, and daughter, Storey Littleton, in Woodstock, N.Y., where they collaborated on the album “Turn, Turn, Turn.”

Teaming up for a kid-friendly album

Smart timing for smartwatches?
After joining a clinical trial at Boston Children’s Hospital, Katie Mills started to speak in complete sentences for the first time.

Health

A drug for autism?
Dr. Stephen Bergman wrote “The House of God” and other works under the pen name Samuel Shem.

Q&A | ‘Samuel Shem’

Author revisits ‘The House of God’

Album Review | ROCK

Rattling cages for better on ‘Worse’
Lalla Essaydi’s triptych “Bullets Revisited #3” from 2012.

Photography Review

Daughters of Scheherazade
Across New England, areas like the Swift River Valley (above, left, in the 1880s and in 2010) in Petersham have seen their forests, once cut down and cleared for farmland, replenished in the 21st century.

From the Sunday Globe

New England sees return of forests, wildlife

This fall, Boston’s momentum will face a significant test as the city elects its first new mayor in a generation.

Boston on upswing, poll shows
Derek Nally’s sisters Cathy Brennan, Susan Giugno, and Cheryl Wolfe want answers in his death. Arbour staff waited to try to revive him, officials say.

From the Sunday Globe

Staff failures cited in psychiatric patient deaths
Qiang Ke (left) and Yi Zhang rolled a bed from their old apartment on Commonwealth Avenue to their new one on Babcock Street.

photo gallery

Move-in day
Marie Kosnik (left) and Carrie Kosnik ate lunch at Ten Center Street Restaurant and Pub during the Taste of Newburyport food tour.

travel

Newburyport food tour leads to good eats
Tight supplies have made house hunting difficult for Carrie and Rich Garfield. The couple has lost out in three bidding wars on homes in Newton and Belmont.

House hunting more complicated

Sports

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US OPEN

Roger Federer walks off the court, seemingly in disbelief, after losing in three sets to Tommy Robredo in the fourth round of the US Open. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Roger Federer is upset in fourth round by Tommy Robredo

Roger Federer, seeded seventh in the US Open, fell in straight sets to No. 19 seed Tommy Robredo

Metro

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The new system should benefit time-pinched families.

New website tracks stops by Boston school buses

The site, tested last year with a few hundred families, will officially go live this school year for families across Boston.

Columnists

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Music dinosaurs pick a bad fight
Sergio Garcia hits out of a trap on the 14th hole during the third round.

Christopher L. Gasper

Garcia letting his play do the talking
State Senator Dan Wolf holds 23 percent interest in Cape Air.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The Dan Wolf exemption
(From left to right) Ray Flynn; Martin O’Malley; Héctor Luis Acevedo; Michael Nutter; Kim Driscoll; Ed Rendell; Kevin White; Amram Mitzna; and Tom Menino.

Yvonne Abraham

Would-be mayors’ mayors

Adrian Walker

Squeezing the laborers

JEFF JACOBY

Privatizing Logan fixes ethics problem
Tiger Woods drove his way to a 4-under-par 67 and a tie for 20th.

Dan Shaughnessy

Tiger Woods in Boston spotlight
Brightleaf vice president Jeff Turner (left) and CEO Dan Gaffney. The firm’s goal is to help lawyers streamline the document production.

Innovation economy

Start-ups take on lawyers

Bob Ryan

No shortage of topics to discuss
Charlotte Rose Kelly died at age 5. The new park was built in her memory.

Beverly Beckham

A gift in memory of a child, and a sign

Phil Mickelson was in deep trouble on No. 9, his final hole, but he hacked out and made a nice bogey save.

Christopher L. Gasper

Phil Mickelson a cut above at Deutsche Bank Championship
Seamus Heaney taught for 20 years at Harvard.

Kevin Cullen

Life of engagement, wondrous words

Nation & World

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Irish poet Seamus Heaney posed with the Nobel Prize for Literature he received from Sweden's King Carl Gustav XVI, right, Dec. 10, 1995.

Heaney mourned with poetry, pain

Ireland honored Nobel laureate poet Seamus Heaney, who died Friday.

Boston mayoral race

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THE MAYORAL RACE: THE CANDIDATES

Martin Walsh at a senior services center.

Early struggles gave Martin Walsh a solid underpinning

The mayoral candidate says he has yet to have a bad day on the trail. Alcoholism, bullets, and cancer can give a man perspective.

Business

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APP SMART

Spotify

Streaming for a good beat that’s to your taste

Discovering new music is still possible via the latest and fast-evolving trend in digital music: streaming.

Arts

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Book Review

George Johnson touches on a wide range of topics in his book, from the fact that dinosaurs got the disease to surprising statistics tied to residents of Love Canal and Hiroshima.

‘The Cancer Chronicles’ by George Johnson

Johnson, a veteran science reporter, offers up his own knowledge and insights into cancer.

Health and wellness

Nutrition and You!

Tips to help you reduce food cravings

Food cravings, an intense desire for a specific food, occur in up to 97 percent of individuals.

Globe Insiders

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As summer comes to an end, we take a look at a summer retreat visited by both the philosophers and the frolicker.

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Magazine

The cover for the August 25 2013 issue

Little folk
The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.
The cover for the August 11 2013 issue

Daniel Nava, the long shot
The cover for the August 4 2013 issue

The lake house

Ideas

“Cities have become the main source of fresh thinking about how to solve the world’s problems — and mayors, more than their higher-ranking counterparts in public life, are the ones setting the course.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the rise of mayors as a powerful political force