Senate resolution bars US ground troops in Syria

A Senate resolution authorizing President Obama to use military force against Syria would bar American ground troops for combat operations and set a deadline for any action.

Key lawmakers indicate support for Syria strike

President Obama won the backing of House Speaker John Boehner and House majority leader Eric Cantor for a military strike after a meeting in the White House today.

Officials warn of measles at two hospitals

Hundreds of people may have been exposed to highly contagious measles at Mass. General in Boston and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, health officials said.

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Galileo Mondol, 17, and two 16-year-olds allegedly forced their way into a cabin occupied by high school freshmen, a prosecutor said.

Jon Lester allowed one run through seven innings, and Red Sox relievers held on for the win.

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Red Sox defeat Tigers in matchup of potential playoff teams

Jon Lester was sharp through seven innings as the Red Sox won for the eighth time in 10 games and maintained their lead over the Tigers for the AL’s best record.

The Rifleman burger is a peppered patty with provolone and sauteed mushrooms and onions.

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Retro Burger & Ice Cream sets up shop in Arlington

The name pretty much says it all: it’s retro chic, devout to the ’50s diner theme with vintage metal Pepsi Cola ads on the wall.

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For many families, the re-entry to fall means a pledge to sit-down dinners. Here are some meals that everyone can agree on.

Jared Sullinger appeared in Waltham District Court on Tuesday.

Sullinger accused of pinning girlfriend during argument

Celtics forward Jared Sullinger grabbed his girlfriend’s cellphone when she said she would call police during a heated argument Saturday, authorities said.

Opinion

PAUL MCMORROW

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Boston has a reflexive antipathy toward tall buildings, whether in residential neighborhoods or the heart of the downtown.

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Boston school officials are hoping more students will eat the school lunches now that cost is not a barrier.

Without paperwork, school lunch served free
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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One house, two histories
Idris Elba returns for a third season of BBC America’s “Luther.”

Television Review

‘Luther’ is back on the beat
Stephanie Prashard answered the phone at the constituent service hot line at City Hall in Boston.

Line for problems draws big following
“Craft has gotten lost in this country. . . . You have to figure out how to maintain your craft,’’ said Patti LuPone during her first Saturday performance at the Art House in Provincetown.

Stage Review

Patti LuPone, indelible in story and song
Joey Collins (left) and Ted Koch in the Barrington Stage Company production of “Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah.”

Stage Review

All-too revealing ‘Scott & Hem’
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
Lalla Essaydi’s triptych “Bullets Revisited #3” from 2012.

Photography Review

Daughters of Scheherazade
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’
“I keep waiting for someone to tell me this is a dumb idea, but I haven’t heard that from anyone,” says UMass’s Paul Vigeant.

Fall River pushes to lure life sciences, tech

Sports

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Zach Sudfeld likely will be the No. 1 tight end until Rob Gronkowski returns.

Patriots’ youthful turn includes NFL-high 14 rookies

The Patriots were one of just eight teams across the league to not cut a draft pick, and they also have six second-year players.

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Robert and Jen Meeropol are the son and granddaughter of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

Granddaughter of Rosenbergs will take over fund

Created in memory of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953, the Rosenberg Fund for Children supports the kin of activists.

Columnists

Henrik Stenson and his son, Karl, know who’s No. 1 following his triumph at TPC Boston.

Dan Shaughnessy

Henrik Stenson a worthy champion

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.

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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

Why it’s a good time of year to be a sports fan
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

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People inspect the site of a car bomb attack at the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad.

Wave of bombings, attacks in Iraq kill at least 67

A string of car bombings tore through Baghdad early in the evening as residents were out shopping or heading to dinner.

Boston mayoral race

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THE MAYORAL RACE: THE CANDIDATES

Felix Arroyo greets Bunny Meyer of Jamaica Plain before a March on Washington commemoration.

Felix Arroyo banking on ground game in race

The candidate is on a difficult quest to prove that the route to the mayor’s office in Boston is paved not solely with money.

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A Yankee Candle store in Hanover.

Yankee Candle sold for $1.75 billion

The South Deerfield candle maker is being bought by consumer products company Jarden.

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Oprah’s 2012 interview with Bobbi Kristina Brown drew 3 million viewers, a sign of the fledgling channel’s turnaround.

Oprah Winfrey revels in OWN profitability, ratings

The Oprah Winfrey Network is in the black for the first time since its rocky start 2½ years ago.

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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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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