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Obama seeks world leaders’ support for Syria strike

White House advisers said President Obama was seeking ‘‘political and diplomatic’’ support, not necessarily military cooperation.

Charlestown man arraigned in fatal May shooting

Pablo Flores Jr. allegedly killed a 21-year-old who tried to break up Flores’s fight with another man, authorities said.

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In an interview today, Charles Baker called accusations that he bungled the Big Dig financing plan a sign that Democrats are mired “in the last century.”

Mimmo Cuticchio (left) and Giuseppe Fiorello play an old-style fisherman and a new-style entrepreneur in “Terraferma.”

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Exclusive Friday preview | Movie Review

Natural beauty grounds ‘Terraferma’

Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s picturesque morality tale takes too much on board for smooth sailing.

Sept. 5, 1979: A show of hands to volunteer to be the line leaders on the first day of school for second graders at the Elliot School in the North End.

From the Archives | Photo Gallery

Back to school in Boston

As students report back to school in Boston, we take a look at images of the past capturing this exciting and anxious time.

Exclusive preview | NFL kickoff 2013

Analyzing the Patriots’ 2013 schedule

What can the Patriots look forward to this season? Examine the details of their 16-game schedule.

The Architectural Digest cover.

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Brady, Bundchen show off Brentwood home

The 22,000 square-foot California home of Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen is the cover story of October’s issue of Architectural Digest.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Martin Walsh is getting strong union support in his bid for mayor, raising the question: What would he owe organized labor if he wins?

Globe exclusives

The Brown children — Adison, Cole, and Spencer — use so many devices their mother often forgoes policing.

In digital world, kids gain the upper hand
Quarterback Troy Flutie, right, is the latest member of his family to come through Natick bound for Boston College.

Troy Flutie the last in the Natick-to-BC pipeline for now

N.H. patients possibly exposed to brain disease

school football preview

New era for EMass school football

At her Wareham home, Rose Cherubini displays a photo of one of the dresses she designed.

style

Standing the test of time
“I went to my first fashionable New York nightclub when I was 15,” says Thom Solo (seated).

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The man behind the heels

Boston building inspectors worked Labor Day weekend as college students moved to apartments for the school year.

City cracks down during move-in weekend
Graves lighthouse.

Sold! Graves Island lighthouse breaks record
Left: “Omakase” means “I leave it up to you’’ and the Cafe Sushi chef served this tasting menu of flying fish, miso-marinated local sea bass, local fluke, smoked salmon, and salmon roe with pickled local corn. Right: seared avocado with truffle oil, salt, and lemon juice.

dining out

Cafe Sushi masters the art of raw fish

“The Safety Bounce” video was taped inside MBTA stations.

T debuting safety rap and dance

Special section

Welcome back! A Boston primer from Ideas
Many customers, like this one at the South Deerfield store, can’t resist the scent of Yankee Candles.

It’s in the olfactory of the beholder

Boston mayoral race

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The mayoral race: The candidates

John F. Barros joked with Ramikah Colimon at the Codman Square Farmers Market in Dorchester last week.

Barros believes in pathways to empowerment

How the Roxbury native arrived at this moment, as one of 12 candidates for mayor, is, in many respects, the story of America.

Sports

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Bruins forward Brad Marchand, shown shating Tuesday in WIlmington, was drafted during the Bruins’ most recent successful draft (2006).

Bruins must do better in drafting and development

The last draft bounty was in 2006, when the Bruins’ haul included Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, and Phil Kessel.

Metro

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Disgraced Chelsea housing chief Michael E. McLaughlin (left) is slated to plead guilty to state campaign finance charges today, court records indicate.

Michael McLaughlin arraigned; no deal expected today

Pleas negotiations continue after the ex-Chelsea housing chief was indicted last week by a state grand jury for several campaign violations.

Columnists

Tech Lab

Selling your phone has gotten a lot easier
Mike Napoli and the Red Sox left Fenway Park on Wednesday with a six-game lead in the AL East.

Christopher L. Gasper

This Red Sox team won’t collapse

EDWARD L. GLAESER

To fight crime in Boston, be prepared to spend more
UN chemical weapons experts visited a hospital where wounded people affected by an apparent gas attack were being treated near Damascus on Aug. 26.

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Crossing the line
This week, EMC’s Paul Dacier becomes the first general counsel to head up the Boston Bar Association in its 252-year history.

Shirley Leung

Legal talent growing, in-house

JEFF JACOBY

Where does compassion come from?
Henrik Stenson and his son, Karl, know who’s No. 1 following his triumph at TPC Boston.

Dan Shaughnessy

Henrik Stenson a worthy champion

Adrian Walker

The voter wild card

SCOT LEHIGH

Mayoral hopefuls on fire department reform

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

Adrian Walker

Squeezing the laborers

Nation & World

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Security officials inspected the scene of a bomb blast targeting Egyptian interior minister Mohammed Ibrahim near his home in Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt’s interior minister survives bomb attack

It was the first attack on a senior government official since the country’s Islamist president was toppled in a coup two months ago.

Business

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Food was served at a restaurant in St. Paul, Minn.

US service sector expands at fastest pace in 8 years

Sales and orders grew and employers ramped up hiring in July, according to a report.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

Steven DeMarco as Brick and Madeleine Lambert as Maggie in Wellfleet Harbor Actor Theater’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

A declawed ‘Cat’ in Wellfleet

In her production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,’’ Elizabeth Falk — who is credited with “script redaction’’ — diminishes some of the play’s unsettling force.

Style

Bargain Bin

Sara Campbell marks down spring and summer goods

Ami Albernaz’s weekly roundup of bargains includes Campbell’s end-of-summer warehouse sale.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

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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

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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
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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