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Obama to make case on Syria in Tuesday speech

Speaking in Russia today, President Obama said there was a growing recognition among world leaders that ‘‘the world cannot stand idly by.’’

Jobs report shows slowdown in hiring

While the unemployment rate fell to 7.3% as more people stopped looking for work, employers added 74,000 fewer jobs in June and July than previously thought.

Shirley Leung

Rail link coming to fast-growing Seaport

The state plans to launch an innovative train service on a dormant rail line between the Seaport District and the Back Bay in just two years.

Special Section | NFL Kickoff 2013

Why the Patriots offense is so dominant

Tom Brady’s talent and smarts infect his teammates and carry the team a long way.

Waller, 50, and his wife, Lynn, intend to open Graves Island to the public, possibly as an offshore inn.

Lynn and Dave Waller intend to open Graves Island to the public in some manner, possibly as an offshore inn.

The new owner of the Graves Island ligthhouse collects old signs. like this one.

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Waller, 50, likes to collect old signs. like this one.

The old Exeter Street Theatre neon sign, one of many items Dave Waller has collected.

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“I love the way antique objects tell stories with all this rich folklore,” said Waller when asked why he would buy a lighthouse.

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The Graves Island Light Station near the entrance to Boston Harbor is not your average fixer-upper.

Barbara Salfity

There is no plumbing or utility services at the 110-year-old facility, and getting to the front door requires a climb on a 40-foot ladder.

Barbara Salfity

“My ‘aha’ moment was climbing to the watch level and looking out,” said Waller. “It makes you feel really small and very humble.”

Businessman bullish about lighthouse’s potential

The man who purchased the Graves Island lighthouse for a his record-setting $933,888 said it “is a great book waiting to be opened.”

The mayoral race: the candidates

Daniel Conley a somber prosecutor, affable candidate

Conley, the 55-year-old Suffolk district attorney, often presides over grim press conferences, but friends say he has a quick, self-deprecating wit.

Southie St. Patrick’s Day breakfast slugfest begins early

The idea that state Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry, a Haitian-American from Dorchester, is poised to take over as host is culturally and politically loaded.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

Governor Deval Patrick, chart a new course

There’s a growing sense that inertia has set in, that the governor is bored with the job and just marking the days until his term is over.

Globe exclusives

Alfonso Soriano was tagged out by Dustin Pedroia after being picked off in the ninth inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox-Yankees classic rekindles the rivalry

Long term care insurance premiums on the rise

$Though off-field infractions may cause fans to raise their eyebrow, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady’s success has made fans gloss over them.$

Patriots’ popularity unharmed by rocky offseason

Lynn and Dave Waller intend to open Graves Island to the public in some manner, possibly as an offshore inn.

Businessman bullish about lighthouse’s potential

Vin Diesel as the title character in director David Twohy’s “Riddick.”

Movie Review

Vin Diesel rides again as Riddick

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Brady, Bundchen show Brentwood home

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

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Natural beauty grounds ‘Terraferma’

Patriots schedule analysis

Joy Division (from left): Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Ian Curtis, and Bernard Sumner.

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An encore for Peter Hook

Dave Chappelle performs at the Oddball Comedy and Curiosity Festival in Mansfield.

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Bring the noise? Chappelle would rather you didn’t

“Patti [Lupone] is so fierce. In her performances, she has a full-on, out-for-blood quality that I locked onto to distract me from the craziness at home,” said Ben Rimalower.

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First stage role has actor/writer exploring his ‘Issues’

Charlie Baker and his wife, Lauren, sat for an interview at their Swampscott home on Wednesday.

Baker rebuts Democratic charges on Big Dig

Boston mayoral race

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CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK

State Representative Nick Collins (at microphone) endorsed mayoral hopeful John Connolly in South Boston Thursday.

Lessons from Larry DiCara, who wrote the book on Boston politics

The former city councilor’s book focuses on the 1970s and ’80s, a time of significant demographic change and upheaval.

Sports

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Koji Uehara, right, and David Ross celebrated after closing out a comeback win against the Yankees.

Red Sox trying to leave no doubt in AL East

You could see in Thursday’s win over the Yankees, even if you try to wrestle the division title from the Red Sox, they’ll fight back.

Metro

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John and Karen Odom will head back to California on Friday.

Marathon bombing victim John Odom returns home

John Odom today will do something he once thought might never happen: return home to California – the last of the Marathon bombing victims to do so.

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

Don’t force out black candidates

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The hospital lap

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