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Several suffer critical injuries in Arborway crash
The Arborway has been shut down between the Shea Rotary and Centre Street in Jamaica Plain after a multi-vehicle crash left several teenagers with life-threatening injuries, State Police said.

Part of the Jamaica Plain road was shut down after a multi-vehicle crash.

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Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, said Syrian President Bashar Assad has “an enormous stockpile’’ of chemical weapons.

Officials weigh in on St. Patrick’s Day breakfast flap

Elected officials and Boston mayoral candidates reacted to the questions raised over Linda Dorcena-Forry hosting the annual event.

Members of the Shir Hadash congregation took part in a Tashlich service on Rosh Hashanah, symbolically casting away sins by throwing bread into moving water, at the pedestrian bridge over the Charles River at Albemarle Street in Newton.

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Shir Hadash congregation members symbolically cast away sins by throwing bread into the Charles River on Rosh Hashanah, and more of the week’s best images.

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Plenty of firefighters, but where are the fires?

As ”emergency” changes its meaning, some critics are arguing it’s time to revisit a century-old system.

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Hernandez will continue to be held without bail after he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges.

The Notch Train, operated by New Hampshire’s Conway Scenic Railroad, delights day-trippers.

Exclusive Sunday Magazine preview | Fall Travel

10 vintage railroad rides in New England

Climb aboard for a unique way to soak in the fall foliage.

While the cast around him may change, Tom Brady will again be at the center of the Patriots roster in 2013.

Roster analysis

Meet the 2013 Patriots

This may be the most question-filled roster the Patriots have brought into a new season in several years.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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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

Tom Brady welcomed four new receivers - Danny Amendola, Josh Boyce, Aaron Dobson, and Kenbrell Thompkins - to the Patriots roster this season.

SPECIAL SECTION | NFL KICKOFF 2013

Earning Tom Brady’s trust is no easy feat
Arthur T. Demoulas filed suit in Suffolk Superior Court. It is the latest legal battle over Market Basket.

Fight for control of Market Basket leads to new lawsuit
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
Little-used Track 61, near the Convention Center in the Seaport District, which would get a train station.

Shirley Leung

Rail link coming to fast-growing Seaport
State Senator Linda Dorcena-Forry appears to be in line to take over hosting duties at the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast in South Boston.

Host of issues for St. Patrick’s Day breakfast
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
Vin Diesel as the title character in director David Twohy’s “Riddick.”

Movie Review

Vin Diesel rides again as Riddick
The Architectural Digest cover.

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Brady, Bundchen show Brentwood home

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

exclusive friday preview

Bring the noise? Chappelle would rather you didn’t

Boston mayoral race

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The mayoral race: the candidates

Daniel F. Conley (left) stopped to chat with Bud Damato and Billy Devine in their 1951 Pontiac while campaigning in West Roxbury last week.

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.

Sports

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Bill Belichick watches his players go through warmups before the start of practice Friday.Photo by John Tlumacki(sports)

Rob Gronkowski officially listed as ‘doubtful’ for Sunday

Rob Gronkowski is listed as doubtful, but not out, for Sunday’s opener, while Danny Amendola is probable.

Metro

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Galileo Mondol, 17, was led into a district court for a hearing on Friday in Pittsfield.

Judge sets $100,000 bail for Somerville teen accused in assault

Somerville High student Galileo Mondol, 17, is accused of raping a freshman with a broomstick during a team-building trip in Otis.

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

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

Nation & World

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Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis displayed an ad during his visit to a Chicago neighborhood,

Mayor’s economic pitch: Come to Minn. for wedding

Mayor R.T. Rybak of Minneapolis told gays and lesbians in Chicago they should consider holding their marriages in his city.

Business

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A job-seeker completed an application at a career fair in Philadelphia in July.

Jobs report shows slowdown in hiring

While the unemployment rate fell to 7.3%, employers added 74,000 fewer jobs in June and July than previously thought.

Arts

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A screen print from Andy Warhol’s “Flash — November 22, 1963” (1968).

Pop provided a perfect vehicle to explore JFK assassination

Andy Warhol’s screen prints form the Pop centerpiece of “Flash – November 22, 1963, ” a 50th-anniversary exhibit about John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

Movies

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Movie Review

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

Natural beauty grounds ‘Terraferma’

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

Globe Insiders

Insider Event | Sept. 25

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Attend a book signing and presentation by Qais Akbar Omar, author of the internationally acclaimed memoir.

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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