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Shooter sought treatment at VA hospitals

Aaron Alexis, suspected in the Navy Yard shooting, visited Veterans Affairs hospitals in Providence and Washington last month complaining of insomnia.

Stock indexes hit records highs after Fed decision

The Federal Reserve’s surprise decision to keep its economic stimulus in place spurred the Dow and S&P 500 to new highs.

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President Obama criticized a “faction” of Republicans for trying to eliminate his health care law by threatening a government shutdown.

Latest MCAS results mixed

Governor Patrick announced that 14 Mass. schools have improved enough to shed the “underperforming” tag, but 20 schools remain troubled.

Red Sox fans sport facial hair for $1 game tickets

Red Sox fans outside Fenway Park described the best thing about their beards.

On Baseball

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Since it’s so close between Lester and Clay Buchholz, and since matchups won’t be a huge factor, don’t you reward the guy who has been there all season?

Glen James (right), who has been living in a homeless shelter for the past 5 years, received a citation from Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis on Monday.

Fund raises $70,000 for homeless man who returned cash

An online donations website had collected tens of thousands more in donations than was in a backpack Glen James found and turned in to police.

Rob Gronkowski (left) was up and running at practice Wednesday, as was Danny Amendola (right). AP/Stephan Savoia)

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Rob Gronkowski feels ‘way closer to playing’

There was no definitive word, but Gronkowski indicated he has made significant progress since last week.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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Coakley’s is a campaign about little beyond her notion that she should be the next governor.

Globe exclusives

Raking

To Grammar’s House

Time for a fall cleaning
The curving black brick pathway in the Monks Garden has the feel of the track in a labyrinth.

Gardner Museum unveils Monks Garden
Celestine Reid, associate minister at Belmont A.M.E. Zion Church in Worcester, is assisted by a service dog due to her hearing impairment.

Service dogs barred, doubted, deeply treasured
Sandy and Lonnie Phillips lost their daughter Jessica Ghawi in the Aurora, Colo. shooting.

No pausing by advocates of gun control
“We never worry about it,” said Ashley Dowdy, who lives near Maine Yankee with her children.

Town reels after nuclear plant closing
A trader worked at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 22, 2008, one of the largest single-day drops in NYSE history.

Opinion | Elizabeth warren

Scaling back ‘too big’
A solar installation at the Drydock building in the Boston Marine Industrial Park.

Green progress in Mass., Boston
The Patriots need help and Terrell Owens needs a job.

Opinion | Gary Washburn

Patriots should take a look at Owens

Onward and upward for Sarah Brightman
Glen James, a homeless Boston man, found a backpack full of about $40,000 in cash and traveler’s checks and turned it over to police.

Donations pour in for homeless man
Rite Spice Caribbean’s curry chicken.

Cheap Eats

Caribbean comfort food just like home
A bucket full of candy and other goodies awaits fans (like this youngster) who stay at the baseball suite at Hotel Commonwealth.

Hotel’s baseball suite near Fenway is a treat

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidate John Connolly with wife, Meg, at a rally in West Roxbury on Tuesday.

John Connolly leads crowded mayoral field in new poll

Connolly leads the new poll with 16 percent of the vote, followed by Daniel Conley and Martin Walsh with 12 percent.

Sports

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Gary Washburn

The Patriots need help and Terrell Owens needs a job.

Patriots should give Terrell Owens at least a look

The Patriots need receiving help and Owens, 39, who is training feverishly for a potential return, wants the job.

Metro

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Fire crews worked to contain a fire at a fuel storage area at Logan Airport on Tuesday.

Logan resumes full schedule after crews restore fuel system

The fuel supply system was shut down Tuesday evening after a fire broke out in a pump in a fuel storage area.

Columnists

JEFF JACOBY

Wellesley faculty back Chinese dissident
At 45 Province in downtown Boston, residents enjoy the use of a rooftop pool; the units offer 85 different layouts.

Shirley Leung

A house hunting trip like no other
Josh Redmond will be sworn in after he graduates from the police academy in November.

Kevin Cullen

A badge of honor
A model wore a wedding dress that featured an antler-like headband holding up the veil, in Paris in July.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

We’re nuts over nuptials

Adrian Walker

Test time for teachers union

Dan Shaughnessy

Could we see Francona’s Indians in playoffs?

Adrian Walker

A stab at redemption

JAMES CARROLL

Earnest atheists look for God

Yvonne Abraham

From pals to pariahs
From top: John Barros in “The Difference,” Bill Walczak’s “Only one says no,” Mike Ross literally runs for mayor, Dan Conley in “Innovation,” and Rob Consalvo in “All in for Boston.”

JOANNA WEISS

Boston’s mayoral race doesn’t need TV ads

JOAN VENNOCHI

Patrick’s tech tax wakes up a sleeping giant

Derrick Z. Jackson

A gridlocked city

Nation & World

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Bishop Gerald Seabrooks showed a statement made by Cathleen Alexis, mother of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis, in Brooklyn on Wednesday.

Mother of Navy yard shooter ‘so very sorry’

In a statement, Aaron Alexis’s mother said she does not know why her son did what he did, but is glad he can no longer hurt anyone else.

Business

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Jamie Dimon said the bank will aim for “more open and transparent” contact with bank examiners and federal agencies.

JPMorgan chief vows to fix troubles

Chief executive Jamie Dimon said the bank will aim for “more open and transparent” contact with bank examiners and federal agencies.

Arts

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Movie Review

Martina Gedeck stars in “The Wall.”

‘The Wall’ a stunning tale of isolation

Bleak and beautiful, harrowing yet inspiring, the film is based on the 1963 novel by Marlen Haushofer.

Food & dining

Sunday Supper

Spaghetti and meatballs.

Mini meatballs on top of spaghetti and in a hearty soup

With these recipes your weekend effort will yield robust weeknight flavor.

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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Magazine

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Beauty of the bottle
The cover for the September 8 2013 issue

Jefferson slept here
The cover for the August 25 2013 issue

Little folk
The cover for the August 18 2013 issue

Sharks Inc.

Ideas

“If we call something war, the instinct is that the military should really be in charge……But if you say it’s not actually military conflict, it’s not war in any sensible way, then you raise questions about whether the Department of Defense should really be responsible for this.”

Thomas Rid,  on cyberwar