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Get out the vote efforts could be key for candidates

Success in Tuesday’s preliminary election could depend on how effective the candidates in the crowded field for Boston mayor are in getting their supporters to the polls.

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Mayoral campaign donations, block by block

Many campaigns have pockets of support throughout the city. See how the donations break down.

Kenya forces claim final push in hostage crisis

Kenyan security forces battled extremists in a mall for a third day in what they said was an effort to rescue the last hostages.

In announcing resignation, Davis says ‘it is time to go’

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis said the department was in better shape than when he arrived from Lowell seven years ago.

Todd Ruggere posed with a sign displaying the name of the town and place where he is sharing a beer with Maxwell House the mule. Julie Blackburn a horseback riding instructor and donor for Ruggere's cause gave Max an iced tea.

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Man completes beer tour of Mass., collects $40,000 for cancer research

Todd Ruggere traveled to each of the state’s 351 cities and towns to have a beer, along the way raising money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Nobel laureate David Hubel, who taught at Harvard, dies at 87

Mr. Hubel, who was a scientist at Harvard Medical School, helped revolutionize the understanding of the brain and was awarded the Nobel Prize, with others, in 1981.

Frame by Frame

Stopped short by a serene scene

“Bibliotheque” by Gerald Murphy at the Yale University Art Gallery is not a masterpiece but still has a magnetic quality.

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Eat, drink, socialize — and read

A bookstore in Portsmouth, N.H., is crafting a strategy that online sellers can’t touch with restaurant offerings and conversation.

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Free to be you and mean

Larry Summers’ reputation for being “brusque” shouldn’t have been a factor while he was under consideration for the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve.

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Researchers examine mystery of why we itch

Dr. Rodney Falk, director of the Cardiac Amyloidosis Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, with patient Thomas Bridenstine.

Health

A hidden heart disease

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Mayoral candidates on the issues

Rookie receiver Aaron Dobson was targeted 10 times by Tom Brady and caught seven passes for 52 yards.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tougher tests to come for the Patriots

Jeff Daniels is a great actor, and his may be the most bearable character on “The Newsroom,” but his win over Bryan Cranston and Jon Hamm was an epic head-scratcher.

65th Primetime Emmy Awards

Plenty of head-scratchers at Emmy Awards

Mass. utilities go for wind power

Reporters surrounded Carl Yastrzemski at the unveiling of his statue Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ultimate Boston tribute for Yaz

Boston Ballet performed George Balanchine’s “Symphony in Three Movements” Saturday during “Night of Stars,” which kicked off the troupe’s 50th season.

Dance Review

Earthly stars, Boston Ballet shine on Common

For much of this year, Leiha Macauley had this sign outside her office door.

Shirley Leung

I am woman, hear me pump

James Spader plays a criminal who turns himself in and offers to help the FBI catch terrorists in “The Blacklist.”

Television Review

‘The Blacklist’ is slick, unenticing

The Roots never let up at the Life is good Festival in Canton Saturday.

Music Review

Good vibes at Life is good Festival

Game on

Thinking anew about playing with violence

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral hopefuls Rob Consalvo, Charles Yancey, Felix Arroyo, Martin Walsh, and Daniel Conley shared a laugh before a candidates’ forum last week.

Politics not as usual: a civil Boston mayoral race

Voters head to the polls Tuesday to pick the finalists among a field of 12 candidates who have, for the most part, been nice to each other.

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Case against Sullinger to continue despite girlfriend’s plea to drop it

Celtics forward Jared Sullinger faces charges from an alleged incident with his girlfriend, who asked that the case be dropped but the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office plans to pursue it.