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‘Diplomatic path’ sought with Iran, Obama says

Speaking at the UN, President Obama said he has directed Secretary of State John Kerry to pursue a nuclear weapons agreement with Iran.

Kenya Defence Forces soldiers took their position at the Westgate shopping centre on the fourth day of the standoff.

Militant group says hostages alive in Kenya mall

While the Kenyan government said it was in “mop-up operations,” militants said hostages are still alive and fighters are “still holding their ground.”

Mass. home sales, prices jumped in August

Sale of single-family jumped nearly 14 percent compared to a year ago, and median prices rose more than 10 percent to $340,000.

ON BASEBALL

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Chances are, the Red Sox will face the Indians, Rays, Rangers, or Tigers.

The Race for Mayor

Early voter turnout appears light in preliminary election

As of 9 a.m., 18,604 voters, or 5.05 percent of registered voters, had cast ballots, according to city figures.

 

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/voting_ryan-12348--90x90.JPG At the polls, inspiration amid the nuts and bolts of democracy

Voters expressed enthusiasm, frustration, and some confusion as they voted in a crowded mayoral race to replace Thomas Menino.

None of the fledgling vote-wrangling apparatuses compares with the 20-year-old voter engine maintained with such care by the outgoing mayor, Thomas M. Menino, who was invulnerable on Election Day. These signs were from his last campaign, in 2009.

For mayoral rivals, it all rests on turnout

With candidates polling within points of one another, their respective get-out-the-vote efforts in Boston could prove decisive in the preliminary election.

Voter resources

Polling hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Where to vote: Find your polling location

The candidates | Compare the issues

More coverage: The race for mayor

City of Boston election resources

Opinion

PAUL MCMORROW

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The seat of city government is the worst building in the city, and it’s dragging down the downtown neighborhood surrounding it.

Globe exclusives

Elif Yavuz and her partner, Ross Langdon.

New Harvard grad a victim in Kenya
David Cordish pitched his proposed slots parlor in Leominster to still-undecided resident Cheryl Morrill on Saturday.

Going door to door for gambling
The antiwar, pro-warrior position seems quite natural to Bernie Sanders, who sees a moral obligation in providing the best possible health care.

An antiwar, pro-veteran senator
Owners of the Book & Bar John Petrovato, David Lovelace, and Jon Strymish at the bar with beer and books.

Eat, drink, socialize — and read

Work begins on sports complex

Frame by Frame

Stopped short by a serene scene
Chloe Bennet as Skye and Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson in Joss Whedon’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”

Television Review

Behind every superhero, a team of ‘Agents’?

ALBUM REVIEW | Pop

Masterful leap across time by Elton John
Itchiness

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

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral campaign notebook

In a campaign mailer, Daniel Conley seemingly claims to be the only candidate who favors a citywide vote on the casino.

Bill Walczak, Daniel Conley bicker over vote on casino

In a campaign mailer, Conley seemingly claims to be the only candidate who favors a citywide vote on the casino.

Sports

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Patriots Notebook

Danny Amendola did practice last week on a limited basis.

Patriots’ Danny Amendola said to be improving

A league source said that the Patriots receiver is “progressing very well” as he recovers from torn groin muscles.

Metro

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Elif Yavuz and her partner, Ross Langdon.

New Harvard grad a victim in Kenyan mall attack

A recent Harvard graduate and her partner, who traveled together internationally doing humanitarian work, were among those killed.

Columnists

President Barack Obama awarded US Army Staff Sergeant Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor in August.

Kevin Cullen

Redeployed to fight stigma
The statuesque Tom Brady should end up bronzed when his playing days are done.

Christopher L. Gasper

Next athlete to get a statue? Brady

JAMES CARROLL

A president who saved the US from war
Reporters surrounded Carl Yastrzemski at the unveiling of his statue Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ultimate Boston tribute for Yaz

Adrian Walker

Davis made his mark at BPD
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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Will women turn tide for Golar Richie?
David Ross, Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox have exceeded most fans’ expectations this season.

Bob Ryan

What a pleasant surprise

JOANNA WEISS

Shaking up the academic core

Clay Buchholz threw the most pitches he has since his comeback (106) without pain or issue.

Christopher L. Gasper

Buchholz slowly regaining his form
Brian Krejcarek got $100,000 in funding from members of panel of investors after his on-stage demo.

Innovation Economy

Easy to launch, tough to build

SCOT LEHIGH

Push harder for gun-law changes

Nation & World

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A cone of black smoke emerged from the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on Monday. The Islamist militants who carried out the attack at the mall, which killed at least 62 people, were still inside the building, despite the effort by hundreds of Kenyan troops to remove them.

Americans among attackers, Kenyan official says

The Kenyan foreign minister said that “two or three” Americans were among the gunmen who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall.

Business

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The naming rights contract for the Bank of America Pavilion was $5 million for fifteen years. It expires this month.

Seaport concert venue in search of a name

Bank of America will soon drop its sponsorship of the performance pavilion on the Boston waterfront.

Arts

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Television Review

Bradley Whitford’s third wife (left), played by Malin Akerman, with Michaela Watkins, the other ex.

‘Trophy Wife’: Meet the exes

“Trophy Wife” isn’t flat-out awful, which, in this network television fall season of mediocrity, is saying something.

Globe Insiders

Insider Event | Sept. 25

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/03/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/Kabul_4May07_0271.jpg Qais Akbar Omar, author of ‘A Fort of Nine Towers’

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

Boston Globe ePaper

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Magazine

The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

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

Ideas

“You even can see and hear birds in Boston, something unthinkable in Chinese cities.”

Wolfgang Georg Arlt,  founder of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute