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GOP leaders say shutdown can be avoided

House Republican leaders said Sunday that they believed a government shutdown could be averted if Democrats would accept at least some of their demands.

Orioles 7, Red sox 6

Red Sox complete worst to first season

The Red Sox lost in Baltimore as Felix Doubront allowed five runs in the fifth inning, but Boston finished with a record of 97-65, tops in the American League.

Iran open to negotiations with US, official says

Iran would open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors as part of talks with the US, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said.

The gospel of Calle

She was the sweet, spunky girl who made the family complete. Then with one blurry MRI, she was a 5-year-old with little time left.

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Four friends took a camping trip through Alaska.

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The view from the docks of fishing boats in Valdez, Alaska.

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A bear was spotted on the road inside Denali National Park and Preserve.

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Passengers on an Alaskan photo expedition got close to the face of South Sawyer Glacier.

Pamela Wright for the Boston Globe

Humpback whales were seen "bubble net" feeding in southeast Alaska.

Pamela Wright for the Boston Globe

Mountains, glaciers and ice flank Glacier Bay in southeast Alaska.

Travel

Camping through Alaska with four friends in an RV

The itinerary? A 2 1/2 week, 1,420-mile loop through the country’s largest single wilderness.

PATRIOTS AT FALCONS, 8:30 P.M., NBC

Patriots’ keys to a win vs. Falcons

The Globe’s Jim McBride breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the Patriots and Falcons.

TOM KEANE

As the dust settles, six notes from the mayoral race

One of the lessons from Tuesday’s preliminary is that posts and tweets don’t get people to the polls; door-knocking and cars do.

Opinion

JOANNA WEISS

No-show millennials

There must be some way to bridge the gulf between the younger generation’s global goodwill and good local voting habits.

Globe exclusives

Orr, at his Sandwich home, would prefer he were not the subject of this story.

Orr focused on doing good — quietly

Marjorie Janvier Bellerand, shown with daughter Jolie, 7, said her candidate did not win the preliminary election. Now she will do her homework to determine who to back.

Candidates must woo precincts that shunned them

Bryan Cranston as Walter White in “Breaking Bad.”

critic’s notebook

‘Breaking Bad’ has remained thrilling to the end

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said he has several reasons for trying out a player.

Sunday Football Notes

Patriots outpacing NFL in player tryouts

The Globe’s Nick Cafardo thinks John Farrell deserves the award for AL Manager of the Year.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Tough calls when it comes to MLB awards

Meagan Racey and other scientists scanned the beach for red knots in Eastham.

Red knots elusive, but ‘threatened’

Theodore Green, a maker of high-end leather men’s dress shoes in Roxbury, said he has struggled to find local suppliers for the materials he needs.

Local artisans look abroad for goods

Eija-Liisa Ahtila’s narrative videos at the Davis Museum includes “The House,” which treats women’s experience of psychosis.

ART Review

Video art enthralls with life’s perplexity

Sydney Lewis Glover and her husband, J. Denis, with a few of her mother’s Surrealist paintings. Glover found them after Doris Lindo Lewis died in 1995.

Art

What’s that under the bed?

Sunday preview | Travel Smackdown

Berkshires north vs. south

Mike Hastings recently performed in Harvard Square, which is seeing a new infusion of night life.

Harvard Square gets its nightlife groove back

From left: Carol Vasconcellos, Carol Chaffee, the author, and Christine Nicholas.

Travel

Camping through Alaska with four friends in an RV

Sports

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Aqib Talib has come of age in Patriots’ secondary

Talib was a gamble, but he has emerged as the Patriots’ first shutdown corner since Asante Samuel and a leader who has seemingly thrived in the structured environment of Foxborough.

Boston mayoral race

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Politics

Raise for patrolmen becomes hot topic

An arbitrator’s decision to award Boston Police patrolmen a 25.4 percent raise seems poised to become a key issue in the mayor’s race.

Metro

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Hundreds gather, with dogs, at memorial for Quincy dog

More than 250 people, accompanied by countless dogs, gathered Saturday evening at a tearful vigil for a pitbull who was euthanized after it was found tortured.