Supermarket firm emerges as Market Basket bidder

Arthur T. Demoulas?s effort to buy out rival family members faces a new hurdle, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

Yvonne Abraham

Shutting down bike park an Emerald pity

The hidden haven for bike enthusiasts near Jamaica Pond put to use a piece of the Emerald Necklace that had been neglected.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0804_LOC_bodies4A.jpg Worcester officials issue advisory after drug deaths

Nine people have died of drug overdoses in the past six days, and police suspect heroin is the cause.

Tech Lab

G Watch latest addition to smartwatch offerings

The watch runs on the Android War operating system, but the steep price and quirky features won?t endear it to consumers.

Steward expanding psychiatric facilities

The health care system is spending millions to open psychiatric units in its Mass. hospitals, marking a reversal from recent years.

Work continues on the Plainridge racecourse slot parlor, as the steel frame of the prefab slots building is constructed.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Sides in fight over casino law ready to raise their voices

Leaders of the effort to repeal the law are preparing their first punch, while gambling companies are gearing up their own campaign.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-11869.jpg Red Sox in last place but still making a lot of news

Start with this: Tom Werner is on the short list to succeed Bud Selig as baseball commissioner.

Xander Bogaerts, who drove in the game-winning rub, also had an RBI double in the fourth inning.

Red Sox 2, Cardinals 1

Red Sox edge Cardinals

Xander Bogaerts?s sacrifice fly in the ninth inning broke a 1-1 stalemate.

Eroni Kumana

Solomon Islander who helped JFK save PT-109 crew dies

John F. Kennedy?s heroics may have been for naught had it not been for Eroni Kumana and Biuku Gasa.

Maury Povich talks with employees at Mother Freedom?s headquarters and manufacturing plant in New Bedford.

Maury Povich launches clothing company in New Bedford

Povich?s latest project is called Mother Freedom, an outerwear company with the tagline ?100% Made in America.?

Opinion

Farah Stockman | fifth in a six-part series

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1715.jpg The hustler who?s a mystery on the streets

He was jailed for selling cocaine and now seems to be rootless, an emblem of the problems faced by many young black men.

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