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The longest road | Part 2 of 3

Days of crisis, compassion

For those locked in the cycle of hopes raised and dashed while dealing with mental illness, it?s hard to imagine a more exhausting journey. By Jenna Russell

Zach Farley (left) and Stephen Gibbons have written four editions of guides to the best-selling ?Madden NFL?? video game. The latest game and guide will be released Tuesday.

Duo hit pay dirt giving ?Madden? advice

Zach Farley and Stephen Gibbons have written four editions of guides to the best-selling ?Madden NFL?? video game.

Sunday was move-in day as first-year students arrived at Brandeis. Ian Schein helped unload items for his daughter Michelle.

Brandeis leads rush of college students back to campus

Students? annual migration to the Boston area begins in earnest this week.

Lower temperatures this August have cut short beach time for many in Greater Boston.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

August?s cool weather gets a chilly reception

The temperatures have been, quite simply, pleasant. And therein lies the complaint.

Many Market Basket stores, like this one in Somerville, have empty shelves.

No accord in Market Basket discussions

A deal remains elusive as the stalemate continues to drain millions of dollars a day from the grocery chain.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007.jpg A rocky time for Everett?s mayor

My concern is for the women who may have had to put with Carlo DeMaria?s boorish behavior.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/petertheocurtis-9775--90x90.jpg Militants free US writer with Mass. ties who was held in Syria

Peter Theo Curtis?s captivity, at the hands of a group linked to Al Qaeda, was kept from the public.

Biopharmaceutical companies shifting labs, jobs to Mass.

The number of biotech research and development jobs increased by 13.7 percent between 2007 and 2013.

Opinion

opinion | Martin F. Nolan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/08245oped_nolan.jpg Obama?s Kennedy

Ted Kennedy, who died on this day five years ago, was the last politician President Obama respected or admired.

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