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Amid rise of super PACs, billionaire brothers wield clout

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The little-known Wilks brothers and their wives have donated more to super PACs than any other family in this election, with Senator Cruz the beneficiary.

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The video looks back at past Patriots triumphs, and points toward ?The Next One.?

09/03/15: Foxborough, MA: On Thursday night September 10th, the New England Patriots fourth Super Bowl banner will be unveiled prior to the season opening game vs. the Pittsburg Steelers and there is a spot waiting for it in the south end zone alongside the first three the franchise has won. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:Deflategate pics

Patriots set to raise Super Bowl banner tonight

A pregame ceremony begins at 8 p.m. Here are all the details about it.

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Maria Stephanos leaving Fox 25

The popular news anchor, who?s been at Fox 25 for nearly 20 years, is off to ?pursue new professional endeavors.?

Fall Travel

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The Commonwealth?s midsection is becoming a hot spot for beer businesses.

Visitors took photos by the John Harvard statue on Thursday.

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Visiting Harvard Yard? Mind the new rules

With some students saying they feel like they?re living in a zoo, Harvard is cracking down on tourists taking photos in windows.

Two sloth bears at Capron Park Zoo in Attleboro died within a week of each other.

Beloved sloth bear mates die within week of each other at Attleboro zoo

Amy, 25, and Goof, 27, were star attractions at Attleboro?s Capron Park Zoo. They had three cubs together.

Movie Review

M. Night Shyamalan?s slide reverses course in ?The Visit?

After a decade-long creative downward spiral, the onetime suspense icon is bouncing back.

A marijuana plant at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn.

More adults are using marijuana, survey finds

While overall drug use by Americans has held steady, heroin use has also increased.

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Ireland-based retailer Primark, which opens today, is bringing back low prices and trendy clothes to the old Filene?s Basement site.

US to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees

The US has come under increasing pressure to demonstrate that it is joining European nations in the effort to resettle Syrian refugees.

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry, meets with veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran Nuclear deal, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo)

Senate Democrats block disapproval vote on Iran deal

The Iran nuclear deal has survived a key vote in the Senate, in a victory for President Barack Obama.

Wheelock leader borrowed lines from others in welcome note

Shirley Malone-Fenner acknowledged using ?words? from the other letters, stopping short of an apology.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at a 'Women for Hillary' grassroots organizing meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

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Clinton slams Trump over Fiorina comments

Hillary Clinton?s comments came after Donald Trump reportedly said of Carly Fiorina, ?Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that??

New snow blowers hook onto front-end loaders and fill an entire dump truck with snow in just 15 seconds.

Boston DPW buys new equipment in anticipation of winter

Even though it?s still technically summer, the department is stocking up its eight road salt facilities and purchasing new equipment.

SJC considers couple?s foster parent bid

The couple passed state background checks, but were denied after disclosing their faith-inspired parenting approach, a lawyer said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/maeda_11wynnphoto_met1.jpg Site prep work begins for Everett casino

The preliminary site work will transform a site formerly occupied by a Monsanto Chemical plant into a ?five-star international destination resort.?

Storms are moving through the region.

National Weather Service

Showers will make for a soggy Patriots home opener

The National Weather Service forecast shows a threat of wet weather in Foxborough throughout the evening.

Ground Game

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Democratic campaigns for president have vastly more staff on the ground in New Hampshire than their Republican counterparts.

Opinion & Ideas

Thomas Piketty

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The continent can and must become a great land of immigration in the 21st century.

The Big Picture

Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after defeating Venus Williams of the United States in their Women?s Singles Quarterfinals match on Day Nine of the 2015 U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sept. 8, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA)

Mike Stobe/Getty Images for the USTA

The Big Picture

US Open tennis 2015

The US Open started August 31 and concludes this weekend in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Remember the long lines outside the Apple Store last September? Here we go again, and nobody?s more surprised about it than me.

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ON SPIRITUALITY

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Let?s face it. There are not many cultural superstars who are superstar Catholics, too. But Stephen Colbert is one of them.

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Shawn Donovan (33) and Abington will make a run for a second straight Division 5 Super Bowl win.

FOOTBALL

Preview of the 2015 high school football season

television review

?Walt Disney? documentary looks at man behind brand
The first collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, which opened at the Colonial Theatre in March 1943, went on to Broadway fame as ?Oklahoma? after being tweaked in its Boston run.

Critic?s Notebook

Colonial?s uncertain future a sign of changes in Boston
While Staples customers may think of retail outlets like the store in Danvers, antitrust regulators may focus on competition in commercial accounts.

Staples? merger deal faces antitrust questions
Landon Callahan, a 17-year-old senior from North Attleboro, recalled being an anxious fifth grader facing gender identity confusion in school.

A push for more inclusive sex education
William Young climbs the final segments of Mount Katahdin in Maine, the iconic northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, Aug. 14, 2015. Faced with increasing crowds and partylike behavior by a few, officials are threatening to reroute the end of the trail off Katahdin â?? a proposal that has stunned the hiking world. (Tristan Spinski/The New York Times)

Fall Travel

The mind of an Appalachian Trail hiker

The cover of a National Geographic magazine from 1985.

National Geographic turns for-profit in Fox deal

A separate bike lane along one of Boston?s most dangerous thoroughfares was constructed using house plants and orange traffic cones.

Cyclist creates temporary Mass. Ave. bike lane
Former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino (red jacket) and current Mayor Marty Walsh attended opening day at Fenway Park together in 2014.

The Globies to honor late Boston Mayor Tom Menino

New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski (3) makes the extra point after a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

In swing states, Clinton may face gender bias
Conductor Andris Nelsons with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Music

Andris Nelsons to take German post as second home to BSO

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Does Malcolm Butler have what it takes to be a No. 1 cornerback for the Patriots?

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

Five questions as Patriots open the season

For at least one night, Patriots players, coaches, executives, and fans can forget about Deflategate and focus on football.

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Neil Bluhm addressed the commissioners about his proposed casino in Brockton at a public meeting in August.

Brockton casino developer says he?ll pull out if no deal soon

?I don?t want to spend the time, effort, or money waiting around,? said Neil Bluhm, who has pledged to spend up to $200 million.

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Columnists

JOANNA WEISS

Calling politicians to end the obesity crisis
Catherine Piedad was confined to a $1.7 million home in Newton until she mustered the courage to call the police.

Yvonne Abraham

It?s time to name names
New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski (3) makes the extra point after a touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks during the first half of NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

How much difference will extra point rule change make?

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The vacation penumbra

A rendering of the development.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

KO?ed by a condo development?

JEFF JACOBY

A hero, and a lesson in humanity

DANTE RAMOS

Shareholders revolt ? and not in a warm, fuzzy way
Rickie Fowler reacts after sinking a long birdie putt on the 14th hole in the final round of the Deutsche Bank Monday.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Hats off to colorful Rickie Fowler

Boston Police Commissioner Joseph Jordan spoke at a community police protection meeting at Holland School in Dorchester in 1979.

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A Boston police unit can teach us about changing culture

Steven Syre | Boston Capital

BC business school dean learns a lesson
Entitled is now available in some 50 restaurants and bars.

Kevin Cullen

Entitled to a good beer
The last page of Judge Richard M. Berman's decision to overturn the four-game suspension of Tom Brady.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Court ruling doesn?t change Deflategate opinions

Nation & World

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The skeleton of Homo Naledi

With Homo naledi, a new link to humankind?s past

Scientists say they?ve unearthed a new member of the human family tree in a pitch-dark chamber of a cave in South Africa.

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Mayor Marty Walsh reacted to a enlarged photograph of himself from his youth during an interview at Suffolk University.

Mayor Walsh to seek reelection in 2017

The mayor also said during the Political Happy Hour that he would not rule out a run for higher office.

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Former Joslin CEO John L. Brooks III (right), said he remains committed to finding better treatments for diabetes.

Former Joslin CEO shocked at ouster

?I was asked to resign, which I did. I wish I had the reason,? said John L. Brooks III.

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Plated | Jon Lee of Red Apple Farm

They can?t make cider doughnuts fast enough

Finding Red Apple Farm in the Boston Public Market is easy. Just follow your nose.

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Conductor Andris Nelsons with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Music

Andris Nelsons to take German post as second home to BSO

Nelsons will take on the leadership of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Germany, beginning in the fall of 2017.

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