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Home of the Week: Lexington
This 1950s-era Modernist home features large windows and bright interiors.
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Mankins worked through injury
Logan Mankins played the majority of the 2011 season through a torn ACL in his right knee.
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Ex-Blue Jays manager John Farrell, who was previously the Red Sox pitching coach, will become Boston's new manager, a source said. For compensation, shortstop Mike Aviles will go to Toronto, a source said.
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Patriots-Jets: A long-time rivalry
When these division opponents face off today it will mark the latest chapter in one of the NFL's great rivalries.
Obama, Romney have one last clash
The stage is set for a fierce collision when the two candidates meet Monday night in Florida for a foreign policy debate -- the last before Election Day. (Globe)
First Fridays a fashionable place to be
The ICA, blurring the line between art institution and nightlife spot, turns into a den of culture and cocktails the first Friday of each month. (Globe)
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The landmark Boston restaurant that opened in 1875 has closed indefinitely, according to a sign posted inside the eatery’s door Saturday night. (Globe)
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soil a complex challenge
The US Northern Command is being asked to do more than anticipated, raising anew questions about the proper role of the active-duty military in domestic affairs.
Opinion | Kevin Cullen
Homecoming not just annual event
A group of men who came of age at UMass Amherst more than 30 years ago still get together each year at a football game, no matter what.
Tackling puzzle of busing, schools
Seattle shows the possibilities and the pitfalls of untangling from complicated citywide assignment systems and returning to neighborhoods schools.
Opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI
Romney is no champion of women
Mitt Romney’s history in Massachusetts is anything but women-friendly.
How the presidential ads add up
Where the competing depictions of the economy by President Obama and Mitt Romney get it right — and where they play loose.
Opinion | JEFF JACOBY
President Obama, the liberals’ bust
If a GOP president compiled such an atrocious record, liberals would do everything to prevent his reelection.
Legal problems could
multiply in meningitis outbreak
A nationwide meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham drug compounding pharmacy is likely to cause a flood of lawsuits, according to legal specialists.
Health & Wellness
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British doctors say Pakistani girl shot by Taliban improving
The British hospital treating a 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban said she has been able to stand with some help and to write.
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Romney to be in Boston for election night
Mitt Romney and his staff will be at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, said a campaign official who asked not to be identified.
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Not every financial skeleton will make it into your credit report. Find out which items are excluded and how they affect you.
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Emerson student lands MTV gig
“Quinnterviews” is what Quinn Marcus has coined her series of comedic shorts, featuring impromptu man-on-the-street interviews which now air on mtvU, a 24-hour branch of MTV geared toward college students.
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Lauren Fitzgerald may have the glammest gig in Boston's innovation economy: modeling for the "flash sale" company Rue La La, which runs time-limited sales of high-end merchandise via its web site and mobile app.
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Light-filled Modernist home in Lexington
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