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• Palin outshines Biden in favorability, head-to-head polling
• PHOTO GALLERY Sarah Palin -- True or false?
• Hardball is new for both candidates
• Obama blasted over 'pig' remark
• Marianne Leone Welcome to the special needs club

• Schools get no break from plumbing law (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• Luxury co-op pays $2.2m settlement (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• T rape defendant has long record (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• Anti-income tax group lags in funds (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Reservist's science talent lights safer way in Iraq (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Yvonne Abraham A far cry from '04 (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
• Rockefeller's divorce papers to be released (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
• State cracks down on underage drinkers (By Jeannie M. Nuss and Anne Baker, Globe Correspondents)
• New England in brief Demolition worker electrocuted at store (Boston Globe)
• High gas prices take its toll on Mass. Pike (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• Changes urged on BC plan to expand (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Heart-wrenching moment at Logan (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• US is asked to KO $24m pest (By John Dyer, Globe Correspondent)
• Boston-area Haitians to mount 'massive relief drive' (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Lawyer, charity help answer a desperate plea for help (By Ryan Kost, Globe Correspondent)

• Thubten J. Norbu, at 86; eldest brother of Dalai Lama (By Douglas Martin, New York Times News Service)
• W.D. Mohammed, at 74; ex-leader of the Nation of Islam (By Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post)
• David Estes, at 86; founded Cape's Landfall restaurant (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)
• In brief (Boston Globe)

• Staking out territory Obama outlines broad plan for US education (By Scott Helman, Globe Staff)
• Staking out territory Parties jockey to guide flood of data about Palin (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• Numbers dwindle for primary care doctors (By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press)
• Study: US vulnerable to chemical, nuclear attacks (By Brett J. Blackledge and Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press)
• Daily Briefing Federal deficit to reach $407b (Boston Globe)
• Fort Dix plot trial will start Sept. 29 (By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press)
• Franken takes Minn. primary (By Brian Bakst, Associated Press)
• Colon cancer care found lacking (By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press)
• Child study hits unproven therapies (Boston Globe)
• Campaign Notebook Palin outshines Biden in favorability, head-to-head polling (Boston Globe)
• Hardball is new for both candidates (By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
• Obama blasted over 'pig' remark (Boston Globe)
• Counterterrorism work transforms NYC police force (By Tom Hays, Associated Press)
• Uproar over lab specimens (By Jim Abrams, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• N. Korea leader absent from parade (By Glenn Kessler and Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
• No clear successor apparent in Pyongyang regime (Boston Globe)
• Daily Briefing US urged to release anticrime funding (Boston Globe)
• Malaysia to punish official for remarks (By Sean Yoong, Associated Press)
• Thai court forces premier from office (By Seth Mydans, New York Times News Service)
• US pressure faulted in airline case (By David Stringer, Associated Press)
• US dancer decries treatment by Israelis (By Josef Federman, Associated Press)
• Traders take shine to ancient Silk Road (By Emily Wax, Washington Post)
• Ike exits Cuba and heads to the Gulf coast (By Anita Snow, Associated Press )
• After floods, Haiti losing count of dead (By Jonathan M. Katz, Associated Press)
• Russia says troops to remain in breakaway regions (By Stephen Castle, International Herald Tribune)
• Journalist escapes slaying in Baghdad (By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
• Leaders say they stand together (By Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King, Los Angeles Times)

• Globe Editorial John Kerry in the Senate
• Globe Editorial This board needs a makeover
• Globe Editorial More heat on heating oil
• Rita Nakashima Brock and Amir Soltani US, Iran, and the Axis of Friendship
• Jeff Jacoby Let government mind your own business
• Marianne Leone Welcome to the special needs club
• Joseph M. Giglio and Charles Chieppo Privatization that protects taxpayer interests

• Bay State actually a leader in clinical trials (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• Hospital chain's credit lowered (By Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff)
• Stirring up the market (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• At City Hall, a good use for all that wind (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Eco-friendly energy to power revamped Star Market (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Pending home sales off 3.2% in July (Boston Globe)
• Lehman will reveal results and strategy this morning (Boston Globe)
• Apple looks to holidays in iPod Touch price cut (Boston Globe)
• Student lenders to adopt new standards (Boston Globe)
• Business in brief Hub area's job growth rate reported US's 4th fastest (Boston Globe)
• Deadbeat parents' stimulus checks funneled to children (Boston Globe)
• US may be readying suit in Google-Yahoo deal (By Miguel Helft and Stephanie Clifford, New York Times News Service)
• Ike and OPEC send oil below $104 (Boston Globe)
• Automaker loans may be in stimulus plans (Boston Globe)
• Fannie and Freddie regulator is facing tricky balancing act (Boston Globe)
• Promotions boost McDonald's (Boston Globe)
• Scott Burns and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Look at your retirement financial needs from a 'real life' perspective (Boston Globe)

• Rays 5, Red Sox 4 State of denial (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Rays catcher Johnson, his home run went long way vs. Red Sox (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• On football Getting read on Cassel playbook (By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff)
• Report says Celtics coach Rivers agrees to contract extension (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Bowyer the 12th man in Chase (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Armstrong into re-cycling, as he'll unretire, compete in Tour (By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press)
• Sylvania 300 schedule (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Bryant decides against finger surgery (Boston Globe)
• Red Sox notebook Red Sox reliever Papelbon is trying to re-locate (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Mets 10, Nationals 8 Delgado's two homers power Mets (Boston Globe)
• Roundup Blue Jays make it 10 straight (Boston Globe)
• Notables (Boston Globe)
• On baseball A momentous change of momentum (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• How the runs scored (Boston Globe)
• Kazmir got Rays rolling (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Patriots notebook Patriots linebacker Mayo not being held back so far (By Mike Reiss and Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Chargers' Shawne Merriman opts for season-ending surgery (Boston Globe)
• School roundup McCabe has that little extra kick for Mansfield (By Lauren Ebstein, Globe Correspondent)

• Palate initiative (By Devra First , Globe Staff)
• What feeds the candidates' hunger (Boston Globe)
• Coloradito: Oaxacan red mole with chicken (Boston Globe)
• Chili (Boston Globe)
• Penne with pomodoro sauce (Boston Globe)
• Halibut Olympia (Boston Globe)
• Seasons Plum tarts (Boston Globe)
• Short Orders Yumming along in Belmont (Boston Globe)
• Tin star (Boston Globe)
• GOOD TO GO Special treatment (Boston Globe)
• Family Table Roasted garlicky romano beans (Boston Globe)
• Sesame noodles (Boston Globe)
• Dining Out Aiming to be a cut above a hotel restaurant (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
• Cheap Eats Great red sauce outside the North End (By Ann Luisa Cortissoz, Globe Staff)
• Bites Recent Dining Out reviews (Boston Globe)
• Galleries In sculptures inspired by boats, meaning is fluid (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
• Television Review In 'Do Not Disturb,' jokes overstay welcome (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Book Review An epic clash for the dominion of Europe (By Matthew Price, Boston Globe)
• Stage Review Ensemble of singing actresses are a high note of 'Follies' (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• Red cabbage salad with lingonberry vinaigrette (Boston Globe)
• Names Light on his skeet (By Mark Shanahan and Paysha Rhone , Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news Kennedy Center honorees announced (Boston Globe)

• A bit of Austria on the Lower East Side (By Lisa Zwirn, Globe Correspondent)
• Eco-travelers' vacation plans bypass the pump (By Michelle Higgins, New York Times News Service)
• CLOSE-UP ON wickford, r.i. Main attractions (By Ellen Albanese, Globe Staff)

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• NIGHTLIFE Hoedown at the 'hive (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• SHOPPING TIP OF THE DAY Turtle power (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• READING The eye of the storm (By Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent)
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• THEATER Reunited, and it feels so...good? (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• COUNTRY ROCK Dig the fig (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Date Night All that glitters (By Stephanie Schorow, Boston Globe)
• Road Trips High-falutin' fun (Boston Globe)
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