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EDITOR'S CHOICE

Weapons check

Want a gun license? Much depends on where you hang your holster.

My word!

Some parts of Boston language never seem to go out of fashion.

Natural formula

Michio Kushi sowed the seeds of the health-food movement.

Party on!

For over 200 years Boston's harbored many a splashy protest.

Take my piano

In a city that once churned them out, more folks seek to turn them out.

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• The cutting crew
• Of Red Hats and Red Sox
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WHO TAUGHT YOU TO DRIVE?

ZAP cars get you around cheaply, but not in Massachusetts

With gas prices so high, surely you've heard of the ZAP car? No, not a Zipcar, which urbanites rent by the hour for quick trips around town. A ZAP car, as in the 2008 ZAP Xebra Sedan, an electric vehicle with three wheels - two in the back, and one centered in the front and has zero emissions. (By Peter DeMarco, Boston Globe)

• Globe Watch Double-parking triples the aggravation (By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent)
• Cambridge, Somerville Alliance forms to stem rise in elder abuse (By Brad Kane, Globe Correspondent)
• BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE On screen, Muslims in a new light (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• WEST ROXBURY West Roxbury booksellers barter their wares on Thursdays (By Kimberly Sanfeliz, Globe Correspondent)
• Downtown crossing At shrine, nourishment for body and soul - plus diapers (Boston Globe)
• ROXBURY Alleged shoplifter bites off a mite more than he can chew (Boston Globe)
• KENMORE Time to start planning routes to get around BU Bridge work (Boston Globe)
• Shifting Gears A path for wheels and paws (By Glenn Yoder, Globe Staff)
• True colors shining through this fall (Boston Globe)
• ALLSTON Turnpike green strip gets makeover (By Andreae Downs, Globe Correspondent)
• CAMBRIDGE Iconic Harvard Book Store turns a new page (By Jennifer Schwartz, Globe Correspondent)
• Brookline Neighbors take their shadow war to open court (By Andreae Downs, Globe Correspondent)
• somerville Immigrant workers at risk (By Danielle Dreilinger, Globe Correspondent)
• News in brief Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville news in brief (Boston Globe)
• The Political Trail Heading for the N.H. hills (By Michael Jonas, Boston Globe)
• City Type Books for fall, the real reading season (By Ellen Steinbaum, Boston Globe)
• City weekly letters Openness comes too late (Boston Globe)
• Cambridge Looking to strengthen family ties with 'sister cities' (By Richard Thompson, Globe Correspondent)
• FENWAY Comedian's pitches hitting their mark (By Nick A. Zaino III, Globe Correspondent)
• City picks (Boston Globe)
• For the record (Boston Globe)