Red Sox salvage win in Toronto and other top stories.

• Red Sox salvage win in Toronto

  

  TORONTO — Beyond the spiritual cleansing that four batters faced and the feel-good “W” gave Clay Buchholz yesterday — you’d think there was cake waiting for him afterward — was a telling series, both for the Red Sox and the American League East.Little came easy for anyone in three games at Rogers Centre. The last game was a worthy salvage job by the Sox in 11 innings, their lone win in the series coming 5-3 behind Dustin Pedroia’s go-ahead double to right-center field off Drew Storen in the fina..

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• Gorilla shooting draws controversy

  

  Social media lit up with arguments yesterday over whether staff at the Cincinnati Zoo was justified in shooting and killing a 400-pound-plus gorilla that was looming over a 4-year-old boy who had fallen into a shallow moat.Critics and animal rights activists fumed with questions about why the gorilla could not have been tranquilized instead of shot dead, while others took to Twitter to mock the outrage.The discussion sprouted after the Cincinnati Zoo’s dangerous-animal response team shot and kil..

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• 'Game of Thrones': On a wing and a prayer

  

  Never play checkers with the High Sparrow.He’s thinking not two moves ahead, but two games ahead.On “Blood of My Blood,” Jaime Lannister and the Tyrells were in for a shock when they interrupted Margaery’s walk of atonement.Jaime had the backing of the Tyrell army and a fierce Oleanna, fapping a fan so hard, she could probably set off a tsunami.And just when war seemed inevitable between the army and the Faith Militant, Sparrow revealed his ace in the hole.King Tommen, surely the most idiotic o..

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• Could this project threaten Boston Opera House?

  

  Proposing any tower in Boston is bound to raise concerns among the neighbors. But a plan to shoehorn a 300-foot high-rise onto a postage-stamp site in Downtown Crossing faces two high-profile opponents: the influential businessmen who own the Boston Opera House next door.Concert promoter Don Law and philanthropist David Mugar sent a letter to the Boston Redevelopment Authority saying they’re adamantly opposed, rattling off several concerns about the pencil-thin apartment tower proposed next to ..

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• Love boat run aground moves to Charlestown

  

  The cruise ship Majesty, which ran aground Saturday in Boston Harbor while carrying a wedding party, was refloated and taken to Charlestown’s Pier 8 yesterday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.The 113-foot Boston Harbor Cruises ship will be inspected by Coast Guard marine inspectors and investigation officers.The ship did not appear to have been damaged Saturday when it ran aground near Georges Island about 7 p.m., the Coast Guard said. The 137 wedding guests onboard were then taken by another ..

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• Are campus police departments diverse?

  

  A spate of high-profile shootings by police nationwide has prompted calls for greater diversity among municipal law enforcement agencies. But less attention has been focused on college police departments, where most officers are armed and have powers that are similar to state and city forces.A Globe review found that many colleges and universities in the area have police departments that largely reflect the campuses they serve — with a few notable exceptions. Advertisement Of nine area colle..

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