A brief power outage at Boston’s Logan International Airport has caused flight delays and some cancellations.

Under gray skies, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was mourned yesterday in an elaborate funeral that brought together four presidents, more than half the U.S. Senate, and Hollywood stars, sports legends and foreign dignitaries. History as well as deep loss pervaded the cold, rain-lashed morning. It bore all the somber trappings of a state funeral for a departed leader whose triumphs and tragedies had touched and inspired many around the world.

Here at the age of 39, I began to be old,“ says Charles Ryder as his revisit to Brideshead begins. For others, self-awareness arrives sooner or later, more or less. There are young fogies as well as old. Most learn age’s lessons only to forget or ignore them. Often indeed we need to remind ourselves of our true selves. The gatekeeper at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts issues a ticket to a Richmonder and the price includes the senior discount, which the traveler neither requests nor is asked whether the rate applies. The mirror says he does not look a day past 90. Later that evening, during a stroll near Harvard, in an evening turning from sultry to soft, a twentysomething calls out, “Hey, Grandpa.“ Ours is not to reason why.

BOSTON—Your work is dangerous, and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can’t see your family for months, even years. The food isn’t great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air. No wonder the adventure of space flight can also be stressful, isolating and depressing. So scientists are working on giving a computer the ability to offer some of the understanding guidance—if not all the warmth—of a human therapist, before psychological problems or interpersonal conflicts compromise a mission.

BOSTON - The past postseason stars are gone. A new breed keeps the Red Sox winning. Curt Schilling, Manny Ramirez, even Mike Lowell - all World Series MVPs - are missing from the group of players Boston will take into the AL championship series. Jon Lester, Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie - all keys to the victory that sent the Red Sox there.

BOSTON - The past postseason stars are gone. A new breed keeps the Red Sox winning. Curt Schilling, Manny Ramirez, even Mike Lowell - all World Series MVPs - are missing from the group of players Boston will take into the AL championship series. Jon Lester, Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie - all keys to the victory that sent the Red Sox there.