Change urged for drunken driving cases

Judges in some Massachusetts courts acquit nearly all of the drunk driving defendants who waive their right to a jury trial.

Boston could be vulnerable to more severe storms

The city may have been spared the worst this time, but will it be so lucky the next? Don’t count on it, say researchers.

Brian McGrory

Diary of a powerless man

The next time the lights go out, let’s cut power to the homes of Governor Deval Patrick and NStar head Tom May until everyone else’s has been restored.

Mobile games Angry Birds, Bejeweled, and Fruit Ninja are free or 99 cents and have been downloaded tens of millions of time.

Apps shake up video game industry

The swift migration from costly consoles to smartphones and tablets has hit a burgeoning sector of the Mass. economy especially hard.

Earl Cok, 70, (left) and his brother Paul, 76, of Celeryville, Ohio, voted for Mitt Romney.

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Mitt Romney pushes hard for rural vote

Volunteers in Ohio are trying to sway independents and persuade traditional Republican allies to turn out in overwhelming numbers.

The Obama campaign targeted Ohio State students, some of whom cast early ballots.

Obama campaign targets younger voters

If four years ago the Obama campaign treated young voters as agents of change, it is now targeting them as an interest group with clear concerns.

President Obama resumed campaigning with stops in Colorado (above), Nevada, and Wisconsin, while Mitt Romney panned the president at a rally in Virginia.

Back on trail, candidates resume their salvos

President Obama blasted Mitt Romney’s proposals to repeal health care reform and lower tax rates, while Romney knocked his idea for a secretary of business Cabinet post.

More economic growth under Democrats

Despite the view that the GOP is the party of economic prosperity and soaring stock markets, the opposite has historically been true.

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SCOT LEHIGH

Medical marijuana is not a threat
The fight for progress in women’s athletics continues — just as it does here for Harvard-Radcliffe’s Lenica Morales in a rugby match against Columbia.

Despite great gains, is there now a Title IX stall?
Employees like Helen Yuan, David Marr, and Jorge Romero helped make the Boston Harbor Hotel the top medium employer in this year's survey.

Sunday Preview

Top Places to Work list expands
A gong sounds every time a client’s employee appreciation program goes live at Globoforce, a Southborough company that practices what its markets by rewarding employees for their good ideas and hard work.

Top Places to Work | Top Small Employer

At Globoforce, just rewards
A still from the DVD “Unba Unba.”

music

Boston to experience Human Sexual Response again
“I think one of the biggest facets of charms is that you sense this liking of you coming your way and you want to amplify it and be close to it,’’ says Aimee Mann. 

Aimee Mann takes on ups and downs of love on ‘Charmer’
Miami’s Chris Bosh is double-teamed by Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in Tuesday’s game.

On basketball

Celtics need to put it together defensively
The Ameridose building in Westborough.

Westborough firm to recall all its drugs
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz admitted checking poll sites in the middle of the night for new election predictions.

Devotees and election polling data are never far apart
President Obama met with Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey and some displaced residents of Brigantine Beach.

Obama delivers a vow in visit to hobbled N.J.
The scene on Halloween evening in downtown Salem included Frankenstein posing for photos.

In Salem, a night for ghosts and ghouls

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Romney’s record

Sports

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New Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib still has one game left on his four-game suspension.

Patriots acquire cornerback Aqib Talib

The Patriots made a bold move trading for Tampa Bay’s Talib, a player widely regarded as talented but who also has a history of volatility.

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Pharmacies similar to the Framingham compounding company linked to the national fungal meningitis outbreak will be required to report to the state their volume of medications, and whether they have detected contamination, under emergency state regulations.

Pharmacy board adopts new rules

The measures will allow the state to more tightly oversee facilities like the Framingham pharmacy linked to the national fungal meningitis outbreak.

Columnists

Boston Capital

Hurricane Sandy unlikely to torment Mass. insurers
Obama’s camp placed a premium on building what was called a “snowflake” model.

JOSHUA GREEN

Campaigns bet on their long games
JING WEI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The choice to end a life

Brian McGrory

Diary of a powerless man

SCOT LEHIGH

Medical marijuana is not a threat

Dan Shaughnessy

The Celtics are Boston’s long green line
President Obama hugged Donna Vanzant in Brigantine, N.J., during a tour of devastated areas with the state’s governor, Chris Christie.

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Politicians push back

Edward L. Glaeser

Debate government quality, not size

Joan Vennochi

Mitt Romney backtracks on FEMA

Yvonne Abraham

When the middle man is the new radical

Tech Lab

Surface tablet, Windows 8 may test users
Kevin Garnett tried to cover Ray Allen, but off the court, Garnett kept his distance.

Dan Shaughnessy

For joining Heat, Ray Allen gets cold shoulder

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Boston Scientific CEO Michael F. Mahoney says there is room for the Natick company to expand overseas.

Boston Scientific chief executive sets his sights on growth

Michael F. Mahoney wants to turn around the Natick company through innovation, overseas expansion, and making operations more efficient.

Politics

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Political notebook

Senate candidate Bob Kerrey, backed by Republican Chuck Hagel, received a boost Thursday.

Bob Kerrey gets Republican’s Senate backing

Former Republican senator Chuck Hagel said on Thursday that the former senator would break the partisan ‘‘nonsense that’s literally strangling our country.’’

Nation & World

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Customers lined up Thursday at a gas station in Keyport, N.J. Fistfights occurred at some stations in New York and New Jersey as tempers flared.

Long lines, gas shortages bedevil N.Y., N.J.

Widespread gas shortages stirred fears among residents and disrupted some rescue and emergency services Thursday.

Arts

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“I think one of the biggest facets of charms is that you sense this liking of you coming your way and you want to amplify it and be close to it,’’ says Aimee Mann. 

Aimee Mann takes on ups and downs of love on ‘Charmer’

Like its title implies, Aimee Mann’s new album is seductive.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Denzel Washington plays an alcoholic pilot who is a hero after he makes an emergency landing of a passenger airplane.

‘Flight’ shows why Denzel Washington is a true star

You know what’s still worth $15 plus the cost of a baby sitter, popcorn, and parking? Two hours with Washington at the height of his everything.

“Whether it’s the mayors, the governors, county officials, if they need something, we figure out a way to say yes.”

President Obama,  on helping Hurricane Sandy victims

Magazine

The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
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A new home with a traditional feel
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How grocery shopping got personal
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AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?

Opinion

“The issue itself may be peripheral to your life. But it is central to the lives of others.”

Scot Lehigh, on medical marijuana

Ideas

“In examining the scribblings once dismissed as detritus at best and graffiti at worst, they are unlocking real insights into the way people in the past read, thought, worked, loved, and joked.”

Ruth Graham  on the study of notes in the margins