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Jobs report indicates slow, steady recovery

The last report before the election showed employers added 171,000 jobs in October - more than expected. The jobless rate rose to 7.9 percent as more people entered the workforce.

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.

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

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.

Researchers argue that the city and its densely developed shoreline are vulnerable to the more frequent and intense storms associated with global warming.

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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.

“I had no other options,” said Dr. Sujatha Balija, “so I booked a taxi.”

After Hurricane Sandy, a $750 cab ride

Many people, including Dr. Sujatha Balija, had to travel to or from Boston immediately following the storm.

Hubbard squash grown at Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon are a new offering this fall at the sprawling, efficiency-focused Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Food bank grows to meet a growing need

From farm to everyone’s table: To meet rising demand, especially for produce, the Greater Boston Food Bank started thinking more like a business.

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

The Globe’s 2012 Top Places to Work list expands

New to this year’s list are small companies — those with 50 to 99 employees. Preview Sunday’s special section with the top five in four size categories.

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Researchers argue that the city and its densely developed shoreline are vulnerable to the more frequent and intense storms associated with global warming.

Boston could be vulnerable to more severe storms
A special counsel found that in some courts, nearly all drunken driving defendants who waive jury trials are acquitted.

Change urged for drunken driving cases
The Obama campaign targeted Ohio State students, some of whom cast early ballots.

Obama campaign targets younger voters
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

SCOT LEHIGH

Medical marijuana is not a threat
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
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
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?
A still from the DVD “Unba Unba.”

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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’
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

Special section

Romney’s record

Sports

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Aqib Talib came to the Patriots in a trade from the Buccaneers.

Patriots paid too much for Aqib Talib

The troubled cornerback cost the Patriots a fourth-round draft pick next year. But his potential pitfalls could outweigh his on-field talents.

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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 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

Why Boston is lucky to have the Celtics
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

Business

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

Boston Scientific CEO sets 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

Nebraska’s Kerrey received strong backing from former Republican senator Chuck Hagel.

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?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel
The cover for the October 14 2012 issue

How grocery shopping got personal
The cover for the October 7 2012 issue

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