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Warren outraises Brown in 3d quarter

Elizabeth Warren raised $12.1 million - much more than Scott Brown’s $7.45 million - in the most recent quarter.

Romney’s likability improves as race remains tight, polls show

Mitt Romney is now viewed favorably by a majority of likely voters as polls nationally and in 10 battleground states show him in a virtual tie with President Obama.

Austrian Felix Baumgartner on Sunday became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound, plunging from a balloon capsule more than 24 miles above the New Mexico desert and landing on his feet 4 minutes and 20 seconds later.

Daredevil sky diver leaps into the record books

Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound after successfully completing a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere.

Joanne Lee at work at Johnson Compounding.

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A close look at compounding pharmacies

The widening outbreak of infections linked to a potentially tainted steroid has abruptly thrust a niche area of drug preparation into public view.

Assisted death plan brings tug of feelings

Although the “Death with Dignity” ballot question has generated relatively little fanfare, the decision Mass. voters will confront has far-reaching repercussions.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the two economists for ‘‘the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design.’’

Harvard professor wins Nobel economics prize

Alvin Roth, 60, and UCLA professor emeritus Lloyd Shapley, 89, shared the award.

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll patted quarterback Russell Wilson on the head before the game against the Patriots.

SEAHAWKS 24, PATRIOTS 23 | Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots embarrassed by Pete Carroll

Pete was pumped and jacked on the Seattle sideline as the Seahawks stunned the Patriots for easily one of the worst losses of the Belichick-Kraft era.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/13archives1.jpg The Chelsea Fire of 1973

Already the scene of one of the biggest fires in the history of the country in 1908, the city was engulfed anew on Oct. 14, 1973.

Globe exclusives

Mario Testino’s photos will be exhibited.

MFA showcases a sure grasp of glamour
Tom Brady (12) and Wes Welker have a lot to think about after the Patriots’ final offensive play in a tough loss in Seattle.

Seahawks stun Patriots on late TD
The nanoelectronic scaffold folded in three dimensions, with the circuits visible as loops.

Wired tissue brings promise of smart cells
Pete Townshend performing a short acoustic set following a talk at Berklee Performance Center on Friday.

Music Review

Townshend talks, plays to delight of Berklee crowd

Daily Dose

Heart attack patients in Mass. have fewer stents
“I feel a little more reflective and searching,” Tig Notaro said. “My comedy is beyond me right now.”

Tig Notaro stands up to a scary diagnosis
Ben Folds Five (here in New York in September) has reunited for a tour that stopped Saturday at the House of Blues.

Music Review

Ben Folds Five proves a happy, sound reunion

Globe Magazine

How grocery shopping got personal
Jessica Wood ties son Emmett’s shoes as her mother, Anne Low, looks on. Wood and her family live with her parents while they try to get out of debt. For now, buying even a used car (below) is a strain.

A young couple caught up in the middle
Elizabeth Warren is known for pushing students without being mean at Harvard Law School.

At Harvard, Elizabeth Warren has warm reputation
Red Sox GM Ben Cherington wants more Cody Rosses and Vicente Padillas and fewer Carl Crawfords.

Sunday baseball notes

A few ideas to shore up the Red Sox
When the Saints scandal broke, Roger Goodell was in the midst of changing the culture of the NFL as far as player safety.

Sunday Football Notes

Roger Goodell’s Saints bounty ruling still right call

Sports

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Tom Brady (12) and Wes Welker have a lot to think about after the Patriots’ final offensive play in a tough loss in Seattle.

Seahawks stun Patriots on late TD

The Patriots blew a 13-point fourth-quarter lead as rookie quarterback Russell Wilson powered Seattle back for a 24-23 win.

Metro

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Seth Mazzaglia (center) was arraigned by video from a jail in Dover, N.H., on Monday.

N.H. man held without bail in slaying of student

The 29-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder for “strangling and/or suffocating” Elizabeth Marriott, 19, of Westborough.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Eliminate the Boston City Council districts

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Khadafy son should be tried by Libya
John F. Kennedy was confronted with the Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years ago today. His handling of the situation rescued his reputation after he was thought to have bungled the Bay of Pigs the previous year.

JAMES CARROLL

Credible presidential power
David Skok, a top go-to investor

Innovation Economy

Start-up Axio, IDEO put heads together

Tech Lab Plus

BluCon offers Bluetooth music for the living room
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll patted quarterback Russell Wilson on the head before the game against the Patriots.

SEAHAWKS 24, PATRIOTS 23 | Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots embarrassed by Pete Carroll

Kevin Cullen

Accentuate candidates, eliminate the moderator

JOAN VENNOCHI

State’s in trouble; where’s Patrick?

Nguyen Chi Thien, right, spent his life fighting communism. Eric Hobsbawm, left, spent his life as a communist supporter.

JEFF JACOBY

Communism, in life and death
Michelle Dipp has OvaScience in line to join the Nasdaq stock exchange.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Michelle Dipp, 36, reflects biotech’s next generation
The Patriots will be hearing from the fans at CenturyLink Field — the NFL’s loudest.

Dan Shaughnessy

Seattle will be a racket for the Patriots

JOANNA WEISS

Big Bird ad ruffles some feathers

Business

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A driver tested the Quadski, a one-person watercraft that drives on land, in Oxford, Mich., on Friday.

Amphibious vehicle to be sold in US

The Quadski is being billed by its makers as the first high-speed, commercially available amphibious vehicle.

Politics

Mr. Specter, who began and ended his career as a Democrat, spent 44 years as a Republican.

Arlen Specter, US senator, outspoken centrist; at 82

The irascible senator from Pennsylvania was at the center of many of the Senate’s most divisive legal battles.

Nation & World

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A Pakistani woman shouted slogans during a protest Sunday against the shooting of child activist Malala Yousufzai.

Thousands rally to condemn attack on Pakistani girl

The protest was for 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militants.

Arts

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Movie Review

Samantha Mathis stars as Dagny Taggart in “Atlas Shrugged Part II.”

The shrugging continues in ‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’

Here’s the thing about filming a great big book of capitalist science-fiction. If you’re enslaved to its every idea, one movie will never do.

Health and wellness

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“There’s a lot of interest in trying to understand how these bacterial products educate the immune system,” said Dr. Ramnik Xavier of Mass. General Hospital.

Researchers rethink role of bacteria in our health

Seven decades after penicillin revolutionized the treatment of infections by killing bacteria, medicine is poised for another revolution.

“The strength of my pictures comes from many years of trying to make you look at people in a way you’ve never looked at them before.”

Fashion photographer Mario Testino 

Magazine

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?
The cover for the September 30 2012 issue

How will independents factor into the Brown-Warren Senate race?

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design

Opinion

“Newly elected presidents can be dangerous. Untested and inexperienced, they can act in the name of national security to soothe a personal insecurity.”

James Carroll 

Ideas

“The strategy that underlies American policy, the Carter Doctrine, is now more than 30 years old, and in dire need of an overhaul. …Today, it drives American engagement in a Middle East that looks far different from the region for which it was invented.

Thanassis Cambanis , on the need for a new Middle East policy