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A123 Systems files for bankruptcy

Just two months after the Waltham electric vehicle battery maker announced plans for a $450 million lifeline, the company declared bankruptcy.

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Wolf presided over some of the most high-profile cases the state has seen in recent years.

Former Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit.

In sudden departure, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit steps down

Pandit steered the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.

Presidential debate | 9 p.m.

Crucial debate in presidential race tonight

While President Obama needs to display the urgency he lacked in the first debate, Mitt Romney is hoping to build momentum.

Sarah, Beth, and Scott Hostetler of Buena Park, Calif., were the first to try the program.

BRAINIACS FROM MARS

To avert foreclosure, firm turns homes into ad space

Brainiacs from Mars paints houses in bright colors then attaches removable ads. In return, the owner’s mortgage is paid by the company.

Ruth and Carl Shapiro made their first donation in 1950, when they gave $10 to Brandeis University. In 2000, the Shapiros gave $22 million for a campus center at Brandeis.

Ruth Shapiro, noted philanthropist; at 95

Shapiro, an elegant benefactor who with her husband Carl founded one of the most generous family foundations in the city’s history, died Sunday.

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Ernest Watkins IV was charged with the stabbing death of a 39-year-old man who resisted when a group of teens tried to rob him in Dorchester.

joanna weiss

In step with the Arnold apology tour

The saga of Arnold Schwarzenegger shows that what makes a man a great politician and a personal scumbag are often the very same qualities.

Tom Brady’s play is not a problem, but the solution to almost all of the Patriots’ ones.

Christopher l. Gasper

Brady not to blame for team’s struggles

The Patriots have 99 problems and Tom Brady ain’t one. Brady, even at age 35, is not one of the major Super Bowl-title barriers for New England.

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Join Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, authors of “The Real Romney,” to discuss the Republican presidential candidate’s life and history.

Globe exclusives

Dwayne Moore was in Suffolk Superior Court last month.

Mattapan suspect had emotional session
Workers at the David Clark Co. in Worcester helped Felix Baumgartner test his pressurized suit in January 2009.

Daredevil’s jumpsuit marks a leap for local firm
Inside Chatham Lighthouse, an active Coast Guard station.

G cover

Chatham Lighthouse hitting the big screen
“Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville” by James McNeill Whistler.

Frame by Frame

A look at Courbet, in a Whistler canvas
Taylor Mac as the title character in the ART production of his “The Lily’s Revenge” at Oberon.

Stage Review

ART’s ‘Lily’s Revenge’ is colorful, larky fun

Album Review | COUNTRY

A moving tribute to Hank Cochran
Joanne Lee at work at Johnson Compounding.

A close look at compounding pharmacies
Mario Testino’s photos will be exhibited.

MFA showcases a sure grasp of glamour
Ronald Reagan once said that after he made four movies in a year, he would “go to the country,’’ because tax rates for additional income were confiscatory and discouraged more effort.

GOP faith unshaken in supply-side tax policies
“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
The Dalai Lama adjusted his visor to shade the strong light on stage before his talk, “Beyond Religion: Ethics, Values, and Wellbeing” at the Marriott Copley in Boston.

Dalai Lama’s visit exudes happiness

Comics

The funny pages

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Patriots coach Bill Belichick (right) and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia didn’t have enough answers in the fourth quarter Sunday, and it won’t get any easier against the Jets.

Patriots hope to learn from Seahawks loss

The defense, specifically the secondary and its inability to avoid big plays, might bear the bigger brunt of the criticism coming the Patriots’ way.

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Meningitis outbreak

FDA widens meningitis infection warning

Federal drug regulators warned that more medications made at a troubled Framingham compounding pharmacy may be linked to fungal infections.

Columnists

farah stockman

United States, incorporated

joanna weiss

In step with the Arnold apology tour

Boston Capital

Who wins among upbeat consumers?
Tom Brady’s play is not a problem, but the solution to almost all of the Patriots’ ones.

Christopher l. Gasper

Brady not to blame for Patriots’ struggles

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.

Opinion | 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?

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Alvin Roth spoke to reporters by phone in Menlo Park, Calif.

Economist from Harvard shares Nobel Prize

Alvin Roth’s research on decision-making and choices has earned him a number of honors, including the Nobel Prize.

Politics

The Senate candidates’ bank accounts are now hefty enough to fund a sophisticated start-up business, which is essentially what each campaign has done.

Record hauls by Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown

Elizabeth Warren received $12.12 million and Senator Brown collected $7.45 million over the last three months.

Nation & World

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed with the need to keep the Benghazi tragedy out of politics.

Hillary Clinton says consulate security her responsibility

The secretary of state is taking responsibility for security at the US consulate in Libya where an assault by extremists killed the US ambassador.

Arts

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Stage Review

Jeff Gill (left) and Greg Maraio in “A Behanding in Spokane” at Charlestown Working Theatre.

A darkly comic ‘Behanding in Spokane’

Theatre on Fire and Charlestown Working Theater are offering a pungent slice of low life from the mind of Martin McDonagh.

Lifestyle

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Among the advice offered to Ty Burr: lights, bright clothing, and mirrors.

Cyclists offer some (mostly) kind advice

Readers responded to last week’s article on urban cycling — and raised a few points that Globe critic Ty Burr missed.

“The fact of the matter is, they’ve arrested a 14-year-old, pulled him out of his life, pulled him away from his family. This is not a gang case; this is not a gang kid.”

Janice Bassil,  the attorney for Ernest Watkins IV

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

“We spend far more than we take in. Our liabilities are mounting. Our assets are pretty much flat.”

Farah Stockman 

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