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Prosecutor with ties to drug lab chemist resigns

The Norfolk County prosecutor who carried on a phone and e-mail correspondence with state chemist Annie Dookhan resigned, saying he did not want to be “a further distraction.”

Man arrested in alleged plot to bomb Fed

The man tried to blow up a van outside the Federal Reserve in New York, officials said, but the plot was part of an FBI sting and the bomb was not real.

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to spend more than $10 million in the final weeks before Election Day to promote moderate candidates around the US.

Four more die in meningitis outbreak

Health officials put the death toll at 19 from the meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham pharmacy.

Ethel Kennedy (right, with her daughter, Rory), the focus of a new HBO film, hasn’t slowed down much at age 84.

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Ethel Kennedy, in twilight and limelight

Rory Kennedy’s documentary on HBO puts her mother, Ethel, in the spotlight. But frankly, she’s more at home on the golf course.

Leandro Barbosa of the Pacers is seen guarding Dwyane Wade during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals last season.

Celtics sign guard Leandro Barbosa

Barbosa played for Toronto and Indiana last season and could find a role as Rajon Rondo’s backup at point guard for the Celtics.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/514670409-792--90x90.jpg The story behind Mitt Romney’s ‘binders full of women’

Romney’s claim about seeking out women’s groups to provide a list of qualified women for cabinet positions isn’t entirely accurate.

Brian McGrory

No shame for Rep. John Tierney

Tierney is engaged in a novel political strategy, his declaration that, by not knowing about the illegal gambling venture of his brothers-in-law, he’s not all that sharp.

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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

“Charing Cross Bridge, London” by Claude Monet.

Sebastian Smee

Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Freud works stolen
A Cuban anti-aircraft battery in October, 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis.

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In 1962, did a mistake save the world?
Bill Belichick and the Patriots coaches struggled in Seattle.

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Patriots coaches dropped the ball in Seattle
Matthew Spencer still suffers from occasional headaches.

Fungal infection poses challenges to patients, officials
Annie Dookhan contacted Norfolk Assistant District Attorney George Papachristos often and in a familiar way. Her husband tried repeatedly to contact a startled Papachristos.

Chemist often called, wrote to prosecutor

Opinion

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Brian McGrory on life with a dog and a rooster
A rendering shows The Hanover Co.'s planned apartment and retail tower at the entrance to Pier 4 along Northern Avenue.

New development coming soon to Pier 4
A123 makes advanced battery systems.

Failure of A123 Systems becomes part of fray
At Hugo’s in Portland, Maine, a salad of ark clams, matsutake, apple, tarragon, and fried bread.

The new tastes of New England
Shoppers turned out for “Midnight Madness” in Wrentham in 2006. Local police have pushed for security cameras.

Wrentham may end ‘Midnight Madness’
Inside Chatham Lighthouse, an active Coast Guard station.

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Chatham Lighthouse hitting the big screen

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Lance Armstrong, shown in 2009, is stepping down as chairman of the Livestrong charity.

Lance Armstrong leaves charity, dropped by Nike

Armstrong, ensnared in a doping scandal, said he wants to shield the cancer-fighting Livestrong foundation from damage, while Nike said he “misled” the company.

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The Seabrook nuclear power plant in Seabrook, N.H., is approximately 40 miles north of Boston and 10 miles south of Portsmouth, N.H.

Quake triggers ‘unusual event’ at nuclear plant; no damage

The lowest of four levels of emergency classifications was triggered at the Seabrook nuclear power plant, which was down for maintenance and refueling.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

What would Hippocrates say about Question 2?

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President Obama upped his game

Brian McGrory

No shame for Rep. John Tierney

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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

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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.

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

Innovation Economy

Start-up Axio, IDEO put heads together

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BluCon offers Bluetooth music for the living room

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Shoppers turned out for “Midnight Madness” in Wrentham in 2006. Local police have pushed for security cameras.

Wrentham debates end to ‘Midnight Madness’ at mall

Officials are debating whether to turn the lights out on the day-after-Thanksgiving all-night shopping extravaganza at the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets.

Politics

Mitt Romney and President Obama spoke over each other at times Tuesday night in a face-off that was far more spirited than their first debate.

Romney and a revived Obama spar in 2d debate

President Obama and Mitt Romney delivered punches and counterpunches on the economy, foreign policy, and social issues.

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Peter D’Amato of Hazelton, Pa., at a cholesterol screening there. US levels dropped an average 5 percent since 1988.

Americans’ cholesterol levels falling, review finds

Despite an increase in obesity-related diseases, cholesterol levels among adults in the US have taken a turn downward.

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Galleries

John Wilson’s “Mother and Child’’ at Martha Richardson Fine Art.

Aesthetic and social concerns of John Wilson

Wilson, like other African-American artists, concentrated on narrative and figuration.

Food & dining

Vicki Lee Boyajian brought to California dozens of fragile fondant flowers, multiple layers of frozen cakes, fruit-tart shells, frozen buttercream, and more.

Baker goes the distance for weddings

For an experienced bakery owner like Vicki Lee Boyajian, two weddings at the same time is a piece of cake. Even if both weddings are in California.

“The suggestion that anybody in my team . . . would play politics or mislead when we’ve lost four of our own, governor, is offensive.”

President Obama 

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AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?
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How will independents factor into the Brown-Warren Senate race?

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Opinion

“Hippocrates would reject Question 2. Massachusetts voters should too.”

Jeff Jacoby 

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