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Mass. board was lenient on drug maker

While regulators took harsh steps with many other pharmacists, they repeatedly failed to discipline the Framingham pharmacy now blamed for a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak.

A couple voted Wednesday in Iowa, where early ballots are likely to set a state record as campaigns try to lock in votes.

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President Obama, Mitt Romney wooing early voters

Trying to match vaunted Democratic field operations in tossup states, the GOP is mining troves of data to identify possible supporters and then help them vote early.

Family long a bedrock for Elizabeth Warren

As the Senate candidate pursued her increasingly ambitious career, she was steadied by the support of family and the grace of second chances.

Dennis Lehane latest novels have a historical sweep.

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Dennis Lehane widens his world of words

Not content just to be a purveyor of hardboiled crime fiction, the Dorchester native is trying his hand at stories with a grander historical sweep.

Kendall Square boom times squeeze out start-ups

A kind of gentrification has made the Cambridge spot too expensive or too popular for the smaller tech businesses that gave the area such cachet.

Yvonne Abraham

Celebrating Halloween at home

Artist Megan Dickerson and some neighbors are hoping to stem the exodus of trick-or-treaters in Roxbury by making Hutchings Street Halloween Central this year.

In South Boston, new apartments and more change

A plan to convert the former Gate of Heaven parochial school into airy apartments targeted for young professionals signals more change in the neighborhood.

Manhole explosion knocks out power to Boston Globe

The start of the Globe’s presses was delayed by the power outage, and some readers may receive their papers late.

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Diane Darling (right) watches Gene DeFilippo give the signal for a touchdown to students in their football class.

Football 101: a networking class for job seekers

Concern over athletes, like Bruins forward Nathan Horton, who have suffered multiple concussions has increased in recent years.

Reebok, Cambridge firm team up on concussions

Brooke Loughrin (at the Taj Mahal in India in 2008) has been interested in helping people in other countries since she was in grade school.

The first-ever US Youth Observer at United Nations

Joe Ferraro (right) helps Andrew Hanson-Dvoracek pick out a sports coat at Ferraro’s flea market in Somerville.

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Joe Ferraro and his secondhand showcase

Ben Cherington watched as his new manager, John Farrell, spoke on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now Ben Cherington must prove himself

Winner of popular vote may be denied presidency

William Bain Jr. (right) and Mitt Romney at Bain’s Boston offices in 1990.

Opinion | The Podium

The real Bain

For one sweater shoot, Scott Brown stared at breaking surf on a Fire Island beach with model Julianne Phillips.

Modeling years gave Brown an early boost

Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons on a train from Oakland, Calif., to New Orleans in “Big Easy Express.”

Movie Review

‘Big Easy Express’ on track when musicians are on stage

Even as A123 grew and expanded, the company’s revenues failed to keep up with costs.

Cash-fueled climb led to fall of A123 Systems

Lahcen Abaichi’s Cafe Paprika specializes in Moroccan cuisine. Below left: Kefta tagine (foreground) and (from left) Mrouzia almond chicken, fish tagine, zaalouk, harrira soup, and chicken chopped salad. Below right: the fish tagine.

Moroccan specialties served by a gracious host in Norwood

Joseph Kennedy III talked with supporters Sept. 6 in Taunton.

Editorial | fourth district endorsement

Joseph Kennedy III shows natural gifts

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Lance Armstrong is seen after he finished the Boston Marathon in 2008.

Armstrong’s Boston Marathon result likely to be erased

The executive director of the Boston Athletic Association said it’s likely that Lance Armstrong’s 2008 finish in the Boston Marathon will be vacated.

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Bulger defense says prosecutor gave immunity

Lawyers for James “Whitey” Bulger identified the late prosecutor Jeremiah O’Sullivan as the agent who allegedly gave the gangster immunity from prosecution.