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Patrick appoints interim head of health agency

The governor tapped a new interim commissioner to oversee the state Department of Public Health, which has been rocked by the drug lab and meningitis scandals.

A satellite image showed Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas on Thursday.

Hurricane Sandy hits Bahamas

The storm barreled into the Bahama after slashing across eastern Cuba.

Mitt Romney criticized by gay-rights groups

Romney faced criticism for taking steps as Massachusetts governor to prevent routine documenting of births to same-sex parents.

Court allows Romney testimony to be unsealed

Mitt Romney’s sworn testimony in a post-divorce lawsuit against Staples founder Tom Stemberg was unsealed today.

Friday Preview | Movie Review

‘Cloud Atlas’ is up in the air

The movie, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, is a dazzling cinematic folly that is absurdly watchable — but banal beneath.

Tech Lab

LG’s smart TV not nearly smart enough

This big, brilliant set is supposed to seamlessly integrate traditional programs with Internet content, but the smart TV features miss the mark.

Downtown Aquila, Italy, was decimated in a 6.3 magnitude earthquate in 2009.

Juliette Kayyem

Science and the civic duty

The guilty verdict against Italian scientists for failing to predict a deadly earthquake highlights how much society has come to believe in science, and its use of evidence and deduction.

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Stern, commissioner since 1984, will depart his role on Feb. 1, 2014. Deputy commissioner Adam Silver will replace him.

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.

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From the archives | Photo gallery

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Fifty years ago this week, the world waited while the US and Soviet Union bluffed and negotiated, a nuclear holocaust growing perilously real.

Globe exclusives

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

Coverage

The meningitis outbreak
Elizabeth Warren and Bruce Mann enjoyed a break from walking Otis at Fresh Pond.

Family long a bedrock for Elizabeth Warren

Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy split?

Jennifer Graham

Save the church! (kill the organ)
A couple voted Wednesday in Iowa, where early ballots are likely to set a state record as campaigns try to lock in votes.

Obama, Romney wooing early voters
Dennis Lehane latest novels have a historical sweep.

Dennis Lehane widens his world of words
Porkchop is cooling his hooves in the city kennel while his owner tries to find him a new home.

Brockton seizes, bans resident’s wandering pet pig
Edward Markey

editorial | election endorsements

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

style

Joe Ferraro and his secondhand showcase

Sports

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Emanuel Steward, right, trained heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, among many others.

Emanuel Steward, boxing trainer, dies at 68

Emanuel Steward, a standout trainer for boxers including Thomas Hearns, Evander Holyfield and Oscar De La Hoya, died Thursday.

Metro

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A small plane crashed on I-93 near Hooksett, New Hampshire.

Two killed as small plane crashes on I-93 in N.H.

The plane had left Nashua, N.H., and was en route to Laconia, N.H., before crashing on the highway.

Columnists

Pablo Sandoval hit his third home run of the game in the fifth inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

Pablo Sandoval steps up big for the Giants
Downtown Aquila, Italy, was decimated in a 6.3 magnitude earthquate in 2009.

Juliette Kayyem

Science and the civic duty

Tech Lab

LG’s smart TV not nearly smart enough

Yvonne Abraham

Celebrating Halloween at home

jeff jacoby

The real George McGovern

scot lehigh

Romney’s hindsight foreign policy

Brian McGrory

Presidential debates were amazing TV
Ben Cherington watched as his new manager, John Farrell, spoke on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now Ben Cherington must prove himself
Detroit starter Justin Verlander warms up in practice as the rested and ready Tigers prepare to face San Francisco.

Dan Shaughnessy

Why you should watch this World Series

Joanna Weiss

The humor vote

juliette kayyem

A night to woo women voters

farah stockman

Mitt Romney: Yeah, what he said

Business

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A developer says units in the former Gate of Heaven school will lure professionals seeking to live close to downtown.

In South Boston, new apartments and more change

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

Politics

Mitt Romney’s rally was held at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in, Morrison, Colo., while President Obama’s took place at Meadow at City Park, in Denver.

Contrasting styles at Romney, Obama rallies

In the key swing state of Colorado, President Obama and Mitt Romney held large events to energize voters.

Nation & World

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Ahmed Ressam, who trained with Al Qaeda, was caught by customs in Washington state.

Terrorist gets 37 years in millennium plot

Algerian Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 37 years in prison for plotting to blowup the Los Angeles airport in 1999.

Arts

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Upcoming arts events around Boston

A guide to area performances and exhibits.

Style

The release of the new James Bond fragrance is timed with the latest Bond film “Skyfall.”

Cologne celebrates James Bond’s 50th anniversary

What does James Bond smell like?

“The faucet is always open. Whatever that thing is where it’s just spilling out of you, I have it. It’s a gift, I guess.”

Dennis Lehane 

Magazine

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?
The cover for the September 30 2012 issue

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

Opinion

“The court’s ruling is a reminder to the scientific community that along with their god-given skills comes a certain amount of civic responsibility.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Today we still fall back on the same old format: two people in a room, taking turns answering questions and hardly ever addressing each other directly. It’s hard to imagine this is the best we can come up with.”

Leon Neyfakh  on how to improve the presidential debates.