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FDA finds mold in 83 vials of steroid linked to outbreak

Visible mold was found inside the Framingham pharmacy at the center of the national fungal meningitis outbreak.

Patrick warns of fines if utilities lag on storm response

Governor Patrick said Friday the state’s utility companies must be ready to deal with Hurricane Sandy – or face financial consequences.

Joe Kinan, 43, was discharged from Mass General Hospital after receiving a hand transplant. It was the first procedure of it's kind at the hospital.

After hand transplant, Station nightclub survivor is hopeful

Joe Kinan, one of the survivors of the fire that killed 100 people in 2003, left Massachusetts General Hospital today after getting the transplant less than three weeks ago.

Alison Putnam (left) and Meiko Lunetta tended to oxen Bill and Lou, who have become a symbol at Green Mountain College, but are to be sent to a slaughter house.

Vermont college feels heat over oxen’s fate

Green Mountain College’s decision to slaughter the aging animals and serve them as hamburger in the campus dining hall has drawn wide protest.

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What our most famous evolutionary cartoon gets wrong

It’s hardly accurate — so 150 years later, why does the “monkey to man” illustration still hold us spellbound?

Carl Crawford was introduced to the media in Los Angeles on Friday.

Carl Crawford talks about fresh start with Dodgers

The former Red Sox outfielder admitted Friday that he was “chasing a big contract” when he signed with Boston, but said he doesn’t regret the decision.

Sugar maples were ablaze with fall color at Brookwood Farm in Canton as three men took an early afternoon walk.

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Globe photos of the week

Scenes of autumn in New England, a pig behind bars, rowers on the Charles, and more of the week’s best images.

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Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?

An obscure condition called PANDAS is a medical mystery that has families in crisis.

FARAH STOCKMAN

Iran’s crimes, real and hypothetical

Calls by American political leaders to indict Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on genocide incitement are empty political posturing.

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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.

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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that “Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC is now.”

Microsoft debuts Windows 8, a new look operating system
Republican candidate Richard Tisei.

Figures show limits to Tisei’s worth
Emma Joyce regularly chats with her grandparents, who live in Ohio.

Grandparents cover miles with video chat services
“I think it’s easier to talk about Obama. By and large, the country really doesn’t want his brand of socialism.” - JERRY RUTLEDGE, owner of clothing business

Even unfriendly turf vital to Obama in Colo.
Annie Dookhan (center) is accused of faking drug results, forging signatures, and mixing samples at a state police lab.

Costs climb in state drug lab scandal
Charles Dutoit was the guest conductor at Symphony Hall on Thursday.

Music Review

BSO program a double treat
Morgan Bernhard and Brenna Fitzgerald in “44 Plays for 44 Presidents” at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Stages

‘44 Plays for 44 Presidents’: a history recap
Rashid Johnson’s “Electric Universe” of black soap, wax, vinyl, wood, book, brass, incense, shea butter, and space rocks.

Art Review

Art review: ‘In the Holocene’

Coverage

The meningitis outbreak
Jimmy Page in Tokyo earlier this month.

Book Review

‘Light & Shade’ by Brad Tolinski
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
Dennis Lehane latest novels have a historical sweep.

Dennis Lehane widens his world of words

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Aaron Hernandez rode an exercise bike at practice this week.

Aaron Hernandez out; Ras-I Dowling to IR

The tight end, who injured his ankle last month, is back on the injury list. Dowling’s season is now over.

Metro

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A police officer patrolled Meridian Street near Maverick Square in East Boston Thursday.

Women in East Boston wary after rise in reported assaults

Police have stepped up patrols after a surge in violence, particularly assaults on women, in recent months.

Columnists

Brian McGrory

A bad sign on the horizon

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ issues loom over World Series

FARAH STOCKMAN

Iran’s crimes, real and hypothetical
Anh “Joseph” Cao, center, listens to President Obama speak before the signing the Dodd-Frank act in 2010.

opinion | CARLO ROTELLA

The rise and fall of a political idealist

Boston Capital

Internet-era boom icon’s quiet bust
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

Business

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A Johnnie's Foodmaster store in Somerville.

Whole Foods to buy leases for six Johnnie’s Foodmaster stores

The Johnnie’s Foodmaster stores at six Massachusetts locations will reopen as Whole Foods supermarkets by fall 2013.

Politics

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Officials in Harry Reid’s office said it wasn’t immediately clear where the Democratic Senator was headed when the accident occured.

Harry Reid taken to hospital after car crash in Las Vegas

A Las Vegas hospital spokeswoman said the Senate Majority Leader was in good condition after an apparent rear-end crash.

Nation & World

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Silvio Berlusconi

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi convicted of tax fraud, gets 4-year sentence

The former prime minister of Italy is expected to appeal the conviction.

Arts

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Critic’s Notebook

Poornima Kirby played Rose in the serial theatrical “Blood Rose Rising.’’

Ambitious ‘Blood Rose Rising’ canceled

On the eve of the third installment, the show closed. It’s too bad, because the project had a lot of promise.

Movies

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Helen Hunt plays a sex surrogate and John Hawkes the disabled man she helps in “The Sessions.”

‘The Sessions’ connects with honest approach

It sounds like a bad joke: A man in an iron lung hires a sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity. But this intensely moving drama clearly portrays a good soul in an inert body.

“My biggest fear is that people have not seen a big storm in many years, so I would advise residents to stay tuned to local weather and follow the instructions of emergency officials.”

Marshfield police Lieutenant Paul Tabor  on Hurricane Sandy

Magazine

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A new home with a traditional feel
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How grocery shopping got personal
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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

“In this campaign season we’re all sick of politicians cynically looking out for number one, but here’s a cautionary portrait of one who never learned how.”

Carlo Rotella, on the film “Mr. Cao Goes to Washington”

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.