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Unsanitary practices blamed in outbreak

Visible mold was found inside the Framingham pharmacy, including 83 vials from one lot of a tainted steroid used to treat back pain.

From left, Jill Stein, Rocky Anderson, Virgil Goode, and Gary Johnson took part in a third-party debate in Chicago.

Third-party candidates could tip vote

In hotly contested swing states, their presence on the ballot may alter the course of the election.

Actress Stephanie Perks monitored a video screen showing several views inside the Salem’s 13 Ghosts haunted house. She waits for a cue to jump and try to scare visitors.

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More haunted houses turning to 3-D effects

Attractions have exploited technology — video effects, animatronics, visitor-tracking sensors — to put more fright into the night, 21st-century style.

Joe Kinan, with his fiancee, Carrie Pratt, left MGH weeks after a hand transplant.

Station nightclub fire survivor upbeat after hand transplant

Joe Kinan survived the fire that killed 100 people in 2003.

Rudolf Anderson

A pilot’s sacrifice helped defuse Cuban Missile Crisis

The death of pilot Rudolf Anderson, shot down over Cuba 50 years ago today, served as a catalyst for the US and the Soviet Union to cut a deal.

Adrian Walker

Remembering Jeanette Boone’s well-lived life

Boone was a housing activist, a champion of troubled youth, a John Kerry confidante, and an unsung heroine of Boston.

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Bill Belichick was the Dour of London on Friday as the Patriots arrived in England to play the Rams.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick not a great ambassador
Longtime Locke-Ober employee Alfredo “Butch” Bartolizzi, right, talks with Paul Christopher of Haverhill, left, at the bar in December 1996. In its heyday, the restaurant was a magnet for celebrities as well as local politicians and writers.

Bob Levy| Farewell, Locke-Ober

Serving clients both famous and fussy

Sunday Preview | Magazine

The PANDAS diagnosis, a medical puzzle

Sunday Preview | Ideas

What our most famous evolutionary cartoon gets wrong
Chan Marshall as Cat Power performing in New York earlier this week.

Music Review

Chan Marshall not quite at full Power
Rachel Cossar (left), Emily Mistretta (middle), and Whitney Jensen performed during a Boston Ballet dress rehearsal of Jorma Elo’s “Awake Only.”

Dance Review

Boston Ballet journeys from contemplative to edgy

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, Oct. 26, 2012
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
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.

Coverage

The meningitis outbreak

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Approaching the midway point of the season, Tom Brady called Sunday’s game against the Rams “critical.’’

Can Patriots rise to the occasion?

Approaching the midway point of the season, Tom Brady called Sunday’s game against the Rams “critical.’’

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Joe Kinan, with his fiancee, Carrie Pratt, left MGH weeks after a hand transplant.

Station nightclub fire survivor upbeat after hand transplant

Joe Kinan survived the fire that killed 100 people in 2003.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Remembering Jeanette Boone

Dan Shaughnessy

Detroit’s a city worth rooting for
Bill Belichick was the Dour of London on Friday as the Patriots arrived in England to play the Rams.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick not a great ambassador

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

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Six Johnnie’s Foodmaster locations will be remodeled and reopen as Whole Foods stores by fall 2013.

Foodmaster stores will become Whole Foods

Johnnie’s Foodmaster is closing six supermarkets in Massachusetts next month and selling the leases to Whole Foods.

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Mia Love of Utah might become the first black GOP woman elected to Congress

Republican Mia Love could make history in Utah

In her bid to become the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, Love is the party’s emblem of diversity this year.

Nation & World

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Despite a holiday cease-fire, a car bomb damaged this building Friday in Damascus, Syria.

Violence scattered during cease-fire in Syria

With the threat of violence diminished, protesters emerged onto the streets of cities and towns across the country.

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Dance Review

Rachel Cossar (left), Emily Mistretta (middle), and Whitney Jensen performed during a Boston Ballet dress rehearsal of Jorma Elo’s “Awake Only.”

Boston Ballet journeys from contemplative to edgy

Jorma Elo’s “Awake Only,” the centerpiece of Boston Ballet’s “Fall Program,” taps into the opportunity to connect with one’s childhood self.

“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

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

“Declining to address many of the nation’s most important foreign-policy challenges does the candidates and the voters alike a disservice.”

Globe editorial, on Monday’s presidential foreign policy debate

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.