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State avoids storm ‘devastation’

Utility crews worked to restore power to some 225,000 customers, and Governor Patrick said the state is “very very fortunate” to have avoided the type of destruction that befell New York and New Jersey.

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The storm uprooted a tree in Copley Square.

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Jason Locke moved mud out of his mother’s house near Horseneck Beach in Westport.

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Parts of West Virginia received up to two feet of snow.

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A man looked at a tree resting on powerlines in the front yard of a home in Newton.

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A damaged home was seen on Manasquan Beach in Manasquan, N.J.

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A car passed a tree lying on power lines, the morning after Hurricane Sandy in Dartmouth.

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Residents spoke to police on Surf Drive in Falmouth after it was closed due to flooding.

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A woman dragged a wet rug out of her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

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A woman swept out her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

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A child looked at power lines knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Scituate.

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Needham public works crews removed a tree from power lines and traffic lights.

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A submerged boat in Scituate Harbor.

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In the Queens, N.Y., a rainbow could be seen behind homes devastated by the storm.

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In the Breezy Point section of the Queens, at least 80 homes were burned to the ground from a fire during the storm.

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A boat was almost sideways between two flooded houses in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

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A woman looked over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J.

Another home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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A home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.

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Jenny Brennan looked on after a tree fell on the roof of her home in Cambridge.

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A Westport police officer turned a man away from approaching the Atlantic Ocean due to downed power lines Tuesday morning.

In Westport, the mood is one of relief

Residents contended with downed trees and power outages but said damage from Sandy could have been worse.

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Power outages in Mass.

The Globe is charting power outages reported by the utility providers across the region.

Disney buying Lucasfilm, will make new ‘Star Wars’ movies

After the $4.05 billion deal, Disney said it would release “Episode 7” of the “Star Wars” series in 2015, followed by episodes 8 and 9, and then a new movie every two or three years.

Celtics vs. Heat, 8 p.m. | Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics can hang with the Heat

Sports Illustrated says the Celtics are the fifth-best team in the East, behind Indiana, New York, and Brooklyn. We think they are 1-A, right there with Miami.

Meningitis outbreak toll rises to 28 deaths, 363 illnesses

Three more deaths were reported from the outbreak tied to a Framingham compounding pharmacy, the CDC said.

33-story hotel proposed for Back Bay

The hotel and residential complex would be located near Copley Square across from the Hancock Tower.

Brown says debate not necessary, Warren wants to reschedule

Scott Brown did not rule out rescheduling the debate, which had been slated for tonight, but made clear that he had little interest in doing so.

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US Representative John F. Tierney’s campaign has been hurt by the gambling case of the family of his wife, Patrice.

Patrice Tierney got funds from brother in ’90s

Senate race in dead heat, new Globe poll shows

Mitt Romney boarded his campaign plane in Moline, Ill., Monday. President Obama returned to Washington D.C. Monday tomonitor emergency response to Hurricane Sandy.

Sandy shakes up presidential campaign strategies

Boston Capital

Sandy will rack up claims for insurers

Frame by Frame

Making ordered work out of lifelike wildness

Anthony D’Aries teaching his literacy class at the South Bay House of Correction. D’Aries this year published a memoir, “The Language of Men,” and with his father and these men he looks at their representation of manhood.

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Looking at the way men think

Susan Pellegrino and Rebecca Blumhagen as mother and daughter in Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s “Memory House.’’

Stage Review

‘Memory House’ a satisfying sliver of a play

Album Review | Rock

Neil Young’s new journey through the past

Tom Brady and the Patriots took a 5-3 record in the bye after Sunday’s win.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots still searching for identity

editorial | ELECTION ENDORSEMENT

Barack Obama deserves another term

Mitt Romney spoke at a campaign event at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio., as vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and voters listened on.

Late moderate turn carrying Romney far

The Ameridose firm in Westborough and NewEngland Compounding Center share the same owners.

State wants pharmacist to resign as a regulator

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Ray Allen traded in his Celtics uniform for a Heat jersey in the offseason.

For Celtics and Ray Allen, moving on was best

It’s still strange to see Allen talk about his transition so easily, but as the hurt feelings on both sides show, the relationship had run its course.