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Brown, Warren face challenges in first debate

Elizabeth Warren must engage Scott Brown on issues without seeming aggressive tonight, while Brown must fend Warren off without hurting his likable image.

Ex-prosecutor to oversee review of drug lab cases

David Meier, tapped by Governor Patrick to oversee a review of the thousands of cases possibly affected by the scandal, said he aimed to be “an advocate for fairness.”

Harvard Club in $4 million settlement over unpaid tips

Employees had filed a class action lawsuit in November, claiming they had been cheated out of potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars in tips.

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Friday Preview | Movie Review

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ is a cult classic

This ambitious, powerfully acted four-star achievement has much to say about the limits of belief — and the power of talented actors.

Clint Eastwood (with Amy Adams) plays an old scout.

Movie Review

Even Eastwood can’t do much with ‘Curve’

“Trouble With the Curve” is a congenial but distressingly formulaic drama about an aging baseball scout and his last season on the road.

Joan Vennochi

Why do Mass. politicians wither on national stage?

What is it about Massachusetts politicians who run for president? Is it something in the local air, or maybe in the ivory towers that nurtured them?

September 23 1938 / Globe photo by Thomas C Connors / The remains of St. Hedwig's Catholic church at 99 Otis Street, East Cambridge, the oldest Polish Catholic church in the city. Amazingly, the altar was unharmed.

The Great Hurricane of 1938

The record-breaking storm that hit New England on Sept. 21, 1938 hit hard, killing approximately 600 people in the area.

Timeline

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_sox4_spts--90x90.jpg How the 2012 Red Sox unraveled

From Carl Crawford’s first surgery to the team’s 82nd loss, here’s a review of one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Tools/Images/rudick_2--90x90.jpg Globe Insiders video: The Back Story

A video series where Globe journalists tell the stories behind their stories. Exclusively on BostonGlobe.com, it is hosted by multimedia journalist Dina Rudick.

Globe exclusives

Leonard Cohen (above, in 2008) proves an ideal interview subject in “I’m Your Man.”

Book Review

‘I’m Your Man ’ by Sylvie Simmons
Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren stand to gain much in the debate.

Senate debate | 7 p.m.

Brown, Warren face unique challenges in first debate

Christopher L. Gasper

Wes Welker strategy is unfathomable
Partisan movies like “2016: Obama’s America’’ that attract highly motivated audiences are important to movie houses that want to fill seats.

Critic’s Notebook

Partisan messages spread through film
About a third of the new game takes place in Boston.

Game maker digs into Boston history
A number of Republican candidates have tried to distance themselves from some of Mitt Romney’s recent remarks.

Romney’s words hinder his campaign
From left: Ann Romney; Michelle Obama; Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge; Rachel Zoe (top); and Rihanna.

Fashionistas can’t get enough of bright colors
Some 600 mourners gathered in Winchester on Wednesday for the funeral of Glen Doherty, the former Navy SEAL killed in last week’s assault on a US consulate. His mother, Barbara Doherty, is at center with daughter Kate Quigley and grandson Cam.

Winchester bids farewell to Libya attack victim
“In this field, we keep having these things appear,” Harvard professor Karen L. King said of the fragment.

Finding hints that Jesus was married
John F. Kennedy, shown in Toledo, Ohio, worked hard to hide his physical problems from reporters.

’60 tape reveals an uncertain JFK
Apples at Shelburne Farm in Stow.

Where to pick your own apples in Massachusetts

Pete Stidman brings cyclists together

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Tyler Seguin to join Swiss club during lockout

The Bruins scorer is heading to the Swiss Elite League, where he will sign a deal to play while the NHL resolves its labor standoff.

Metro

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A mourner left the memorial service with a program.

Bruce Bolling remembered as tireless public servant

Local leaders joined hundreds of mourners at a memorial service for the first African-American president of the Boston City Council.

Columnists

A so-called post-Panamax container ship at the Balboa Port in Panama on Friday.

juliette kayyem

Panama Canal’s future depends on accommodating wider loads

Joan Vennochi

Why do Mass. politicians wither on national stage?

joshua green

An insult to Reagan’s tax credits

Tech Lab

In the app era, radio has gone Wi-Fi and 3G

Christopher L. Gasper

Wes Welker strategy is unfathomable

derrick z. jackson

The battle over food labeling

Scot Lehigh

Romney’s down, but a bold move could bring him back
Senator Scott Brown at a Mattapan auto service center earlier this month after his wife got his truck detail-cleaned for his birthday.

Brian McGrory

Scott Brown beyond the camera, lights
A replacement referee questioned a call during the season opening game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders on Sept. 10.

Dan Shaughnessy

Stop the madness with replacement refs

farah stockman

The blame generation

joanna weiss

‘Honey Boo Boo’ and the real America

Boston Capital

Wellington’s Ed Owens going out on top

Business

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Bayer chairman Marijn Dekkers (right) was speaker at a luncheon where he discussed the economic downturn and research. Before his speech, he chatted with John Fernandez.

Executives say health cost push threatens innovation

The push to contain health costs could hamper drug makers’ ability to create new medicines, two industry executives warned.

Politics

Political Notebook

Aung San Suu Kyi received the Congressional Gold Medal from House Speaker John Boehner, with Laura Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and Mitch McConnell.

Lawmakers unite in effusive praise of Aung San Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal she had been awarded in 2008 while under house arrest for her struggle against military rule in Myanmar.

Nation & World

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The US consulate in Benghazi was on fire following an attack on Sept. 11.

White House calls Libya killings a ‘terrorist attack’

‘‘It is self-evident that what happened in Benghazi was a terrorist attack,’’ the White House press secretary said.

Arts

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Where to get your geek on this fall — and beyond

You’re a new nerd in town. Let it be known that Our Fair City is a kingdom replete with every variety of nerdery known to man, woman, halfling, and beast.

Style

Sonjia Williams, a Lasell College graduate, working on one of her designs.

Sonjia Williams proves her success on ‘Project Runway’

A young Boston designer is making the most of her chance on the show.

“In designing public policy, we have to find ways to make use of the incentives and constraints that do not demobilize or diminish the quite substantial moral commitments of populations to do the right thing.”

Samuel Bowles,  on a Harvard study of generosity and cooperation

Magazine

The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?

Opinion

“Mitt Romney is the latest example of a Bay State-launched presidential contender with a serious people problem.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“Those who design tests understand them as a guess about the future. We’re probing for certain qualities that tell us a student is ready to move ahead, or an employee will be an asset to the firm.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on what we should really test