Amid shutdown, an uncertain road ahead

The Senate early Tuesday rejected the House’s call to form a negotiating committee to resolve the deadlock.

A barrier was erected around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning.

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A barrier was erected around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning.

A furloughed federal employee held a sign on the steps of the US Capitol after the government shut down took effect early Tuesday.

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A furloughed federal employee held a sign on the steps of the US Capitol after the government shutdown took effect early Tuesday.

Front pages of newspapers from around the US were on display outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

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Front pages of newspapers from around the US were on display outside the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

John Carano, 65, walked on a trail at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Valley View, Ohio.

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John Carano, 65, walked on a trail at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Valley View, Ohio.

Temporary fencing was erected around the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Temporary fencing was erected around the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty were met with news of the shutdown in New York City.

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Tourists who had hoped to visit the Statue of Liberty were met with news of the shutdown in New York City.

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Federally funded agencies and organizations in the Boston area prepared to close their doors or furlough employees Tuesday.

Chris Bauernfeind wears a high-tech face mask that doubled as a camera so visitors could see the inside of the tank from his perspective.

Getting the view from inside aquarium’s tank

Visitors can chat, and see from a diver’s-eye perspective, at the New England Aquarium’s redone Giant Ocean Tank.

Northern Avenue in Boston is seen during rush hour.

Opinion | PAUL MCMORROW

Boston could be car-free, it’s how people actually live

The city can’t physically allow every resident and worker to drive around town like it’s Interstate 495.

Daniel Bard is now with the Chicago Cubs.

Deconstructing Daniel Bard’s rise, fall with Red Sox

The genesis of Bard’s struggles began with a mutual decision before the 2012 season to turn one of the game’s premier setup men into a starter.

EMT Marcus Jerome and his wife Rachel at his Boston EMS graduation in 2012 in Faneuil Hall.

Photo courtesy of Boston EMS

Kevin Cullen

Death of a lifesaver

EMTs and paramedics work miracles every day, but there was no miracle for Marcus Jerome, an EMT for Boston Emergency Medical Service.

Opinion

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Americans like leaders with quick trigger fingers, but the debate about a possible military strike in Syria showed that when we deliberate as a people, we can come up with a better outcome.

Globe exclusives

John McDonough, interim superintendent, blames the high cost of Boston real estate.

$261m facility for 2 Boston schools could set state record
A photo from Carney Hospital in Dorchester in 2007. Recent figures from the state Center for Health Information and Analysis showed half of the former Caritas hospitals — including Carney — were unprofitable through the second quarter of this year.

Fate of ex-Caritas hospitals raises concerns
From left: Jessica Webb, Mal Malme, and Ian Michaels in Ginger Lazarus’s “Burning” at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre.

Stage Review

‘Burning’ to unleash silences that repress us
Julie Ann Earls and Jason Bowen, will play Romeo and Juliet

Stage REview

A ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that aims to surprise
Andre De Shields as King Louie, as musicians join actors on stage, in Huntington coproduction of “The Jungle Book.”

Giving ‘Jungle Book’ its beat
Jeff Green signed green basketballs during Media Day.

Photos of Celtics media day
Bobby Waldrop oversees machinery for spinning yarn at the Parkdale textile plant in Gaffney, S.C.

Lack of workers hinders textiles rebound
Rachael Cronk hugged Caroline on a mall trip to the American Girl doll store. Caroline was diagnosed with a rare cancer last year.

The gospel of Calle
Orr, at his Sandwich home, would prefer he were not the subject of this story.

Bobby Orr focused on doing good — quietly
Thomas M. Damigella (right), striking up a conversation with his friend, John Rosato, in the North End.

Thomas Damigella, at 97; Tupperware party pioneer
Craig Mello, holding his daughter after a press conference in October 2006 announcing that he shared the Nobel Prize in medicine, said the honor didn’t alter his life much.

Science in Mind

For Nobel laureates, life goes on
“I am trying to get people to talk and ask me hard questions,” said Charlie Collier, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Words on Alzheimer’s from one who knows

2013-14 NHL preview

“We’ve got some great leaders, a great core group of guys, and we’ve added some quality people in there, too,’’ said coach Claude Julien.

Bruins primed to go for Cup again

After a fast and stunning Game 6 loss to the Blackhawks, the Bruins shook off, shook up, and prepared for another run.

Sports

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MVP hopeful Andrew McCutchen said the Pirates have title plans.

Pirates now gold standard in Pittsburgh

The Pirates, who are in the playoffs for the first time in 21 years, have connected with a fan base that is hungry for a winner.

Boston mayoral race

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State Representative Martin J. Walsh (left) spoke to Angel Miranda on the campaign trail. Councilor at Large John R. Connolly spoke to a voter as her daughter spun about him.

Collegiality fading in Boston’s mayoral race

The number of public appearances has been reduced with the number of candidates and the niceness factor has begun to fade.

Metro

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Fire Department personnel said they would remain at the scene throughout the evening.

Four-alarm fire ravages Quincy Masonic temple

The fire raged for hours at Quincy’s historic Masonic temple Monday afternoon, gutting the interior and destroying centuries of artifacts.

Columnists

Ralph de la Torre has his hands full.

Boston Capital

De la Torre’s not-quite health care empire

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Democracy and deliberation

Adrian Walker

He says vote, but doesn’t

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Why is the EPA trying to kill coal?
EMT Marcus Jerome and his wife Rachel at his Boston EMS graduation in 2012 in Faneuil Hall.

Kevin Cullen

Death of a lifesaver
Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib makes a game-saving play by breaking up a Matt Ryan pass intended for Falcons wide receiver Roddy White late in the fourth quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ defense is the real thing
Terry Francona’s managing job in Cleveland is among the season’s best stories.

Dan Shaughnessy

Time for a bit of clarity on Patriots, Red Sox
The Entrepreneur Walk of Fame in Kendall Square currently has seven plaques.

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneur Walk of Fame deserves a boost

JOAN VENNOCHI

Boston’s ‘neighborhood first’ thinking

LAWRENCE HARMON

Keep police commissioner search secret

A Suffolk Downs employee took a photo of a rendering of the proposed East Boston casino.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Lady Luck calls on Suffolk Downs

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots, Falcons matchup important

Nation & World

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Iraqis combed through the rubble Monday after a suicide bomb attack on a Shi’ite mosque in Mussayab the day before.

Wave of car bombs kills at least 55 in Baghdad

Most of the blasts on Monday were caused by car bombs detonated in Shi’ite neighborhoods.

Business

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US borrowers owe $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, exceeding all other consumer borrowing except mortgages.

Student loan defaults at an 18-year high

US borrowers owe $1.2 trillion in student loan debt, exceeding all other consumer borrowing except mortgages.

Arts

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RAP | ALBUM REVIEW

Danny Brown, ‘Old’

What unifies the album is the superb production, which marries indie-rock values to street-rap style.

Globe Insiders

From the Archives | photo gallery

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Gloucester is the oldest seaport in America and played integral role in the beginning of the US fishing industry.

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The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

Magazine

The cover for the September 29 2013 issue

Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

Beauty of the bottle
The cover for the September 8 2013 issue

Jefferson slept here

Ideas

“The Arab Council for the Social Sciences aims to give thinkers institutional punch — not just funding for projects that aren’t popular with local regimes or Western universities, but muscle to fight authorities.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on a new Middle East brain trust