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House Speaker John Boehner, responding to pressure from Democrats on reopening the government, said ‘‘this isn’t some damn game.’’

Prospects for swift end to shutdown appear bleak

As lawmakers squabbled on the fourth day of a government shutdown, there was no evident urgency about reaching a deal before the weekend.

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Alexander Bradley has been ordered to appear before a Mass. grand jury in a 2012 double murder.

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A Connecticut woman shot to death by police believed that the president was communicating with her, a federal law enforcement official said Friday.

Mass. man an alleged member of hacking group Anonymous

A Rockland man and two other New England residents face charges of conspiring to intentionally cause damage to protected computers.

Live Updates | RED SOX VS. RAYS, TBS

Red Sox build lead against Rays

After going down early, 2-0, the Red Sox scored 5 in the fourth inning and 3 more in the fifth to take the lead in Game 1 of the ALDS.

Stephen Drew (center) was welcomed back to the dugout after scoring during the fourth inning.

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Stephen Drew (center) was welcomed back to the dugout after scoring during the fourth inning.

David Ortiz was congratulated in the dugout after scoring in the fourth inning.

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David Ortiz was congratulated in the dugout after scoring in the fourth inning.

Jonny Gomes pulled his beard after hitting a two-run double in the second inning.

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Jonny Gomes pulled his beard after hitting a two-run double in the second inning.

Jonny Gomes brought the fans to their feet as he flew across home plate. The Sox ended the fourth inning with a 5-2 lead.

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Jonny Gomes brought the fans to their feet as he flew across home plate. The Sox ended the fourth inning with a 5-2 lead.

Jacoby Ellsbury (left) celebrated with Stephen Drew, who also scored in the fourth.

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Jacoby Ellsbury (left) celebrated with Stephen Drew, who also scored in the fourth.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit an RBI double in the fifth inning. The Red Sox added three runs to their lead.

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Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit an RBI double in the fifth inning. The Red Sox added three runs to their lead.

Drew beat Rays pitcher Matt Moore to the bag for an infield single.

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Drew beat Rays pitcher Matt Moore to the bag for an infield single.

Tampa Bay left fielder Sean Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the second inning to put the Rays ahead.

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Tampa Bay left fielder Sean Rodriguez hit a solo home run in the second inning to put the Rays ahead.

The crowd cheered after Lester sent down the Rays in order in the first inning.

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The crowd cheered after Lester sent down the Rays in order in the first inning.

Jon Lester fired the first pitch of the game to start off the ALDS against the Rays.

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Jon Lester fired the first pitch of the game to start off the ALDS against the Rays.

Mayor Thomas Menino (left) shared a moment with David Ortiz after throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

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Mayor Thomas Menino (left) shared a moment with David Ortiz after throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

Red Sox players stood before a giant American flag during the national anthem.

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Red Sox players stood before a giant American flag during the national anthem.

David Ortiz greeted manager John Farrell before the game began.

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David Ortiz greeted manager John Farrell before the game began.

Red Sox pitchers get loose in right field about three hours before the start of the game.

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Red Sox pitchers get loose in right field about three hours before the start of the game.

First responders and family members of those injured or killed in the Boston Marathon bombings were honored before the game

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First responders and family members of those injured or killed in the Boston Marathon bombings were honored before the game

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis walked onto the field before the game.

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Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis walked onto the field before the game.

As much as the Red Sox have to neutralize Longoria, the Rays must not let David Ortiz beat their pitching with one swing.

How the Red Sox, Rays match up

The Globe’s Nick Cafardo assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Red Sox and Rays as they prepare to meet in the Division Series.

New math standards being adopted across the state push reasoning and abstract thinking, says eighth-grade teacher Michelle Calioro. “I think that was really missing from the old standards.”

Exclusive Sunday Magazine preview | The Education Issue

Will new curriculum improve Mass. schools?

With the state’s long history of high standards, some question whether it was a good idea for the state to change what it was already seen as doing well.

Opinion

LAWRENCE HARMON

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Mayor Menino’s transition blog will leave his successor with what should be the best practical guide to municipal government.

Globe exclusives

A bee in South Boston by Carson Beach.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Oct. 4, 2014
Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1999.

A story in tweets

Remembering the Yeltsin-Russian parliament standoff
Red Sox skill and spirit were on display when Mike Napoli’s 11th-inning walkoff homer sank the Yankees in July.

Boston’s redeemed team

Shirley Leung

The Seaport’s Silver Line solution
MIT graduate students Chris and Elizabeth Follett with 10-month-old Marie at the new day-care center. Chris Follett called day care a “great experience.”

David Koch funds day care at MIT
BECCA ROSENTHAL

kevin cullen

Still inspiring others
The state’s Department of Revenue fired Deloitte, the firm tied to snarls at the Labor Department, as defects became obvious.

$54m later, state computer contractor out
Missie and Bob Cousy, shown with daughters Ticia and Marie, were married for 63 years.

Of years of love, and a long goodbye
Isaura Mendes was comforted by friend James Hills Thursday after the death of her nephew Leroy Carvalho the day before. In years past, she lost two of her sons to street violence.

Peace activist’s nephew slain
House Speaker John Boehner hinted that he may seek a coalition on a measure to raise the debt ceiling.

A hint of assent on debt ceiling
Nineteen Dunkin’ Donuts have been robbed in the state since March.

Dunkin’ Donuts stores suffer rash of nighttime robberies
Tax breaks won by the Washington lobbying industry, centered on the K Street corridor, show how cheap it is, relatively speaking, to buy political influence.

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez in 2010.

Rodriguez suit violates league drug rules, MLB says

The league called Alex Rodriguez’s lawsuit against the sport a ‘‘clear violation’’ of the confidentiality provisions of the league’s drug program.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidates Marty Walsh (left) and John Connolly shook hands Wednesday as they crossed paths at a school presentation in Roxbury. Later in the day, Connolly abnd Walsh took turns being questioned by members of the Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers.

Candidates address minority officers at forum

John Connolly and Martin Walsh spoke about public safety, police diversity, and poor city services in minority neighborhoods.

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Man arrested in Wareham on kidnapping, carjacking charges

The man allegedly kidnapped a 75-year-old woman and then tried to carjack a vehicle with a two-month old infant on board, police said.

Columnists

Shirley Leung

The Seaport’s Silver Line solution

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Boston’s inanity trail
BECCA ROSENTHAL

kevin cullen

Still inspiring others
Every loss and head-shaking sideshow that last season’s last-place, 69-win calamity served up was worth it, because it led the Sox to this.

Christopher L. Gasper

Last year’s crash was necessary
John Lackey, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett arrived at the first official workout of spring training in February 2011.

Dan Shaughnessy

Do not take success for granted

Yvonne Abraham

Laboring over a political position
Today's iMacs range in price from $1,299 to $1,999, and come in 21.5 inches across or 27 inches. Its maximum resolution is actually higher than that of a standard 1080p high-definition television.

Tech Lab

iMac — too good for its own good?

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Thinking outside the city limits
EMT Marcus Jerome and his wife Rachel at his Boston EMS graduation in 2012 in Faneuil Hall.

Kevin Cullen

Death of a lifesaver

JEFF JACOBY

Arbitration has no place at the table
Alan Dershowitz is a noted defense attorney and Harvard law professor.

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Alan Dershowitz takes the stand

Adrian Walker

Government for the people?

Nation & World

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Vo Nguyen Giap drove the French out of Vietnam and later forced the US to abandon its grueling effort to free the country from communism.

Vietnamese general who ousted France, US dies at 102

Vo Nguyen Giap drove the French out of Vietnam and later forced the US to abandon its effort to free the country from communism.

Business

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Customers could shop for cannabis, oxycodene, stimulants, testosterone, and psychedelics on the Silk Road website.

Arrest gives insight into online drug trade

A Calif. man was accused of making millions operating the secret Silk Road website and of a failed murder-for-hire scheme.

Arts

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Photography review

From the “What I Did on My Summer Vacation” exhibit at Panopticon Gallery, Stefanie Klavens’s “Malta Drive-In, Malta, N.Y.” (2013).

Panopticon shows focus on the fundamentals

The appeal of “On First Contact,” a show at Panopticon Gallery consisting of more than 60 contact prints and five contact sheets, is the diversity.

Movies

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Movie Review

Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone in “Gravity.”

Strap in for the astonishing ride that is ‘Gravity’

Director Alfonso Cuarón’s movie is a visually painstaking state-of-the-art production that advances what the cinema can show us.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

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The Franklin Park zoo opened on Oct 3, 1912, to the delight of thousands, and has undergone several changes in the years since.

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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