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Al Qaeda suspect interrogated on Navy ship

An accused operative seized in Libya over the weekend is expected eventually to be sent to New York for criminal prosecution, officials said.

Clay Buchholz will start against the Rays in Game 3 of the ALDS.

Clay Buchholz ready to make his postseason mark

“I’m going to just try to do the same thing as I’ve done all year when I’ve been out there,” said Buchholz, who will start against the Rays in Game 3 of the ALDS.

House Speaker John Boehner arrived at the Capitol on Saturday.

Boehner insists on concessions to end budget stalemate

House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that Democrats must negotiate in order to end the government shutdown and avoid a default.

Tom Brady walked off the field after the Patriots’ first loss of the season.

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Analysis

Patriots lack punch in loss to Bengals

The Patriots’ defense was stout, but the offense was ineffective in Sunday’s loss and Tom Brady’s touchdown streak ended at 52 consecutive games.

Brandon Bolden was stopped short of a first down in the third quarter.

bengals 13, patriots 6

Patriots tamed by Bengals in season’s first loss

The Bengals highlighted the Patriots’ offensive deficiencies as New England lost, 13-6, to one of the stronger defenses in the AFC.

During a rededication of Malden’s Hebrew Charitable Burial Ground last month, a man watched.

Globe North

Jewish cemetery restored to honor forgotten souls

The 1,439 souls who are buried in a once-abandoned burial ground in Malden were recently recognized in a solemn ceremony.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-2759.jpg A cup of civility

The lack of an anti-Starbucks backlash to its CEO’s request for customers to stop bringing guns to its coffee shops isn’t about brand loyalty.

Globe exclusives

Bill O'Reilly is a popular, and partisan, host on television and radio.

Broken City

The role of partisan media

ideas

Why you can’t stop checking your phone

Critic’s Notebook

How good is Boston’s public art?
John P. Flaherty, running for mayor in Woburn, was accused of threatening a business partner.

Woburn’s mayoral choice: bad or worse?

Photo gallery

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

Yvonne Abraham

Some joy and trepidation
From left: Corey Kaiser, Tyler Hunter, Patrick Morrow, Scott Moreau, and Vince Nappo rehearse a scene from “Million Dollar Quartet” in New York City last month.

The jam session that produced a hit — on Broadway

e-book

Your Town by the Numbers
Bryan Cranston has been praised for his performance in “All the Way.”

Names

ART’s ‘All the Way’ is Broadway-bound
Boston Red Sox celebrated the last out clinching the Division title.

MLB Playoffs | Special section

Red Sox in the postseason
Sales associate Andre Wynter and Angelica Ochoa perused a schedule of classes in Braintree.

Reebok embraces personal fitness trend
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.”

Magazine | The Education Issue

Aiming higher

Sports

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Red Sox 7, Rays 4

David Ortiz and plate umpire Eric Cooper watched the flight of Ortiz’s eighth-inning home run, his second round-tripper of the game.

David Ortiz leads Red Sox in double-barreled victory

David Ortiz belted two home runs Saturday as the Red Sox took command of their American League Division Series against the Rays.

Boston mayoral race

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James and Johnny Macchi and their mother, Kristin, spoke with John Connolly at his Jamaica Plain office Saturday.

The mom machine propels John Connolly’s campaign

Many Boston school parents, including about 200 mothers working as volunteers, are helping John Connolly in his campaign for mayor.

Metro

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Jared Remy has been charged with murder in the August slaying of his girlfriend.

Jared Remy due in court on Tuesday

Remy, the son of Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy, will be arraigned in Superior Court after he was indicted last month in the August slaying of his girlfriend.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Is it really necessary to go to Tampa?
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz issued a “respectful request” for customers to stop bringing guns into his company’s coffee shops.

JEFF JACOBY

A cup of civility

Noted cookbook author Marcella Hazan took a break from cooking, as her husband Victor walked by and lovingly brushed against her.

JOANNA WEISS

A winning recipe
Scott Brown spoke at a dinner event in Nashua, N.H., in April.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Scott Brown’s 15 minutes of fame are up

Yvonne Abraham

Some joy and trepidation

Derrick Z. Jackson

The vanishing monarch butterfly

Christopher L. Gasper

Jonny Gomes really got them going

Bob Ryan

Belichick in process of loving his job

Shirley Leung

The Seaport’s Silver Line solution
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

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Boston’s inanity trail

Nation & World

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UN vehicles transported a team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons back to their Damascus hotel.

Destruction of Syrian weapons begins, UN says

An official said by the end of the day, a combination of both weapons and some production equipment would be put out of order.

Business

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Your Career

New skills, built on old, can help in career changes

Successful career moves are often built on skills already acquired through work and school, then transferred, adapted, and advanced for different industries and professions.

Arts

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Review

“Fatso” by Amy Sillman is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Witty and bright, Amy Sillman’s work is freshly urgent

“Amy Sillman: one lump or two” at the Institute of Contemporary Art reveals one of the most exciting painters around.

Travel

Cities in the states | Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Strip draws tens of millions of visitors from everywhere every year.

A royal flush of pleasures in everyone’s reach

Last year more than 39 million visitors came to this glittering, high-voltage city in the desert to dive with sharks, race Ferraris, drink, party, eat, gamble, and get married.

Books

NEW ENGLAND WRITERS AT WORK

Andre Dubus III writes his novels out in longhand in pencil. His writing room is a small space in the basement.

Andre Dubus III finds inspiration in poetry, not surroundings

The author of the acclaimed 2011 memoir, “Townie,” chatted recently about place, poetry, and pencils.

Globe Insiders

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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Magazine

The cover for the October 6 2013 issue

Into the woods
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

Ideas

“Texting and driving is unlike any public safety issue we’ve dealt with before....At the center of the problem, say experts, is a new kind of object — the modern smartphone — that’s changing our behavior on a massive scale.”

Leon Neyfakh on our cellphone habit