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Obama nominates Yellen to lead Fed

Janet Yellen said “more needs to be done to strengthen the economy” as she was introduced as President Obama’s pick to succeed Ben Bernanke.

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President Obama invited all 232 House Republicans to the White House on Thursday, and the GOP said 18 would attend.

At Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Aaron Hernandez answered questions about a potential conflict of interest involving one of his lawyers and the wife of a prosecutor.

Aaron Hernandez takes stand in pretrial hearing

In the hearing, Hernandez answered questions about a potential conflict of interest involving one of his lawyers and the wife of a prosecutor.

Menino aide says ‘renegades’ intimidated school bus drivers

City officials took aim at a pair of union officials, accusing them of intimidating the mostly immigrant force of drivers into striking.

Take 2: "Captain Phillips"

Movie critics Ty Burr and Janice Page both like the new Tom Hanks film, "Captain Phillips."

Movie Review

Tom Hanks is captivating in ‘Captain Phillips’

The extraordinarily gripping movie, based on events on the container ship Maersk Alabama in April 2009, both sticks to the American Hero playbook and subtly departs from it.

scot lehigh

Too quiet on sex ed

The mayoral candidates have talked about a number of topics, but on one subject they’ve been largely silent: teenage sexual activity and its attendant problems.

The Celtics say that Rajon Rondo will not be ready at the start of the regular season.

Rajon Rondo: ‘I love it here’ in Boston

The Celtics guard said he’s eager to work with new coach Brad Stevens and not looking to follow Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce out of town.

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Ellsbury, key to the Red Sox’ ALDS-clinching win, is proving he is a game-changer who could be very difficult to say goodbye to after the season.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

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The government has shut down on a number of occasions in recent years, and in most of those cases negotiated deals ended the standoffs.

Globe exclusives

MEI-MEI: Margaret Li, co-owner with her brother and sister, inside their Chinese-American restaurant in Audubon Circle. Opening this month, the enterprise was aided by a Kickstarter campaign.

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David Ross, left, and Koji Uehara celebrated after recording the final out of the Game 4 win that eliminated the Rays.

Dan Shaughnessy

Hopefully Red Sox’ party is just starting
Leslie Fishman (above) says the recipe for apple pie (top) she learned from her mother “became a family favorite for decades.” Her daughter is the third generation to make it.

Think pie pastry is daunting? Try 3-ingredient wonder

Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy
Some Mass. doctors have been advised not to issue patient marijuana certifications out of fear they would lose federal funding.

US policy clouds OK’s of medical marijuana
The festivities draw a million people to the heart of the city. The event has inspired dozens of similar festivals across the country and pumped millions into the local economy.

Boston’s First Night festival saved by donors
Richard Phillips said the sea captain’s life is his “normal.’’

A captain’s piracy saga comes to the screen

Donnie Wahlberg standing in Copley Square in the new FiOS commercial.

Wahlberg FiOS ad missing one thing: FiOS in Boston
Jonathan Ramos attended a candlelight vigil last month marking the death of his cousin Jorge Fuentes.

Slaying galvanizes Episcopal Church

The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
“I think a few people might look at me and almost not believe what I say,” writes Elizabeth Smart about not having psychological wounds from her kidnapping and months of abuse.

Book Review

‘My Story’ by Elizabeth Smart and Chris Stewart

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Brady and McDaniels couldn’t figure out how to get the ball in the red zone.

Why was Tom Brady so off his game in Cincinnati?

In most NFL games, the better quarterback/offensive coordinator combination wins out. This past Sunday, that wasn’t Brady and Josh McDaniels.

Boston mayoral race

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The race for mayor

State Representative Martin J. Walsh announced the endorsements of John F. Barros and Felix G. Arroyo.

Walsh wins coveted backing of Arroyo, Barros

State Representative Martin J. Walsh won key endorsements that could shore up his prospects among black and Latino voters.

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Harvard chemistry professor Martin Karplus was one of the three to receive tje 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Harvard scientist shares Nobel Prize in chemistry

The prize was awarded for research related to computer programs that are used in drug development.

Columnists

LAWRENCE HARMON

City Council needs to hold the line on police contract
Jake Peavy went 5⅔ innings to propel the Red Sox to a win on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Jake Peavy stands tall for Red Sox

scot lehigh

Too quiet on sex ed

Boston Capital

Hatsopoulos brothers powering tech company
The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern

Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy

adrian walker

Walsh wins first round

Yvonne Abraham

Some joy and trepidation
Koji Uehara is hunched over after the Rays’ Jose Lobaton hit a walkoff solo home run off him in the ninth inning.

Christopher L. Gasper

Doubts emerge around Koji Uehara now
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

JAMES CARROLL

In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction
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

Nation & World

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Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for deadly strikes in Uganda and Kenya. The question now is whether the United States might have made itself more of a target.

US raid on target in Somalia hit snags

Navy SEALs discovered more civilians than expected, making for the kind of “imperfect intelligence” that ended up scuttling the mission.

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An Ariad chemist at a lab in Cambridge.

Ariad shares plunge after enrollment in drug trial halted

The Cambridge-based company is reviewing data about the side effects of its leukemia drug Iclusig.

Food & dining

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Lobster fra diavolo.

Lobster fra diavolo becomes spicy fish soup

Lobsters are prized for their rich meat, but don’t discard their flavorful shells and bodies, which add depth to any dish.

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television review

From left: Robbie Amell, Aaron Yoo, Luke Mitchell, and Peyton List in the CW’s new teen paranormal superhero series.

A merry band of mutants in ‘Tomorrow People’

The atmosphere of the CW’s new drama is bland, the special effects and fight scenes are underwhelming, and the tone is mostly humorless.

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Into the woods
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Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
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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