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GOP ties hike in debt ceiling to Obama negotiation

House Speaker John Boehner will propose extending the debt ceiling to Nov. 22, but only if President Obama negotiates over ending the government shutdown.

Despite attempted disruption, school buses are running

A small group of school bus drivers attempted to prevent other drivers from boarding their buses this morning, a School Department spokesman said.

Ariel Castro may have died from auto-erotic asphyxiation

A report shows the Ohio kidnapper did not leave a suicide note and ‘‘multiple levels of assessment’’ did not find tendency toward suicide.

Trooper pleads not guilty to drunken driving charge

The state trooper was involved in a two-car crash Sept. 22 that killed a mother and her daughter.

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New Kindle Fire a cozy option for book lovers

For casual users, the Fire HDX’s walled garden of carefully chosen apps and services will feel warm and cozy, like Downton Abbey at Christmas.

At MIT event, group entices students to ditch school

A group started by PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel wants to persuade budding entrepreneurs that college is a waste of money and they should start businesses instead.

Canada’s Alice Munro wins Nobel Prize for literature

The Swedish Academy, which selects winners, called Munro a ‘‘master of the contemporary short story.’’

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Sense of mission makes Katherine Clark best choice for US House

Of the contenders to fill the seat vacated by Edward Markey, state Senator Katherine Clark has best articulated a strategy for navigating the bitterly divided House, the Globe’s editorial board writes.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

The two David Kochs

David Koch wept for researchers in need of day care at MIT as he donated millions to the school, but he doesn’t seem to care about people in need of medical care.