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Focus turns to Senate in fiscal talks

President Barack Obama met with Senate Democratic leaders at the White House after the Senate failed on a test vote to raise the debt ceiling for one year.

The Bruins’ Reilly Smith and the Blue Jackets’ Cam Atkinson battled for control of the puck in the second period.

Bruins 3, Blue Jackets 1

Bruins come from behind to beat Blue Jackets

At 0:49 of the third period, Loui Eriksson’s first goal as a Bruin turned out to be the deciding strike in Boston’s first road game of the season.

Food stamp debit cards not working across the nation

People in at least 17 states, including Maine, were unable to use their cards after a routine check by the vendor resulted in a system failure.

Former mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie endorsed Martin Walsh Saturday.

Golar Richie backs Walsh in Boston mayoral race

Charlotte Golar Richie’s endorsement was one of the most coveted in the race, coming just four weeks before Boston will choose its new mayor.

Brian Howley was one of the drivers who took part in a Drive In Prayer event held at Christ Lutheran Church In Scituate.

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Scituate Lutheran church offers drive-through prayers

The church’s novel prayer service debuted Saturday, part of a plan by Pastor Dan Eddy to grow his flock by making personal connections with passing residents.

ALCS PREVIEW

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/prez3.jpg Markey wants FTC to investigate Google changes

Senator Ed Markey asked the agency to examine the search giant’s recent changes to its terms of service that allow it to use a user’s information in ads.

Benedict Cumberbatch (left) plays WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, above left with Daniel Bruhl as his partner.

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Benedict Cumberbatch takes on role of Julian Assange

As portrayed by a bleached-blonde, beady-eyed Cumberbatch in “The Fifth Estate,” the controversial WikiLeaks founder is intense, eccentric, even maniacal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/101213_Schilling_0608-13610.jpg Curt Schilling opens Medfield home for estate sale

Hundreds flocked to the Schilling home Saturday, where items ranging from a baby grand piano to video games were on sale.

Opinion

RENÉE LOTH

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The Supreme Court should uphold the state’s buffer zone that creates a protected area at the entrances of health centers.

Globe exclusives

Buyer & Cellar stars Michael Urie at the Barrow Street Theatre.

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What’s off-Broadway? Anything you want
The 1,500-ton barge will set off from the Fore River Shipyard on Sunday, headed for dredging projects in Connecticut and Maine. It includes two giant clamshell bucket scoops (below).

New life at old Quincy shipyard site
Karen Lucas waited nearly three months for her jobless benefits.

The wait for unemployment benefits
New Hampshire Fish and Game personnel and volunteers prepared to search a wooded area in Conway, N.H., Friday for Abigail Hernandez, who disappeared after school Wednesday. Her 15th birthday is Saturday.

N.H. teen still missing on her 15th birthday
David Price is about to make too much money.

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Price tag about to get too high for Rays ace
Mayoral candidate John Connolly.

Education nonprofit to spend on behalf of Connolly
Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle is under fire for lavish spending.

State official blasts Westfield State president
Ryan J. Barry and Ashley Cyr pleaded not guilty in Plymouth Superior Court.

Parents charged with manslaughter in baby’s death
A recent Akamai board meeting included, clockwise from left, Jill Greenthal, executive vice chairman Paul Sagan, Pamela Craig, CEO Tom Leighton, and Naomi O. Seligman.

Shirley Leung

It’s not hard to get women on the board
Edwin Alemany has been charged with murder in the death of Amy Lord.

Three disciplined in case preceding Amy Lord death

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A mother, a son, a love
Paul Pedro (left) of Weymouth and Seth Dionne of Charlestown, R.I., walked past a mural in Jamaica Plain.

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Globe photos of the week, Oct. 11, 2013

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John Farrell shared a laugh with Dustin Pedroia during a workout at Fenway Park on Thursday.

John Farrell’s style works great for Red Sox

Farrell, with roots deep in the Red Sox organization, has proved to be the right man to lead the team back from a disastrous period.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidate Martin Walsh was endorsed by Local 888 of the Service Employees International Union.

Martin Walsh endorsed by municipal employees union

Local 888 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents more than 2,000 workers, gave its support to the state representative.

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The first witness to testify at the trial of Deshawn James Chappell (above) was Kimberly Flynn (below), mother of his alleged victim, Stephanie Moulton, a mental health worker.

Murder scene described as ‘blood bath’ as trial begins

A prosecutor said Deshawn James Chappell, accused of killing a mental health worker in 2011, had “a purpose and a plan” in stabbing Stephanie Moulton and dumping her body.

Columnists

David Ortiz spoke with the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera during team workouts on Friday.

Dan Shaughnessy

ALCS gives us an old-school matchup
Jon Lester, center, and the Red Sox welcome the Tigers for the start of the ALCS on Saturday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Don’t consider these Red Sox underdogs
Lobsterman Steve Train inspects a lobster while hauling traps in the waters off Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Derrick Z. Jackson

New England’s threatened lobster
Mayoral candidates Marty Walsh, left, and John Connolly face an arbitration controversy.

SCOT LEHIGH

How to fix the arbitration process

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A mother, a son, a love

CARLO ROTELLA

Home life
A dog attended a service before getting blessed in British Columbia on Sunday.

alex beam

Do all doggies go to heaven?

NICHOLAS BURNS

Shutdown diminishes US as a global power

LAWRENCE HARMON

City Council needs to hold the line on police contract

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Too quiet on sex ed
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

Yvonne Abraham

An unstable living situation

Nation & World

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This satellite image obtained from the US Naval Research Laboratory shows Tropical Cyclone Phailin Saturday over the Bay of Bengal.

Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone hits

Along India’s eastern coastline, seawater was pushing inland, swamping villages where many people survive as subsistence farmers in mud and thatch huts.

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The 1,500-ton barge will set off from the Fore River Shipyard on Sunday, headed for dredging projects in Connecticut and Maine. It includes two giant clamshell bucket scoops (below).

Barge breathes new life into former Quincy shipyard site

Cashman Dredging elected to build the massive dredging barge at the old Fore River site, the first new vessel built there in decades.

Arts

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Stages

From left: Samantha Evans, Tim Hoover (front), Cameron Beaty Gosselin, and Mary-Liz Murray in Theatre on Fire’s production of Lauren Gunderson’s “Exit, Pursued by a Bear.’’

Abuser, pursued by a comedy

Playwright Lauren Gunderson takes a sharp turn in “Exit, Pursued by a Bear,” a gonzo dark comedy about an unfunny subject: domestic violence.

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Librarians Jessi Snow (left) and Laura Koenig work with young adult readers at the Copley Library in Boston.

New breed of teen-services librarians emerges

Hipper and more social-media savvy than their counterparts, these young professionals view themselves as advocates for adolescents and their literary lives.

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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