President Obama (center) met with Senate Democratic leaders on Saturday.

Focus turns to Senate in fiscal talks

President Obama met with Senate Democratic leaders as negotiations between House Republicans and the White House collapsed.

Jordan Crawford (right) drove past the Knicks’ Toure’ Murry in the first quarter.

Celtics 111, Knicks 81

Celtics have first preseason win

The Celtics, winless in their first three preseason games, never trailed under new coach Brad Stevens as they beat the Knicks.

Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting in 2012.

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Recalling the life and struggle of Hans von Dohnanyi

Conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi, an anchoring presence in Symphony Hall, has seldom spoken about his wartime childhood, but a new book has focused attention on his father’s story.

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Red Sox held hitless through eighth

The Red Sox remain shut out by the Tigers in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

Stephen Drew made an over-the-shoulder catch to end the top of the ninth inning.

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Stephen Drew made an over-the-shoulder catch to end the top of the ninth inning.

Dustin Pedroia reacted after he was called out on strikes by home plate umpire Joe West.

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Dustin Pedroia reacted after he was called out on strikes by home plate umpire Joe West.

Jacoby Ellsbury reacted after what he thought was a ball-four pitch in the seventh inning was called a strike.

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Jacoby Ellsbury reacted after what he thought was a ball-four pitch in the seventh inning was called a strike.

Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez got a hug in the dugout after the sixth inning, his last frame after giving up no hits.

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Tigers starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez got a hug in the dugout after the sixth inning, his last frame after giving up no hits.

Shane Victorino got into a heated exchange with home plate umpire Joe West in the seventh inning.

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Shane Victorino got into a heated exchange with home plate umpire Joe West in the seventh inning.

Jhonny Peralta's RBI put the Tigers ahead of the Red Sox, 1-0, in the sixth inning.

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Jhonny Peralta's RBI put the Tigers ahead of the Red Sox, 1-0, in the sixth inning.

Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester reacted to a play in the sixth inning.

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Red Sox starting pitcher Jon Lester reacted to a play in the sixth inning.

Prince Fielder (right) was out at second, but the throw from Dustin Pedroia to first was too late.

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Prince Fielder (right) was out at second, but the throw from Dustin Pedroia to first was too late.

Jon Lester (left) got the Tigers' Victor Martinez (right) to line out to right field in the fourth inning.

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Jon Lester (left) got the Tigers' Victor Martinez (right) to line out to right field in the fourth inning.

Omar Infante was tagged out at home plate by Red Sox catcher David Ross.

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Omar Infante was tagged out at home plate by Red Sox catcher David Ross.

The Cardinals celebrated defeating the Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.

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Cardinals shut out Dodgers in Game 2

The Dodgers fizzled again with runners in scoring position in a 1-0 loss to the Cardinals on Saturday that left Los Angeles in a 2-0 series deficit.

Senator Ed Markey wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate changes in Google’s terms of service.

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.

Opinion

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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

Former mayoral candidate Charlotte Golar Richie endorsed Martin Walsh Saturday.

Golar Richie backs Walsh in Boston mayoral race
Benedict Cumberbatch (left) plays WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, above left with Daniel Bruhl as his partner.

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Cumberbatch has ideas about ‘The Fifth Estate’
Michelle Daszkiewicz, of Norfolk (left), and Debbie McElroy, of Wrentham, showed off the t-shirts that they bought at Curt Schilling’s estate sale.

Curt Schilling opens Medfield home for estate sale
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
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
Edwin Alemany has been charged with murder in the death of Amy Lord.

Three disciplined in case preceding Amy Lord death
Mayoral candidate John Connolly.

Education nonprofit to spend on behalf of Connolly

Sports

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Bruins 3, Blue Jackets 1

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

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.

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.

Metro

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

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.

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

kevin cullen

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

scot lehigh

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.

Business

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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.

Lifestyle

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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

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Into the woods
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Becoming Bostonian
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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