Dobelle came to Westfield State with record of excess

University trustees face a nightmare jarringly similar to the one faced by University of Hawaii regents in 2004.

Starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez (pictured) and four relievers almost achieved the first combined no-hitter in postseason history.

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Tigers 1, Red Sox 0

Red Sox shut out in ALCS opener

The Red Sox avoided historical ignominy when Daniel Nava ended a no-hit bid by the Tigers, but they lost Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.

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Senate leads hunt for shutdown and debt limit deal

With House leaders sidelined, Democratic Sen. Harry Reid and Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell have taken the lead on discussions in the fiscal crisis.

Together, despite all

The long journey of Marathon bombing victim Marc Fucarile and his fiancée, Jen Regan, continues. By Sarah Schweitzer

Through five games Tom Brady is producing some of the worst stats of his career, including career lows in completion percentage (56.6) and average per attempt (6.2 yards),

Sunday Football Notes

Brady not solely to blame for Pats’ woes

Even without Wes Welker, Aaron Hernandez, and Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots’ passing game has produced some surprising numbers, and not the good kind.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/suarez_13walsh(2)_MET_001.jpg Well of support for Martin Walsh among those in recovery

Reformed alcoholics and drug addicts are devoted acolytes of Walsh, with some crediting their second chance directly to the mayoral candidate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/chin101013wheeliskerry_nat2.jpg A long obscured branch on John Kerry’s family tree

It is, according to those involved, a vivid reminder of how the Holocaust led to so many lost connections in the world.

When Tom Lyons bought the New England Mobile Book Fair, he found inventory was not automated.

Independent bookstore appeal grows

Owning an indie bookstore has become the modern retirement fantasy. It’s a bed-and-breakfast for people who want to discuss novels, not serve muffins.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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The differences between John Connolly and Martin Walsh are relatively small: They both want dramatic reform.

Globe exclusives

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
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’s estate sale was a hit
Devin McCourty’s shift to safety is seen as contributing to the Patriots’ better defense.

Saints at Patriots | 4:25 p.m. (Fox)

Patriots’ defense has improved in limiting big plays
Jamie Tedford’s hunch on ads led him to start a business.

Innovation economy

Mad Men meet Mr. Spock
Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting in 2012.

third ear

From shadow of war, a legacy of resistance
Karen Lucas waited nearly three months for her jobless benefits.

The wait for unemployment aid
Benedict Cumberbatch (left) plays WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, above left with Daniel Bruhl as his partner.

movie preview

Cumberbatch has ideas about ‘The Fifth Estate’
Buyer & Cellar stars Michael Urie at the Barrow Street Theatre.

travel

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
Charlotte Golar Richie endorsed mayoral candidate Martin Walsh outside a church in Dorchester on Saturday.

Former rival swayed by Walsh’s stances
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.

Sunday baseball notes

Price tag about to get too high for Rays ace

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Jhonny Peralta smacked an RBI single during the sixth inning, accounting for the game’s only run.

Tigers happy to have Jhonny Peralta around

Peralta heard the “Steroids! Steroids!” chant, but he had the last laugh when he drove in the game’s only run.

Boston mayoral race

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Charlotte Golar Richie endorsed mayoral candidate Martin Walsh outside a church in Dorchester on Saturday.

Former rival swayed by Martin Walsh’s stances

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

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Starts & Stops

A number of bicyclists have wiped out and suffered injuries when riding over this expansion joint at the intersection of Huntington Avenue and Stuart Street in Back Bay.

Revisiting a dangerous spot for bicycles

An expansion joint at the intersection of Huntington Avenue and Stuart Street in the Back Bay has become a perilous intersection for bicyclists.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

17 years and still waiting
Joe Kennedy is 10 months into his first term.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Joe Kennedy’s surprising Tea Party take
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
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
David Ortiz spoke with the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera during team workouts on Friday.

Dan Shaughnessy

ALCS gives us an old-school matchup

CARLO ROTELLA

Home life

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

alex beam

Do all doggies go to heaven?

Nation & World

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Raging winds, heavy rains, and flooding from Cyclone Phailin battered Orissa, India, Saturday.

800,000 in India flee huge cyclone

A massive cyclone hit the eastern coast Saturday night, leading authorities to move people inland in one of the largest such evacuations in India’s history.

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ROMAN BLANCO

Santander US CEO Roman Blanco

Blanco spoke about the campaign to rebrand Sovereign Bank, the company’s goals, and upcoming challenges.

Arts

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Writer Stephen Belber (left) and director Peter DuBois.

At the center of ‘Duff,’ an accidental prophet

Playwright Stephen Belber’s new play, “The Power of Duff,” grapples with questions of spirituality and religion and its place in the public sphere.

Travel

Students work from a tray of prepared toppings before sending their pies into the outdoor wood-fired pizza oven at Jillyanna’s Woodfired Cooking School.

Slapping dough and feeding the fire in Kennebunkport, Maine

A new pizza cooking school stands on a woodsy residential road in Kennebunkport’s village of Cape Porpoise.

Books

‘Dirty Love’ by Andre Dubus III

The book is composed of four novellas, and in each Dubus manages to haunt the present narrative with hordes of memories from his characters’ pasts.

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Curious how your community compares with neighboring cities and towns? The Globe’s Matt Carroll offers community-by-community comparisons in vital categories.

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Magazine

The cover for the October 13 2013 issue

Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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?

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