Broken City

Obama’s vision of unity led only to a wider gap
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner attempted to forge a comprehensive budget deal in 2011, a process that ended bitterly.

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Five years into the Obama presidency, the capital and country are far more divided.

Default looming, shutdown hits day 14 with no resolution

The United States moved perilously closer to an economy-rattling default as Senate leaders remained at odds over spending in last-ditch negotiations.

3 Americans win Nobel prize in economics

Two of the recipients have local ties. Eugene Fama is a Boston native and Tufts graduate, and Robert Shiller received a PhD from MIT.

Dan Shaughnessy

Incredible sports day, from start to finish

Close your eyes and it’s 2004 again. Tom Brady is throwing last-second touchdowns, and David Ortiz is the greatest clutch hitter in baseball history.

A hero of postseasons past, David Ortiz rounds third base — as the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera looks on — to a standing ovation after his grand slam in the eighth inning tied Game 2 at 5.

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David Ortiz deserves this save

Big Papi did what Big Papi is supposed to do: He saved his team’s hide.

Torii Hunter couldn’t catch David Ortiz’s eighth-inning blast.

Torii Hunter can’t catch up to David Ortiz’s grand slam

Hunter made a leap for the ball, cartwheeling over the wall and into the Red Sox bullpen.

With 1:13 left and no timeouts, Tom Brady calmly led the Patriots to the winning score.

Patriots’ offense stayed calm, cool on final drive

When Keenan Lewis cradled the pass from Tom Brady, a late interception that seemingly sealed a win by the Saints, the majority of the disappointed home crowd headed for the exits.

Saints tight end Jimmy Graham was covered well by cornerback Aqib Talib, who broke up this second-quarter pass.

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Aqib Talib the star of the defense against Saints

Talib was downright dominant while matching up against star tight end Jimmy Graham until leaving with a hip injury.

Opinion

JOHN E. SUNUNU

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The website disaster is a symptom of a deeply flawed law and the incompetence of the massive bureaucracy needed to carry it out.

Globe exclusives

A courtyard at the UMass honors college complex.

Complex elevates UMass honors program
Anne Morriss played with her son, Alec, 5, on Saturday in Cambridge.

Company seeks to make sperm banks safer
Mrs. William Meuse and her son Jim, who were burned out of their 125 Spruce St. home, with Mayor Philip Spelman.

Recalling the Great Chelsea Fire of 1973
Nearly six months after he lost his leg in the Marathon bombings, Marc Fucarile was able to stand and kiss his fiancée, Jen Regan.

Together, despite all
Evan Dobelle was welcomed to the University of Hawaii in March 2001, along with his with his wife, Kit, and son, Harry. Three years later, he left under a cloud of controversy.

Did Westfield State miss warning signs?
When Tom Lyons bought the New England Mobile Book Fair, he found inventory was not automated.

A retirement fantasy: Owning small bookstore
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
Tara Brosnick, a medical student at Rutgers University, performs an optical biopsy on a patient’s face using the VivaScope 3000.

No-cut biopsies are here
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
Devin McCourty’s shift to safety is seen as contributing to the Patriots’ better defense.

Patriots’ defense has improved in limiting big plays
Christoph von Dohnanyi conducting in 2012.

third ear

From shadow of war, a legacy of resistance
Joan Wheelis now has the letters, books, official documents, and photographs that her mother, Ilse Kaulbach, had saved.

A long obscured branch on Kerry’s family tree

Sports

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A hero of postseasons past, David Ortiz rounds third base — as the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera looks on — to a standing ovation after his grand slam in the eighth inning tied Game 2 at 5.

David Ortiz deserves this save

Big Papi did what Big Papi is supposed to do: He saved his team’s hide.

Boston mayoral race

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Ross Levanto of Beacon Hill had volunteered for Mayor Menino’s political organizations starting in 2005. Now the 37-year-old is volunteering for John R. Connolly’s team.

After 20 years, Menino’s political operation scatters

Word filtered through Team Menino that the boss had given the sign that those who wanted to join the mayoral campaigns should follow their hearts.

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In search of votes, John R. Connolly made a campaign pitch to a resident of Arizona who was in town for a wedding.

Mayoral candidates look for support at Columbus Day Parade

Over a long weekend in the heart of a tourist-friendly city, Martin Walsh and John Connolly had a tough time finding city voters.

Columnists

From left: Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama, and White House spokesman Jay Carney.

JOANNA WEISS

Talking points: The home version
David Ortiz addressed fans during an April pregame ceremony honoring the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

JAMES CARROLL

‘B-Strong’ for democracy as well as security

Dan Shaughnessy

This game was one for the ages

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

NICHOLAS BURNS

Shutdown diminishes US as a global power

CARLO ROTELLA

Home life

Nation & World

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Social Security raise among smallest in history

For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans, and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits.

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APP SMART

Cheat sheets for your walk in the woods

As you take long autumn strolls in the wild, apps can be excellent nature guides.

Arts

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Photography Review

Stanley Tretick’s photograph of John F. Kennedy brushing back Jacqueline Kennedy’s hair, from 1961.

All the photographic way with JFK

“Capturing Camelot” has its share of political and historical photographs, but it’s the personal photographs that stand out.

Health and wellness

From left: Women of Means founder Dr. Roseanna Means, pilot program member Orga Soto, and Dr. Shaun Austin, at the Women’s Lunch Place shelter in Boston.

Taking health care to the street

Women of Means — a nonprofit that provides medical care at a Boston shelter — aims to keep poor and homeless women healthier while streamlining medical treatment.

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Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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Into the woods
The cover for the September 29 2013 issue

Becoming Bostonian
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Do we still trust Bill Belichick?

Ideas

The words “home economics” likely conjure visions of future homemakers quietly whisking white sauce or stitching rickrack onto an apron. But to a handful of people thinking big about these problems, they evoke something different: A forward-thinking new kind of class that would give a generation of young people. . .the skills to shop intelligently, cook healthily, manage money, and live well.

Ruth Graham