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Union voter effort in full swing in mayor’s race

Labor unions are ramping up their efforts to sway voters and encourage them to vote as the Boston mayoral contest enters its home stretch.

Senate leaders near fiscal deal

Senate leaders neared the completion Monday night of a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling and end the government shutdown.

Candidates make final push in District 5 race

A day before the special primary election, seven Democrats and three Republicans campaigned on Monday in their bid to succeed Edward Markey in the US House.

NSA collects millions of contact lists, according to report

The National Security Agency has been sifting through contact lists from around the world, including those of Americans, according to a published report.

Bobby Orr as a Bruin in the 1970s

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Bobby Orr tells his story

“Orr: My Story’’ celebrates hard work and passion as the fuel for reaching your goal, whatever that goal may be.

The picture that says it all. Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

The moment we went head over heels with joy

A day after the Red Sox’ thrilling Game 2 win, there is much to digest, and it starts with an iconic photo.

Shane Victorino was hit by a pitch from the Tigers' Max Scherzer in the first inning of Game 2 Sunday.

Victorino is sometimes ‘looking to get hit,’ Verlander says

Justin Verlander, starter for Detroit in Game 3, said Shane Victorino crowds the plate so much that pitches that are strikes could hit him.

Bruins winger Brad Marchand jousts with Detroit’s Luke Glendening during second-period action. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff)

RED WINGS 3, BRUINS 2

Red Wings top Bruins in matinee

The Bruins’ attempt at a comeback fell short as they lost to the Red Wings, 3-2, in a holiday matinee at TD Garden.

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.

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Kenbrell Thompkins held onto the ball, scoring the winning touchdown with five seconds remaining in the game.

Patriots 30, Saints 27

Brady’s late TD pass lets Patriots keep faith

How do you X-ray a plane?
There is still no answer to the question everyone is wondering about: When will Rob Gronkowski play? Globe staff Photo by John Tlumacki

ON FOOTBALL

Caution is in play with Rob Gronkowski
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

The Medical Issue

Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
A courtyard at the UMass honors college complex.

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

Company seeks to make sperm banks safer
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
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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Dodgers 3, cardinals 0

Clayton Kershaw and Yasiel Puig celebrated after the Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium.

Dodgers top Cardinals, cut NLCS deficit to 2-1

Hyun-Jin Ryu outpitched Adam Wainwright with seven innings of three-hit ball as Los Angeles got back into the NL championship series.

Boston mayoral race

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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.

Metro

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A courtyard at the UMass honors college complex.

New complex elevates UMass honors program

The university hopes the new $192 million complex will lure some of the state’s top students.

Columnists

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
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
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.

Business

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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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Magazine

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Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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Into the woods
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Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

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