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Congress still snarled with one day to go

With a deadline to avoid a potential default on the nation’s debts mere hours away, Congress on Tuesday tumbled back into a state of disarray.

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Koji Uehara celebrated with John Farrell after the win.

Mike Napoli hit a home run in the seventh inning.

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Mike Napoli’s home run gave the Red Sox the lead.

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Jarrod Saltalamacchia congratulated Mike Napoli after his home run.

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John Lackey started for the Red Sox.

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The Red Sox are facing Justin Verlander of the Tigers.

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A power outage delayed the game during the second inning.

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John Lackey reacted during the power outage.

RED SOX 1, TIGERS 0

Napoli’s homer carries Sox past Verlander, Tigers

John Lackey turned in an outstanding start for the Red Sox and Mike Napoli hit a home run in the seventh inning to win Game 3 of the ALCS.

Dan Shaughnessy

John Lackey is poster boy for Team Redemption

Lackey has been vilified in Boston for faltering performances in years past, but against the Tigers he was stellar.

John R. Connolly and Martin J. Walsh squared off in the first of three live televised debates in the race’s final weeks.

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Connolly, Walsh show much in common in first debate

Mayoral hopefuls Martin Walsh and John Connolly struggled to differentiate themselves Tuesday, as both offered few concrete policy differences.

Clark, Addivinola to vie for Markey’s seat

Democrat Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola Jr. will race to succeed Edward Markey in the US House of Representatives.

Public aid crucial to fast-food workers

More than half of fast food workers’ families nationwide rely on public assistance to get by — double the rate of the overall workforce.

Boat owner seeks to clarify record on Tsarnaev capture

David Henneberry said he’s “not crazy” and would never have approached his boat if he thought bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was inside.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

The problem is the debt, not the debt ceiling

The real threat to America’s national interest isn’t a debt ceiling that won’t go up. It’s a national debt that won’t stop going up.

Globe exclusives

adrian walker

Give Dobelle the boot

Jerod Mayo is out for the season after he tore a pectoral muscle on Sunday.

Torn chest muscle ends Patriots’ Jerod Mayo’s season

Carolyn Hann, of Washington, D.C., with a bowl of spicy miso ramen at Sapporo Ramen inside the Porter Exchange in Cambridge.

dining out

In Boston-area restaurants, Ramen has arrived

Shirley Leung

Emerging from the crowd

After suffering a concussion that caused him to miss conducting at Tanglewood in July, Andris Nelsons met the BSO today for a rehearsal, his first since being named the orchestra’s next music director.

Andris Nelsons led first BSO rehearsal

Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee of former New England Patriots' Aaron Hernandez, appeared in superior court in Fall River.

Hernandez’s fiancee accused of destroying evidence

Nicole Fluet McGerald (right) assisted at a race in Hampton, N.H., Oct. 6 in which colleague Amanda McCann ran.

First responders still in grip of Marathon’s horror

PAUL MCMORROW

A Boston of rich and poor, with no middle class

Tax breaks won by the Washington lobbying industry, centered on the K Street corridor, show how cheap it is, relatively speaking, to buy political influence.

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Broken City

Newton MA., 10/08/13, Fifth Congressional District debate at NECN. Left to right, Will Brownsberger, Katherine Clark,Peter Koutoujian, Carl Sciortino, Karen Spilka. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

A final push for District 5 hopefuls

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

Book Review

‘Orr: My Story’ by Bobby Orr

Sports

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“It will be great to be a part of Red Sox history,’’ Boston Police Officer Steve Horgan said at a press conference today.

Red Sox bullpen cop talks about his moment of fame

“It will be great to be a part of Red Sox history,’’ Boston Police Officer Stephen Horgan said at a press conference.

Boston mayoral race

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Politics

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Walsh, Connolly fail to distinguish themselves

The moderator of the first head-to-head mayoral debate posed perhaps the most pressing question remaining: What is the difference between you two?

Metro

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Taunton man held in breaks at 3 homes

The man is a “strong person of interest’’ in break-ins where the burglar made physical contact with women while they were sleeping in their beds.

Columnists

John Connolly, left, and Martin Walsh met Tuesday in their first debate of the general election campaign.

SCOT LEHIGH

Edge to Connolly

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walsh shows his humanity