Congress to vote on bipartisan debt deal

Up against a deadline, Congress raced to pass legislation Wednesday to avoid a possible national default.

Republican Senators Kelly Ayotte (second from left) and Susan Collins (second from right) walked in front of the US Capitol early Wednesday.

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Republican Senators Kelly Ayotte (second from left) and Susan Collins (second from right) walked in front of the US Capitol on Wednesday.

US House Speaker John Boehner (center) arrived with his security detail for a House Republican caucus meeting at the US. Capitol on Wednesday.

Analysis

Relief from debt deal will be short-lived

The agreement is likely to set up three new deadlines that present the possibility of fresh crises.

Editorial

GOP’s Collins, Ayotte showed needed spine in debt mess

Susan Collins and Kelly Ayotte resisted the pressure of the Tea Party and sought to find a bipartisan solution.

Game 4: Red Sox at Tigers, 8:07 p.m., Fox

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The Sox acquired Peavy for moments like this, when he will try to extend the ALCS lead to 3-1.

Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle.

Westfield State faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in Dobelle

School President Evan Dobelle is facing possible suspension from his job amid concerns about his free spending of university resources.

Tsarnaev sister released after court appearance

Ailina Tsarnaeva was accused of impeding an investigation into the use of counterfeit money more than a year before the Marathon bombings.

Celtics legend Bill Russell. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Bill Russell statue to be unveiled Nov. 1 at City Hall Plaza

The Celtics announced that the statue will be unveiled before a star-studded audience.

The new flood insurance rules are causing anxiety. In Marblehead, for example, the annual premium for Harborside Condominiums will soar, according to one condo owner there.

Changes to flood insurance mean higher costs

Coastal residents face dramatically higher insurance rates as the US rolls out new flood zone maps and cuts subsidies.

Wichit serves a wide variety of sandwiches, including the Carnegie (pictured).

Cheap Eats

Wichit meets need for satisfying sandwiches

The sandwich shop on Newbury Street offers all the meats and vegetables you might imagine putting between two slices of bread.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

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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

Paul Pierce was wearing a Nets uniform when he opposed the Celtics on Tuesday.

Celtics see Paul Pierce in Nets uniform
David and Beth Henneberry, with the trailer for their new boat, in Watertown.

Boat owner tells story of Tsarnaev capture
Carolyn Hann, of Washington, D.C., with a bowl of spicy miso ramen at Sapporo Ramen inside the Porter Exchange in Cambridge.

dining out

The perfect bowl of ramen
John Lackey, right, and Mike Napoli were the stars of Game 3 for the Red Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

What’s not to love about John Lackey now?

Public aid crucial to fast-food workers
David Ortiz lifted up closer Koji Uehara in celebration after the 1-0 win in Game 3.

RED SOX 1, TIGERS 0

Red Sox eke past Tigers for ALCS lead
Democrat Katherine Clark greeted supporters at a celebration in Melrose after she won the primary vote in the Fifth Congressional District Tuesday night.

Clark, Addivinola to vie for Markey’s seat

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
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
The Kensington in Downtown Crossing.

PAUL MCMORROW

A Boston of rich and poor, with no middle class
Bobby Orr as a Bruin in the 1970s

Book Review

‘Orr: My Story’ by Bobby Orr

Sports

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Jerod Mayo, shown before he was injured on Wednesday, will miss the remainder of the Patriots season.

Jerod Mayo placed on IR by Patriots

Mayo, out with a torn pectoral muscle, is the second Patriots defensive captain (with Vince Wilfork) to be placed on season-ending IR.

Boston mayoral race

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State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry.

Dorcena Forry endorses Walsh for mayor

Martin Walsh secured the enthusiastic backing of state Senator Linda Dorcena Forry.

Metro

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Surveillance photo from a Dunkin’ Donuts robbery in Canton.

Police meet in Norwood to discuss Dunkin’ robbery spree

A total of 22 Dunkin’ Donuts stores in 15 Massachusetts communities have been robbed since March.

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

farah stockman

You need a license to dance in Boston

adrian walker

Give Dobelle the boot

Shirley Leung

Emerging from the crowd

Boston Capital

No end in sight for biotech bubble

Kevin Cullen

Holiday salute for local heroes
The picture that says it all.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Red Sox’ comeback now has iconic image
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

Nation & World

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Police tried to prevent protesters from attacking the hearse carrying the body of Erich Priebke on Tuesday.

Amid protests, lawyer calls off funeral for Nazi Priebke

Shouting ‘‘murderer’’ and ‘‘executioner,’’ hundreds of people jeered as Erich Priebke’s coffin arrived for the funeral Mass.

Business

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JPMorgan Chase offices in San Francisco.

JPMorgan pays $100m, admits fault in London trades

The deal differs from previous agreements because JPMorgan is formally acknowledging that its traders recklessly distorted prices.

Food & dining

Rooster Fricke grows 50 varieties of chilies, including the hottest of all, the Trini-dad Moruga Scorpion (right), on his Falmouth microfarm.

Cape Cod gardener grows chilies that will knock your socks off

Rooster Fricke, a life-long gardener, grows 50 varieties, some mild, others with sinister names like ghost pepper and devil’s tongue.

Arts

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Galleries

Matt Bua’s installation “Continuum Tri-Plex (With Staffs of Power)” is part of the “About, With & For” show at Mills Gallery.

What’s up at area art galleries

Curator Juliana Driever reaches further back than the early performance art of the 1950s and 1960s in “About, With & For” at the Boston Center for the Arts.

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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
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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