Walsh, Connolly teams go all out

Political observers give the get-out-the-vote advantage to Martin Walsh, but his mayoral rival, John Connolly, has mobilized his own army.

Adrian Walker

A mayoral race that won’t quit

The last stretch of the campaign seemed to leave both John Connolly and Martin Walsh a little brittle.

Chip Tuttle (right in bottom photo) of Suffolk Downs and backer Sorcha Rochford planned a canvassing effort in East Boston in support of a casino while opponents rallied for a no vote.

Neighbor vs. neighbor over East Boston casino

With Tuesday’s critical East Boston referendum looming, polling suggests the neighborhood is divided on a Suffolk Downs casino.

End of device ban lifts burden for flight attendants

Flight attendants rejoiced when the FAA lifted the restriction on the use of small electronic devices during taxiing, takeoff, and landing.

Mark Terenzoni, a former employee of the National Security Agency, is a founder and CEO of Sqrrl Data Inc.

NSA veterans’ start-up offers secure data mining

The NSA’s digital snooping program may have inflamed a national debate over privacy, but it has been a godsend for a tiny Cambridge start-up.

Julian Edelman (left) and Danny Amendola took flight to celebrate Amendola’s 34-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.

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Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots are starting to put it together

After all the kvetching about the unimpressive state of the Patriots, here they sit at 7-2 with as good a chance of winning the AFC as anyone.

Patriots 55, Steelers 31

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The Patriots had their best outing of the season, posting a 55-31 win by running away with the game in the fourth quarter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/romney150-3276.jpg Mitt Romney carefully looks to raise public voice

The former GOP presidential candidate is intent on re-emerging in the slow, calculated way of a cautious investor sensing an opportunity.

Gadgets from a Woburn start-up that let smartphone users scan and store credit card information and use phones to pay at 90 percent of retailers.

Woburn start-up turns your phone into a wallet

LoopPay Inc. is aiming at consumers with its gadgets rather than merchants as it enters the developing world of mobile payment systems.

Opinion

opinion | Marcela García

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Finding people in East Boston who see both sides of this issue is becoming increasingly rare, and the bitter feelings won’t go away quickly.

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Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, who developed a stress management practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, heads off to practice yoga.

Health

Prescribing stress management
Neko Case joked about weariness Friday on the last night of her tour, but sounded strong in a set that closed with a few left-field covers.

Music Review

Case caps tour with style
Joshua Greene says, “the problems that divide us are not about selfishness versus the interest of others. There’s no public debate about whether stealing is a good thing. Our debates are about ‘us versus them’.”

Q&A

Tracing evolution’s effect on moral behavior

Album Review | HIP HOP

Eminem hits on all cylinders
David Ortiz waved to the crowd of Red Sox fans in Copley Square.

Red Sox fans rejoice, remember

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Red Sox essays
Jacoby Ellsbury may be the best hitter in free agency.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Needy teams lining up for free agents
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Chris Marker: sensibility triumphant
“We’re not interested in lifestyle medicines,” Vertex CEO Jeffrey Leiden says.

Vertex speeding up changes
The surprising Chiefs are the 15th team to open a season 8-0 since the NFL switched to a 16-game format in 1978.

Sunday Football Notes

Best, worsts at NFL season’s midway point
Lindsey DiGiovanni, who works at Cycle Loft in Burlington, was a sous chef before she decided to become a bicycle mechanic.

On the Job

Love of bikes led to a career change
The Memorial to the 54th Regiment.

The Freedom Trail: There’s an app for that

Sports

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Pistons 87, Celtics 77

The Celtics’ Courtney Lee keeps Detroit’s Chauncey Billups away from the ball during the first half.

Shortcomings hurt Celtics in loss to Pistons

The Celtics battled back from a deficit to halt a potential blowout, but the outcome was a third straight loss for the season.

World Series

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The Red Sox clinched a World Series title in Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.

Red Sox fixed what was broken in a magical season

Even in the year 2101, fans in Boston will look back fondly on what the Red Sox did for the franchise and the city this year.

Boston mayoral race

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Councilor John R. Connolly (left) and state Representative Martin J. Walsh.

Boston mayoral candidates on the issues

Here’s a quick primer on where the two Boston mayoral candidates, John Connolly and Martin Walsh, stand on a few key issues.

Metro

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Chip Tuttle (left), chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs, and Jason Ruggiero, the East Boston field director for Friends of Suffolk Downs, rang a doorbell on Coleridge Street.

Suffolk Downs casino friends, foes take to streets

Tuesday’s election will decide the fate of a $1 billion casino proposed for Suffolk Downs’ site at the border of East Boston and Revere.

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

Rosy speech at Faneuil Hall isn’t enough

JEFF JACOBY

Obama’s bogus claims pile up
Julian Edelman (left) and Danny Amendola took flight to celebrate Amendola’s 34-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots are starting to put it together

Adrian Walker

A mayoral race that won’t quit

Yvonne Abraham

Making the most of missteps
David Ortiz joins the Babe as three-time Red Sox World Series winners.

Bob Ryan

Picking the 25 greatest Red Sox of all time
Sociometric badges help record data about how workers collaborate.

Innovation Economy

Badges hold promise — and problems

Christopher L. Gasper

Red Sox ownership deserves credit

Shirley Leung

What happens if they can’t tell Vegas from Boston
President Obama talked about the Affordable Care Act at Faneuil Hall Wednesday.

SCOT LEHIGH

President needs Management 101

Alex Beam

Let childhood be

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The battle after the war

Nation & World

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Secretary of State John F. Kerry voiced support for Egypt during a meeting with Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy.

John Kerry presses Egypt on steps to democracy

The US secretary of state’s visit to the divided nation comes on the eve of deposed leader Mohammed Morsi’s murder trial.

Business

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Some utilities add sawdust and wood scraps to their coal but say ensuring a reliable supply of wood can be a problem. And equipment at plants may have to be modified.

To be greener, coal plants try wood as fuel

Waste wood from paper mills, furniture factories, and logging operations has been used with varying levels of success.

Arts

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Album Review | Hip-hop

M.I.A., ‘Matangi’

The English/Sri Lankan rapper’s fourth album contains straightforward songs that would’ve fit easily on Rihanna’s last two albums.

Health and wellness

MD Mama

Making mobile devices a positive for kids

Two years ago, only 8 percent of families who had kids age 8 or younger had a tablet. Now, 40 percent do.

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A look at the 1946 and 1967 World Series championships between the Red Sox and the Cardinals, which were both lost by the Sox in seven games.

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Top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts
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A First Period home gets a second life
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David Keith hopes we don’t have to use his ideas to reverse global warming
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Why is it so hard to find a doctor?

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“A 2011 report from the World Health Organization estimated that Russians were drinking an average of about 4 gallons of pure alcohol per year — about 70 percent more than their American counterparts.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on alcoholism in Russia