Decision day in historic Boston mayoral battle

The election will usher into power John Connolly or Martin Walsh, both of whom have subtly promised a break from Mayor Menino’s style of leadership.

Kevin Cullen

Laboring under a cloud in Boston

Columnist Kevin Cullen has no idea who will emerge the winner at the polls, but he’s quite certain who lost most in this mayoral race: union workers.

Voter resources

Polling hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Where to vote: Find your polling location

Candidate profiles: John Connolly | Martin Walsh

Candidates on the issues

More coverage: The race for mayor

City of Boston election resources

Boston police planning to add to weapons arsenal

The department is quietly preparing to train 99 patrol officers to use military-style rifles, a dramatic boost in firepower that some officials say is excessive.

Willie Soon’s work is funded by energy industry grants.

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Broken City

Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt

Willie Soon, a Harvard-Smithsonian Center astrophysicist, has established himself as a front-line combatant in the partisan crossfire over the climate.

Gerry Elovitz, a.k.a. Jerry Ellis, brought his sense of humor to marketing Building #19, but the odds-and-ends inventory made it difficult to transition to the digital era.

The fun runs out at Building #19

The Hingham company, having fallen victim to e-commerce and tougher competition from national discount retailers, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

In Mass., fewer teen accidents and drivers

The number of accidents has dropped by half since the state raised the training requirements for young drivers and boosted penalties for teens.

Rocco Rossi, 76, tried out a seat-e on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life,’’ he said.

Seat-e can recharge phones as users take a rest

Two MIT-designed park benches installed at the Greenway can recharge cellphones, connect to the Internet, and furnish nighttime lighting.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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Amazon.com must now charge sales tax in Mass., making the mall or the corner store look ever more attractive.

Globe exclusives

A crew worked on a drilling rig at a well site for shale-based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa.

Utilities seek boost in region’s natural gas
A wedding at Allen Sheep Farm in Chilmark.

Vineyard now a wedding destination
“We’re trying to transform the theater into a place where everyone can make music and perform together,’’ says C. Brian Williams, who founded Step Afrika! in 1994.

Stepping leaps forward in popularity
Gary Lydon as Estragon (left) and Conor Lovett as Vladimir in “Waiting for Godot” at the Paramount Center Mainstage.

Stage Review

Teamwork, timing hallmarks of this ‘Godot’
Shane Victorino jokes with David Ortiz after the two had their beards shaved at Gillette World Shaving Headquarters in Boston.

Victorino, Ortiz, and bullpen cop get their beards cut
Flight attendants rejoiced when the FAA lifted the restriction on the use of small electronic devices during taxiing, takeoff, and landing.

End of device ban lifts burden for flight attendants
Mark Terenzoni is CEO of Sqrrl Data Inc., a Cambridge start-up founded by former employees of the National Security Agency.

Start-up offers secure data mining
Mitt Romney spoke at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., in March. The former presidential candidate has spent much of the past year focusing on his extended family.

Romney carefully looks to raise public voice
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.

Turning your phone into a wallet
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arts

Chris Marker: sensibility triumphant
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

Sports

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Grizzlies 95, Celtics 88

Brandon Bass and the Celtics are 0-4 to start the season. The Celtics have not lost four consecutive games to start the regular season since 1969-70.

Struggling Celtics drop fourth in a row

The Celtics made it interesting, especially after ending the third quarter on a 15-0 run, but they fell to the Grizzlies, 95-88.

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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Mayoral candidates John R. Connolly and Martin J. Walsh spoke at a debate hosted by the Urban League of Massachusetts in Roxbury. They have discussed race, a topic that had been considered too controversial for some time.

Mayoral hopefuls confront racism in Boston

John Connolly and Martin Walsh have been open about discussing race, a topic that had been considered too controversial for some time.

Metro

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Nathan Gottier and Jess Gillane prepared a meatless meal together last month in Boston.

Campaign seeks small steps for a greener Boston

Boston, using equal doses of data and behavioral science, is taking on the challenge to recast cultural norms and cut emissions of greenhouse gases.

Columnists

Farah Stockman

Lessons from the Menino era

Kevin Cullen

Laboring under a cloud
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

JEFF JACOBY

Obama’s bogus claims pile up

JOAN VENNOCHI

Rosy speech at Faneuil Hall isn’t enough

Yvonne Abraham

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

Bob Ryan

Who are 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

Nation & World

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Law enforcement officials gathered outside the Garden State Plaza Mall following reports of a shooter Monday night.

Suspect in N.J. mall shooting is dead, authorities say

A 20-year-old man suspected of firing multiple shots and causing a lockdown has been found dead of a self-inflicted wound.

Business

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Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen could still face charges.

SAC Capital agrees to plead guilty in insider trading case

The hedge fund agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle charges accusing it of encouraging rampant insider trading for more than a decade.

Arts

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Book Review

In “Stitches,” Anne Lamott (above) writes six pieces that span 96 pages and which remind us that “hope is a conversation.”

‘Stitches ’ by Anne Lamott

In “Stitches: A Handbook of Meaning, Hope and Repair,’’ Lamott strikes a far more elegiac note than she has in her previous works.

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Though we now associate Salem with witch trials, Halloween, and the Peabody Essex Museum, these photographs depict life in a small city.

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Top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts
The cover for the October 27 2013 issue

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?

Ideas

“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