Stubbornly unconvinced could swing the election

Undecided voters may have an outsize impact on the outcome in the critical swing state of New Hampshire.

Grant Bennett said Mitt Romney takes his church responsibilities seriously.

Belmont at home with Romneys

The quiet community where Mitt Romney has lived since 1971 has gotten used to the commotion of his celebrity, and many people in town have a Romney story.

A heated debate on ballot question on assisted suicide

The controversial ballot referendum on physician-assisted suicide has prompted a flurry of late-breaking, heart-wrenching TV ads and fierce opposition.

Adrian Walker

Drowning in political ads

I’ve been voting for 32 years and watching political ads for longer than that. But the deluge has seldom been as intense as this fall.

Compounding pharmacies fill important medical niche

Hundreds of US hospitals bought medications from the lightly regulated Framingham pharmacy that was implicated in a national meningitis outbreak.

A sign at a job fair in Colonie, N.Y., last month. Companies are hiring steadily but cautiously, data show.

Whiff of optimism draws out job seekers

Hundreds of thousands of Americans are again looking for work as they perceive improving job prospects.

Nate Ebner (left) had a nose for the ball on both the rugby and football fields while at Ohio State.

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Ex-rugby player Ebner fitting in with Patriots

Nate Ebner, who never played high school football, parlayed his special teams skills at Ohio State and his rugby background into an NFL job.

David Ortiz, who turns 37 on Nov. 18, has been with the Red Sox since 2003.

David Ortiz, Red Sox reach deal

The designated hitter agreed on Friday night to a two-year contract worth $26 million. Incentives could bring the total value to $30 million.

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Christie Brinkley stars as Roxie Hart in the touring production of “Chicago.”

Stage Review

‘Chicago,’ Christie Brinkley running low on electricity

Dave Cowens played his entire career with the Celtics save for his last year, when he played in Milwaukee.

Sunday Preview | Bob Ryan

For NBA flops, let players police themselves?
The 23-foot-tall Chinese poles in Cirque du Soleil’s retiring show, “Saltimbanco,” represent city skyscrapers.

Stage Review

Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Saltimbanco’ bids adieu
Employees like Helen Yuan, David Marr, and Jorge Romero helped make the Boston Harbor Hotel the top medium employer in this year's survey.

Sunday Preview

Top Places to Work list expands
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Sheila Bair, pro-regulation Republican
Heavy surf pounded the Outer Cape along the Truro-Wellfleet line.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Nov. 2, 2012
Hubbard squash grown at Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon are a new offering this fall at the sprawling, efficiency-focused Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Food bank grows to meet a growing need
Mobile games Angry Birds, Bejeweled, and Fruit Ninja are free or 99 cents and have been downloaded tens of millions of time.

Apps shake up video game industry
A special counsel found that in some courts, nearly all drunken driving defendants who waive jury trials are acquitted.

Change urged for drunken driving cases

Special Section

The Senate race in Mass.
A gong sounds every time a client’s employee appreciation program goes live at Globoforce, a Southborough company that practices what its markets by rewarding employees for their good ideas and hard work.

Top Places to Work | Top Small Employer

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Romney’s record

Sports

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Larry Sanders and the Bucks had a lot of easy looks against the Celtics, who suffered their second double-digit beating.

Celtics lose home opener to Bucks

A 99-88 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night was the Celtics’ second successive double-figure defeat.

Metro

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The New Hampshire governor’s race between Ovide Lamontagne and Maggie Hassan is too close to call.

A rough and tumble race in New Hampshire

Fiercely fought battles for governor and congressional seats are seemingly too close to call.

Columnists

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Helping voters one door at a time in Wisconsin

LAWRENCE HARMON

Boston’s dispensable teenagers

Adrian Walker

Drowning in political ads

SCOT LEHIGH

Medical marijuana is not a threat

Brian McGrory

Diary of a powerless man

Boston Capital

Hurricane Sandy unlikely to torment Mass. insurers
Obama’s camp placed a premium on building what was called a “snowflake” model.

JOSHUA GREEN

Campaigns bet on their long games

Dan Shaughnessy

Why Boston is lucky to have the Celtics
JING WEI FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The choice to end a life
President Obama hugged Donna Vanzant in Brigantine, N.J., during a tour of devastated areas with the state’s governor, Chris Christie.

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Politicians push back

Edward L. Glaeser

Debate government quality, not size

Tech Lab

Surface tablet, Windows 8 may test users

Business

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Parent company Supervalu’s retail food business revenues declined over 7 percent and posted a loss of $83 million in the last quarter.

Shaw’s says it’s laying off 700

Shaw’s Supermarkets, citing a weak economy and tough competition, will cut jobs at each of the 169 stores in New England.

Politics

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Mitt Romney believes Pa. is still in play

Romney is making a strong push into Pennsylvania, aided by outside political groups spending millions in last-minute ads.

Nation & World

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People lined up behind a fence for distribution of food, water, and other supplies in Manhattan on Friday.

New Yorkers impatient with pace of recovery

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg decided Friday afternoon to cancel the New York City Marathon, as patience wore thin over gas shortages, power failures, and long lines.

Arts

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Brandon Tabassi in Los Angeles.

Local man has small but pivotal role in ‘Argo’

North Andover’s Brandon Tabassi landed a spot in Ben Affleck’s spy thriller, and hopes to one day play a part in Massachusetts politics.

“I haven’t seen him since he became governor. He has a lot of houses everywhere; I think he’s from every state.”

Dickran Ghazarian,  Belmont

Magazine

The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel
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How grocery shopping got personal
The cover for the October 7 2012 issue

AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?

Opinion

“Significant issues such as the environment, especially global warming, were losers, essentially ignored unless you tuned into the third-party candidates’ debate.”

Robert L. Turner  

Ideas

“In examining the scribblings once dismissed as detritus at best and graffiti at worst, they are unlocking real insights into the way people in the past read, thought, worked, loved, and joked.”

Ruth Graham  on the study of notes in the margins