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Red Sox take the lead

The Red Sox’ David Ortiz hit a homer after Dustin Pedroia’s RBI, bringing Boston to 2-0 over the Rays.

The Rays were unable to score any runs in the first inning. Pictured: Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey.

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The Rays were unable to score any runs in the first inning. Pictured: Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey.

Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey warmed up in the outfield before Game 2 of the ALDS against the Rays.

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Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey warmed up in the outfield before Game 2 of the ALDS against the Rays.

Alderbert Christman has Jonny Gomes's autograph on his helmet.

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Alderbert Christman has Jonny Gomes's autograph on his helmet.

The Rays lost Game 1 on Friday, 12-2.

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The Rays lost Game 1 on Friday, 12-2.

A fan took a photograph before the game at Fenway Park.

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A fan took a photograph before the game at Fenway Park.

Dustin Pedroia signed autographs before the game.

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Dustin Pedroia signed autographs before the game.

Pentagon orders most civilian workers back

The decision by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act.

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Even as many government offices remain closed, the House passed a bill that reimburses workers for lost pay once the government reopens.

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American Repertory Theater’s “All the Way,” which is now enjoying a sold-out run through Oct. 12 starring Bryan Cranston, is going all the way to Broadway.

Boston College's Andre Williams heads into the end zone.

Boston College 48, Army 27

Boston College tops Army

Andre Williams rushed for five touchdowns as he lifted the Eagles to a 48-27 victory over Army at Alumni Stadium.

Mateo Cisterna, 3, of Dorchester sat atop his dad, Andres, as they marched with hundreds of others down Boylston Street to the Boston Common.

Immigration rally draws hundreds to Copley Square, Boston Common

The event, which saw about 750 people, was one of more than 100 similar demonstrations nationwide to push lawmakers on reform.

Some of the flying monkeys on lakefront roofs in Burlington, Vt., were mascots at a Wizard of Oz-themed store in the 1970s.

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Explore the dark side of New England with 50 spooky sites

Just in time for the Halloween season, J. W. Ocker, creator of the website “OTIS: Odd Things I’ve Seen,” shares his list of 50 spooky sites in New England.

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Seeing Panama, from crowded capital to private island

The country is a beautiful, developed land of stark contrasts: Traffic jams and tropical flowers; plus a massive shipping industry and pristine beaches.

Opinion

Derrick Z. Jackson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Derrick_Z_Jackson_150px-2730.jpg The vanishing monarch butterfly

From Mattapan to Minnesota and up through Maine and Canada, scientists and volunteers are recording low numbers.

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“I don’t think we should just put it into cruise control,” said BRA director Peter Meade.

BRA speeding consideration of building proposals
Embattled Westfield State President Evan Dobelle is facing scrutiny over his spending habits.

Mass. to freeze funding to Westfield State
An employee walked past a Twitter logo at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco Friday. When Twitter goes public, Spark Capital’s holdings could be worth $640 million.

Social media ignites Spark Capital
Caroline Kennedy spoke during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination.

Japan abuzz at prospect of Ambassador Kennedy

Sales associate Andre Wynter and Angelica Ochoa perused a schedule of classes in Braintree.

Reebok embraces personal fitness trend
Stephen Drew (center) was pumped as the Red Sox welcomed him to the dugout after scoring in the fourth inning.

RED SOX 12, RAYS 2

Red Sox win ALDS opener
Alexander Bradley appeared in Hartford Superior Court with his lawyer on Friday.

Hernandez associate arrested in Conn.
Boston Red Sox celebrated the last out clinching the Division title.

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Red Sox in the postseason

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How ‘impermanence’ can help us all get along
The royalties from Edith Wharton’s novels paid for her Lenox home, The Mount, and its furnishings.

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Learning from the homes of famous writers
Russian President Boris Yeltsin in 1999.

A story in tweets

Remembering the Yeltsin-Russian parliament standoff
New math standards being adopted across the state push reasoning and abstract thinking, says eighth-grade teacher Michelle Calioro. “I think that was really missing from the old standards.”

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Aiming higher

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STEVAN RIDLEY: Will miss first career game

Patriots’ Stevan Ridley (knee) out vs. Bengals

The third-year veteran did not practice all week, so news of his deactivation wasn’t a surprise.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidate Martin Walsh talked with X-ray technician Schlander Campbell Thursday at Boston Medical Center.

Walsh’s push for binding arbitration draws criticism

Government watchdogs argue that Marty Walsh’s proposal would eliminate financial safeguards for cities and towns.

Metro

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C.J. Olivolo, 9, of Hilton Head, S.C., chose a favorite player’s face to hold for a photographic “portrait.”

Sox fans skip work, flock to Fenway Park

Sporadic rain and middle-of-the-day timing did not deter thousands of fans from descending on Fenway Park for the heavily anticipated playoff opener.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

Jonny Gomes really got them going

opinion | Joyce London Ford and Kevin C. Peterson

Boston’s minorities must learn from vote results

opinion | Marcela García

Low turnout a lost opportunity

Shirley Leung

The Seaport’s Silver Line solution

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Boston’s inanity trail
BECCA ROSENTHAL

kevin cullen

Still inspiring others
Every loss and head-shaking sideshow that last season’s last-place, 69-win calamity served up was worth it, because it led the Sox to this.

Christopher L. Gasper

Last year’s crash was necessary
John Lackey, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett arrived at the first official workout of spring training in February 2011.

Dan Shaughnessy

Do not take success for granted

Yvonne Abraham

Laboring over a political position
Today's iMacs range in price from $1,299 to $1,999, and come in 21.5 inches across or 27 inches. Its maximum resolution is actually higher than that of a standard 1080p high-definition television.

Tech Lab

iMac — too good for its own good?

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Thinking outside the city limits
EMT Marcus Jerome and his wife Rachel at his Boston EMS graduation in 2012 in Faneuil Hall.

Kevin Cullen

Death of a lifesaver

Nation & World

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Investigators are still unclear what prompted Miriam Carey to drive to Washington on Thursday.

Officials look for clues to Conn. woman’s fatal D.C. trip

Investigators have found antipsychotic medications in the home of a woman who led police on a high-speed chase through the nation’s capital, authorities said.

Business

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After Twitter released its securities filing, 14.4 million Tweeter shares traded hands.

You say Twitter, I say Tweeter: Investor mix-up?

Investors confusing Twitter with the former Canton-based electronics retailer caused Tweeter shares to soar.

Arts

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Mia Dyson was asked to rebrand as an edgy, androgynous character named BOY.

Mia Dyson enjoys a fresh start, as herself

Once asked to rebrand as an edgy, androgynous character named BOY, Dyson, as herself, plays the Lizard Lounge Thursday.

Lifestyle

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99 Bottles

German beer comes to train station at TD Garden

Modeled after a German beer garden, the bar, located directly below TD Garden on the platform where commuter rail trains leave North Station, has a metropolitan feel.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/02/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/zoo012-1502[1].jpg The Franklin Park Zoo

The Franklin Park zoo opened on Oct 3, 1912, to the delight of thousands, and has undergone several changes in the years since.

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Becoming Bostonian
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Beauty of the bottle
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Jefferson slept here

Ideas

“The Arab Council for the Social Sciences aims to give thinkers institutional punch — not just funding for projects that aren’t popular with local regimes or Western universities, but muscle to fight authorities.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on a new Middle East brain trust