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Patrick supports Westfield State funding freeze

Governor Patrick said there are “very, very serious concerns” about the spending of the university’s president, Evan Dobelle.

White House may be open to short-term debt deal

A senior Obama adviser said it is Congress’s responsibility “to decide how long and how often they want to vote” on raising the debt ceiling.

Wild winds, buckets of rain to hit Mass.

A fast-moving line of showers and thunderstorms could produce damaging winds — and even a tornado.

Middlesex County prosecutors want to arraign Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on charges that he murdered MIT officer Sean Collier in Cambridge.

Prosecutors seek warrant for Tsarnaev in officer’s murder

Middlesex County prosecutors want to arraign Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on charges that he murdered MIT officer Sean Collier in Cambridge.

Red Sox short stop Stephen Drew prepared for batting practice before Game 3 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Red Sox at Rays | Game 3 | 6:07 p.m

Red Sox look for sweep in ALDS

Globe reporters are providing live updates from St. Petersburg as the Red Sox prepare to play the Rays in the American League Division Series.

Brad Stevens is more concerned with his Celtics than Toronto heading into his first NBA exhibition on Monday.

CELTICS Vs. Raptors | 7:30 p.m., CSN

Brad Stevens eager to get going with preseason

Monday’s exhibition at the TD Garden is the first NBA game of any sort for the league’s youngest head coach.

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Student-teacher ratios in Massachusetts

Complete rankings of school districts throughout the state.

Curt Schilling with his wife, Shonda.

Curt Schilling’s household items up for sale

The former Red Sox pitcher and failed video-game business owner is selling off items from his Medfield home this Saturday.

Opinion

JAMES CARROLL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/james_carroll_150px-2763.png In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction

Anarchy can take more than one form: as a swarm of motorcycles threatening a family or politicians hijacking the American government.

Globe exclusives

ideas

Why you can’t stop checking your phone
Pediatric brain cancer survivors (from left) Katie Nickerson, Bernard Manning, and Jack Coates.

Pediatric brain tumor survivors share bond
Eric Coldwell and his children, Thomas and Chloe, played with their 1-year-old pit bull mix in Weymouth.

Pit bull adoptions reflect new image
A programmer grabbed some sleep during Sunday’s 36-hour HackMIT competition at MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center in Cambridge.

Students joust for MIT hacking title
Braylon O’Neill, 4, tried dribbling a soccer ball with a new pair of prosthetic legs in Boston Sunday.

New strides for amputees

Deloitte IT projects plagued with troubles around the country
Bill O'Reilly is a popular, and partisan, host on television and radio.

Broken City

The role of partisan media
J. Christopher Love, professor at MIT’s Koch Institute, with a tabletop device for creating biologic drugs.

Could drug labs be brought to front lines?
Tom Brady is wrapped up by the Bengals’ Chris Crocker in the fourth quarter, one of four Cincinnati sacks on the day.

on football

Bengals’ defense dominates Brady and Patriots

Photo gallery

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
“Darkwater,” by Tim Rollins and K.O.S., in collaboration with students from the Springfield Renaissance School.

Art Review

Paying tribute to W.E.B. Du Bois

Critic’s Notebook

How good is Boston’s public art?

Sports

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A’S 6, TIGERS 3

Athletics designated hitter Seth Smith hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning.

A’s defeat Tigers to take 2-1 series lead

Oakland hit three home runs to move within one game of the American League Championship Series.

Boston mayoral race

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Martin Walsh spoke about his plan for Boston schools at an event outside English High School.

Walsh unveils plan to improve Boston high schools

Mayoral candidate Martin Walsh’s proposal includes establishing 9th and 10th grade “academies” in all high schools.

Metro

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James Rothman

PETER FOLEY

2 Americans share Nobel medicine prize

James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and a German-born researcher won the prize for discoveries on how key substances are transported within cells.

Columnists

QB Tom Brady walks off the field looking at his throwing hand after tossing a late INT to the Bengals’ Adam Jones.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tom Brady rues defeat, not end of his streak
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz issued a “respectful request” for customers to stop bringing guns into his company’s coffee shops.

JEFF JACOBY

A cup of civility

Dan Shaughnessy

Is it really necessary to go to Tampa?
Noted cookbook author Marcella Hazan took a break from cooking, as her husband Victor walked by and lovingly brushed against her.

JOANNA WEISS

A winning recipe

JAMES CARROLL

In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction
Scott Brown spoke at a dinner event in Nashua, N.H., in April.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Scott Brown’s 15 minutes of fame are up

Yvonne Abraham

Some joy and trepidation

Derrick Z. Jackson

The vanishing monarch butterfly

Christopher L. Gasper

Jonny Gomes really got them going

Bob Ryan

Belichick in process of loving his job

Shirley Leung

The Seaport’s Silver Line solution
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

Nation & World

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Iraqis inspect the site of bombing attack near a Shiite mosque in eastern Baghdad.

At least 22 dead after wave of bomb blasts in Iraq

The apparently coordinated string of attacks, mostly involving car bombs, struck mainly commercial areas across Baghdad.

Business

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NutraClick, which recently relocated its offices from Cambridge to Boston, makes Bona Clara beauty products. Other products include Force Factor and Femme Factor.

NutraClick in expansion mode

The maker of nutritional supplements to help exercisers become more buff is adding jobs and leasing more office space in Downtown Crossing.

Arts

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Stage Review

Miranda July presenting her new participatory piece, “Society,” which she describes as a work in progress.

Discovering the possibilities of ‘Society’

You could describe Miranda July’s “Society’’ as an innovative theatrical experiment.

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

Finding drug-free techniques to treat chronic pain

Nearly half of all Americans contend with chronic back pain, headaches, or joint discomfort, yet painkillers have recently come under increased scrutiny for their health risks.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

//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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Magazine

The cover for the October 6 2013 issue

Into the woods
The cover for the September 29 2013 issue

Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

Beauty of the bottle

Ideas

“Texting and driving is unlike any public safety issue we’ve dealt with before....At the center of the problem, say experts, is a new kind of object — the modern smartphone — that’s changing our behavior on a massive scale.”

Leon Neyfakh on our cellphone habit