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Company tapped to fix health care website

The website is “fixable,’’ a management consultant said, adding that a vast majority of the issues will be resolved by the end of November.

The Celtics' Bill Sharman held the ball as the St. Louis Hawks' Cliff Hagan defended during the second half of a 1958 NBA Finals game.

Celtics great Bill Sharman dies

Sharman, one of three men named to the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a coach and a player, died at age 87, the Los Angeles Times reported.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/suarez_Danvers(1)_MET_006.jpg Back in school, Danvers students reflect on tragedy

“It was just so hard not seeing her,’’ a Danvers High student said of slain teacher Colleen Ritzer.

Quincy man charged with organizing drug sales from jail

The 24-year-old man allegedly orchestrated large sales of the club drug molly over jail phones with his girlfriend, authorities said.

Matt Carpenter, left, and Pete Kozma were congratulated by Carlos Beltran after scoring in the seventh inning.

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Web exclusive | Gary Washburn

Cardinals’ confidence never wavered after loss

The Game 1 loss embarrassed and surprised the Cardinals. But their Game 2 win was a sign of how they expect to play all series.

In 1918, an early House of David team wowed a clean-cut American public.

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How an apocalyptic cult invented baseball beard power

A century before the 2013 Red Sox, the House of David captivated the nation with the shaggiest team of all time.

A Cardinals minor league pitcher accused Jon Lester of cheating during Game 1 on Wednesday.

on baseball

Jon Lester a cheater? Get a grip

The days of “doctoring” the ball are over as pitchers don’t know how to do it and don’t need a spitter or a grease ball for movement.

With the Jets last week and the Dolphins this week, the Patriots are in a key stretch of divisional play.

Patriots’ keys to a victory over the Dolphins

Injuries and inexperience have killed New England’s passing attack this season, but the Patriots could still defeat the Dolphins on Sunday.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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What if mayoral candidate Martin Walsh sat down with police and fire unions and brokered an affordable agreement on how parity will be calculated?

Globe exclusives

An oak tree was framed by a full hunter’s moon rising over a Pembroke front yard.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Oct. 25, 2013

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A guide to local architecture
Westfield State president Evan Dobelle has accused the university’s board of trustees and the state’s top higher education official of conspiring to ruin his reputation.

Dobelle sought deal to vacate presidency
David Ortiz, second from left, and the Red Sox watched the Cardinals leave Fenway Park with a win in Game 2.

Dan Shaughnessy

Cardinals reverse Red Sox fortune in Game 2
Dan Barrett adjusted a skeleton on a wall while setting up a room in the haunted house.

Northeastern researchers experiment with fear

Kevin Cullen

The Red Sox as America’s Team?
Tanya Singleton (right), cousin of former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, spoke with defense attorney Peter Parker during a bail hearing Thursday in Fall River.

Hernandez cousin ordered held on $15,000 bail
Boston Bruin David Krejci celebrated his game-winning goal with teammate Milan Lucic.

Bruins 2, Sharks 1

With 0.8 seconds left, Bruins beat Sharks
Quintin Berry is the only African-American in the Series, a base-stealing specialist who spends some of his time chilling.

Gary Washburn

World Series shows MLB’s dearth of black players
“12 Years a Slave” is the story of Solomon Northup, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor (center and far left, with Michael Fassbender), a free black man kidnapped and sold. The movie is based on his 1853 memoir.

Movie review

‘12 Years a Slave’ shows a free man taken into bondage
The Boston Globe’s headquarters on Morrissey Boulevard in Dorchester.

John Henry’s purchase of Boston Globe completed

Boston’s hottest new stores and services

World Series

On baseball

Left fielder Jonny Gomes had to face facts: his throw home on a sacrifice fly contributed to a Cardinal rally.

Red Sox doomed by uncharacteristic mistakes

It was shocking to see the Sox come apart with a faulty bullpen performance in Game 2. How could they let this happen?

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New England Patriots wide receiver Danny Amendola warms up before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Sunday, Oct.13, 2013, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Danny Amendola says he’s ‘ready to go’

Amendola practiced again Friday, though doctors still must officially clear him to play in Sunday’s game against Miami.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidates State Rep. Martin J. Walsh, left, and City Councilor John Connolly.

Calls, fliers give race for Boston mayor a tinge of negativity

Phone calls to voters floating negative messages about Martin Walsh follow at least two negative campaign fliers denouncing John Connolly.

Metro

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Just before 1 a.m., a Wilmington man drove into the D Street portal of the Silver Line tunnel, crashing into a security barrier, said MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo.

Man faces charges of driving drunk into Silver Line tunnel

A Wilmington man drove into the D Street portal of the Silver Line tunnel, crashing into a security barrier.

Columnists

The video shows Glenn Taylor pushing over an ancient rock formation in Utah.

CARLO ROTELLA

How to topple a reputation with one click

SCOT LEHIGH

Walsh’s chance to deliver on labor

Yvonne Abraham

Dobelle and Regan: Two of a kind
Outfielders Matt Holliday, Jon Jay, and Carlos Beltran celebrated the Cardinals’ 4-2 victory over the Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series.

Christopher L. Gasper

Cardinals show they won’t simply roll over

JOAN VENNOCHI

Class and Boston’s new mayor

NICHOLAS BURNS

A balancing act for Iran end game

Adrian Walker

A full deck? Hardly
John Connolly and Martin Walsh appeared in their second debate of the general election.

JOANNA WEISS

Connolly’s night during debate
Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina, pose on a bridge walk in Minsk during their stay in the Soviet Union.

Alex Beam

Lee Harvey Oswald, reconsidered
After building a Vegas empire, Sheldon Adelson bet big on gambling in Asia, propelling him to number 11 on the Forbes list of the richest Americans.

Shirley Leung

Sheldon, we really need you now
Adam Wainwright and Yadier Molina let a second-inning popup fall in.

Christopher L. Gasper

Cardinals ‘embarrassed’ by sloppy play

TECH LAB

Google laptop rates a victory lap

Nation & World

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germany, France want US to agree to spying limits

The leaders of Germany and France did not offer many specifics on what they want President Obama and his intelligence chiefs to agree to do.

Business

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Icahn said he supports Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook (above), and the company’s current management team.

Stock buyback is too small, Icahn tells Apple

Carl Icahn, the activist investor, has told Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, that the company should launch a $150 billion stock buyback.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

“The Counselor” stars Michael Fassbender and Penelope Cruz (pictured) and Javier Bardem and Cameron Diaz (below).

Dirty doings down in Ridley Scott’s ‘Counselor’

The drug-trade drama has much in common with Scott’s “Thelma & Louise” in the way it escalates into a spin through wilder country, and a meditation on bigger themes.

Arts

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Stage Review

David Wilson Barnes stars in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “The Power of Duff.”

‘The Power of Duff’ tackles the nature of belief

Stephen Belber’s seriocomic play, now at Huntington Theatre Company, adds up to a smart take on a thorny subject.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/46974261H1520855-1554[1].jpg Red Sox vs. Cardinals in the World Series

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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The cover for the October 20 2013 issue

David Keith hopes we don’t have to use his ideas to reverse global warming
The cover for the October 13 2013 issue

Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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Into the woods
The cover for the September 29 2013 issue

Becoming Bostonian

Ideas

“In a country where heroic leadership has become almost synonymous with ambition, researchers are offering up a surprising truth: The bold, charismatic leaders we idolize may be the last people we really want in charge.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the myth of the heroic leader