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Sebelius vows review of website contractors

The Department of Health and Human Services will look at the performance of companies hired to build the foundering website, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said.

Push on immigration reform risks new GOP split

Executives and donors behind a lobbying blitz said they were considering withholding financial support to lawmakers whom they believe are obstructing progress.

A broader deal with the Justice Department is still being negotiated.

JPMorgan agrees to pay $5.1b in Fannie, Freddie deal

The nation’s largest bank agreed to the penalty to resolve claims it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac before the housing market collapse.

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.

Red Sox manager John Farrell waited to appear before the media Friday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

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All of a sudden, their job pitches taken seriously

The Red Sox’ John Farrell, the Padres’ Bud Black, and now the Reds’ Bryan Price have restarted the pitching coach-turned-manager debate.

The Boston Ballet’s performance of La Bayadère at the Opera House managed to keep the focus on the feelings.

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La Bayadère a show of love, forgiveness

Thursday night at the Opera House, Lasha Khozashvili’s Solor and Dusty Button’s Gamzatti kept the focus on the ballet’s feelings.

A rendering of the Dover Demon, a 4-foot-tall creature reported in 1977.

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Monsters of New England

Learn more about some of the region’s more famous creatures catalogued at the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/21/BostonGlobe.com/HealthScience/Images/globemy2.jpg In rural Maine, insurance program progresses slowly

Getting people to enroll in areas such as Washington County, where 18 percent lacked health insurance, may be tricky, according to the National Rural Health Association.

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?

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

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Cardinals’ confidence never wavered

Danvers High School reopened on Friday after the body of a popular math teacher was found on Wednesday.

Classes resume at Danvers High School
The Minuteman Marching Band brought music to the streets of Boston and the State House as part of daylong festivities to honor UMass’ anniversary.

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Celebrating UMass’ 150 years

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Sights and sounds at Fenway
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

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A guide to local architecture
An oak tree was framed by a full hunter’s moon rising over a Pembroke front yard.

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Globe photos of the week, Oct. 25, 2013
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
A Cardinals minor league pitcher accused Jon Lester of cheating during Game 1 on Wednesday.

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Jon Lester a cheater? Get a grip
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

World Series

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Sights and sounds at Fenway

Check out fans’ activities for Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, including a cheer for Red Sox closer Koji Uehara.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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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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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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?
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Into the woods
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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