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

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

Preparations had already begun for what would have been Sunday’s running of the 43rd New York City Marathon.

NYC Marathon canceled, mayor says

The decision Friday came after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race, as the city recovers from Sandy’s impact.

Obama, Romney trade shots, rally support in crucial states

‘‘Four more days!’’ Mitt Romney supporters bellowed at a rally in Wisconsin. ‘‘Four more years!’’ backers of President Obama shouted as he campaigned in Ohio.

Brown, Warren make appeals to voters

Senator Scott Brown campaigned with Rudy Giuliani in Boston’s North End and Elizabeth Warren held several events in the state.

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

Jeremy Daniel

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‘Chicago,’ Christie Brinkley running low on electricity

The former supermodel plays Roxie in the touring production of “Chicago’’ that is showing through Nov. 4 at the Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre.

Brandon Tabassi in Los Angeles.

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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.

Paul Pierce was fouled on this drive in the second half.

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Celtics lose home opener to Bucks

The Celtics still resembled a rough draft in their second game of the season, a 99-88 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks Friday night at TD Garden.

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

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For NBA flops, let players police themselves?

Former Celtics great Dave Cowens took pride in delivering his own sort of justice to players who tried to embellish perceived fouls. Could that approach work today?

New development plan for Lovejoy Wharf

A new development team has filed plans to restart a long-delayed residential and office complex near the bridge to Charlestown.

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Globe exclusives

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
Heavy surf pounded the Outer Cape along the Truro-Wellfleet line.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Nov. 2, 2012
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Sheila Bair, pro-regulation Republican
Employees like Helen Yuan, David Marr, and Jorge Romero helped make the Boston Harbor Hotel the top medium employer in this year's survey.

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Top Places to Work list expands
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
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

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The Senate race in Mass.
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 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.

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At Globoforce, just rewards
The fight for progress in women’s athletics continues — just as it does here for Harvard-Radcliffe’s Lenica Morales in a rugby match against Columbia.

Despite great gains, is there now a Title IX stall?
The Obama campaign targeted Ohio State students, some of whom cast early ballots.

Obama campaign targets younger voters

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Romney’s record

Sports

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The fight for progress in women’s athletics continues — just as it does here for Harvard-Radcliffe’s Lenica Morales in a rugby match against Columbia.

Despite great gains, is there now a Title IX stall?

Harvard has added women’s rugby as a varsity sport but few colleges have followed their lead, which makes critics talk about Title IX stall.

Metro

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A utility worker helped in the repair effort on Tuesday in Needham.

Fewer than 1,000 Mass. residents without power

Power was restored to all but about 690 National Grid customers, mostly residents in remote areas or on smaller streets, officials said this morning.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Medical marijuana is not a threat

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

Brian McGrory

Diary of a powerless man

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

Joan Vennochi

Mitt Romney backtracks on FEMA
Kevin Garnett tried to cover Ray Allen, but off the court, Garnett kept his distance.

Dan Shaughnessy

For joining Heat, Ray Allen gets cold shoulder

Yvonne Abraham

When the middle man is the new radical

Business

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A Johnnie's Foodmaster in Charlestown.

Johnnie’s Foodmaster in Medford will become a Stop & Shop

All 10 of the merchant’s supermarkets are closing. Six are being taken over by Whole Foods Market, while a store in Medford will reopen as a Stop & Shop.

Politics

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Economic data show more growth under Democrats

Despite the view that the GOP is the party of economic prosperity and soaring stock markets, the opposite has historically been true.

Nation & World

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The storm swept away beaches, homes, boardwalks, and amusement parks along the famous Jersey Shore.

N.J. confronts how to rebuild its shore

Environmentalists and shoreline planners urged the state to think about how — and whether — to redevelop its shoreline.

Arts

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A still from the DVD “Unba Unba.”

Boston to experience Human Sexual Response again

The wild, seven-piece freakshow of Human Sexual Response was a central act in Boston’s late-’70s rock underground. On Nov. 10, Boston gets another chance to live their unique mayhem.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Denzel Washington plays an alcoholic pilot who is a hero after he makes an emergency landing of a passenger airplane.

‘Flight’ shows why Denzel Washington is a true star

You know what’s still worth $15 plus the cost of a baby sitter, popcorn, and parking? Two hours with Washington at the height of his everything.

“Whether it’s the mayors, the governors, county officials, if they need something, we figure out a way to say yes.”

President Obama,  on helping Hurricane Sandy victims

Magazine

The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
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A new home with a traditional feel
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How grocery shopping got personal
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AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?

Opinion

“The issue itself may be peripheral to your life. But it is central to the lives of others.”

Scot Lehigh, on medical marijuana

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