Presidential race

President Obama wins reelection

Obama won reelection this evening in a hard-fought contest over Mitt Romney.

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Elizabeth Warren vicotry speech

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US Senate race in Mass.

Warren defeats Brown

Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law professor who has promised to battle for the struggling middle class, defeated the incumbent Senator Scott Brown.

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Ballot questions

Mass. approves medical marijuana ballot question

Massachusetts is the 18th state to legalize medical marijuana.

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President Obama won reelection in a spirited race against Mitt Romney.

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Elizabeth Warren celebrated her victory over Scott Brown for the US Senate seat.

Scott Brown gave a concession speech.

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Scott Brown gave a concession speech after losing to Warren.

Winner of the 4th Congressional District, Joseph Kennedy III acknowledged applause during his rally at the Newton Marriott.

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Winner of the 4th Congressional District, Joseph Kennedy III acknowledged applause during his rally at the Newton Marriott.

Elizabeth Warren was announced the winner over Scott Bown at Warren headquarters in the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

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Elizabeth Warren was announced the winner over Scott Bown at Warren headquarters in the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

Republican candidate for the fourth congressional district Sean Bielat stood with his wife Hope and their daughter Seraphina as he gave his concession speech.

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Republican candidate for the 4th Congressional District Sean Bielat gave his concession speech.

Supporters of Republican candidate for Congress Richard Tisei reacted to a television update at his party in Peabody.

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Supporters of Republican candidate for Congress Richard Tisei reacted to a television update at his party in Peabody.

Supporters of Barack Obama attended the Obama Election Night watch party at McCormick Place in Chicago.

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Supporters of Barack Obama attended the Obama election night watch party at McCormick Place in Chicago.

A voter cast his ballot in the basement of a private residence turned polling station in Chicago.

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A voter cast his ballot in the basement of a private residence turned polling station in Chicago.

Members of the National Guard passed a house damaged by superstorm Sandy as it was painted in Staten Island, NY.

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Members of the National Guard passed a house damaged by superstorm Sandy as it was painted in Staten Island, N.Y.

Voters cast their ballots at the Gordies Foundation Barber School in Chicago.

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Voters cast their ballots at the Gordies Foundation Barber School in Chicago.

Phillip Webb and his wife, Marian Webb, voted at Truckee Meadows Fire Station in Sparks, Nevada.

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Phillip Webb and his wife, Marian Webb, voted at Truckee Meadows Fire Station in Sparks, Nevada.

Sheresa Walker used a flashlight with help from poll worker Lloyd Edwards before voting in a makeshift tent in Rockaway, NY.

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Sheresa Walker used a flashlight and received help from poll worker Lloyd Edwards before voting in a makeshift tent in Rockaway, N.Y.

A man voted as a poll worker checked the booth at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Washington, DC.

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A man voted as a poll worker checked the booth at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Washington, D.C.

A voter used an electronic ballot at Beck's Mill General Store in Becks Mill, Ohio.

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A voter used an electronic ballot at Beck's Mill General Store in Becks Mill, Ohio.

Voters waited at the Bobby Miller Activity Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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Voters waited at the Bobby Miller Activity Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

A woman kissed a man wearing a mask of Barack Obama at a corporate event in Berlin.

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A woman kissed a man wearing a mask of Barack Obama at a corporate event in Berlin.

Kenady Pettingill, 12, and friends urged drivers to vote for Mitt Romney in Spanish Springs, Nev.

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Kenady Pettingill, 12, and friends urged drivers to vote for Mitt Romney in Spanish Springs, Nev.

Mitt Romney waited aboard his campaign plane in Boston.

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Mitt Romney waited aboard his campaign plane in Boston.

President Obama called a volunteer as he visited a campaign office in Chicago.

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President Obama called a volunteer as he visited a campaign office in Chicago.

Poll worker Rosemary Good handed out stickers in Belmont.

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Poll worker Rosemary Good handed out stickers in Belmont.

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Globe exclusives

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond to face off against an evil former agent trying to destroy the British intelligence agency.

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In ‘Skyfall,’ James Bond fights irrelevance
President Obama embraced his wife, Michelle, during the night’s last rally, in Des Moines. Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, at a rally at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, N.H.

Campaign winds down with swing state trips
From left: Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry, and Tom Hamilton show off their commemorative street signs before Monday’s concert.

Names

Aerosmith rocks the old neighborhood

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Composer Elliott Carter dies at 103
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney hugs his wife, Ann, after she introduced him Monday for his final speech in New Hamphire of the 2012 general election campaign.

Analysis

Mitt Romney faces specter of presidency — or private life
Sherry Pagoto, associate professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, at her standing/walking desk.

G Cover

Anti-sitting movement gaining followers
“Bruce,” a new biography, looks at Bruce Springsteen, the enduring rocker and charismatic leader of the E Street Band.

Book Review

‘Bruce’ by Peter Ames Carlin

Album Review | HIP-HOP

Public Enemy still hitting targets on ‘Evil Empire’

Special Section

The Senate race in Mass.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Wis., once solid for Obama, now wild card

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Romney’s record
The turnover rate at Millennium, where Teena Varghese works, has dropped to 5 percent — among the lowest in an industry where competition for workers is fierce.

Top Largest Company

Cultural synergy at Millennium Pharmaceuticals

Sports

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With John Farrell (left) hired as manager, GM Ben Cherington is looking out for some good deals.

Confidence in Ben Cherington remains high

His first season was a disaster. But Red Sox officials and his colleagues are insistent that Cherington is the right man to rebuild the team.

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Congress subpoenas co-owner of Framingham firm in meningitis probe

Investigators want Barry Cadden to answer questions about the meningitis outbreak in Washington next week.

Columnists

Aqib Talib is undeniably talented on the field, and troubled off it.

Dan Shaughnessy

The Patriot way is only about winning now
The Rev. Ralph Abernathy led a mule-drawn wagon at the head of Martin Luther King’s last campaign.

farah stockman

Activists no more

Kevin Cullen

Leaving an empty seat in tribute to POWs and MIAs

joanna weiss

A hurricane, a blackout, and an election

Boston Capital

The economic limits for our next president
US Air Force crews in New York offload power grid repair equipment from Southern California Thursday. The Defense Department initiated the airlift operation.

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After Sandy, environmentalists, military find common cause
Touchfire screentop keyboard for iPad, by Touchfire Inc.

Tech Lab Plus

Clip-on keyboard pushes the right buttons
Walt Siegl’s custom motorcycles.

Innovation Economy

Starbucks tests wireless way to charge phones

Adrian Walker

Region still has a passion for politics
Among Sox sluggers, David Ortiz ranks in the top 10 in hits, runs, doubles, homers, RBIs, extra-base hits, and walks.

Dan Shaughnessy

No complaints on Red Sox’ David Ortiz deal

Kevin Cullen

Giving back to the other ‘1 percent’

Yvonne Abraham

Having the choice to die matters

Business

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Antonin Scalia said he thinks it is proper to settle such questions early on in the suit.

Supreme Court considers limits on class actions

The Supreme Court appeared divided in two cases in which businesses are trying to make it harder for customers or investors to band together to sue them.

Arts

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

Composer Elliott Carter dies at 103

The American composer Elliott Carter, who attended Harvard and had work commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, died in New York City.

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Q&A

NOVA host hopes to generate buzz about science

David Pogue is the new host this season for NOVA scienceNOW, a PBS program that aims to make cutting-edge science entertaining.

“It is the surprises that tend to shake up the race and we have had a lot of surprises this year. The 47 percent tape — who knew that was there?”

Stu Rothenberg,  editor of the Rothenberg Political Report

Magazine

The cover for the November 4 2012 issue

How to be a New England vegetarian in winter
The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel
The cover for the October 14 2012 issue

How grocery shopping got personal

Opinion

“Thousands of college — and even high school — students risked arrest, beatings, and even death to get the right to vote for blacks in Mississippi.”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“This growly and pugnacious Canada bears little resemblance to the nation of unobtrusive peacekeepers that Americans have known. And the change in tone has been nothing if not deliberate.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the new Canadian nationalism