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Tasks, terrain clear for first debate

President Obama and Mitt Romney’s first debate is centered on domestic policy, which could allow Romney to hammer away at Obama’s handling of the economy.

Brian McGrory

Mitt Romney hasn’t changed a bit

The ultimate shame of the former governor’s presidential campaign is that he looks and sounds like the same man at the end as when he began.

A fact check on Brown-Warren

The Globe takes a look at the veracity of four of the competing claims the Senate candidates made in their second debate.

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A $50,000 reward has been offered for the arrest of terrorism suspect Ahmad Abousamra, who was indicted in 2009 with Sudbury’s Tarek Mehanna.

T-Mobile to merge with MetroPCS

The combined company, which would have more than 42 million subscribers, would still trail the market’s No. 3 Sprint.

After notoriety onscreen and off, Ben Affleck began rehabilitating his image with a shift to directing in 2007. His new film, “Argo,” opens next week.

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As director, Affleck puts the froth far behind

“Argo,” Ben Affleck’s third movie as a director, offers a glimpse of a more ambitious filmmaker and global citizen than almost everyone has suspected.

Bobby Valentine crashes bike

Valentine crashes bike after Pedroia text

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine was slightly injured when he read a text message from Dustin Pedroia while operating his bike in New York’s Central Park on Tuesday.

Graduate student Alex Ng tested the size of DNA molecules at Harvard Medical School’s Churchman Lab.

Threat to funds haunts Boston-area labs

Boston-area teaching hospitals and universities are bracing for deep cuts in the federal funding that has fueled biomedical research for decades.

A meeting was held at the Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Boston on the five proposals to reorganize the city’s school assignment system.

Many may be forced to switch schools in Boston

Proposed changes to the way the city assigns students could force thousands of children already attending schools to move to new ones in two years.

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Bobby Valentine takes the ball from Andrew Bailey, who allowed a tying two-run homer.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox officially now a last-place team
The president’s beer recipe is going around, so we decided to try it.

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Brewing beer the presidential way
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and his wife had tried to sell their Medfield home in 2008. Their lawyer says they want to downsize.

Schillings put Medfield home on the market

Diversity Boston

Nominate a champion of diversity

Editorial cartoons by Dan Wasserman
Claudette and Wayne Reimer of Ontario headed for the water last Saturday at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth.

Cape businesses report boost in fall tourism
Co-owner Fawn Weydt (left) and employee Charin Jiraratwatrana of Thai Time in Clinton.

Cheap Eats

Outstanding Thai specialties in Clinton
Kool A.D. (pictured last year in Tennessee) and Das Racist played Royale Monday.

Music Review

Das Racist gets mild in short set at Royale
Michael E. McLaughlin may have diverted millions.

Ex-Chelsea housing chief may have diverted funds
Mitt Romney sharpened his attacks on Shannon O’Brien.

In ’02, Mitt Romney capitalized on debates
Moustafa Ismail, 24, of Franklin displayed his world-record 31-inch biceps in a recent workout.

Guinness hails Franklin man’s 31-inch biceps
Jaime Carrillo and Evelyn Howe in the SpeakEasy Stage’s “The [Expletive] With the Hat.’’

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Issues of class take center stage on local stages

Sports

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Yankees 4, Red Sox 3

Ichiro Suzuki celebrated with Francisco Cervelli after he scored the winning run on a hit by Raul Ibanez in the 12th inning against the Red Sox.

Red Sox can’t finish off Yankees

The Red Sox couldn’t preserve a 3-1 lead in the ninth as the Yankees moved closer to clinching the AL East.

Metro

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Animal control officers (left) cautiously removed the dog from under the car’s license plate and hood.

Dog struck by car survives 11-mile ride wedged in bumper

A man slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting a dog on Route 44 in Taunton, and thought he had, until another driver flagged him down.

Columnists

Brian McGrory

Mitt Romney hasn’t changed a bit

scot lehigh

Armed with a pre-debate fact check

derrick z. jackson

50 years later, chemical barrage goes on
Bobby Valentine takes the ball from Andrew Bailey, who allowed a tying two-run homer.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox officially now a last-place team
The proposed site of Konza Technology City currently has no infrastucture.

farah stockman

In Kenya, turning savannah into gold

Scot Lehigh

Brown too focused on ancestry

joanna weiss

More refinement from Brown, Warren

Boston Capital

As Sox sank, so did ticket resales

Kevin Cullen

A firm grasp of the Senate race
Shell Oil’s floating oil-drilling platform, Kulluk, passes downtown Seattle in 2011. The rig was scheduled to depart for Alaska the following year.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Energy policy shows fallacy of a ‘domestic’ debate

Adrian Walker

Opportunity awaits RCC
Nataly Kogan is a cofounder of Happier.

Innovation Economy

A start-up called Happier hopes for a rosier life

Business

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As more families decide to replace aging cars, cheap loans and a bounty of fuel-efficient models enticed people to buy new vehicles at a brisk pace last month.

Auto, home sale gains reflect rising confidence

The US economy is looking more resilient, thanks in part to encouraging signs for the two most expensive purchases most make: cars and homes.

Politics

Political Notebook

Mitt Romney greeted a potential supporter Tuesday after ordering lunch in Denver. He hopes to change the momentum of the race with a strong debate performance.

Romney wouldn’t revoke Obama’s deportation exemptions

Mitt Romney said he would not, however, issue new protective documents for young illegal immigrants if elected.

Nation & World

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An Arizona police officer and a Drug Enforcement Administration agent patrolled an area near Naco, Ariz. on Tuesday.

Border Patrol agent shot dead in Arizona desert

A Border Patrol agent was shot to death near the US-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits.

Arts

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Movie Review

“Downeast’’ follows efforts to turn a closed sardine cannery into a lobster-processing facility in Gouldsboro, Maine.

Trying to save a small town in Maine

In the documentary “Downeast,” a Boston-based Italian immigrant attempts to turn a former sardine cannery into a lobster processing facility.

Food & dining

Cucharamama in Hoboken, N.J.

Authentic South American fare in Hoboken

Only two attractions lure New Yorkers and tourists across the Hudson into Hoboken, N.J.

“The debates are going to give us a chance to highlight our differences, and we’re entering the phase where we get to frame the choice of this election.”

Paul Ryan 

Magazine

The cover for the September 30 2012 issue

How will independents factor into the Brown-Warren Senate race?

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design
The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires

Opinion

“The evidence is abundantly clear that even as eagles soar above, Americans are poisoning themselves in unprecedented ways.”

Derrick Z. Jackson 

Ideas

“We know a lot about the things that are closer to our size, our altitude, our spot in the universe — and less about things that are hard to reach, hard to dig up, and hard to quantify.”

Samuel Arbesman  on what big data is missing