Romney’s side recharged; Obama team recalculating
On Thursday, President Obama spoke at the University of Wisconsin and Mitt Romney was at an event in Denver.

associated press;reuters

The solid verdict for Mitt Romney following the first presidential debate has pushed the Obama campaign to rethink strategy and the Republican team to reload.

Questions on Romney’s proposal to cap tax deductions

Mitt Romney’s campaign has characterized a limit on deductions as just one of the options he might pursue as president. Tax analysts said it is difficult to evaluate the idea.

Bobby Valentine went for a downtown ride after the Red Sox announced that his tenure as manager was over.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox did well in acting quickly

Bobby Valentine was goofy, opinionated, calculating, smart, and a little off the reservation. He was also not a very good manager for the underachieving Red Sox.

Mick Jagger (pictured performing with the Rolling Stones in 1971) is the subject of a 622-page unauthorized biography.

BOOK REVIEW

‘Mick Jagger’ by Philip Norman

A jarring truth is that there have been more Mick Jagger biographies (three) than Rolling Stones tours (none) in the past five years.

Meningitis outbreak widens; Mass. company suspected

Federal officials found a vial of an injectable steroid contaminated with fungus at a Framingham pharmacy, strengthening suspicions that it is the source of a nation­wide outbreak.

Richard Mangino of Revere has been able to play “Pretty Woman” on the guitar since he received two new hands and forearms a year ago.

For transplant recipient, a life resumed

Richard Mangino of Revere drives, paints, and even plays the guitar, thanks to the new hands and forearms he received in a 12-hour transplant operation a year ago.

Brian McGrory

Perspectives can change on Liberty Mutual’s salaries, payouts

When it’s time to pay a policyholder $3.4 million because of the company’s own negligence, it suddenly seems like a ridiculously large sum of money to the insurer.

Mass. among tops for jobs in app development

Software app development has become a major high-tech industry in Massachusetts, generating $1 billion in salaries a year.

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Dueling philosophies from Obama and Romney
Earth as seen from space.

Photography review

‘Kennedy to Kent State’: When a decade is more than just a decade

Steven Syre

Personal computers challenged by tablets, smart phones
Violinist Joshua Bell performed Bernstein’s Serenade, conducted by Marcelo Lehninger , with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on Thursday.

music review

At Symphony Hall, the music of Plato and Shakespeare
Curt Schilling’s bloody sock from the 2004 World Series could fetch around $25,000.

Curt Schilling may sell ‘bloody sock’ to settle debt
Crocus, tulip, galanthus, allium, daffodils.

It’s prime time to plant for spring
Mindy Kaling says she likes dressing up because it makes her happy.

Mindy Kaling on men, sequins, and chunky jewelry
The latest Kindle e-readers offer improved performance, but the rival Nooks still provide good value.

Tech Lab

New Kindle offers light reading
Center Jordan Carter (41) helped lead his teammates through some agility drills at practice on Wednesday.

Boston English football team learns thrill of victory at last
Bobby Valentine’s final hours as Red Sox manager Wednesday were a little sad as the worst season of a generation officially ended.

Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, an ugly season finally ends

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A look back at Carl Yastrzemski’s Triple Crown

Editorial cartoons by Dan Wasserman

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Broncos at Patriots | Sunday, 4:25 p.m.

Brandon Bolden carried 16 times for 137 yards and a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills.

Brandon Bolden fitting in well with Patriots

An undrafted rookie, Bolden introduced himself to the Bills, the NFL, and a number of Patriots fans last Sunday, carrying 16 times for 137 yards and a touchdown.

Metro

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Elizabeth Warren joined black clergy members at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury Thursday.

Black clergy in Boston endorse Warren

Some of the city’s most prominent African-American ministers backed Elizabeth Warren Thursday and denounced Senator Scott Brown’s attacks on her purported heritage.

Columnists

Mitt Romney finally shook the Etch-A-Sketch.

JOSHUA GREEN

The Old Romney vs. the New Romney
The final numbers on the Green Monster add up to the Red Sox’ worst season since 1965.

Christopher L. Gasper

Red Sox reconstruction goes beyond firing Bobby Valentine

Brian McGrory

Perspectives can change on Liberty Mutual’s salaries, payouts

JOAN WICKERSHAM

A titan on orange wings
Bobby Valentine went for a downtown ride after the Red Sox announced that his tenure as manager was over.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox did well in acting quickly

SCOT LEHIGH

Dueling philosophies from Obama and Romney

Steven Syre

Personal computers challenged by tablets, smart phones

joan vennochi

An ineffective Obama falls flat
Bobby Valentine’s final hours as Red Sox manager Wednesday were a little sad as the worst season of a generation officially ended.

Dan Shaughnessy

For Red Sox, an ugly season finally ends

Jeff Jacoby

A clear knockout for Mitt Romney

opinion | edward l. glaeser

Tolls — the solution to our commuting woes
The women in the Swedish IKEA catalogue for 2012, left, were edited out of the Saudi Arabian version, right.

Juliette Kayyem

IKEA’s Saudi problem

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Revealing images, left, were seen by agents in private rooms. Now, gender-neutral outlines, right, are visible to traveler and TSA.

TSA unveils less revealing body scanners at Logan

The new scanners show only generic outlines of passengers instead of detailed images of their naked bodies.

Politics

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Mitt Romney addressed a rally Thursday in Virginia.

Mitt Romney calls 47% remarks ‘wrong’

Romney had described his remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes as ‘‘not elegantly stated.’’ Now he’s calling them ‘‘just completely wrong.’’

Nation & World

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Antiabortion protesters surrounded Rebecca Gomperts of Women on Waves, a Dutch abortion advocacy group in the port of Smir in Morocco, where most abortions are illegal.

Abortion yacht led out of Morocco

Moroccan police escorted from its waters on Thursday a small yacht carrying women’s rights activists claiming to be able to perform abortions on board.

Arts

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Tift Merritt seizes moment with ‘Traveling Alone’

Getting a picture of who Tift Merritt is as an artist requires a connect-the-dots approach to her catalogue.

Movies

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Movie Review

This stop-motion animated 3-D tale of a boy, Victor, and his dog, Sparky, is filmed in black and white, much like the horror classics that inspired its director.

Tim Burton’s ‘Frankenweenie’ is a marvel to behold

The stop-motion tale is simple yet immensely pleasurable — elegant, very funny, and haunted gently by the ghosts of monster movies past.

“It’s been what I hoped it would be.”

Richard Mangino,  a year after getting new hands and forearms in a transplant operation

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

“From now on, when I look at a monarch in my garden, I will know that I am looking at genetics, evolution, ecology, scientific knowledge, and cosmic mystery.”

Joan Wickersham, on monarch butterflies

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