Obama, Romney give different takes on jobs data

President Obama hailed the jobs report showing unemployment at 7.8 percent, the lowest of his administration, but Mitt Romney said the numbers don’t represent a “real recovery.”

Jurors in Mattapan retrial to come from outside Boston

A judge says a jury must be brought in from Worcester to ensure a fair retrial for Dwayne Moore, who faces charges that he killed four people in Mattapan in 2010.

DA says hundreds could be freed in drug lab scandal

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said 300 to 500 people could be released in his jurisdiction due to the state drug lab scandal.

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

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When Manning and his Hall of Fame-caliber legacy joined the Broncos this year, his teammates immediately took to following his lead.

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Climate change helps local man set Arctic sailing record

With an assist from global warming, Cambridge’s Morgan Peissel, 25, and his two shipmates achieved the northernmost Northwest Passage ever made.

Morgan Peissel, Nicolas Peissel, and Edvin Buregren stood on the ice in the McClure Strait in front of their sailboat, the Belzebub II.

A Passage Through Ice

Morgan Peissel, Nicolas Peissel, and Edvin Buregren stood on the ice in the McClure Strait in front of their sailboat, the Belzebub II.

The crew saw polar bears and narwhals as they navigated the icy waters at the top of the world.

Morgan Peissel

The crew saw polar bears and narwhals as they navigated the icy waters at the top of the world.

The three men crewing the Belzebub II were the first sailors known to have sailed the Northwest Passage via the McClure Straight.

Morgan Peissel

The three men crewing the Belzebub II were the first sailors known to have sailed the Northwest Passage via the McClure Straight.

Only a handful of other ships have ever been through the McClure, and none of them went on to make the Northwest Passage.

Morgan Peissel

Only a handful of other ships have ever been through the McClure, and none of them went on to make the Northwest Passage.

The crew's 31-foot fiberglass boat made it through the strait when the pack ice shifted during a 36-hour window.

Morgan Peissel

The crew's 31-foot fiberglass boat made it through the strait when the pack ice shifted during a 36-hour window.

By the time the sailors made it through, the pack ice had already closed up behind them.

A Passage Through Ice

By the time the sailors made it through, the pack ice had already closed up behind them.

Agritourists from as far as Europe have taken part in the “Be the Grower” program at the 24-acre Mavflower Cranberries in Plympton. Exports have helped the industry rebound.

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Visitors pitch in at annual cranberry harvest

A small but expanding group of Massachusetts cranberry growers now invite visitors to wade in and learn more about the cranberry crop.

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12 pumpkin beers for the fall

Sampling a dozen of these seasonal ales spawned a fundamental existential question: What’s a pumpkin beer supposed to taste like, anyway?

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A bold new vision for improving democracy has propelled Yale professor Heather Gerken into the legal firmament. She calls it “federalism all the way down.”

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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.