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Cambridge Health Alliance, Beth Israel in talks

Cambridge Health Alliance said that it has entered exclusive talks with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston about a potential affiliation.

Body identified as missing graduate student

A man found dead in the Charles River this morning has been identified as graduate student Jonathan Dailey, who had been missing for a week, prosecutors said this evening.

Three more deaths tied to meningitis outbreak

A total of 11 people have died and 119 people have been infected by the outbreak tied to a Framingham pharmacy, federal officials said.

Romney says he met Winchester veteran killed in Libya attack

Mitt Romney revealed that he met Winchester native Glen Doherty at a party several years before he was killed in the attack on the US consulate in Libya.

State officials seek to triple share of non-car travel by 2030

The state’s move is an effort to prioritize mass transit and smart growth, and would cut emissions and improve public health, officials said.

The League of Urban Canners is a new organization devoted to converting oft-neglected fruits from city lots and neighbors’ trees into jellies, jams, and preserves, such as the peaches.

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Somerville canners turn neighbors’ fruits into jams and jellies

The group goes to neighbors too busy to pay attention to fruit on a backyard tree and offers to turn it into jams and jellies, and return with 10 percent of the yield.

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Strong start for City Landing, but room for improvement

The restaurant offers audiences with different needs a pleasant dining experience. Yet one gets the feeling chef-owner Bill Brodsky is aiming for more.

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Nautical Thanksgiving, a made-up holiday done right

A homemade celebration shares food, stories, and company.

Boston Capital

$100,000 for a start-up, but whose?

The top companies in the MassChallenge business accelerator competition will each get $100,000 with no strings attached, but most aren’t focused on the money.

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Globe Talk | Oct. 23, 6 p.m.

Revealing ‘The Real Romney’

Join Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Scott Helman, authors of “The Real Romney,” to discuss the Republican presidential candidate’s life and history.

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Television anchorwoman Jennifer Livingston responded to a viewer who wrote her an e-mail criticizing her weight.

Opinion | The Podium

The truth about being fat

Students pass in front of Harvard’s Widener Library. To Gerald and Lily Chow, education consultant Mark Zimny must have seemed like the answer to many parents’ prayer.

Quest for Harvard entry ends in $2m tangle

The Upper Crust pizza chain, founded in Beacon Hill in 2001, grew strongly at first, but has since faced legal and financial woes.

Upper Crust files for bankruptcy protection

Globe critic Ty Burr takes the risk to bicycle the city’s streets because the rewards are worth it.

G Cover

Through the eyes of a city cyclist

Lila Gardner and Ross Bergen took photos of themselves in front of municipal buildings as proof of their travel to a town or city.

Couple visits all 351 towns and cities in Mass.

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Hand transplant is a first for Mass. General

Arquinia Rodriguez (left) and Karla Bonilla said a layoff by Progressive Gourmet in Wilmington was aimed at thwarting its employees’ efforts to form a union.

Food service workers sue Wilmington firm

Dan Dugan collects data for the Consumer Price Index, which affects households as well as corporate executives.

A federal agent, on the prowl for inflation

John Kooi and Jessica Webb in Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s production of Jaclyn Villano’s “The Company We Keep.”

Stage Review

Going to extremes in ‘The Company We Keep’

Album Review | POP

Decades of gems from Barbra Streisand’s vaults

Gary Levin and his children Cassie (left) and Jason viewed Fenway from atop the Green Monster.

After dismal year, Red Sox fans take the field

Morrissey performing Friday at the Citi Wang Theatre, the first stop on his US tour.

Music Review

Warm embrace for Morrissey and fans

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Tom Brady (12) calls out the play — with center Ryan Wendell all ready to roll — as the Patriots’ no-huddle offense lines up quickly while the Broncos’ defense attempts to adjust.

With 1 word, Patriots’ no-huddle an NFL marvel

Powered by a single word at the line of scrimmage, the Patriots’ impressive no-huddle offense, relying heavily on college football trends, is helping to change the pro game.