Future seniors may see benefits tied to means testing

Millions of future seniors will probably end up paying more, or getting fewer benefits — no matter who wins the White House.

Regulator has link to firm implicated in outbreak

The Framingham pharmacy at the heart of the meningitis outbreak has a link to a board member and former president of the state agency that regulates pharmacies.

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A Globe analysis of the public schedules for Senator Brown and Elizabeth Warren shows the candidates rarely stray from Eastern Mass.

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US sends forces to Jordan in Syria conflict

The United States has sent military troops help bolster Jordan’s defense in the event violence escalates along the Syrian border.

Toyota recalls more than 7 million vehicles

Toyota is recalling vehicles around the world for a faulty power-window switch, the latest in a string of recalls for Japan’s top automaker.

Ben Affleck (center) plays a CIA operative who leads a rescue mission in Tehran during the 1979-80 Iran hostage crisis.

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Ben Affleck’s fully in charge in ‘Argo’

Affleck directed and stars in this highly entertaining if shallow film based on the actual story of six embassy employees led out of Iran by a CIA hostage specialist.

Some are challenging the BRA’s efforts to bring a restaurant to the end of Long Wharf.

Plan pits North End vs. officials

North End residents are challenging a plan to privately develop the tip of Boston’s Long Wharf in a case headed to the state’s highest court.

If you remember the night Tony Conigliaro was struck, you probably remember something else from that time.

Dan Shaughnessy

How sports connects us to key dates

Maybe it’s a guy thing. Maybe it’s a sports thing. But I always have connected important life passages with things that were going on in sports.

Brian McGrory

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Harvard Square fixture Dennis ­Coveney and his wife, Kelly, are struggling to find shelter through a Byzantine web of social service agencies.

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

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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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Since the bump in prize money, thoroughbred breeder George Brown’s farm has gotten plenty of calls from aspiring racehorse owners.

Gaming act gives horse racing prize boost
Nate Stearns, Alex Moore, and author Michael Andor Brodeur shuck corn, one of many tasks at Nautical Thanksgiving in Scituate.

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Nautical Thanksgiving done right
Anxious people checked the Associated Press teletype machine in the Boston Globe's downtown office on Oct. 22, 1962, as President John F. Kennedy declared a blockade of military equipment bound for Cuba.

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Cuban Missile Crisis holds lessons
Mini lobster rolls.

Dining out

Room to grow at City Landing
Adam Ant (pictured in London in 2011) performed for almost two hours Monday night at Royale.

Music Review

A recharged Adam Ant storms Royale
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
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
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.

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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

Sports

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Patriot receivers — including Brandon Lloyd here — had a good day catching and blocking.

Patriots’ no-huddle offense still needs tweaks

New England looked very tired in the final quarter-plus of their win over the Broncos, as the first-half pace took a self-inflicted toll.

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Miles Smith, a longtime friend and roomate of Jonathan Dailey (at right), gave a statement to the press on Tuesday. Smith said he could think of no one who would want to harm Dailey, who had gone missing on Oct. 2.

Missing student found in Charles River

A man found dead in the Charles River near the BU Bridge has been identified as graduate student Jonathan Dailey.

Columnists

This 1828 Andrew Jackson election poster derided John Q. Adams and his following.

Joanna Weiss

Partisan politics? Take a look at the 19th century
The Patriots’ Stevan Ridley, who rushed for 151 yards in the game, sails over Denver cornerback Champ Bailey as he scores on an 8-yard run in the third quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ no-huddle success doomed Broncos

Brian McGrory

Couple still awaiting a happy ending
If you remember the night Tony Conigliaro was struck, you probably remember something else from that time.

Dan Shaughnessy

How sports connects us to key dates

Boston Capital

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

Kevin Cullen

Don’t ignore RCC students
Some Chiefs fans kicked quarterback Matt Cassel when he was down Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Fan reaction to Matt Cassel injury uncivilized

Adrian Walker

Tierney in battle he never saw coming

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneurs speak their mind on venture firms

Juliette Kayyem

Generals, make way for the lawyers
Elizabeth Warren’s grandfather

JAMES CARROLL

How family lore shapes character
Ginna is living at a shelter on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston after being turned away more than once.

Yvonne Abraham

A safety net that is leaving more people out

Business

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Walmart’s surveys found that electronics, toys, video games, movies, and groceries are among the items that shoppers want delivered.

Walmart tests same-day delivery service

Walmart is testing same-day delivery in select markets for customers who buy popular items online during the holiday season.

Politics

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President Obama was on the stump Tuesday at Ohio State University.

Ohio to appeal ruling on early voting

Ohio’s election chief said that he will appeal a ruling by a federal court that reinstates the final three early voting days in the state.

Nation & World

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US scientists Robert Lefkowitz (left) and Brian Kobilka.

2 US scientists win Nobel prize in chemistry

Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka won the award for studies of protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals.

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GALLERIES

Sol LeWitt’s “Wall Drawing #118: Fifty randomly placed points all connected by straight lines,’’ redone at the Museum School.

What’s happening in Boston-area galleries

Back in 1971, Sol LeWitt visited the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and invited students to help him construct a wall drawing.

Food & dining

Dana Masterpolo (left) and Michelle da Silva are the founders of Bantam Cider.

New entrepreneurs make hard cider from local apples

One alcohol category is still relatively unchartered: hard cider.

“What’s in it for Chicopee? I think that’s a message that you really can’t do with statewide advertising.”

Chicopee Mayor Michael Bissonnette,  on the Senate campaign

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AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?
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How will independents factor into the Brown-Warren Senate race?

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9 hot trends in kitchen design
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The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star

Opinion

“When it comes to ‘life and death’ sectors in our economy, it may be that states’ rights can be dangerous, even fatal.”

Tim Johnson 

Ideas

“Gerken has advanced a vision of governance unusual for someone whose political convictions are firmly liberal: She wants local decision-making bodies to be given more opportunity to rebel against federal policy.”

—Leon Neyfakh on Heather Gerken’s argument for “federalism all the way down”