N.H. man charged in death of UNH student

Seth J. Mazzaglia of Dover, New Hampshire, was charged in the death of Elizabeth Marriott, a University of New Hampshire student and Westborough native who disappeared Tuesday.

N.H. reports 4 possible meningitis cases

New Hampshire officials reported Saturday that four adults in the state may be infected with fungal meningitis, the first New England cases in a nationwide outbreak.

Battle for Ohio heats up

Mitt Romney seems to be making a renewed push to gain ground among women after President Obama’s lead slipped following his lackluster debate performance.

Mitt Romney supporters recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Virginia.

Renée Loth

The GOP’s demographics problem

If demographics is destiny, the Republican Party has a rendezvous with irrelevance — unless its policies change.

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A bike is partly buried in snow while a cyclist shares the road with a bus on Commonwealth Ave.

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The problem with bicycling in Boston

Anything that discourages people from riding increases the risk to the rest who are — but that’s precisely the effect of fear-mongering and plans to toughen the rules on cyclists.

The Salem ferry and the schooner Fame, a replica of the privateer from the War of 1812, pass in Salem’s outer harbor.

travel | in transit

Boston to Salem Ferry

Even if it’s aboard a catamaran ferry from Boston rather than a three-masted clipper from Canton, China, arriving in Salem by sea seems somehow fitting.

A boardwalk through beach grass.

travel

A riverside runner in lower Manhattan

A route from Battery Park showed off the grand Hudson, great skyscrapers, a variety of greenery, and even art.

ideas

A pilgrimage to T.S. Eliot’s Dry Salvages

The rocks that inspired the great poet are real, close to Boston, and you can visit them... sort of.

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Already the scene of one of the biggest fires in the history of the country in 1908, the city was engulfed anew on Oct. 14, 1973.

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Brian McGrory on life with a dog and a rooster

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‘Celebration Day’ for Led Zeppelin fans
“I knew her as a bright young woman,” Marsie Silvestro said of Alexis Wright, who has pleaded not guilty.

Zumba instructor prostitution story grips Maine town
Richard Nixon gives his famous “checkers speech” on TV.

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‘Just Plain Dick’ by Kevin Mattson
Dancers performed with basketballs in “Hoop Suite.”

Dance Review

‘Hoop Suite’ is an act of healing, still in progress
An unidentified artist’s trick photo of a man holding up 11 men in formation, circa 1930.

Sunday preview | ideas

The surprisingly old art of photo fakery
Samantha Mathis stars as Dagny Taggart in “Atlas Shrugged Part II.”

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The shrugging continues in ‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’

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How grocery shopping got personal
Susan West helped pile up pumpkins on the front lawn of the First Congregational Church in Chatham for a sale to benefit the Chatham Teachers Fund.

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Globe photos of the week, Oct. 12, 2012
John Cafferty of Hingham shopped at Dick’s Sporting Goods in the Hanover Mall on Sunday. The store held its grand opening last weekend, helping boost the mall’s occupancy rate.

Retail vacancies in Mass. at lowest level in five years

Brian McGrory

‘Served’ in Afghanistan? Scott Brown?

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Harvard 35, Bucknell 7

Harvard quarterback Colton Chapple continued his stellar play in directing the Crimson’s explosive attack.

Big plays push Harvard past Bucknell

While the Crimson offense racked up its fourth 30-point performance in five games, the defense held Bucknell to 0.6 yards per carry.

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Brock Callen (right) and Rob Douglas trained for the North American Speed Sailing Invitational, which will take place next week.

Kiteboarders make mark in sailing — quickly

Competitors will converge on Martha’s Vineyard for an event organized by local enthusiasts who also happen to be some of the fastest sailors on earth.

Columnists

CARLO ROTELLA

School is renewed, but there’s hard work ahead

Adrian Walker

The machine and the man

lawrence harmon

Reefer madness

JOSHUA GREEN

Election is a referendum on Obama

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Is Biden’s performance enough to stop the slide?
Mitt Romney supporters recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Virginia.

Renée Loth

The GOP’s demographics problem

Boston Capital

Bank stocks climb as housing recovers

Brian McGrory

‘Served’ in Afghanistan? Scott Brown?

SCOT LEHIGH

What does Mitt Romney really believe?
Red Sox CEO Larry Lucchino, left, and GM Ben Cherington will be meeting with candidates for the team’s manager job.

Christopher L. Gasper

Questions the next manager should ask the Red Sox

Tech Lab

Small Samsung camera shoots like a pro
Container ship Edith Maersk crossed the Suez Canal northeast of Cairo Friday.

juliette kayyem

The toughest sanctions

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Dunkin’ Donuts tries to trademark ‘Bagel Bunchkins’ in the US

Dunkin’ Donuts took doughnut holes, called them Munchkins, and made them a hit. Can it work the same branding magic with bagel pieces?

Politics

Political notebook

Mitt Romney campaigned Friday in Lancaster, Ohio.

Mitt Romney donors get Waldorf retreat

Romney’s top donors are descending on New York early next week for a “Romney Victory Fall Retreat,” where they will be treated to the special access that their deep pockets have earned.

Nation & World

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Protesters helped an injured man after scuffles broke out between groups of protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday.

Violence returns to Cairo’s Tahrir Square

Thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday in the first such violence since he took office.

Arts

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‘The Silent History’ invites readers to become active participants

“The Silent History,” an exquisitely designed serialized work of literary fiction, is ostensibly an e-book, but it’s wholly unlike any you’ve seen before.

“I truly feel like Romney would be a step back in terms of women’s rights, especially choice. ... I wouldn’t ever be voting for [Romney]. I’d be voting against Obama.”

Cathy Klim,  Ohio resident

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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

“Unrepentant communists merit repugnance, not reverence.”

Jeff Jacoby 

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”