Obama, Romney are combative in 2d debate

President Obama and Mitt Romney turned a Town Hall conversation with several dozen voters into a combative duel, delivering punches and counterpunches on the economy, taxes, and social issues.

Analysis of the debate

Dante Ramos of the Boston Globe gives his analysis of tonight’s debate.

Kerry rips into Romney before debate

Senator John Kerry sharply criticized Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts before Romney’s debate with President Obama.

Debate

Fact checks and analysis

The Globe provided real-time fact checks and analysis during tonight’s presidential debate.

Earthquake felt in Boston area

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Maine about 20 miles west of Portland and was felt as far south as Boston, according to the US Geological Survey.

Federal agents were seen at the offices of New England Compounding Center in Framingham.

Investigators search Framingham pharmacy

Criminal investigators Tuesday visited the facility at the center of the nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak.

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joanna weiss

In step with the Arnold apology tour
Ruth and Carl Shapiro made their first donation in 1950, when they gave $10 to Brandeis University. In 2000, the Shapiros gave $22 million for a campus center at Brandeis.

Obituary

Ruth Shapiro, 95, noted philanthropist
Tom Brady’s play is not a problem, but the solution to almost all of the Patriots’ ones.

Christopher l. Gasper

Brady not to blame for Patriots’ struggles
Inside Chatham Lighthouse, an active Coast Guard station.

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Chatham Lighthouse hitting the big screen
Ernest Watkins IV was seen in a doorway at Dorchester District Court Monday.

Boy, 14, charged in Dorchester killing
Sarah, Beth, and Scott Hostetler of Buena Park, Calif., were the first to try the program.

To avert foreclosure, firm turns homes into ad space
Dwayne Moore was in Suffolk Superior Court last month.

Mattapan suspect had emotional session
Workers at the David Clark Co. in Worcester helped Felix Baumgartner test his pressurized suit in January 2009.

Daredevil’s jumpsuit marks a leap for local firm
“Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville” by James McNeill Whistler.

Frame by Frame

A look at Courbet, in a Whistler canvas
Taylor Mac as the title character in the ART production of his “The Lily’s Revenge” at Oberon.

Stage Review

ART’s ‘Lily’s Revenge’ is colorful, larky fun

Album Review | COUNTRY

A moving tribute to Hank Cochran

Sports

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On Hockey

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spoke to reporters following on Tuesday.

New NHL offer is progress, but no clincher

The league’s latest proposal to end the lockout shows some willingness to compromise and save the hockey season.

Metro

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Judge Mark Wolf

Chief Judge Mark Wolf to retire from full-time duties

Wolf presided over some of the most high-profile cases the state has seen in recent years.

Columnists

Opinion | farah stockman

United States, incorporated

joanna weiss

In step with the Arnold apology tour

Boston Capital

Who wins among upbeat consumers?
Tom Brady’s play is not a problem, but the solution to almost all of the Patriots’ ones.

Christopher l. Gasper

Brady not to blame for Patriots’ struggles

Adrian Walker

Eliminate the Boston City Council districts

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Khadafy son should be tried by Libya
John F. Kennedy was confronted with the Cuban Missile Crisis 50 years ago today. His handling of the situation rescued his reputation after he was thought to have bungled the Bay of Pigs the previous year.

Opinion | JAMES CARROLL

Credible presidential power
David Skok, a top go-to investor

Innovation Economy

Start-up Axio, IDEO put heads together

Tech Lab Plus

BluCon offers Bluetooth music for the living room
Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll patted quarterback Russell Wilson on the head before the game against the Patriots.

SEAHAWKS 24, PATRIOTS 23 | Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots embarrassed by Pete Carroll

Kevin Cullen

Accentuate candidates, eliminate the moderator

JOAN VENNOCHI

State’s in trouble; where’s Patrick?

Business

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Former Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit.

In sudden departure, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit steps down

Pandit steered the bank through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed.

Politics

A123 Systems

A123 Systems files for bankruptcy protection

The Waltham company said it was calling off a major deal with a Chinese auto parts conglomerate that was expected to save the firm.

Nation & World

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The empty space where the Matisse painting

Paintings stolen in major art heist

Thieves broke into a Dutch museum and made off with works by Picasso, Monet, and Matisse worth possibly hundreds of millions of dollars.

Arts

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Stage Review

Jeff Gill (left) and Greg Maraio in “A Behanding in Spokane” at Charlestown Working Theatre.

A darkly comic ‘Behanding in Spokane’

Theatre on Fire and Charlestown Working Theater are offering a pungent slice of low life from the mind of Martin McDonagh.

Lifestyle

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Among the advice offered to Ty Burr: lights, bright clothing, and mirrors.

Cyclists offer some (mostly) kind advice

Readers responded to last week’s article on urban cycling — and raised a few points that Globe critic Ty Burr missed.

Globe Insiders

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.

“The fact of the matter is, they’ve arrested a 14-year-old, pulled him out of his life, pulled him away from his family. This is not a gang case; this is not a gang kid.”

Janice Bassil,  the attorney for Ernest Watkins IV

Magazine

The cover for the October 14 2012 issue

How grocery shopping got personal
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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?

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design

Opinion

“We spend far more than we take in. Our liabilities are mounting. Our assets are pretty much flat.”

Farah Stockman 

Ideas

“The strategy that underlies American policy, the Carter Doctrine, is now more than 30 years old, and in dire need of an overhaul. …Today, it drives American engagement in a Middle East that looks far different from the region for which it was invented.

Thanassis Cambanis , on the need for a new Middle East policy