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Patriots pad their lead with a safety

The two-point score happened when the Jets botched a handoff near their own end zone.

Tom Brady worked to rile up the Gillette Stadium crowd before kickoff.

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Tom Brady worked to rile up the Gillette Stadium crowd before kickoff.

Mark Sanchez and the Jets were 3-3 on the year, the same record as the Patriots.

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Mark Sanchez and the Jets were 3-3 on the year, the same record as the Patriots.

Tom Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski to put the Patriots ahead in the first quarter.

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Tom Brady connected with Rob Gronkowski to put the Patriots ahead in the first quarter.

Mark Sanchez attempted a pass early in the game.

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Mark Sanchez attempted a pass early in the game.

Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski practiced before the game.

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Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski practiced before the game.

John Farrell is seen in the Toronto dugout during a game against the Rays Sept. 23.

Red Sox make it official: Farrell is named manager

The Red Sox officially announced John Farrell as their manager in a deal with the Blue Jays that will also send the Sox pitcher David Carpenter. Mike Aviles will go to Toronto.

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Military role on US soil a complex challenge

The United States Northern Command is being asked to do more than anticipated, raising questions about the proper role of the active-duty military in domestic affairs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/21/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/Obit%20McGovern.JPEG-08ce5-014--90x90.jpg George McGovern, 1972 Democratic nominee, dies

The three-term US senator from South Dakota was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972 but suffered a landslide defeat to Richard Nixon. He was 90.

Appreciation

George McGovern’s indelible mark on Massachusetts politics

The slogan “Don’t Blame Me, I’m From Massachusetts” served as a vindication of the state’s choice of George McGovern over Richard Nixon in the Watergate era.

Police officers responded to the scene of the shooting Sunday.

Three dead in Wisconsin shooting

Police in Wisconsin searched Sunday for a man suspected of killing three people and wounding four others in a shooting at a spa in suburban Milwaukee.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/peace006-767.jpg The 1969 peace rally

The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam on Oct. 15, 1969 was a huge gathering of antiwar protesters across the United States, with an estimated 100,000 people assembled at the Boston Common.

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Queen Latifah in Lifetime’s adaptation of “Steel Magnolias.”

movies

Race a subject, not an issue

Sunday baseball notes

Yankees won’t sink to Red Sox lows in 2013

Exploring the Massachusetts Wine and Cheese Trails
Bucks center Samuel Dalembert, left, with general manager John Hammond.

Sunday Basketball Notes

John Hammond works hard to increase Bucks’ value
The book on Tom Brady — hit him and he gets jittery — continues to add chapters.

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What statement will Patriots make vs. Jets?
“I can’t spare this man; he fights,” said Lincoln of Ulysses Grant.

books

‘The Man Who Saved the Union’ by H.W. Brands
Robyn Yee, above left, and Courtney Oesterling at the Four Seasons; Mitsuko Yoshizumi, left, and daughter Ryoko Allen at the Courtyard Restaurant; blooming tea at L’Espalier.

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Tea time in Boston
FIG. 1: The donkey

Ideas | The Word

Now, speaking for Romney (or Obama)
This is Ryan Mallett’s second season with the Patriots, and he’s still waiting for his first action in the regular season.

Patriots backup Mallett would be ready in a snap
Little Joe Cook sang “Peanuts,” his 1957 hit single, in the basement studio of his Framingham home.

Little Joe Cook recalls high notes of doo-wop fame
In a city with nearly 200 fountains, the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain’s cast bronze figures were created in 1910 for a Long Island, N.Y., mansion garden. Discovered in a salvage yard around 1951, the fountain was restored and dedicated in Kansas City in 1960.

travel

Kansas City, Mo., gives heritage a hip twist

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ON BASKETBALL

The Knicks haven’t been a legitimate Eastern Conference contender in 15 years.

Veterans should help out the rebuilt Knicks

The pressure is on the Knicks to become a factor again and if they don’t, the cycle of mediocrity will continue.

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As Boston considers returning to a system of neighborhood schools, Seattle has already made the switch. Here, a Seattle teacher led a book discussion.

Seattle schools may hold lessons for Boston system

Seattle shows the possibilities and the pitfalls of untangling from complicated citywide assignment systems and returning to neighborhoods schools.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

Homecoming is more than an annual event
Rotary Robotics wants to start delivering the FocalPlane in 2013.

Innovation Economy

Drones may soon buzz through local skies

JEFF JACOBY

President Obama, the liberals’ bust

JOANNA WEISS

The accidental women’s voice

opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Mitt Romney isn’t a champion of women
Platters of sugar cookies in a bakery in Oakmont, Penn.

Beverly Beckham

Untruths have consequences

Christopher L. Gasper

Rex Ryan, Jets have gone quiet on Patriots
The Green Bay Packers’ Dorsey Levens jumps during the 1998 NFC divisional playoff game.

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Ringing the bell about NFL concussions

LAWRENCE HARMON

Managing the fallout from freed felons

Brian McGrory

Ads up; it’s just way too much
The Crimson have won 14 straight under Tim Murphy, who is aiming for his third undefeated season.

Christopher L. Gasper

Harvard football is schooling competition
At night, the lit-up sanctuary is a welcoming presence.

opinion | JOAN WICKERSHAM

Building a sanctuary

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Product Review

Streaming gaining popularity, but satisfaction lags

Satisfaction scores for streaming-video services were lower than for most other services Consumer Reports has rated during the past few years.

Politics

The stage is set for a fierce collision when President Obama and Mitt Romney meet Monday night in Florida for a foreign policy debate.

With world their stage, one last presidential clash

President Obama and Mitt Romney share some views on foreign policy, but Monday’s debate is likely to highlight harsh divides.

Nation & World

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The coffin of Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated Friday by a car bomb, was carried during a funeral procession in Beirut.

Protesters try to storm Lebanese government

The protesters were angry after the bombing death of a top official in an incident blamed on Syria.

Arts

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movies

Queen Latifah in Lifetime’s adaptation of “Steel Magnolias.”

Race still a subject, but less of an issue

On Lifetime’s “Steel Magnolias,” blackness — the politics of it, anyway — was in no way the subject of the programming. It was played as universal.

Travel

Tequila, a quintessential Mexico town

The deliciously sleepy town of Tequila — population 30,000 — is quintessential Mexico.

Books

‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ by Tan Twan Eng

Tan Twan Eng’s sumptuous second novel imagines the story of survivors of an attack on British Malaya and a Japanese POW camp.

“There is general agreement that having predictability in our student assignment system has given parents more confidence about staying in Seattle.”

Michael DeBell,  the School Board chairman

Magazine

The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel
The cover for the October 14 2012 issue

How grocery shopping got personal
The cover for the October 7 2012 issue

AP classes: A problem for Massachusetts high schoolers?
The cover for the September 30 2012 issue

How will independents factor into the Brown-Warren Senate race?

Opinion

“Mitt Romney, champion of women, is myth in Massachusetts.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“Today we still fall back on the same old format: two people in a room, taking turns answering questions and hardly ever addressing each other directly. It’s hard to imagine this is the best we can come up with.”

Leon Neyfakh  on how to improve the presidential debates.