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Storm’s impact will be felt in N.E., forecasters say

While Hurricane Sandy is currently projected to hit near southern New Jersey and Delaware early Tuesday, forecasters say the location of landfall is still uncertain.

Brown, Warren spend millions in final stage of campaign

The Senate candidates are spending more money than they are taking in as both revealed shrinking war chests during the first two weeks of October.

Massachusetts fines Citigroup $2m over Facebook IPO

The state’s top securities regulator fined Citigroup for failing to supervise analysts who improperly disclosed confidential information about the IPO.

Whole Foods to buy leases for six Johnnie’s Foodmaster stores

The stores in South Weymouth, Arlington, Charlestown, Brookline, Melrose, and Somerville will close in November and reopen as Whole Foods by the fall of 2013.

Emma Joyce regularly chats with her grandparents, who live in Ohio.

Grandparents cover miles with video chat services

As video chat services like Skype and FaceTime grow more popular, many children think of Nana and Poppa as those people on the screen.

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Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?

An obscure condition called PANDAS is a medical mystery that has families in crisis.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox’ issues loom over World Series

From Gene Lamont to Jacoby Ellsbury’s contract status to Marco Scutaro’s hot streak, the Red Sox remain a hot topic at baseball’s showcase.

Republican candidate Richard Tisei.

Figures show limits to Tisei’s worth

US Representative John F. Tierney has been trying to portray Richard R. Tisei as a wealthy candidate who doesn’t pay his fair share of taxes.

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Fifty years ago this week, the world waited while the US and Soviet Union bluffed and negotiated, a nuclear holocaust growing perilously real.

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Federal officials are investigating practices at New England Compounding Center in Framingham, a compounding pharmacy that has been linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis. The outbreak has been blamed in 24 deaths.

‘High risk’ drug making is at center of meningitis inquiry
“I think it’s easier to talk about Obama. By and large, the country really doesn’t want his brand of socialism.” - JERRY RUTLEDGE, owner of clothing business

Even unfriendly turf vital to Obama in Colo.
Annie Dookhan (center) is accused of faking drug results, forging signatures, and mixing samples at a state police lab.

Costs climb in state drug lab scandal
Charles Dutoit was the guest conductor at Symphony Hall on Thursday.

Music Review

BSO program a double treat
Morgan Bernhard and Brenna Fitzgerald in “44 Plays for 44 Presidents” at the Boston Center for the Arts.

Stages

‘44 Plays for 44 Presidents’: a history recap
Rashid Johnson’s “Electric Universe” of black soap, wax, vinyl, wood, book, brass, incense, shea butter, and space rocks.

Art Review

Art review: ‘In the Holocene’

Coverage

The meningitis outbreak
Jimmy Page in Tokyo earlier this month.

Book Review

‘Light & Shade’ by Brad Tolinski
Brooke Loughrin (at the Taj Mahal in India in 2008) has been interested in helping people in other countries since she was in grade school.

The first-ever US Youth Observer at United Nations
Dennis Lehane latest novels have a historical sweep.

Dennis Lehane widens his world of words
Elizabeth Warren and Bruce Mann enjoyed a break from walking Otis at Fresh Pond.

Family long a bedrock for Elizabeth Warren

Jennifer Graham

Save the church! (kill the organ)

Sports

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With Tom Brady, left, at the controls, the Patriots have averaged 427.6 yards over the last 16 regular-season games.

Patriots’ offense on the threshold of milestone

On Sunday, the Patriots can set an NFL record if they collect 350 yards of offense for the 17th straight game.

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A police officer patrolled Meridian Street near Maverick Square in East Boston Thursday.

Women in East Boston wary after rise in reported assaults

Police have stepped up patrols after a surge in violence, particularly assaults on women, in recent months.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Campaign tips for Scott Brown

FARAH STOCKMAN

Iran’s crimes, real and hypothethical
Anh “Joseph” Cao, center, listens to President Obama speak before the signing the Dodd-Frank act in 2010.

opinion | CARLO ROTELLA

The rise and fall of a political idealist

Boston Capital

Internet-era boom icon’s quiet bust
Pablo Sandoval hit his third home run of the game in the fifth inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

Pablo Sandoval steps up big for the Giants
Downtown Aquila, Italy, was decimated in a 6.3 magnitude earthquate in 2009.

Juliette Kayyem

Science and the civic duty

Tech Lab

LG’s smart TV not nearly smart enough

Yvonne Abraham

Celebrating Halloween at home

jeff jacoby

The real George McGovern

scot lehigh

Romney’s hindsight foreign policy

Brian McGrory

Presidential debates were amazing TV
Ben Cherington watched as his new manager, John Farrell, spoke on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now Ben Cherington must prove himself

Business

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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said Thursday that “Windows 8 shatters perceptions of what a PC is now.”

Microsoft debuts Windows 8, a new look operating system

The system and a new tablet computer to run it on were launched as the software giant set a radical new course.

Politics

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In an interview on ‘‘CBS This Morning,’’ Colin Powell said he was ‘‘more comfortable’’ with the president’s views on immigration, education, and health care.

Colin Powell endorses Obama again

The former Bush official endorsed President Obama’s bid for reelection, saying Mitt Romney was ‘‘a moving target’’ on foreign policy.

Nation & World

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Silvio Berlusconi

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi convicted of tax fraud, gets 4-year sentence

The former prime minister of Italy is expected to appeal the conviction.

Arts

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Critic’s Notebook

Poornima Kirby played Rose in the serial theatrical “Blood Rose Rising.’’

Ambitious ‘Blood Rose Rising’ canceled

On the eve of the third installment, the show closed. It’s too bad, because the project had a lot of promise.

Movies

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Movie Review

Helen Hunt plays a sex surrogate and John Hawkes the disabled man she helps in “The Sessions.”

‘The Sessions’ connects with honest approach

It sounds like a bad joke: A man in an iron lung hires a sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity. But this intensely moving drama clearly portrays a good soul in an inert body.

“My biggest fear is that people have not seen a big storm in many years, so I would advise residents to stay tuned to local weather and follow the instructions of emergency officials.”

Marshfield police Lieutenant Paul Tabor  on Hurricane Sandy

Magazine

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A new home with a traditional feel
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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?

Opinion

“In this campaign season we’re all sick of politicians cynically looking out for number one, but here’s a cautionary portrait of one who never learned how.”

Carlo Rotella, on the film “Mr. Cao Goes to Washington”

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.