Schools in Mass. report nearly 3,000 concussions

Nearly 3,000 students suffered a concussion or other head injury while playing sports during the last school year, according to a first-of-its-kind survey.

Rhonda Hall, who had a steroid injection, talked with Anurag Malani, infectious disease specialist at a Michigan hospital.

Outbreak baffled doctors until they saw common cause

Physicians across the US faced mysterious and seemingly isolated cases that were part of a meningitis outbreak linked to a Framingham compounding pharmacy.

A worker piled sand bags at the entrance of a restaurant in Ocean City, Md.

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Storm’s fury to peak in Mass. on Monday

The National Weather Service said the state will begin feeling Hurricane Sandy’s effects Sunday evening, but not its full force until Monday.

Senator Scott Brown stopped, as he often does, for a photo, this time with a fan in Hyannis.

Scott Brown works to maintain everyday-guy appeal

The GOP senator has pressed a relentless assault on Elizabeth Warren’s character and integrity, a departure from his likeable-guy image.

Senate candidates make their final push

Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are working to rally supporters.

An animated Elizabeth Warren chatted with members of the Levitt family in Weymouth.

Elizabeth Warren strives to connect, one voter at a time

At campaign events this month, the Democratic Senate candidate has been able to rouse her supporters. But the likability gap lingers.

Yvonne Abraham

Senator Brown trying to have it both ways

Scott Brown can’t be everybody’s man on reproductive rights. This isn’t an issue on which one can feel strongly, both ways.

Betsy Adler (center) of Madiera, Ohio, talked with Mitt Romney campaign volunteers Deb Voss (left) and Karen Schreckenhofer, who were canvassing the Cincinnati suburb.

New tools aid door-to-door push for votes

There is an extraordinary calculus behind the work of door-knockers for President Obama and Mitt Romney, backed by millions of dollars of scientific research.

Marshall Carter: “I want to see some cuts in government. Way beyond Big Bird.”

Wealthy willing to pay more in taxes

A number of wealthy Republicans say they would be willing to pay higher taxes as part of a comprehensive plan to get the nation’s finances on track.

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ELECTION ENDORSEMENT

In Senate, Warren would lead where Brown has fallen short
“The Kitchen” an oil on canvas, painted by Picasso in 1948.

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‘Picasso Black and White,’ at the Guggenheim

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A knocker on a door on North Street in Plymouth reflects the darker side of the city’s long history.

travel

Ghost stories that satisfy the Halloween appetite

Magazine

The PANDAS diagnosis, a medical puzzle
From left to right: Postcards by Conrado Massaguer, Cuba, about 1920, and by Vally Petter, Austria, for the Red Cross Auxiliary War Office, circa 1914; a depiction of postcard mania, published by G.F. & C. van Dock, circa 1905, and an advertisement for Albo canned fish, circa 1930.

Art Review

Postage guaranteed at the MFA
Set to open Friday, “Wreck-It Ralph” recalls the Golden Age of arcade video games.

movies

Top 10 movies where video games play big role

Tales from the dark side of Massachusetts
The Beethoven sculpture on display at the MFA.

third ear

Wittgenstein family Beethoven arrives at the MFA

A ‘Flight’ report from director Robert Zemeckis
Rudolf Anderson

Pilot’s sacrifice helped defuse crisis
Six Johnnie’s Foodmaster locations will be remodeled and reopen as Whole Foods stores by fall 2013.

Foodmaster stores will become Whole Foods

Sports

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The fine work John Farrell did as pitching coach of the Red Sox led to his first managerial job in Toronto, before he returned to Boston as skipper.

Why John Farrell took Red Sox’ top job

Farrell, the former Red Sox pitching coach, gave up the head job in Toronto to return to “the epicenter of the game” as Boston’s 46th manager.

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Laura Lee, Margaret Kee, Justin Fang, and Dave Tran sipped a drink at the Myung Dong restaurant.

In Allston-Brighton, Korean enclave grows strong roots

The neighborhood has just the right environment to host Boston’s growing Korean residential and business populations.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

NFL still a foreign subject in London

Bob Ryan

No lesson in Lance Armstrong’s situation
BradleyWilliams, 3, leans over to take a look as his dad, Doug, casts his vote during Super Tuesday in Sandy Springs, Ga., in March.

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Voting is a right, but it’s not a duty

JOANNA WEISS

Evangelical support for gay families
Cheryl Angelo is still seeking answers about the drowning of her husband, Richie, during a triathlon in Burlington, Vt., in August.

Kevin Cullen

This loss delivered a lesson they didn’t need

Yvonne Abraham

Senator Brown trying to have it both ways
Pinterest, with 75 employees, is growing so fast it can barely keep up.

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Bay Area provides a glimpse of the future
Shaun Ouillette (above) and Autumn Pasquale

Beverly Beckham

Horrific crimes signal the death of trust

Adrian Walker

Remembering Jeanette Boone

Dan Shaughnessy

Detroit’s a city worth rooting for
Bill Belichick was the Dour of London on Friday as the Patriots arrived in England to play the Rams.

Christopher L. Gasper

Bill Belichick not a great ambassador

Brian McGrory

A bad sign on the horizon

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Amy Latimer, president, TD Garden.

NHL lockout offers challenge for top Garden executive

Amy Latimer’s first days as the new president of TD Garden are anything but business as usual.

Politics

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President Obama embraced a supporter at a rally in Nashua on Saturday.

Obama returns to N.H. for second time in 10 days

President Obama kept up his frenetic tour of election swing states, with a second trip to New Hampshire in 10 days.

Nation & World

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Officers arrested a protester at a march against a proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory in Ningbo, China.

China factory plan draws protests

Thousands of people in an eastern Chinese city clashed with police at a protest on the proposed expansion of a petrochemical factory.

Arts

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A ‘Flight’ report from director Robert Zemeckis

Robert Zemeckis has as varied a filmography as any director in Hollywood.

Books

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Seven books on presidential campaigns

Days before the election, here are notable reads about the campaign trail and our election process.

Travel

A new boardwalk in St. Augustine extends 600 feet across the marshes to the ocean. The nation’s oldest city is preparing with a variety of projects to mark the 500th anniversary next March of Ponce de Leon’s discovery of La Florida.

St. Augustine, Fla., prepares for state’s 500th birthday

In preparation for the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s discovery of La Florida in March 1513, the nation’s oldest city is polishing its image.

“A lot of people, I’m very similar to them. I can always find some common ground.”

Senator Scott Brown 

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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
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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

“Your freedom to vote for the candidate of your choice includes the freedom to vote for no candidate at all.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“In examining the scribblings once dismissed as detritus at best and graffiti at worst, they are unlocking real insights into the way people in the past read, thought, worked, loved, and joked.”

Ruth Graham  on the study of notes in the margins