East Coast braces for giant storm’s impact

Cities from Washington to Boston prepared Sunday for the onslaught of what could turn into one of the most fearsome storms on record in the US.

Hurricane Sandy was moving toward the northeast Sunday night with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

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Hurricane Sandy was moving toward the northeast Sunday night with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

Ocean water rolled over parts of a road in Buxton, N.C.

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Ocean water rolled over parts of a road in Buxton, N.C.

Two women braved the strong wind in Virginia Beach, Va., on Sunday.

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Two women braved the strong winds in Virginia Beach, Va., on Sunday.

Molly White covered up at a beach in Frankford, Del.

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Molly White covered up at a beach in Frankford, Del.

People took shelter in a high school gymnasium in Lewes, Del.

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People took shelter in a high school gymnasium in Lewes, Del.

The subway system in New York City was shut down on Sunday night.

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The subway system in New York City was shut down on Sunday night.

Con Edison workers placed sandbags to cover power vaults in New York.

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Con Edison workers placed sandbags to cover power vaults in New York.

A business owner boarded up his shop in Alexandria, Va.

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A business owner boarded up his shop in Alexandria, Va.

Dirt Murray also made preparations before the storm in Gloucester.

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Dirt Murray made preparations before the storm in Gloucester.

Jerry McKay worked to secure a houseboat in Gloucester.

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Jerry McKay worked to secure a houseboat in Gloucester.

Workers on Sunday fortified the seawall at Oceanside Dr. in Scituate.

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Workers on Sunday fortified the seawall at Oceanside Dr. in Scituate.

A cottage was boarded up on Turner Road in Scituate.

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A cottage was boarded up on Turner Road in Scituate.

People made their final preparations on Sunday.

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People made their final preparations on Sunday.

Katie Held, of Cambridge, stocked up on candles and other supplies on Sunday.

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Katie Held, of Cambridge, stocked up on candles and other supplies on Sunday.

Residents of Atlantic City, N.J., waited at the convention center to be evacuated.

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People in Atlantic City, N.J., waited at the convention center to be evacuated.

A woman tied lines on a dock in City Island, N.Y.

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A woman tied lines on a dock in City Island, N.Y.

The boards on this home in Margate, N.J., were repainted for the current storm threat.

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The boards on this home in Margate, N.J., were repainted for the current storm threat.

Utilities and state road workers monitored the situation Sunday in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

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Utilities and state road workers monitored the situation Sunday in Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

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As schools across the state were set to close on Monday, Governor Deval Patrick asked residents to stay off the roads and warned of widespread coastal flooding.

Juno Kullgren, 3, set out for trick-or-treating in Gloucester with her parents, Peter and Mary Ellen.

Weather trips up Halloween revelers again

It’s trick-or-treating time, and for the second year in a row, Mother Nature has decided to go with “trick.”

State shuts down Waltham specialty pharmacy

Inspectors found “significant issues” in the area where sterile medications were being made, but officials also noted there was no evidence of contaminated products.

Rob Gronkowski celebrated after a touchdown. He had two on the day.

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Tom Brady and Patriots rout Rams in London

The Patriots were impressive on both offense and defense as they head into their bye week at 5-3.

Amy Latimer, president, TD Garden.

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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.

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The enemy of unknown origin
Senator Scott Brown stopped, as he often does, for a photo, this time with a fan in Hyannis.

Brown wants voters to remember why they like him
An animated Elizabeth Warren chatted with members of the Levitt family in Weymouth.

Warren strives to connect, one voter at a time
“The Kitchen” an oil on canvas, painted by Picasso in 1948.

Art Review

‘Picasso Black and White,’ at the Guggenheim

Magazine

The PANDAS diagnosis, a medical puzzle
A promptbook of Macbeth annotated by Edward Gordon Craig, an actor, producer, and set designer who lived from 1893 to 1964.

ideas

Hidden in notes, the secrets of history
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.

Wittgenstein family Beethoven arrives at the MFA
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
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.

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Sunday Baseball Notes

The Dodgers took on some $260 million in contracts by acquiring Josh Beckett (above), Carl Crawford, and Adrian Gonzalez from the Red Sox.

Plenty of green to go around for Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the opportunity and the brainpower to build the greatest baseball organization ever.

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Boston College High School played against Malden Catholic on Friday. Of 164 schools, BC High reported the highest number of head injuries sustained in extracurricular activities.

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.

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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ON THE JOB

Landscape architect Michael D’Angelo.

Local architect strives to plant memories

For Michael D’Angelo, 27, a landscape architect at Copley Wolff Design Group in Boston, the smallest details count.

Politics

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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.

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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Book Review

Peter Hoeg’s novel is set on a fictional Scandinavian island and is narrated by a precocious 14-year-old boy.

‘The Elephant Keepers’ Children’ by Peter Hoeg

Hoeg’s novel is set on a fictional Scandinavian island and is narrated by a precocious 14-year-old boy.

Health and wellness

MD Mama

What parents need to know about organic food

There is a lot we don’t know about the health benefits of organic foods — and the risks of conventional ones.

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

Senator Scott Brown 

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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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“The winner of November’s election will have no choice but to update US policy to the Cuba of 2012.”

Juliette Kayyem 

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