Medical debt still problem in Mass.

Architects of the pioneering 2006 health law expected it would reduce medical debt, but the most recent data suggest the scope of debt has remained largely unchanged.

Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon.com, introduced the Kindle Paperwhite tablet last week in California. It’s built around an illuminated version of E Ink’s black-and-white screen to make it more readable even in bright light.

E Ink displays its strength

With its work for Amazon’s Kindle and other deals, the Cambridge-based company has reversed its fortunes.

Reading, Pa., a city once boasting numerous industries and the nation’s largest railroad company, was recently named the poorest US city with more than 65,000 residents.

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Little mentioned on trail, poverty widening in US

With nearly one in every six Americans now living in poverty, advocates for the poor say little attention is being paid to the issue in the presidential campaign.

Are you better off now? For locals, it’s a mixed bag

Around Mass., among those far removed from the day-to-day political jockeying of the presidential campaign, responses were equivocal. Not really. Maybe. Kind of ish.

Nicole Shakhov had cereal during class at Brighton’s Mary Lyon School.

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Boston schools’ breakfast now free for all students

Boston public schools hope to ensure that all schoolchildren eat healthfully and receive the nutrition they need to stay alert throughout the day.

Chandler Jones and the Patriots defensive looks like a unit that can bring offenses to their knees.

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Patriots defense makes a statement

The oft-maligned unit didn’t have to spend any time defending its performance, as it held the Titans to 284 total yards, 20 rushing, and forced two turnovers.

Workers bearing more costs of benefits

Employers are increasingly asking workers and retirees to pay for some or all of the cost of many benefits they once took for granted as part of their compensation.

Lawrence Hyde gave $3 million to Boston College High School to help students travel.

Larry Hyde has been most everywhere but yearns for more

The 88-year-old world traveler, who credits Boston College High School for his fascination with geography, gave $3 million to the school to help students travel.

The pantry in Genieve Rankel’s home in Medford is filled with gluten-free items.

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Gluten-free diets gain fans, concern others

Gluten-free is the fad diet of the moment, but the wrong people may be on it.

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The controversial trial and execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts in the 1920’s caused much tension in the US and around the world.

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“I just feel so lucky, honestly, that I’ve had so many incredible experiences in my career and I feel like it’s time to pay it forward a little bit,” Katie Couric said. “And it’s also good television to brighten someone’s day.”

With ‘Katie,’ Couric lives to see another day

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Fall Arts Preview 2012
Brooke Bloom stars as Marie, Andrew Cekala is Marie’s son, and Brian Wiles is a guard in the co-production of “Marie Antoinette” at Loeb Drama Center.

Stage Review

The price of privilege in ‘Marie Antoinette’
A model wears a dress from Diane von Furstenberg.

Von Furstenberg’s show at Fashion Week is starry
The Rev. James Foley, shown here in a picture from his seminary class of 1978. Foley, now 60, has survived in a kind of purgatorial state for years.

Twice implicated, priest fights for a decision
Bronze statue of mother and dancing children in front of the Salt Lake Temple on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.

travel

A litany of virtues in Salt Lake City

The nocebo effect: How health warnings cause health troubles
South Shore Natural Science Center in Norwell has a variety of activities and venues for children to act ­. . . naturally.

Kid Friendly

6 places near Boston to explore this fall
The line at the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, a classic in a city full of them, can stretch from 11 to 11 — a.m. to p.m., that is.

food finds

Cheap eats in New York
Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington will spend a lot of time this offseason trying to fix his team’s pitching, top to bottom.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Red Sox will look to fix their pitching in offseason
Provided Gary Bettman, the league’s commissioner since Feb. 1, 1993, remains true to his word, the absence of a new deal on that day will trigger the third lockout of his tenure.

Sunday Hockey Notes

Enough cash to buy an NHL compromise

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

Things to do in the Berkshires

Sports

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PAtriots 34, Titans 13

First-round picks Chandler Jones (left) and Dont’a Hightower celebrated after collaborating on a second-quarter touchdown in the Patriots’ season-opening 34-13 win over the Titans in Nashville on Sunday.

Patriots impress in opening romp

The Patriots prevailed in their ninth straight season opener as several of the team’s newest players contributed to the win over the Titans.

Metro

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Surfers flocked to Hampton Beach in New Hampshire to take advantage of larger-than-normal swells.

Storm season brings surfer’s paradise

After a dull summer of piddling 2-foot waves, hurricane season is back, and wave conditions up and down the East Coast are expected to intensify this week.

Columnists

Stevan Ridley breaks a tackle on a 17-yard first-quarter run during a Patriots TD drive. The back ended up with 125 yards on 21 carries.

Dan Shaughnessy

New England sports fans can rejoice
Clouds are reflected in the glass windows of Four World Trade Center last month in New York.

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On anniversary of 9/11, fear is present but not all-consuming

Adrian Walker

For kids’ sake, teacher deal is needed
Chandler Jones and the Patriots defensive looks like a unit that can bring offenses to their knees.

Christopher L Gasper

Patriots defense makes a statement

Joanna Weiss

Clinton’s speech a new blueprint
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. links arms with, to his left; Ralph Bunche, undersecretary of the United Nations; Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel; and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth as they march for voter registration rights for African-Americans in 1965.

Jeff Jacoby

Faith enriches politics, on both sides

Dan Shaughnessy

On Opening Day, AFL pioneers battle again

Yvonne Abraham

Mormon missionaries bask in Romney’s run
Bill Belichick’s decade-plus run of success with the Patriots has elevated the team to the top of the local sports crop.

Bob Ryan

Boston now officially belongs to the Patriots

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Secrets of the hiring process

Adrian Walker

Patrick has high hopes for RCC
Michelle Obama and Ann Romney

JOAN VENNOCHI

Political wives and the politics of pretty

Business

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Joseph Schlesinger of Somerville used Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing website, to raise money for his robot-building DIY kits.

Kickstarter propels local entrepreneurs

Massachusetts Kickstarter projects have raised impressive amounts of funding.

Politics

Political Notebook

In South Dakota, the farm bill was the central topic at a recent debate between Representative Kristi Noem (right) and her Democratic challenger, Matt Varilek (far left).

Fed-up farmers will urge lawmakers to pass bill quickly

When Congress returns this week, farmers will be out in force, rallying for a bill that lawmakers failed to pass before they recessed five weeks ago.

Nation & World

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Security personnel inspected the site of a suicide bombing in Kirkuk on Sunday. At least five people were killed.

Court in Iraq gives death sentence to vice president

At least 92 people were killed and more than 360 wounded in attacks across Iraq as Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death in absentia.

Arts

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Television Review

From left: Ellen Barkin, Andrew Rannells, Justin Bartha, and Georgia King in “The New Normal.’’

‘New Normal’: a promise to be kept or broken?

The characters run close to stereotypes, and the pilot reveals a tendency toward broad one-liners, but the NBC sitcom has potential.

Health and wellness

G Force

Dr. Marvin L. Wang with Jen and John Doherty of Tewksbury and their newborn twins Henry and Andrew.

New view in an old debate on circumcision

Dr. Marvin L. Wang explains the American Academy of Pediatrics’ position and both the benefits and risks of the procedure.

“It got to the point where it was bread or milk for my family or my cancer meds.”

Amy Torro,  a 39-year-old mother of two

Magazine

The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

The best beer town in New England
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?
The cover for the August 19 2012 issue

Can a Woburn company’s flying car someday be a fix for traffic?
The cover for the August 12 2012 issue

The man who nourished Boston’s literary scene

Opinion

“What others see as ineffectual temporizing, mixed signals, blurred lines, and contradiction may all amount to wily strategy.”

James Carroll, on President Obama’s Iran policy

Ideas

“With awe, the researchers concluded, people become more “present,” living in the moment, not rehashing the past or fretting about the future.”

Keith O’Brien  on the quest to expand time