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Elizabeth Warren defends work on asbestos lawsuit

Warren insisted she had no way of knowing that, after she left the case, Travelers Insurance would seek to avoid paying victims from the settlement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/514110708--90x90.jpg First debate called critical for Romney

After a month of missteps and missed opportunities, Mitt Romney faces three debates that could bolster or bury his chances.

Second of two parts

Alleged assault, official silence at Roxbury college

Through dozens of interviews and a review of thousands of documents, the Globe has uncovered a culture of secrecy and recrimination at Roxbury Community College.

5 new plans to assign Boston students

Officials are expected to unveil five proposals for allowing students to attend schools closer to their homes, a move that potentially could end four decades of cross-city busing.

Bill Belichick screams at official Rodney Russell after a first-quarter call went against the Patriots.

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Dan Shaughnessy

Replacement refs a nightmare in Patriots loss

After a night of incompetent officiating, the Patriots blew a 30-21 fourth-quarter lead to the Ravens on a buzzer-beating 27-yard field goal.

As he often was on Sunday night, Patriots’ Devin McCourty was a step behind as Ravens’ Torrey Smith snares a TD pass.

Christopher L. Gasper

Defense, running game still struggling

After an offseason of defensive augmentation and a ton of talk about being committed to running the ball, the Patriots couldn’t do either when it counted.

Torrey Smith (82) stands on the Baltimore sideline during a pregame moment of silence for his brother Tevin.

Ravens’ Torrey Smith shines amid personal loss

After finding out early Sunday that his brother was killed in a motorcycle accident, the second-year pro caught six passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns.

Claire Danes won the best actress award and Damian Lewis took home the best-actor statue for their work in “Homeland.”

64th Primetime Emmy Awards

‘Modern Family,’ ‘Homeland’ dominate

While “Homeland” swept the top drama categories, “Modern Family” took home four comedy awards, including a third best-comedy win.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/mag24hur1A1-731.jpg The Great Hurricane of 1938

The record-breaking storm that hit New England on Sept. 21, 1938 hit hard, killing approximately 600 people in the area.

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South Shore Hospital in Weymouth.

Partners’ South Shore Hospital bid draws scrutiny
Woody Lancaster of Topsfield is ready for his return to the town fair.

N.E. growers ever closer to one-ton pumpkin

Does medical marijuana change how teens view the drug?

opinion | Ethan Gilsdorf

Bilbo Baggins will save us all
YouTube engineering manager Andy Berkheimer has figured out how to speed up the massive online video service.

MIT grad led team that built faster YouTube player
David Krumholtz (left) and Michael Urie play business partners in a show that focuses on the duo’s gay-straight friendship.

Television Review

‘Partners’ is too broad for its own good
Peter Wolf led four founding members of the J. Geils Band in a concert without Geils Friday at Hampton Beach Casino.

Music Review

J. Geils Band rocks N.H. casino sans J. Geils
In June, Terrence Gomes stepped down as head of Roxbury Community College after nine years.

Review shows RCC put students’ basic needs at risk
Outdoor retailer REI added a rooftop solar installation at its Framingham store in December (above) and built a solar-powered parking area in June.

Mass. businesses driving growth in solar investments

ideas

Introducing the robo-author
Little money from third-party political advocacy groups has flowed into the Senate race since Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren in January pledged to keep such groups from advertising on their behalf.

Election spending on local TV surges
The Guerrilla Girls’ billboard paused at the Museum of Fine Arts, which the group, whose members are anonymous and take the names of dead women artists as pseudonyms, complained does not display women artists equally.

Guerrilla Girls launch art protest targeting MFA

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ON FOOTBALL

Tom Brady and the offense looked in the flow when Julian Edelman scored before the half.

Josh McDaniels needs to let his players play

For the second straight week, the Patriots offensive coordinator got in his own way and helped contribute to a loss.

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Francis X. Bellotti (right) and David H. Souter, a former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, did the honors Sunday.

Quincy courthouse renamed for Francis Bellotti

Hundreds gathered to honor the former lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Columnists

Work continues on the third set of locks during the Panama Canal Expansion project Wednesday.

Juliette Kayyem

Panama’s magic number
The free UberSense app lets coaches mark up video shot on an iPhone or iPad.

Innovation Economy

UberSense offers video sports coaching app

Adrian Walker

Fresh outlook at Fresh Pond
Bill Belichick screams at official Rodney Russell after a first-quarter call went against the Patriots.

Dan Shaughnessy

Replacement refs a nightmare in Patriots loss
Pamela Brousseau has a cup of coffee at Women’s Lunch Place Thursday.

Joanna Weiss

For vulnerable women, an oasis on which to depend
President Jimmy Carter speaks in the East Room of the White House in 1978.

opinion | Jeff Jacoby

The ghosts of Jimmy Carter

joan vennochi

A dizzy ride on the Romney-coaster

Yvonne Abraham

Failing South Boston school turns it around
Rob Gronkowski was injured on this play against Patriots nemesis Bernard Pollard in the 2012 AFC championship game against the Ravens.

Dan Shaughnessy

Are Ravens now a rival for the Patriots?
Doc Rivers is entering his ninth season as head coach of the Celtics.

Bob Ryan

Doc Rivers refreshed ahead of milestone

Beverly Beckham

A nation divided
Formlabs used its Form 1 3-D printer to create a model of the Eiffel Tower.

Innovation Economy

Formlabs may reshape things with low-cost 3-D printer

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Acquia staff participated in a coding session with users of its open-source software. Tom Erickson, chief executive, is in the front.

Software companies build business on model of free

A number of Massachusetts companies are basing their businesses on open source software.

Politics

Political Notebook

People gathered at an Obama campaign table in Marcus Garvey Park on Sunday in New York City.

Governor Patrick criticizes Mitt Romney for remarks

Patrick accused Romney of “turning his back on half the country” with his controversial comments at a recent fund-raiser.

Nation & World

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A woman photographed a child playing on a tank destroyed outside a mosque during fighting between rebels and regime forces in the northern city of Azaz, Syria.

Syria opposition demands Assad ouster

Opposition figures who reject foreign intervention in the 18-month conflict called for the ouster of President Bashar Assad Sunday.

Arts

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Book Review

William J. Baumol.

‘The Cost Disease ’ by William J. Baumol

An NYU economist explains why computers get cheaper and health care doesn't.

Health and wellness

in practice

When an adult child is ill

When a young person is ill, the distinction between childhood and adulthood may seem particularly blurry.

“I don’t do this for newspapers, or for publicity for Topsfield. I do this for the competition.”

Pumpkin grower Ron Wallace 

Magazine

The cover for the September 23 2012 issue

9 hot trends in kitchen design
The cover for the September 16 2012 issue

The self-promoting, fan-financed, go-it-alone star
The cover for the September 9 2012 issue

Things to do in the Berkshires
The cover for the August 26 2012 issue

Did Beatrice Munyenyezi lie to get into this country?

Opinion

“As the Panama Canal expansion proves, water — as a means of transport — has ripple effects from Saigon to Savannah, from the Bahamas to Boston.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Changing a culture requires finesse, subtlety, and patience. It also requires a certain suspension of optimism about human nature.”

Leon Neyfakh on the art of crowdshifting