Prospects slim to avert shutdown

Democrats and Republicans did little but blame each other as they dug in for an increasingly likely government shutdown set to begin at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Senator John McCain of Arizona, who has called his Tea Party colleagues “wacko birds,’’ believes compromising to keep the government open is a prudent course for the GOP.

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In GOP, no voices that can bring unity or compromise

Top leaders are fighting amongst themselves over the pending double-barreled threats of a government shutdown and debt default.

Bill de Blasio’s 1979 yearbook identified him as “future president of the U.S.A. — the Untied Sneakers Association.’’

NYC mayoral favorite Bill de Blasio has Mass. roots

Decades before his surprising political success, he was making his mark on a smaller stage, as a student activist in Cambridge.

“I am trying to get people to talk and ask me hard questions,” said Charlie Collier, who is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Patient starts conversation on Alzheimer’s

Charlie Collier will speak Sept. 30 at the Boston Public Library about his journey through academia into Alzheimer’s.

Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib makes a game-saving play by breaking up a Matt Ryan pass intended for Falcons wide receiver Roddy White late in the fourth quarter.

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Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ defense is the real thing

The Falcons were able to move the ball against the Patriots, but the doubted defense clamped down like a vise in the red zone.

Tom Brady, shown celebrating a fourth-quarter scoring play with Kenbrell Thompkins, passed for 316 yards and two touchdowns.

Patriots 30, Falcons 23

Patriots hold on to beat Falcons, move to 4-0

The Falcons made things interesting, but a touchdown-preventing pass breakup from Aqib Talib helped the Patriots secure a 30-23 win.

Colleges try to meet needs of first-generation students

MIT’s First Generation Project is just one sign of a growing movement to carve out a recognizable identity for a largely invisible population.

Blood tests in minutes, not days or weeks

The Gene Radar device, created by Cambridge biotech firm Nanobiosym, could be a game changer, especially where labs are scarce.

Opinion

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The church of justice for the poor must be the church of equality for women — inside the church as well as out.

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“Glass will become the tool of choice to connect patients, physicians, and the electronic information that we have to deal with. Absolutely,” said Dr. Rafael Grossman, of Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Doctors foresee a Google Glass view of surgeries
A laboratory manager at Fertility Centers of New England views an egg through a microscope.

Health

Pausing the biological clock
Sarah Sokolovic as Stella and Joe Manganiello as Stanley in “A Streetcar Named Desire” at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Stage Review

‘Streetcar’ doesn’t quite deliver
Director Giovanna Sardelli.

She’s drawn to plays that provoke
“15-Foot Bubble Chamber, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois.”

Photography review

Dreaming machine dreams at MIT
Rachael Cronk hugged Caroline on a mall trip to the American Girl doll store. Caroline was diagnosed with a rare cancer last year.

The gospel of Calle
Sydney Lewis Glover and her husband, J. Denis, with a few of her mother’s Surrealist paintings. Glover found them after Doris Lindo Lewis died in 1995.

Art

What’s that under the bed?

Opinion | TOM KEANE

As the dust settles, six notes from the race
Orr, at his Sandwich home, would prefer he were not the subject of this story.

Orr focused on doing good — quietly
Marjorie Janvier Bellerand, shown with daughter Jolie, 7, said her candidate did not win the preliminary election. Now she will do her homework to determine who to back.

Candidates must woo precincts that shunned them

book review

‘Doctor Sleep’ by Stephen King
The Globe’s Nick Cafardo thinks John Farrell deserves the award for AL Manager of the Year.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Tough calls when it comes to MLB awards

Sports

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Orioles 7, Red Sox 6

Like the baseball, Felix Doubront’s postseason status is up in the air after a rough outing.

Red Sox have decisions to make for postseason

Sunday’s 7-6 loss to the Orioles gave GM Ben Cherington and manager John Farrell a chance to make some final evaluations.

Boston mayoral race

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Marjorie Janvier Bellerand, shown with daughter Jolie, 7, said her candidate did not win the preliminary election. Now she will do her homework to determine who to back.

Mayoral rivals must woo precincts that shunned them

For John Connolly and Martin Walsh, thousands of votes are up for grabs in the diverse heart of Boston.

Metro

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For now, as long as a Bay State doctor certifies the medical need, a patient may grow a small amount of marijuana .

Medical marijuana Web services raising concerns

Internet companies are promising to match Mass. patients with doctors who will certify their need for medical marijuana.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

He says vote, but doesn’t

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Why is the EPA trying to kill coal?
Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib makes a game-saving play by breaking up a Matt Ryan pass intended for Falcons wide receiver Roddy White late in the fourth quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ defense is the real thing
Terry Francona’s managing job in Cleveland is among the season’s best stories.

Dan Shaughnessy

Time for a bit of clarity on Patriots, Red Sox
The Entrepreneur Walk of Fame in Kendall Square currently has seven plaques.

Innovation Economy

Entrepreneur Walk of Fame deserves a boost

JOAN VENNOCHI

Boston’s ‘neighborhood first’ thinking

LAWRENCE HARMON

Keep police commissioner search secret

A Suffolk Downs employee took a photo of a rendering of the proposed East Boston casino.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Lady Luck calls on Suffolk Downs

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots, Falcons matchup important

SCOT LEHIGH

Where are the GOP grown-ups?

Tech Lab

Apple beats Android in the smartphone wars

Yvonne Abraham

It looks worse than it is

Nation & World

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Pakistanis gathered at the site of the explosion, roughly 2 miles from the site of a double suicide bombing a week earlier.

Car bomb extends a deadly week in Pakistan

A car bomb killed at least 40 people in northwestern Pakistan in the third major attack within a week.

Business

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Bobby Waldrop oversees machinery for spinning yarn at the Parkdale textile plant in Gaffney, S.C.

Lack of workers hinders textiles rebound

Manufacturers in the US are scrambling to find workers to fill specialized jobs that have not been taken over by machines.

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Book Review

‘An Appetite for Wonder’ by Richard Dawkins

The new memoir details the early life of the influential atheist.

Health and wellness

MD Mama

Spreading the word on breastfeeding

Way too many women stop breastfeeding for reasons we can fix. And that’s not OK.

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“The Arab Council for the Social Sciences aims to give thinkers institutional punch — not just funding for projects that aren’t popular with local regimes or Western universities, but muscle to fight authorities.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on a new Middle East brain trust