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Debt default could spur downturn, Treasury warns

The economy could plunge into a downturn worse than the Great Recession if Congress fails to raise the borrowing limit, a report says.

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President Obama said House Speaker John Boehner is preventing a vote on a funding bill because he doesn’t want to anger ‘‘extremists’’ in his party.

Broken City

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House Speaker John Boehner’s inability to harness arch-conservatives is a central thread in the first government shutdown in 17 years.

Leo Finn with son Cash. Finn had a bone scan canceled at Dana-Farber.

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Shutdown delays experimental treatment for Cape patient

Patients and health officials fear the consequences of a long shutdown, which is already halting new clinical trials.

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Government shutdown ill-timed in Salem

The standoff closed the visitor center during a month where more than 250,000 visit the historic city.

Peter Hotton’s home winterizing checklist

How will your house make it through the vicissitudes of Old Man Winter? There are seven chores that demand your attention.

Alan Dershowitz is a noted defense attorney and Harvard law professor.

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Alan Dershowitz takes the stand

Dershowitz, the Harvard law professor, has a new book out and isn’t one for false humility.

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The Mass. Convention Center Authority said the $1 billion project is necessary to make Boston a top US destination for meetings and trade shows.

“I fully expect us to be as prepared, if not more, against our opponent in this series than we would have been in the regular season,” Farrell said.

John Farrell likely to stick to the plan

History suggests Farrell won’t be afraid to temporarily anger a player if he feels the team will benefit in the postseason.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

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The gubernatorial candidate faces a tough road as a Republican in a state dominated by Democrats.

Globe exclusives

Tax breaks won by the Washington lobbying industry, centered on the K Street corridor, show how cheap it is, relatively speaking, to buy political influence.

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Broken City
Traffic routinely backs up on Northern Avenue in the Seaport District during rush hours.

State and city leaders anticipate long-term plan for Seaport traffic solutions
Citigroup will settle charges a company analyst improperly shared research with large investors in advance.

Citigroup to pay state $30m over analyst leak
Christopher Cruz is accused of driving a motorcycle that slowed down in front of an SUV on a New York roadway.

One arraigned in NYC car-motorcycle skirmish that injured Lawrence man

Yvonne Abraham

Laboring over a political position
American Repertory Theater’s 1964-based “All the Way’’ is topical again.

Boston theater shines light on dramas of our times
Julie Arrison (bending over table) and Joe Paluzzi volunteered to assist tourists in Salem on Wednesday.

Shutdown ill-timed in Salem
Frederick Weichel was convicted of killing a Braintree man in 1980.

Lawyers seek retrial in 1980 slaying of Braintree man
Sandra Bullock as Ryan Stone in “Gravity.”

Exclusive Friday Movie Review

Strap in for the ride that is ‘Gravity’
Oliver Anderson, a seasonal worker from Jamaica at Mann Orchards in Methuen, can earn overtime pay only in certain situations.

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Farmers leery of labor officials during harvests
Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was able to hold Falcons star receiver Julio Jones in check Sunday night.

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Patriots were able to dictate play
Mike Napoli was scraggly since spring training, and the beard idea, well, just grew on his teammates.

Beards help Red Sox keep chins up

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Rays 4, Indians 0

Evan Longoria and his Rays teammates begin the celebration following the final out in their wild-card victory over the Indians.

Rays advance to face Red Sox in ALDS

Terry Francona’s Indians team won 92 games but couldn’t win one more to make a much-anticipated showdown take place.

Boston mayoral race

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Mayoral candidates Marty Walsh (left) and John Connolly shook hands Wednesday as they crossed paths at a Boston school.

Candidates address minority officers at forum

John Connolly and Martin Walsh spoke about public safety, police diversity, and poor city services in minority neighborhoods.

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Tsarnaev lawyers want prison restrictions eased

The Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been kept in near “total isolation,” and his lawyers argue it has hindered their ability to prepare his defense.

Columnists

Alan Dershowitz is a noted defense attorney and Harvard law professor.

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Alan Dershowitz takes the stand

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Thinking outside the city limits
EMT Marcus Jerome and his wife Rachel at his Boston EMS graduation in 2012 in Faneuil Hall.

Kevin Cullen

Death of a lifesaver

JEFF JACOBY

Arbitration has no place at the table

Adrian Walker

Government for the people?
Ralph de la Torre has his hands full.

Boston Capital

De la Torre’s not-quite health care empire
The creme brulee at the Boston College Chief Executives’ Club luncheon.

Shirley Leung

At CEO Club, menu’s not what to change

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Democracy and deliberation

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

Nation & World

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Berlusconi says he will support government

The backing of Silvio Berlusconi’s People of Freedom Party allowed the prime minister, Enrico Letta, to win a confidence vote.

Business

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P.J. Hahn, coastal zone manager for Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, examined oil along the shoreline of Bay Jimmy.

Appeals court gives BP a win in settlement dispute

An appeals court gave new life to oil giant BP PLC’s claims that a judge’s interpretation of a settlement could force the company to pay billions of bogus claims.

Arts

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Television Review

Sean Hayes and Samantha Isler in “Sean Saves the World.”

‘Sean,’ ‘Millers’ come through loud, unclear

Both CBS’s “The Millers” and NBC’s “Sean Saves the World” are blunt instruments that don’t mess around with the intricacies of wry humor or satire.

Lifestyle

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Arlington native and New York designer Ernest Sabine says the high-profile boost of his label, Ernest Alexander, by GQ and the Gap is “pretty wild,” but it’s still an independent boutique.

The importance of being Ernest

Named one of GQ’s Best New Menswear Designers in America for 2013, Arlington native Ernest Sabine — the man behind the label Ernest Alexander — is feeling larger than life.

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Gloucester is the oldest seaport in America and played integral role in the beginning of the US fishing industry.

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Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
The cover for the September 15 2013 issue

Beauty of the bottle
The cover for the September 8 2013 issue

Jefferson slept here

Ideas

“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