School bus strike could go on for second day

Boston officials said they were uncertain if school bus drivers would work on Wednesday, and parents should make other arrangements to get their children to and from school.

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For many Boston parents, Tuesday was an exercise in challenges and frustration as they tried to get their children to and from school.

The festivities draw a million people to the heart of the city. The event has inspired dozens of similar festivals across the country and pumped millions into the local economy.

First Night festival in Boston saved by donors

The Highland Street Foundation, a Newton-based nonprofit, said it will be the “lead sponsor of the First Night 2014 celebration,” guaranteeing the New Year’s Eve event will go forward.

Janet Yellen is vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Obama to tap Yellen as head of Federal Reserve

Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve, would be the first woman to head the nation’s central bank.

Shane Victorino was safe at first, allowing Jacoby Ellsbury to score and put the Red Sox ahead.

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Shane Victorino was safe at first, allowing Jacoby Ellsbury to score and put the Red Sox ahead in the seventh.

Xander Bogaerts tied the score in the seventh inning on a wild pitch.

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Xander Bogaerts tied the score in the seventh inning on a wild pitch.

David DeJesus, left, gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a single in the sixth inning.

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David DeJesus, left, gave the Rays a 1-0 lead with a single in the sixth inning.

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Stephen Drew fired to first for a double play, after forcing Jose Lobaton at second base in the third inning.

Red Sox starter Jake Peavy threw a pitch in the first inning.

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Red Sox starter Jake Peavy threw a pitch in the first inning.

Rays third baseman Evan Longoria talked to pitcher Jeremy Hellickson after he walked Mike Napoli in the second inning.

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Rays third baseman Evan Longoria talked to pitcher Jeremy Hellickson after he walked Mike Napoli in the second inning.

Rays manager Joe Maddo removed starter Jeremy Hellickson in the second inning.

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Rays manager Joe Maddo removed starter Jeremy Hellickson in the second inning.

Red Sox at Rays | Game 4 | live updates

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Globe reporters are providing live updates from St. Petersburg as the Red Sox play the Rays in the American League Division Series.

MEI-MEI: Margaret Li, co-owner with her brother and sister, inside their Chinese-American restaurant in Audubon Circle. Opening this month, the enterprise was aided by a Kickstarter campaign.

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Kickstarter is a godsend for food entrepreneurs

Online crowd-funding sites are a revelation for those who have traditionally relied on wealthy investors or loans to finance their dreams.

At 29 Sudbury, seafood risotto is a worthy rendition, with plentiful mussels, shrimp, and more. Below: rigatoni Bolognese.

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South End chef takes his menu to 29 Sudbury

The express purpose of 29 Sudbury is to provide those who live nearby a city dining experience without the drive.

Opinion

Farah stockman

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The ultrasconservative Club for Growth has played a role in seeing that uncompromising Republicans are elected to Congress.

Globe exclusives

Richard Phillips said the sea captain’s life is his “normal.’’

A captain’s piracy saga comes to the screen

Donnie Wahlberg standing in Copley Square in the new FiOS commercial.

Wahlberg FiOS ad missing one thing: FiOS in Boston
The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
Jonathan Ramos attended a candlelight vigil last month marking the death of his cousin Jorge Fuentes.

Slaying galvanizes Episcopal Church

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Your Town by the Numbers
Westfield State University president Evan Dobelle.

Patrick supports Westfield State funding freeze

“I think a few people might look at me and almost not believe what I say,” writes Elizabeth Smart about not having psychological wounds from her kidnapping and months of abuse.

Book Review

‘My Story’ by Elizabeth Smart and Chris Stewart
“We didn’t expect it to all take off like this,’’ says Susan McKendry of Brookline (with husband Joe), at Boston Children’s Hospital with a Mo Willems illustration for their online and outdoor benefit auction this month on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Kids book illustrators donate their art to healing

ideas

Why you can’t stop checking your phone
Eric Coldwell and his children, Thomas and Chloe, played with their 1-year-old pit bull mix in Weymouth.

Pit bull adoptions reflect new image
A programmer grabbed some sleep during Sunday’s 36-hour HackMIT competition at MIT’s Johnson Athletic Center in Cambridge.

Students joust for MIT hacking title
Braylon O’Neill, 4, tried dribbling a soccer ball with a new pair of prosthetic legs in Boston Sunday.

New strides for amputees

Sports

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TIGERS 8, A’S 6

Tigers DH Victor Martinez had his team pointed in the right direction when he belted this home run in the seventh inning. (AP Photo/Lon Horwedel)

Tigers defeat Athletics to force Game 5

The Tigers evened up their Division Series and sent it back to Oakland for a decisive Game 5 on Thursday.

Boston mayoral race

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Martin Walsh (left) and John Connolly shook hands last week in Boston.

Mayoral candidates condemn bus strike

John Connolly and Martin Walsh wasted no time condemning the strike that disrupted the day for the city’s 58,000 public school students.

Metro

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Jared Remy is accused of murdering his 27-year-old Jennifer Martel.

Jared Remy pleads not guilty in girlfriend’s killing

Remy, who is accused of murdering 27-year-old Jennifer Martel, was ordered held without bail.

Columnists

Koji Uehara is hunched over after the Rays’ Jose Lobaton hit a walkoff solo home run off him in the ninth inning.

Christopher L. Gasper

Doubts emerge around Koji Uehara now

Boston Capital

Hatsopoulos brothers powering tech company

JAMES CARROLL

In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz issued a “respectful request” for customers to stop bringing guns into his company’s coffee shops.

JEFF JACOBY

A cup of civility

The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
Noted cookbook author Marcella Hazan took a break from cooking, as her husband Victor walked by and lovingly brushed against her.

JOANNA WEISS

A winning recipe
QB Tom Brady walks off the field looking at his throwing hand after tossing a late INT to the Bengals’ Adam Jones.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tom Brady rues defeat, not end of his streak
The Rays capitalized on mistakes by Clay Buchholz, left, and the Red Sox to claim a win in Game 3.

Dan Shaughnessy

Hopefully just a hiccup for Red Sox

Scott Brown spoke at a dinner event in Nashua, N.H., in April.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Scott Brown’s 15 minutes of fame are up

Derrick Z. Jackson

The vanishing monarch butterfly

Christopher L. Gasper

Jonny Gomes really got them going

Yvonne Abraham

Some joy and trepidation

Nation & World

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Francois Englert of Belgium (left) and Peter Higgs of Britain won the 2013 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their theoretical discoveries on how subatomic particles acquire mass.

Two win Nobel prize in physics for work on ‘God particle’

The discoveries by Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain were key to explaining the origins of the universe.

Business

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Traders worksedon the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

Dow falls 159 points as standoff over debt limit continues

he stock market is closing sharply lower as budget gridlock in Washington brings the US closer to a default on its debt.

Arts

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“We didn’t expect it to all take off like this,’’ says Susan McKendry of Brookline (with husband Joe), at Boston Children’s Hospital with a Mo Willems illustration for their online and outdoor benefit auction this month on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

Kids book illustrators donate their art to healing

Moved by a desire to help after the Marathon bombings, dozens of artists have contributed their work to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital.

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The Franklin Park zoo opened on Oct 3, 1912, to the delight of thousands, and has undergone several changes in the years since.

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Becoming Bostonian
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“Texting and driving is unlike any public safety issue we’ve dealt with before....At the center of the problem, say experts, is a new kind of object — the modern smartphone — that’s changing our behavior on a massive scale.”

Leon Neyfakh on our cellphone habit