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School bus drivers report back to work
Students boarded a school bus on River Street in Hyde Park on Wednesday morning.

ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

A day after an unannounced strike by bus drivers, more than 600 buses rolled out of their yards with only a few delays.

Jose Vinals (right), director of the IMF's monetary and capital markets department, prepared for a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

US default could shake global economy

‘‘It would be a worldwide shock’’ if the US didn’t raise the borrowing limit, an IMF official said.

The work began in Karplus’ laboratory at Harvard in the 1970s, where he built computer programs that used quantum physics to describe the behavior of molecules.

Harvard scientist shares Nobel Prize in chemistry

The prize was awarded for research related to computer programs that are used in drug development.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Shaughnessy_90-13438.jpg Hopefully Red Sox’ party is just starting

The Red Sox, who have been relatively under the radar for much of the season, are set now to explode onto the national stage in the ALCS.

Ellsbury’s steal was his fourth of the series and the ninth of his postseason career, a Red Sox record, surpassing Johnny Damon.

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Jacoby Ellsbury keeps adding to his resume

Ellsbury, key to the Red Sox’ ALDS-clinching win, is proving he is a game-changer who could be very difficult to say goodbye to after the season.

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 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.

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If your crust contains flour, vegetable oil, and orange juice, you’re pretty much guaranteed a crisp and tender pastry.

Opinion

LAWRENCE HARMON

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If a majority of the Council votes to nullify the arbitrator’s award, then the patrol officers and city negotiators will have to go back to the bargaining table, where they belong.

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Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy
Janet Yellen is a Fed veteran.

Obama to nominate Janet Yellen to head Fed

adrian walker

Walsh wins first round
Some Mass. doctors have been advised not to issue patient marijuana certifications out of fear they would lose federal funding.

US policy clouds OK’s of medical marijuana
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.

Boston’s First Night festival saved by donors
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
Jonathan Ramos attended a candlelight vigil last month marking the death of his cousin Jorge Fuentes.

Slaying galvanizes Episcopal Church

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

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern
“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

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

Patrick supports Westfield State funding freeze

Sports

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Brady and McDaniels couldn’t figure out how to get the ball in the red zone.

Why was Tom Brady so off his game in Cincinnati?

In most NFL games, the better quarterback/offensive coordinator combination wins out. This past Sunday, that wasn’t Brady and Josh McDaniels.

Boston mayoral race

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The race for mayor

State Representative Martin J. Walsh announced the endorsements of John F. Barros and Felix G. Arroyo.

Walsh wins coveted backing of Arroyo, Barros

State Representative Martin J. Walsh won key endorsements that could shore up his prospects among black and Latino voters.

Metro

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Cowan to join Boston law firm with Senate term over

William “Mo” Cowan, who served a brief term as an interim US senator, will become COO at ML Strategies and rejoin the Mintz Levin law firm.

Columnists

Jake Peavy went 5⅔ innings to propel the Red Sox to a win on Tuesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

Jake Peavy stands tall for Red Sox

scot lehigh

Too quiet on sex ed

JEFF JACOBY

Compromise with Republicans, don’t demonize them

Boston Capital

Hatsopoulos brothers powering tech company
David Ross, left, and Koji Uehara celebrated after recording the final out of the Game 4 win that eliminated the Rays.

Dan Shaughnessy

Hopefully Red Sox’ party is just starting
The Quencher is one of the last blue-collar watering holes in Southie.

Kevin Cullen

Last call for Quencher Tavern

Shirley Leung

Online, T.J. Maxx is a bit sleepy

adrian walker

Walsh wins first round
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
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

JAMES CARROLL

In N.Y., Capitol: The ecstasy of destruction
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

Nation & World

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Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for deadly strikes in Uganda and Kenya. The question now is whether the United States might have made itself more of a target.

US raid on target in Somalia hit snags

Navy SEALs discovered more civilians than expected, making for the kind of “imperfect intelligence” that ended up scuttling the mission.

Business

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Carl Icahn has acquired 16.7 percent of Nuance and will place his son and a senior analyst at his investment firm on the board.

Carl Icahn scores two seats on Nuance board

The activist investor has acquired 16.7 percent of Nuance and will place his son and a senior analyst at his investment firm on the board.

Food & dining

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Lobster fra diavolo.

Lobster fra diavolo becomes spicy fish soup

Lobsters are prized for their rich meat, but don’t discard their flavorful shells and bodies, which add depth to any dish.

Arts

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television review

From left: Robbie Amell, Aaron Yoo, Luke Mitchell, and Peyton List in the CW’s new teen paranormal superhero series.

A merry band of mutants in ‘Tomorrow People’

The atmosphere of the CW’s new drama is bland, the special effects and fight scenes are underwhelming, and the tone is mostly humorless.

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Magazine

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Into the woods
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Becoming Bostonian
The cover for the September 22 2013 issue

Do we still trust Bill Belichick?
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Beauty of the bottle

Ideas

“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