Police to focus on security during World Series

The police department will have around 500 officers near Fenway Park, and fans have been asked not wear backpacks near the ballpark.

Jobs report may delay Fed action on stimulus

A discouraging report for September, based on data from before the recent government shutdown, is expected to further delay the Fed’s decision to taper its stimulus programs.

Patrick outlines MBTA spending priorities

The governor vowed to buy new Red and Orange line cars, and hinted at a plan for rail service from Boston to Fall River and New Bedford.

Teens smoking candy cigars, despite ban on sale to minors

Researchers found that 36 percent of middle and high school students who smoke use candy-flavored “little cigars” that look like cigarettes and can be just as addictive.

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Ribelle is the first from-scratch outing for Tim Maslow, who worked through the ranks of New York's Momofuku restaurants. He then departed to reinvigorate his father’s Strip-T’s in Watertown.

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The food at the Brookline restaurant is startling, inventive, and smart. Chicken with greens and potatoes tastes as if the flavor of several birds has been compacted.

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Maslow's impressive team works hard and fast in the open kitchen.

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Kale salad is served with oyster crema, padron peppers, and quinoa, ingredients that may never have come together in the same dish before.

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Imagination is nothing without the proper amount of salt and acid. And that is what really makes the food at Ribelle wonderful and satisfying. Each plate is perfectly seasoned.

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Lamb tartare showcases raw meat, tender and mild. Egg, sunflower seeds and sprouts, crisped pieces of mint, and radishes bring interesting tastes and textures to the composition.

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What to pair with such food? Ribelle’s wine list is like no other in town, filled with offerings from small producers featuring more-unusual grapes. It also offers well-made cocktails.

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And for dessert there is olive oil ice cream, salty and luxurious, with a chocolate topping that hardens on the frozen scoops: Magic Shell for adults.

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Tim Maslow is on a creative binge at Ribelle in Brookline

Critic Devra First gives four stars to Maslow and his staff of rebels inventing and reinventing dishes that taste immediately memorable.

Outfielder Jonny Gomes has gotten some ink lately for his interesting personality and positive effect on the Red Sox.

Jonny Gomes’s personality drives Red Sox

Gomes’s muscle-flexing, batting helmet-punting, American flag-shorts-wearing persona has been the intangible “it” for the World Series-bound Red Sox.

Closer Koji Uehara jumped into catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia’s arms after the final strikeout.

Photo gallery

Best of the ALCS

A look at the best moments of the American League Championship Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.

Opinion

Farah Stockman

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Just like the leaders of our recent partial government shutdown, Virginian politicians in 1958 magnified the greatest fears of their constituents and captured national attention.

Globe exclusives

Roger Ahlfeld began his new position as vice president of human resources at Tedeschi Food Stores late last month.

Long job search finally ends
Worcester broke ground on the 20-acre, $565 milion CitySquare project in 2010.

Opinion | PAUL MCMORROW

Worcester’s downtown vision
The Red Sox dwelled in the bottom of the AL East in Bobby Valentine’s 2012 tenure.

on baseball

Bobby Valentine has praise for John Farrell’s Red Sox

Kevin Cullen

Speaking for a dead sister
Lila McCain, mother of Karen Douglas, spoke to the Newton school community about her daughter at a forum on suicide. At left, Larry Berkowitz and Joanna Bridger of the Riverside Trauma Center.

Newton parents discuss teen suicide
Ariad signed a 15-year lease for the Kendall Square space.

Ariad puts hold on Kendall Sq. move
Mike Napoli set a team record for strikeouts but he was a major part of the offense.

Red Sox love working the count
MBCR officials blame the fall in ridership on factors such as a delay in delivery of a new fleet of train cars.

Better service but fewer riders
Secretary of State William F. Galvin said delaying a Nov. 5 vote in East Boston on the casino will not be possible.

2 new names in casino picture
The brains of the sophisticated Copenhagen Wheel are inside a sleek red housing that encircles the hub of a rear bicycle wheel. The 9.5-pound wheel will sell for under $1,000.

Start-up rolls out electric wheel
Barbara Bosworth.

Barbara Bosworth is a trail gazer

Frame by Frame

Depiction not as idyllic as it appears

World Series

How wrong were the projections for 2013 Red Sox?

In spring training, we largely wondered if the Red Sox would avoid another last-place finish. Boy, did we misjudge this team.

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Celtics Notebook

In the early preseason games, Vitor Faverani looked raw, as any player would without NBA experience.

Celtics’ Vitor Faverani has earned playing time

The 6-foot-11-inch Brazilian, the only true center for the Celtics, has come far after seven preseason games.

Boston mayoral race

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John Connolly.

At rally, Connolly emphasizes diverse base of support

John Connolly pushed back against the notion that his mayoral campaign opponent, Martin Walsh, is locking up support in Boston’s communities of color.

Metro

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Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, who will step down at the end of the month, will help ex-convicts transition back to their communities.

Commissioner Davis accepts consulting job at human service agency

Edward Davis, who will step down at the end of the month, will help ex-convicts transition back to their communities.

Columnists

Boston Capital

A door worth walking through

JAMES CARROLL

The deeper meaning of recycling

Adrian Walker

Endorse an end to endorsing
Even while in hospice care, former governor Paul Cellucci worked to help others.

Yvonne Abraham

Until the end, Cellucci wanted to serve
Shane Victorino (and most of Fenway Park) celebrated his 7th-inning grand slam, which gave the Red Sox a 5-2 lead over the Tigers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox soar into World Series

Farah Stockman

A better way to tackle health law

Kevin Cullen

Speaking for a dead sister
With the last out of the ALCS in the books, closer (and series MVP) Koji Uehara celebrates with catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia as the rest of the Red Sox rush to get in on the fun.

Christopher L. Gasper

No doubting Red Sox anymore
President John. F. Kennedy looks into the sky as planes from the Carrier Enterprise maneuver in a demonstration off the east coast on April 14, 1962.

JEFF JACOBY

Would Democrats embrace JFK now?
Marian Walsh had a long career on Beacon Hill.

JOANNA WEISS

Running a farm team for politics
Dylan Reid (left) and Greg Tao of Matter.io displayed a toy they cranked out with one of their 3D printers. “This is all brand new, wild west stuff,” Reid says.

Innovation Economy

A 3D printer in every home?
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley.

Derrick Z. Jackson

An unexpected inspiration

Nation & World

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Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to the press in London on Tuesday.

Syrian opposition groups yet to commit to negotiations

Secretary of State John Kerry said he remains optimistic that the opposition will agree to participate in talks tentatively set for late November in Geneva.

Business

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A for-sale sign hung in front of a house in Walpole in September.

Single-family home sales have best Sept. since 2005

Last month, 4,358 single-family homes were sold in Massachusetts, up 16 percent from September of last year.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Thank You for Your Service’ by David Finkel

The book reveals on each page the crushing inadequacy of that traditional salutation for returning Iraqi war veterans.

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Museums Special

A look at what New England museums have to offer, including high-tech changes at Harvard’s Semitic Museum, directors’ favorites, and odd attractions.

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Why is it so hard to find a doctor?
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Ideas

“In a country where heroic leadership has become almost synonymous with ambition, researchers are offering up a surprising truth: The bold, charismatic leaders we idolize may be the last people we really want in charge.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the myth of the heroic leader