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• To lure customers, merchants turn to special offers
• Bay State businesses yet to feel much relief
• Citizens Bank parent to be part of British rescue
• Citigroup, Wells Fargo get extension for Wachovia
• Oil prices settle at $90, low for year
• Wall St. turmoil spurs an uptick in legal business
• Crisis may lead to low mortgage rates
• Opinion: $700,000,000,000 (that's a lot of zeroes)

• N.H. teacher's question put debaters on the spot
• Biden calls latest attacks on Obama dangerous
• McCain plan would buy bad mortgages
• Notebook: Debate was 10th-most watched

• Editorial: Politically, crime doesn't pay
• Joan Vennochi: The blame game
• Dan Payne: Reality intrudes and McCain buckles

• Losses drive titans of finance to therapy (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Woods Hole scientist shares Nobel (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
• Gloucester OK's contraceptives (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• Judge raps plan to deport plaintiff (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Proposed ban ignites cigar smoker protests (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• A new Harvard pecking order (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Kevin Cullen A shame on the shield (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
• N.H. candidates spar over bailout (By Beth LaMontagne Hall, Associated Press)
• US Supreme Court refuses Lexington case (By Lisa Keen, Globe Correspondent)
• Prosecution rests in Connolly case (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Dozen become sick; flight is diverted (Boston Globe)
• Mass. treasurer reports a 'home run' $750m bond deal (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Ross in deal to head council (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
• GOP challenger tries to link Kerry to financial crisis (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
• Surgery set tomorrow on Menino's bum knee (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• Assault suspect caught in Ore. (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Hospital to move, study window with image (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)

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• State's rapid-response vehicle helps specialists assess risks during emergencies (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)

• Boom in T ridership brings parking headaches (By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent)

• Weather conditions will allow fall foliage to show true colors (By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff)

• Incomes on the South Shore (Boston Globe)

• Robert Murphy, at 83; led paratroopers to D-day site (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
• Paul Fieldhouse Fenton, 85, professor, investment manager (By Gabrielle T. Dunn, Globe Correspondent)
• Ken Hoffman, 77, textbook author and MIT mathematician (By Jeannie Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• Irene Dailey, 88, soap actress (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times News Service)
• Ruth MacDonald, 81; teacher pursued social justice, peace (By Matthew P. Collette, Globe Correspondent)
• Francis Sayre Jr., outspoken dean of National Cathedral (By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post)

• Losing female support, McCain alters approach (By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
• Stem-cell option in men's testes (By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press)
• High court to settle dispute over Navy sonar's impact on whales (By Jerry Markon, Washington Post)
• Daily Briefing Falling granite leaves 3 injured (Boston Globe)
• Scientists map genomes of 2 malaria parasites (By Will Dunham, Reuters)
• Gas prices, economy test artists traveling crafts circuit (By Carole Feldman, Associated Press)
• N.H. teacher's question put debaters on the spot (Boston Globe)
• Biden calls latest attacks on Obama dangerous (By Foon Rhee, Globe Staff)
• McCain plan would buy bad mortgages (By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press)
• Campaign Notebook Debate was 10th-most watched in US history (Boston Globe)
• Army tries to combat soldier suicide (By Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post)
• NRA to settle suit over Katrina gun seizures (By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
• Judge rebuffs another bid for mistrial in Stevens case (By Tom Hays and Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press)
• Court blocks Guantanamo release (By James Vicini, Reuters)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Russian troops withdraw from Georgia (By Megan K. Stack, Los Angeles Times)
• Israel shuts down for holiday (Boston Globe)
• Daily Briefing Lawmakers back Iraq incursions (Boston Globe)
• Ukraine leader dissolves Parliament, calls for early election (By Maria Danilova, Associated Press)
• Maldivians go to polls in election of president (By Ravi Nessman, Associated Press)
• 2 American journalists missing in Lebanon (By Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
• Medvedev urges new security treaty (By Eliane Engeler, Associated Press)
• North Korea reported to fire short-range missiles into sea (By Jack Kim, Reuters)
• Pirates may be near a deal on arms cargo (By Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times News Service)
• Iraqis say bomber kills at least 10 (By Ernesto Londono, Washington Post)
• Iraq peace process must be international effort, US panel is told (By Jenny Paul, Globe Correspondent)
• US report is said to warn of peril in Afghanistan (By Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, New York Times News Service)
• Mbeki loyalists may form breakaway party (By Karin Brulliard, Washington Post)
• Filipinos find power in buried heat (By Blaine Harden, Washington Post)
• Law lets US firms tap India's nuclear trade (Boston Globe)

• Globe Editorial Politically, crime doesn't pay
• Globe Editorial A muddy message on taxes
• Globe Editorial The best of times
• Wendy Espeland $700,000,000,000 (that's a lot of zeroes)
• Ed Siegel Watching Fox News: Don't have a cow, man
• Joan Vennochi The blame game
• Dan Payne Reality intrudes and McCain buckles

• Bay State businesses yet to feel much relief (By Casey Ross and Ross Kerber, Globe Staff)
• Wringing out some sales (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• Lynch faces $85,000 fine in N.H. (By Kimberly Blanton, Globe Staff)
• Tech Lab Downloads transform iPhone into handy tool (By Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe)
• Citizens Bank parent to be part of British rescue (By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff)
• Pending home sales rise in August (Boston Globe)
• Push intensifies to cut hospital infection rates (Boston Globe)
• AIG plans to host meeting at Ritz (Boston Globe)
• Citigroup, Wells Fargo get extension for Wachovia (Boston Globe)
• Business in brief Bank of America settles securities investigations (Boston Globe)
• Oil prices settle at $90, low for year (Boston Globe)
• Firm founders charged in fraud (Boston Globe)
• Google to put ads in online games (Boston Globe)
• Stabilizing used car prices may bolster new truck sales (Boston Globe)
• Wall St. turmoil spurs an uptick in legal business (Boston Globe)
• Crisis may lead to low mortgage rates (Boston Globe)
• Airlines to cut back on flights 6% worldwide (Boston Globe)

• Red Sox tab Matsuzaka for Game 1 (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Rays fans finally catch on: They've got a good thing (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Bruins' Thomas remembers Denver boot (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Charged-up teams ready to do battle (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Celtics notebook Guardian Rivers gets assist (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Man claims Harrison shot him (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Revolution's Warren out for season (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook Cassel confident customer (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• NLCS notebook October power outage (Boston Globe)
• Red Sox notebook No hard feelings? ... We'll see about that (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Doctor: Rehab cost Schilling (By Howard Ulman, Associated Press)
• Bruins notebook Islanders get Thompson (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Avalanche thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• Rays notebook Fastball not their concern (By Gerry Fraley, Globe Correspondent)
• IOC rechecking blood tests from Beijing (By Stephen Wilson, Associated Press)
• Golf notes There are pros and cons to how you get there (By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff)
• School roundup Acton-Boxboro wins battle of unbeatens with Weston (By Ben Seal, Globe Correspondent)
• Bishop Feehan nets Nason honor again (By Jon Raymond, Globe Correspondent)

• They're desperately seeking a beauty fix (By Beth Teitell, Globe Correspondent)
• Television Review Time warp twists a police procedural in 'Life on Mars' (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Television Review Dumb & Dim leaves little room for laughs (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• My Space Historic, with modern flair (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
• At home with fresh fall accents (By Courtney Hollands, Globe Staff)
• Handyman on Call Looking for furniture cushions (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)
• Boontje lights way in world of design (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
• Book Review Jesus running for president? A divine novelty in 'American Savior' (By Judy Budz, Boston Globe)
• A family affair with a bossa nova beat (By Siddhartha Mitter, Globe Correspondent)
• Television Review 'Eleventh Hour' doesn't have a clue (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Television Review Crude and crass, 'Testees' humor mostly fails (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Names Wicked fun (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Boston Globe)
• Celebrity News Breathed retiring (Boston Globe)
• Debates lack memorable moments (By David Bauder, Associated Press)

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