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• Obama's grandmother dies of cancer
• McCain hoping the numbers will all add up
• Running mates make their final pitches
• Alaska board clears Palin in trooper ethics case
• Final stretch: Last swipes center on the economy
• Ad blitz links Obama, Wright
• Obama wins early vote in 2 N.H. towns

• Aging poll workers look for influx of the young
• With plans, extra ballots, election officials await flood
• From Canada, students seek rides to vote
• Voters this year rejected almost two-thirds of overrides
• Related: Election Day numbers, FAQs

• Editorial: Choices on Election Day
• Derrick Z. Jackson: Gender equity in healthcare
• Opinion: A poem for Election Day
• H.D.S. Greenway: President's task in war on terror

• Graphic Squall-line surges and rogue waves

• Double tragedy grieves Lawrence (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• Massive waves a mystery at Maine harbor (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Amid inquiry, DiMasi defends self (By Matt Viser and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• Aging poll workers look for influx of the young (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• BHA takes heat for housing Obama's aunt (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
• Sides make case to Connolly jurors (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Adrian Walker Undeserved attention (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• NEWS ANALYSIS A few agents put FBI in contempt (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff)
• Man dies in collision with MBTA train (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• New England in brief Neglect is alleged in toddler's drowning (Boston Globe)
• With plans, extra ballots in place, officials await flood (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
• From Canada, students seek rides to vote (By Julie Masis, Globe Correspondent)
• Voters this year have rejected almost two-thirds of overrides (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Election Day numbers, FAQs (Boston Globe)
• Obama wins early vote in 2 N.H. towns (Boston Globe)
• Crowd rallies to Wilkerson's support (By Gabrielle T. Dunn, Globe Correspondent)
• Ex-owner admits he hired, harbored illegal immigrants (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• ACLU protests immigration rule (Boston Globe)
• Restraining order details complaint about Arroyo (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)

• Hannah Blocker; broke Jewish barriers (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
• John Ripley, 69; against odds, slowed 200 Vietnamese tanks (Boston Globe)
• Yma Sumac; Peruvian singer became a sensation; at 86 (By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times)

• Last dash toward the prize (By Scott Helman and Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
• Big turnout could mean headaches (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Alaskan's mighty fall disgraceful, but not unfathomable (By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff)
• Army discharged soldier over beating (Boston Globe)
• US to borrow $550 billion for rescue (Boston Globe)
• Many bacteria types found on hands (Boston Globe)
• Video maker for bin Laden sentenced to life (Boston Globe)
• Supreme Court to rule on a convict's right to test DNA evidence in 1993 case (Boston Globe)
• Brain's wiring frays as body ages (By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press)
• Add aggressive kids to deployment's toll (By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press)
• Killing of homeless baffles Calif. police (By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press)
• Court rejects cap on Medicare rates (By Robert Pear, New York Times News Service)
• Navy officer accused of lying about his Sept. 11 injuries (By Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post)
• Obama's grandmother dies of cancer (By Scott Helman, Globe Staff)
• McCain hoping it'll all add up (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• Running mates make their final pitches to voters in swing states (Boston Globe)
• CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK Alaska board clears Palin in ethics case involving trooper (Boston Globe)
• THE FINAL STRETCH Last swipes center on the economy (Boston Globe)
• Ad blitz links Obama, Wright (By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Pakistanis decry US airstrikes to Petraeus (By Jane Perlez, New York Times News Service)
• EU writes letter: 'Dear Mr. President' (Boston Globe)
• In Mexico kidnapping, brutal extreme (Boston Globe)
• Iranians mark '79 seizure of embassy (Boston Globe)
• Taiwan, China agree to regular talks (Boston Globe)
• US Embassy school closes in Syria (Boston Globe)
• For Poland's 'Ducks,' it's open season (Boston Globe)
• Congo refugees get soap, no food (By Michelle Faul, Associated Press)
• From Iceland, a cold blast for investors (By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)
• Jury convicts in cash-filled suitcase case (By Curt Anderson, Associated Press)
• Spain to allow deferred home payments (By Victoria Burnett, International Herald Tribune)
• Solving theft - just took time (By Aron Heller, Associated Press)
• At least 9 dead in attacks in Iraq (By Sam Dagher and Mohammed al-Obaidi, New York Times News Service)
• French aid worker is abducted in Kabul (By Carlotta Gall, New York Times News Service)

• Globe Editorial Choices on Election Day
• Globe Editorial Guantanamo's final days
• Globe Editorial Talking about Tibet
• Derrick Z. Jackson Gender equity a premium for healthcare
• A poem for Election Day
• H.D.S. Greenway The next president's task in war on terror
• VoxOp

• BOSTON CAPITAL To the victor goes a market opportunity (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Tax cases could bring Mass. $1b (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Tweeter to shutter remaining stores (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• Egenera laying off workers in Bay State (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• This change won't leave you fumbling for quarters (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• Suit could end airline's plans for Boston-Beijing service (Boston Globe)
• Fly to London for $13? Don't pack your bags yet (Boston Globe)
• Two ex-Putnam officials agree to settle with SEC (Boston Globe)
• Decline in factory index accelerates (Boston Globe)
• US auto sales drop to lowest in 17 years (Boston Globe)
• Consumers cutting back on cuts (By Alana Semuels, Los Angeles Times)
• In suit against Wyeth, justices consider what FDA knew (Boston Globe)
• Business in brief American Tower's profit increases in third quarter (Boston Globe)
• FCC cancels vote on telecom charges (Boston Globe)
• Ex-UBS executive sentenced in scheme (Boston Globe)
• Oil drops on US economic report (Boston Globe)
• Rates fall on short-term Treasury bills (Boston Globe)
• THE COLOR OF MONEY When it comes to retirement, the only color that will really matter is green (By Michelle Singletary, Boston Globe)
• Google, Yahoo offer new terms for alliance (Boston Globe)
• Verizon cuts bundle prices to keep customers (Boston Globe)

• Patriots go to work on a division problem (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• BC point guard Rice takes basketball, fatherhood seriously (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Answer isn't clear in all this (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• On basketball Questions, injuries still nag McGrady (By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
• Epstein going to work (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook Federal judge 'agonizing' over status of Clemens lawsuit (Boston Globe)
• Steelers 23, Redskins 6 Steelers beat Redskins but Roethlisberger is reinjured (By Joseph White, Associated Press)
• Sports Log Weary Nadal pulls out of Masters Cup (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook Flag football was no fun for Patriots vs. Colts (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• NFL: Week 9 Browns make the call: Quinn in, Anderson out at quarterback (Boston Globe)
• Bruins notebook Thomas seizes No. 1 role (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NBA roundup Cavaliers put away Dallas (Boston Globe)
• NHL roundup Sabres, slow start doom ailing Devils (Boston Globe)
• Celtics see power struggle (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Pistons trade three for Iverson (By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
• Rockets thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• College notebook Tennessee dismisses Fulmer (Boston Globe)
• Boston College at a glance (Boston Globe)
• Notebook Petta better than ever for Whitman-Hanson (By Lauren Ebstein, Globe Correspondent)
• School roundup Ailing Nickerson keeps focus for King Philip (By Charlie Peters, Globe Correspondent)
• Players of the Week (Boston Globe)
• Olympic notes Beijing list hardly worth the trouble (By John Powers, Globe Staff)

• JAZZ Listen and learn (Boston Globe)
• FOOD AND DRINK Show your true colors (Boston Globe)
• HIP-HOP Rocking the vote (Boston Globe)
• MAGIC Pick an act, any act (Boston Globe)
• THREE TO SEE | STOP, LOOK, AND LISTEN Where to, America? (Boston Globe)
• G FORCE | INDINA MENZEL Lifting her voice (Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW After musical chairs, a quartet remembers its essence (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Three quartets of early music, in experienced hands (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)
• STAGE REVIEW 'Basra' mines the tensions of a murky conflict (By Sandy MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
• BOOK REVIEW Coming-of-age story evokes spirit of 1976 (By Amanda Katz, Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW Holland's humor saves the day (By Marc Hirsh, Globe Correspondent)
• Election night survival guide (By Tom Haines, Globe Staff)
• Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• TELEVISION This old 'House' is getting crowded (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Alex Beam How I voted (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• NAMES Going the distance (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Globe Staff)
• MORE CELEBRITY NEWS A call of support (Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW A musical celebration of Israel's 60th anniversary (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)

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