Boston-11/16/11- Representatives file into the House of Representatives for roll call on the revised casino gambling bill,. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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Representatives filed into the House for the roll call on the bill. It passed in a 124-30 vote.

Boston-11/16/11- Rep Joseph Wagner smiles as he exits the House of Representatives after voting on the revised casino bill. He told reporters that he thinks the governor will like the bill.Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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Rep. Joseph Wagner exited the House of Representatives after voting on the revised casino bill.

Boston-11/16/11- Senate President Terese Murray (center) talks in the Senate Chamber hallway as senators gather for the roll call vote on the revised casino gambling bill that was sent over by the House. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

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Senate President Therese Murray (second from right) before the Senate vote. The bill passed the Senate by a voice vote.

Boston, MA 7/1/10 Therese Murray (cq) President of the Senate talking to the media after they voted on the three casino and gambling bill at the State House as State Senator Stan Rosenberg (cq) listens on Monday July, 1 2010. Senator Stanley Rosenberg, D-Amherst helped write the bill. Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff Slug: 02casinovote Section: metro Reporter: Library Tag 07022010 National/Foreign Library Tag 07232010

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Murray spoke to the media after the vote. State Senator Stan Rosenberg listened.

FOR METRO. Boston, MA 11/16/2011 The Massachusetts Senate take a dinner break after voting in favor of casino gambling earlier in the evening at the State House in Boston, MA on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Section: METRO Slug: 17casino Reporter: Noah Bierman LOID: 5.0.549304456

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The Massachusetts Senate took a dinner break after voting in favor of casino gambling.

After compromise, lawmakers send casino bill to governor

On the Legislature’s final day before it adjourned for winter break, both the House and the Senate approved the bill authorizing three casinos and one slot machine parlor.

Occupy’s court win preempts eviction

A temporary restraining order was issued yesterday against the City of Boston, barring police from removing protesters from their downtown encampment until a Dec. 1 hearing.

MOVIE REVIEW

A strange, over-edited ‘Breaking Dawn’

The fourth installment of the “Twilight” franchise is long, uniquely bad, and considerably strange.

Patrick requests Chelsea receiver

The governor’s office wants the state to oversee the troubled agency whose chief executive resigned amid an uproar over his $360,000 annual salary.

11/07/11 - Cambridge, MA - Professor Anita Elberse, cq, features a case study of LeBron James and other celebrities in a course she teaches at Harvard Business School. Story by Shira Springer/Globe Staff. Topic: Harvard Business School. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.

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LeBron James, Lady Gaga under scrutiny at Harvard

Students in Harvard Business School’s “Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries’’ course learn what determines success in the volatile world of celebrity marketing.

Romney staffers wiped out records in ’06

Before Mitt Romney left the Mass. governor’s office, aides purchased their state-issued hard drives, and emails were wiped from a server, according to interviews and records.

Sveum headed to Cubs?

The Red Sox are prepared to open up their search for a new manager as the candidate they once seemed to favor, Dale Sveum, neared an agreement with Theo Epstein and the Chicago Cubs.

“All I can tell you is we fully complied with the law and complied with longstanding executive branch practice. Nothing unusual was done.”

Mark Nielsen,  Mitt Romney’s legal counsel

Inside The Boston Globe

In 2009 piles of acorns were scattered along Boston’s Riverway (left), in contrast to a smattering of the seeds along the Muddy River near Longwood Avenue this fall. Acorns provide a vital source of food for rodents, deer, and many other animals.

Something is missing this fall: acorns
Fried scallops with french fries.

Cheap Eats

From the fish case to your plate at Burke’s
Mitt Romney spoke during a tour of Colite International in Columbia, S.C. yesterday. He toured the production floor and the spoke to employees and supporters in the middle of the facility.

Romney takes no chances with TV
Kevin Clash in his pre-“Sesame Street’’ days in 1975 working a puppet in the documentary “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey.’’

Movie Review

Meet Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo
At the Showcase Cinema De Lux in Foxborough, Andre Carter takes a break from tackling quarterbacks and instead is tickling the ivories.

Andre Carter becoming a key player
Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli (now the general manager for the Kansas City Chiefs) at the Super Bowl parade in Boston in 2005.

Book Review

‘War Room’ by Michael Holley

Dining Out

In Back Bay, Forum thinks like a restaurant with big ideas
Writer Elaine Dimopoulos attributes the books’ appeal to being deep inside the protagonist’s head.

Young adult novels heating up the charts
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff, food styling Sheryl Julian & Meg Jones Wall

Cooking inside the box
Jonathan Papelbon will join a Phillies team that won a franchise-record 102 games last season.

Jonathan Papelbon thrilled to be with Phillies

Mass. blue laws derailing stores’ Black Friday plan
A large pack took off through the campus in quest of glory and apple pie when the annual event was relatively new in 1913.

Running for pride - and pie

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Card fees bite students

Juliette Kayyem

A rethink for Europe

Joan Vennochi

The “search’’ for Boston City Clerk
Jonathan Papelbon

Tony Massarotti

Instability coming to Red Sox bullpen

Brian McGrory

It’s no act: Menino’s at home

Jeff Jacoby

Reasons for optimism about America’s future?

Scot Lehigh

The deal the GOP should take

Dan Shaughnessy

Worst move NBA players could make

alex beam

Much ado about nothing

Boston Capital

Taking stock in tech firms

Kevin Cullen

Paying in tears

Joanna Weiss

Laughing the gaffes away

Metro

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Steve E. Abraira was appointed as the chief of the Boston Fire Department today.

City marks two firsts by hiring Hispanic fire chief

After a nationwide search drew more than 50 applicants, Boston announced yesterday that the city had hired its first Hispanic fire chief, Steve E. Abraira.

Business

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Tech Lab

Amazon’s Kindle Fire is too cool to change the world

The original Kindle, the first successful e-book reader, altered the literary habits of millions. The new Fire, colorful and powerful as it is, won’t have nearly as much impact.

Politics

Political notebook

Frank criticizes Gingrich’s work for Freddie Mac

Barney Frank continued his long-running battle with the former Speaker of the House, saying Gingrich has “no ethical core whatsoever.”

Nation & World

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Study finds that triple threat paints grim future for amphibians

Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians may eventually have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of worsening scourges, a new study predicts.

Sports

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The Rhodes not taken

Yale quarterback Patrick Witt played the final game of his collegiate career instead of going to Georgia to interview as a finalist for a Rhodes Scholarship.

Style

style

Ronson and Sells hope to bring an edge to Newbury Street

Charlotte Ronson and Winchester’s Sells & Co. boutique owner Liz Kelleher Sells hosted a fashion show at Red Lantern.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

Jeanine Kane and Tony Estrella in “Hamlet’’ at the Gamm Theatre.

An accessible, entertaining ‘Hamlet’

Red, the color of blood and passion, dominates the stage in the Gamm Theatre’s breathtaking “Hamlet.’’

Special reports

Globe Spotlight Report

FOR SPOTLIGHT - Massachusetts State Troopers perform a sobriety test on a driver at a sobriety check point operated jointly with the Chicopee Police, on Memorial Avenue in Chicopee on Friday, April 29, 2011. (Matthew Cavanaugh for The Boston Globe)

Under the influence

Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.

Opinion

“Even if the EU survives this fiscal crisis, it will be some time until it can play the galvanizing role for countries now transitioning to democracy.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Magazine

The cover for the November 13 2011 issue

Find your Florida
The cover for the November 6 2011 issue

View from the bar
The cover for the October 30 2011 issue

Building better doctors
The cover for the October 23 2011 issue

Feathering their nest

Ideas

“It may seem intimidating when we say you are going to help transcribe ancient Greek papyri, but it’s all about pattern recognition, and the brain excels at pattern recognition.”

James Brusuelas,  an Oxford classicist who is part of the Ancient Lives team