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Morsi rescinds powers, but constitution vote to be held

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi accepted the recommendation of a national panel that he reliquish some powers he had given himself.

A rebel fighter threw a grenade toward Syrian troops loyal to President Bashar Assad during clashes in Aleppo, Syria.

Syrian rebels get new leadership in bid to unite

Rebel groups in Syria have joined forces, hoping to increase coordination as they fight to oust President Bashar Assad.

Gay marriage backers apprehensive over court cases

Enthusiasm among advocates about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear gay marriage cases was tempered with worry over the decision’s implications.

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Director Peter Jackson.

‘The Hobbit’ emerges

From a hole in the ground, part 1 of Peter Jackson’s film trilogy begins its journey.

Ideas

The end of days?

Dec. 21, 2012: The reality and the legend.

Claire Shaw of Virginia

Soundtrack

MGH cancer patients signal a good ending

The sound of someone ringing the ‘Good Luck Bell’ to mark the completion of treatments is cause for joy.

book review

‘Sweet Tooth’ by Ian McEwan

A romance tale nestled in a spy novel.

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The attack on Pearl Harbor left over 2,400 dead, 68 of them civilians, after waves of Japanese carrier-based fighters and bombers turned the naval base in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor into an inferno.

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Angela Menino, filling in for her recuperating husband, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, cheered the arrival of Santa Claus as the holiday trolley tour came to Readville on Friday night.

Menino’s absence is felt as holiday trolley tour kicks off
Ellie Callahan’s helicopter has been a yuletide star in Maynard for decades.

In Maynard, a new spin on Santa’s sleigh

Sunday preview

The analyzed gift
Ralph Stewart held a vintage silver platter from restaurant Locke-Ober at an auction on Friday.

Locke-Ober auction marks an end to the venerable restaurant

Sunday Preview | Diversity Boston

Why is TV still so white?

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The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?
James Brett, president of The New England Council, presented Globe Santa with a donation.

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Globe Santa helps familes with ailing children

Brian McGrory

A bright life, a needless end
Ella Schweizer, 8, played with snow she scraped off of a car in the South End.

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Globe photos of the week, Dec. 7, 2012
The fiscal cliff factored in Mike Napoli’s contract talks with the Red Sox.

Eye on ’13 tax bite, high earners seek to move up pay dates
General manager Ben Cherington signed autographs last Saturday before going to Nashville to sign new free agents like Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox moving in right direction

‘Worn out’ Frank ready to hit the lecture circuit

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In seven years with the Sox, Pedro Martinez went 117-37. Later with the Mets, he was “pushed too far” with injuries.

Pedro Martinez says he pitched clean for Red Sox

He offered no firm opinion on the Hall of Fame candidacies of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, but said he was clean during the “Steroid Era.”

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Veterans who were at Pearl Harbor laid a wreath in front of the USS Cassin Young on Friday. L-R Donald Tabbut, Emery Arsenault, Gerald Halterman, and Francis M Connolly.

Survivors in Charlestown recall attack on Pearl Harbor

The 71st anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack was commemorated in Charlestown, where several survivors gathered.

Columnists

Renée Loth

Extend the rights of victims

Lawrence Harmon

Declaring peace in teacher contract talks
General manager Ben Cherington signed autographs last Saturday before going to Nashville to sign new free agents like Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox moving in right direction
Buddy Guy performing at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Carlo Rotella

Bluesy time for the blues

Boston Capital

Still battling over a sale gone bad

Joshua Green

Republican turmoil may take US over cliff

Scot Lehigh

Reforms to help solve our fiscal problems

Brian McGrory

A bright life, a needless end
Stanley Forman of the Boston Herald American took this terrifying image of a 2-year-old girl and her godmother falling from a broken fire escape, a photograph that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1976. The girl survived the fall; her godmother did not.

Joan Vennochi

Are photojournalists obligated to help in rescues?

Yvonne Abraham

Child-safe lockups

Tech Lab

Low-priced Google laptop is a great idea

Brian McGrory

Bridge is lighting the way forward

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Italian former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Italy’s Berlusconi says he is running again for premier

Silvio Berlusconi, who quit as premier in disgrace last year, confirmed Saturday that he’ll try for a fourth term.

Politics

Mich. governor says he’ll sign right-to-work bill

The plan prompted demonstrations in the Lansing Capitol by hundreds of chanting union supporters.

Business

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Employers added 146,000 jobs in November. A store in San Francisco advertised that it was looking for workers Friday.

Despite drop in jobless rate, concerns remain

Employers added more jobs than expected last month, but the rate of job growth remains so slow that it would take another decade to return to prerecession levels.

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Stage Review

The magical creations from the Mummenschanz troupe include toilet paper-unraveling creatures.

Mummenschanz mystifies and delights at the Shubert

The Swiss-based physical-theater troupe Mummenschanz is made up of performers who don’t speak, which is not to say they don’t communicate.

Magazine

The cover for the December 2 2012 issue

5 inspired rooms
The cover for the November 25 2012 issue

Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter
The cover for the November 18 2012 issue

7 holiday styles that shine
The cover for the November 11 2012 issue

Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians

Opinion

“The batterers don’t care about citizenship or sexual orientation when they terrorize their partners. Neither should Congress.”

Renée Loth on Congress stripping the Violence Against Women bill of protections for gays and immigrants.

Ideas

A loud TV in the background made people frustrated trying to read. A more subtle TV sound made them feel bored.

Maria Konnikova on whether boredom is curable. 

“Kids know that Santa is supposed to ride in a sleigh. They seem to adapt pretty easily to the idea of a helicopter because it is so cool.”

Ellie Callahan,  Santa’s pilot in Maynard