Police: Gunman forced his way into school
Sandy Hook firefighters hung bunting on their firetruck in Newtown, Conn.

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Connecticut State Police said the gunman who massacred 26 children and adults was not let into the elementary school voluntarily.

Outside of Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church, those who could not fit into the church held a makeshift vigil.

‘Lives have been changed forever’ by Conn. massacre

Newtown residents wondered how their hometown — with no warning — became the site of one of the worst mass killings in American history.

Adrian Walker

Newtown tragedy was unthinkable, preventable

Every single one of these shooting rampages might have been prevented if getting hold of a gun in this country was as difficult as, say, getting a driver’s ­license.

Nearly 1 million in Mass. exposed to secondhand smoke from neighbors

Residents who live in apartments or attached houses are exposed regularly to cigarette smoke from their neighbors’ homes.

Ariad leukemia drug approved 3 months early

Federal regulators approved a drug to treat two types of leukemia, giving the Cambridge company the green light to sell the medicine in the US.

Cuts to local governments hit economy

Since the recession ended in 2009, local governments have eliminated nearly 500,000 jobs, including 10,000 in Massachusetts.

Senator John F. Kerry got into his car at Logan International Airport today without commenting on the possibility President Obama will tap him for secretary of state.

Both parties embrace Kerry for secretary of state

President Obama could include Senator John F. Kerry in a slate of national security nominations as early as next week, according to those familiar with the process.

Kaia Rose Sooknanan-Andrew (left) handed a present to Mac Connor, a patient at Tufts’ Floating Hospital for Children. Sooknanan-Andrew organized a toy drive for children at the hospital.

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Young girl returns the gift of giving

Kaia Rose Sooknanan-Andrew, 7, who spent a Christmas at Tufts Medical Center remembered the presents she received and decided to do the same for others.

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Jesse Green (left) has been flooded with queries about new orders since his television show began airing last month.

Medway chainsaw artist saw TV as a way to boost business
Hungry Hungry Husky food truck has served Northeastern University students on campus since November 2011.

Mass. colleges join food trucks trend

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Susan Rice drew fire for her words on the Sept. 11 attack in Libya.

Rice pulls out; talk turns to Kerry
View of the 19th-century American paintings and sculpture galleries, “a stately extravagance” of quality pictures, writes art critic Sebastian Smee.

ART REVIEW

Yale University Art Gallery is a masterpiece

Brian McGrory

Coakley, Cahill need to save face after mistrial
Pizza formaggio from Ecco Pizzeria.

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Tim Cahill left Suffolk Superior Court with his with Tina after a mistrial was declared in his corruption case.

Cahill ready to live outside public eye
Stan Jonathan’s bruising style made him a fan favorite, and he epitomized the hard-hat style of the “Lunch Pail’’ Bruins of the ’70s.

Ex-Bruin Stan Jonathan faces four years in jail
UMass medical student Meg Preissler visited with Jameson Laliberte at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

Connecting med students with patients
Trista Reynolds and her son Raymond, who played with many of Ayla’s toys.

Maine mother still waits for answers to disappearance

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Celtics notebook

Rockets coach Kevin McHale and Kevin Garnett embrace. McHale recently lost his daughter to lupus.

Garnett, McHale embrace

Kevin Garnett and Kevin McHale, who recently lost his daughter to lupus, embraced for several moments after the Celtics’ loss Friday.

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Worker hurt after fall in Hanover turbine tower

Firefighters rescued a worker Friday who fell some 24 feet while inside the tower of the Pond Street wind turbine.

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

A successful model for urban cycling in Portland, Ore.
A mother holds her daughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Gun control: vile curse words
Judge Raymond Dougan was accused of judicial misconduct by the Suffolk district attorney.

Lawrence Harmon

Judging the judges in Mass.: Pursue accountability

Adrian Walker

Newtown tragedy was unthinkable, preventable

Joan Wickersham

The homeless beat

Boston Capital

A sobering assessment of the job market

Brian McGrory

Coakley, Cahill need to save face after mistrial
Tom Brady spent time congratulating Logan Mankins in the final minutes of Monday’s win.

Dan Shaughnessy

Tom Brady is now underrated

Scot Lehigh

Points of clarity through the fiscal cliff fog
Governor Bill Weld before addressing the Legislature in 1994.

Joan Vennochi

Weld is not the GOP’s best bet

EDWARD L. GLAESER

A better lure for cities
It’s look out below as Celtics forward Jeff Green throws down an alley-oop dunk from Rajon Rondo during the fourth quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics building for the playoffs

Nation & World

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The Swedish Yule Goat, made of straw, stood in the town of Gavle, Sweden, before vandals reduced it to ash overnight.

Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames — again

Three people torched a Swedish straw goat as the annual challenge of buring it has become an unusual Christmas tradition for vandals.

Politics

Democrats facing dilemma in holding Kerry Senate seat

If US Senator John F. Kerry ­becomes secretary of state, there could be an expensive primary fight, followed by a general election battle against Scott Brown.

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Shoppers walked past holiday decorations at Downtown Crossing in Boston Thursday.

Holiday sales slump after big weekend

If shoppers don’t show up soon, more ‘‘70 percent off’’ signs will. After a promising start to the shopping season over Thanksgiving weekend, sales have slowed.

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Stage Review

Adrianne Krstansky as Miss Sook and Michael John Ciszewski as Buddy, the character Truman Capote based on his younger self in Depression-era Alabama.

New Rep’s ‘Holiday Memories’ brings Capote to life

It’s hard to resist Christmas stories that hark back to a more innocent time.

Magazine

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The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?
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Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter
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7 holiday styles that shine

Opinion

“At what point is it considered appropriate to talk about the country’s gun culture? How about when 20 little boys and girls and six adults — including the shooter — are killed at an elementary school?”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“Gift-giving has long been a topic of fascination for experts on human behavior...Their work has produced insights that cast an analytical--and helpful--light on the trials of our yearly quest to delight family and friends.”

Leon Neyfakh on the analyzed gift 

“I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.”

President Obama,  on the Newtown, Conn., mass killing