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Connecticut shootings

‘We can’t tolerate this anymore,’ Obama says

Speaking at a memorial service in Newtown, Conn., President Obama vowed to use “whatever power this office holds” to prevent further tragedies.

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President Obama spoke Sunday night in Newtown, Conn.

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Attendees at a memorial service Sunday evening in Newtown waited for the event to begin.

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A family embraced at a memorial in Newtown to the victims.

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Kat Donohue of Newtown helped to decorate donated Christmas trees.

A woman walked away after leaving flowers near one of 27 wooden angel figures placed near the Sandy Hook School.

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A woman left flowers at 27 wooden angels near the Sandy Hook School.

Candles displaying the names of shooting victims sat at a memorial in Newtown.

Candles displayed the names of victims.

Mourners embraced at a memorial in front of the St. Rose of Lima Catholic church in Newtown Saturday.

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Mourners embraced at a memorial in Newtown.

A man stood near a makeshift memorial near the Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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A man stood at a memorial near the school.

A woman paid respects at a memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.

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A woman visited a memorial at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.

A teddy bear and flowers were in the cruiser of Newtown Police Officer Maryhelen McCarthy.

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A teddy bear and flowers were in a Newtown police car.

A young girl holding a teddy bear looked at the memorial outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.

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A young girl holding a teddy bear looked at a memorial.

A police officer took up a position behind the rectory of the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in response to a threatening call.

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A police officer was at the St. Rose church after a threatening call.

Victims of the shootings

A list of the names and ages of those killed in the massacre that left 28 people dead in Newtown, Conn.

49ers at Patriots | live updates

49ers move back on top

San Francisco watched New England score four touchdowns to tie the game, then scored one of their own.

68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope | Video

68 Blocks: Life, death, hope: Part 1 of 5

Dreams cut short, dreams reborn

It’s a neighborhood known for trouble, but Bowdoin-Geneva is much more than that. A Globe team spent months there, listening and asking why violence persists where love and loyalty also run so strong.

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Homicides and shootings in Bowdoin-Geneva

In the past 25 years, the neighborhood has consistently been more dangerous than Boston as a whole.

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68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope

A five-part Globe series on Boston’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.

Best of the New 2012

Best of the New: Diversions

Dining with a flash mob, where to go on Wednesdays, a youth orchestra’s sweet sounds, and a star kangaroo.

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Fishermen and politicians: A lost alliance

The collaboration that emptied the New England ocean over decades may now be the only way to bring fish back.

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Frank Ocean performed during the “All Tomorrow's People” festival in Manhattan.

The best albums of 2012

Workers cut into the pavement on a Boston street to fix a manhole cover. Castings are the cause of more rough rides in the city than potholes.

App shows jarring role of cast-metal covers in Boston

Kevin Cullen

Slaughter of the innocents

People brought flowers to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Saturday.

Stricter gun regulation may be tough sell

Without Zack Greinke, the Angels’ pitching staff is still suspect, and their bullpen remains questionable.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Off the field at least, LA teams big winners

‘Rust and Bone’ role helps actress find some answers

Frank Petz, managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle.

On the Hot Seat

Building up Boston’s apartment supply

Kenmore Progressive 31069 bagged upright

Product Reviews

A number of vacuums combine style with substance

The author in Jordan, one of the 35 countries she has visited.

Travel essay

How Boston prepared me to travel the world

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

Ideas

And 2012’s word of the year is...

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.

Young girl returns the gift of giving

Sports

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Vince Wilfork has played 80 percent of the Patriots’ defensive snaps this season, much to the chagrin of opponents such as Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Patriots’ Vince Wilfork making a huge impact

The nine-year veteran has been reaping the benefits of having teammates capable of commanding offenses’ attention and making big plays.

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SHOOTING IN CONNECTICUT

Candles were lit at Boston’s Old South Church in memory of the 27 victims who died in a Newtown, Conn., shooting Friday.

Grief over Conn. rampage reverberates through Mass.

Vigils and church services are being planned in the wake of the deadly mass shooting, including one at Old South Church late Sunday afternoon.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

49ers were a model of success for Robert Kraft

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie greeted President Obama in October after Hurricane Sandy.

joan vennochi

Is weight a factor in ‘fit for office’?

Yvonne Abraham

Lord Lantigua of Lawrence answers to no one

jeff jacoby

Beware the baby bust generation

joanna weiss

Required reading, or just misread?

Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa are on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.