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Dwayne Moore found guilty in Mattapan killings

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After his first trial ended in a mistrial, Moore was convicted today of gunning down four people, including a 2-year-old cradled in his mother’s arms, on a Mattapan street.

Ex-chemist in lab scandal indicted on 27 counts

Annie Dookhan is charged with obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, perjury, and other charges in connection with the drug testing scandal.

68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope | Part 2

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With summer approaching, the rhythm quickens in Bowdoin-Geneva.

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

Connecticut school shootings

First two Newtown victims laid to rest

Funeral services were held today for six-year-olds Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner.

Veronique Pozner (right), mother of shooting victim Noah Pozner, walked to his gravesite for his burial in Monroe, Conn.

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Veronique Pozner (right), mother of shooting victim Noah Pozner, walked to his gravesite for his burial in Monroe, Conn.

Mourners hugged outside of Honan Funeral Home on Newtown, Conn., during the funeral for six-year-old Jack Pinto.

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Mourners hugged outside of Honan Funeral Home in Newtown, Conn., during the funeral for six-year-old Jack Pinto.

Pinto was one of the 20 children killed in the school shootings on Friday.

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Pinto was one of the 20 children killed in the school shootings on Friday.

Mourners hugged outside of Pinto's funeral.

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Mourners hugged outside of Pinto's funeral.

Mourners arrived for the funeral services of six year-old Noah Pozner in Fairfield, Conn., on Monday.

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Mourners arrived for the funeral services of six-year-old Noah Pozner in Fairfield, Conn., on Monday.

The hearse for Pozner was parked outside a funeral home. The funeral was one of two to take place on Monday.

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The hearse for Pozner was parked outside a funeral home.

A makeshift shrine was dedicated to the victims.

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A makeshift shrine was dedicated to the victims.

A woman placed stuffed animals at a memorial for the victims in Newtown, Conn.

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A woman placed stuffed animals at a memorial for the victims in Newtown, Conn.

A sign among stuffed animals called for prayers near the Newtown Village Cemetery.

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A sign among stuffed animals called for prayers near the Newtown Village Cemetery.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange held a moment of silence before trading began on Monday.

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Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange held a moment of silence before trading began on Monday.

Patrick to renew push for tougher gun laws

One of the regulations Governor Patrick would like to see is forbidding buyers from purchasing more than one gun a month.

Gene Rosen gestured as he spoke during an interview on Monday.

Newtown man recalls finding young survivors in his driveway

Gene Rosen had just finished feeding his cats when he saw six small children sitting in a neat semicircle on his property near Sandy Hook Elementary.

Adam Lanza is accused of killing 26 people, including 20 children, at an elementary schoool in Connecticut before taking his own life.

Opinion | The Podium

Suicide by homicide: Taking mental illness seriously

Dr. Nassir Ghaemi of Tufts Medical Center urges states to force outpatient treatment for mental illness.

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Boston Globe Insiders are invited to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum for after hours, and select participants will get to attend a concert.

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President Obama greeted Governor Dannel Malloy of Connecticut at the start of an interfaith vigil for victims.

Shooting in Connecticut

Obama vows urgent try to stem violence
Wendy Stone, a pilates instructor in Walpole, has been doing a juice cleanse once a month since August.

G Cover

Juice ‘cleansing’ is going mainstream
Frank Ocean performed during the “All Tomorrow's People” festival in Manhattan.

The best albums of 2012

How to donate to Globe Santa
Mary Beth Fisher and Jefferson Mays as Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell in “Dear Elizabeth” at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Stage Review

In ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ poets forge bond beyond words

Music

Harvard Square ready to rock with opening of Sinclair
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

Sports

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Jose Iglesias’s future in Boston is uncertain.

Jose Iglesias’ future with Red Sox now shaky

With Stephen Drew on the team and prospect Xander Boegarts so highly touted, Iglesias may not be very high on the Red Sox’ shortstop depth chart.

Metro

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Rafael Caban

Children of working poor caught in pinch of recession

The economic downturn has fallen particularly hard on low-income households, forcing teens to trade school for work and put their futures at risk.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

A judge’s plea for justice
A teacher at a UNICEF-run school for Syrian refugees rang a bell in October at Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan

juliette kayyem

The nimble king
Andy Palmer’s Koa Labs has space for about 20 entrepreneur.

Innovation Economy

Investment shop senses it’s time for a big play
Tom Brady looks to see if the line judge is signaling touchdown after his run gave the Patriots first and goal inside the 1 in the fourth quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Despite loss, Tom Brady was at his best
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.

Bob Ryan

I’m not voting for Bonds, Clemens, or Sosa

Christopher L. Gasper

49ers were a model of success for Robert Kraft

Kevin Cullen

Slaughter of the innocents
Zynga Boston created lucrative games that interfaced with Facebook.

Innovation Economy

Local video game industry shrinks in 2012

Nation & World

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US House Speaker John Boehner walked to his office in the US Capitol after meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday.

Movement seen in fiscal cliff talks

President Obama and House Speaker Boehner met at on Monday in hopes of continuing to make progress on a deal.

Politics

Senator John Kerry, seen in Vietnam in 1995. Kerry is credited with helping thaw relations with the Communist nation.

John Kerry seen as well trained for world stage

The senator will have decades of international experience to draw on if he becomes the next secretary of state.

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Nancy Brennan

Head of Greenway conservancy to step down

Nancy Brennan is leaving after eight years in charge of the downtown Boston park system to take a job at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.

Arts

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Book Review

“Selected Letters of William Styron” provides insights into a man (above) subject to “legendary short-lived rages.”

‘Selected Letters of William Styron’ edited by Rose Styron

The William Styron letters display an author of extremes — from kindness to cruelty.

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

Doctors should discuss smoking risks with tweens, teens

A government task force recommended that doctors discuss the dangers of smoking with all patients ages 10 to 17.

Magazine

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Best of the New: Diversions
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The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?
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5 inspired rooms
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Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter

Opinion

“The world economy is not a zero-sum game, in which Asia’s rise requires the decline of the West.”

James Carroll 

Ideas

“The big emerging democracies have not only failed to step up as global advocates of democratization but have, in many cases, moved in the other direction, propping up some of the world’s most authoritarian governments.”

Joshua Kurlantzick on new democracies 

“No single law, no set of laws can eliminate evil from the world or prevent every senseless act of violence in our society, but that can’t be an excuse for inaction.”

President Obama