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Obama makes offer to Boehner on ‘fiscal cliff’

President Obama softened his demands as part of accelerating negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner on avoiding automatic tax increases and spending cuts, according to reports.

Dwayne Moore is convicted in Mattapan killings

After his first trial ended in a mistrial, Moore was found guilty 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

Searching for justice, finding no peace

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

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68 Blocks: Life, Death, Hope

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

Patrick to renew push for tougher gun laws

Governor Patrick would like to ban buyers from purchasing more than one gun a month.

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.

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Items left by mourners were at a memorial in Newtown.

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Frank Kulick adjusted a display representing the victims on his front lawn in Newtown.

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Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy arrived for a media briefing in Hartford.

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

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

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Mourners hugged outside of Pinto's funeral.

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

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The hearse for Pozner was parked outside a funeral home.

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A makeshift shrine was dedicated to the victims.

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

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

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

Connecticut school shootings

First two Newtown victims laid to rest

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

Newtown man recalls finding 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.

opinion | joanna weiss

Common ground on guns

In the wake of Newtown, a big question is whether gun owners can change — something that would require a different rhetoric, and a different culture.

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A commuter gladly accepted an orange from a member of Samaritans at Back Bay station earlier this month.

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Samaritans help Boston put on a happy face

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

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Suicide by homicide: Taking mental illness seriously

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

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Wendy Stone, a pilates instructor in Walpole, has been doing a juice cleanse once a month since August.

Health

Juice ‘cleansing’ is going mainstream

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

The best albums of 2012

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

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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.

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Michaela Alston-Reed, 7, celebrated at Christmas in the City in Boston.

Gift of holiday cheer for homeless children

More than 4,000 children from homeless shelters across the city flooded into the 24th annual Christmas in the City “Winter Wonderland.”

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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

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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