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FBI investigation of Petraeus began with e-mail complaint

The investigation that led to CIA director David H. Petraeus’s resignation began with a complaint about ‘‘harassing’’ e-mails sent by Paula Broadwell to a third person.

President Obama wins Florida

Florida officials said Obama won the state by about 74,000 votes, bringing the president’s electoral vote count to 332.

Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson threw under pressure from Boston College's Kasim Edebali on Saturday.

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Notre Dame 21, BC 6

Notre Dame defeats Boston College, stays unbeaten

Everett Golson ran for a touchdown and threw for two more Saturday to help No. 4 Notre Dame beat BC, 21-6.

Photographer Gregory Crewdson (at his home near Great Barrington) is the subject of a new documentary.

Documentary captures photographer Gregory Crewdson

Every artist must endure certain vicissitudes: they come with the job description. But few artists cycle to such an extreme degree as photographer Crewdson.

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From left: Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, and Ronnie Wood in “Crossfire Hurricane.”

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The Stones at 50, still satisfying

In the absence of a proper tour, Rolling Stones fans can stroll down memory lane and take a peek into the future with a trio of new/old offerings from the band.

Keira Knightley stars as Anna in the film

Keira Knightley talks ‘Anna’ and imperfections

It’s considered one of the greatest roles that an actress can play, a tragic heroine cut from the same transcendent cloth as Hedda Gabler and Madame Bovary.

A late-19th-century painted wood and metal circus wagon wheel.

New York exhibit captures historical life of circus

Public life, we are told, increasingly resembles a circus. The same is certainly true of the art world. What could be more apposite, then, than a show about the circus and its place in the life of this country’s biggest metropolis?

Jason Aldean recently stopped by Fenway Park to announce a pair of concerts he’ll be playing there next summer.

Country finds a home in Boston

It’s been a boom time for country music in the city.

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How does a performance get from rehearsal to the concert hall? Join us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the music happens.

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Massachusetts laws prevent supervisors from sharing in tips pools.

Court: Starbucks owes more than $14m to Mass. baristas
There is debate on campus and in the wider community about slaughtering Green Mountain College oxen Bill and Lou, left.

Editorial

Doomed oxen: A lesson in sustainability
The Republican candidate Mitt Romney delivers his concession speech.

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Why Mitt Romney lost
Rosie Flores is touring behind her new album, “Working Girl’s Guitar,’’ and singing the praises of one of her idols, Janis Martin, an unsung hero of early rock ’n’ roll.

Rosie Flores honors a rockabilly foremother

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Things to do during a New England winter
Elizabeth Warren said she needed to be more discreet on issues now that she is preparing to become a US senator.

Elizabeth Warren holds back with reporters

Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and Governor Deval Patrick held a press conference at the State House Thursday.

Brian McGrory

Elizabeth Warren a woman of few words
Tierney volunteers, from left, Mary Condon of Danvers, Marjie Crosby of Lynn and Rachel Tose of Lynn fell asleep at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem while waiting for results in the Sixth Congressional District race between Representative John F. Tierney and GOP challenger Richard Tisei.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Nov. 9, 2012

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How a photo of a Dracut baby went viral
Medical marijuana that was packaged for sale in 1-gram packages at a facility in Seattle. Massachusetts is grappling with implementing its own law.

Medical marijuana law will challenge overseers
Boston Scientific is moving 800 employees to Marlborough, where it already has operations, and developing its headquarters there.

Marlborough lands new Boston Scientific headquarters
Melissa Shook’s “Dover, the Orange Line, Washington Street.”

Photography review

‘An Elevated View: The Orange Line,’ at the BPL

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Celtics 96, Bucks 92

Paul Pierce, right, shot over Milwaukee’s Monta Ellis on Saturday night.

Pierce, Garnett lead Celtics past Bucks

Paul Pierce scored 25 points and Kevin Garnett added 18 as the Celtics rallied for a 96-92 win Saturday night.

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JOSEPH D. EARLY

Joseph Early, tireless advocate for House district, dies at 79

The Worcester Democrat served in the US House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993.

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“Our job now is to get a majority in Congress to reflect the will of the American people.” - President Obama

Obama seeks end to ‘dysfunction’

The president used his first formal appearance since reelection to call on Congress to immediately make tax cuts permanent for the middle class.

Columnists

Spacer cable consists of three small wires protected by a larger one, all separated by insulated spacers.

opinion | Lawrence Harmon

A world of wires

Renée Loth

Money, fuzzy math plague voting system
Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the interstate highway system in 1956.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Obama’s Eisenhower moment

Boston Capital

Financial industry’s risky election wager
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film

Carlo Rotella

The uneasy censor
Supporters of Washington state’s gay marriage law celebrate it passing Tuesday.

Joshua Green

Voters start a liberal landslide
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and Governor Deval Patrick held a press conference at the State House Thursday.

Brian McGrory

Elizabeth Warren a woman of few words

Scot Lehigh

The GOP’s election-denial disorder

Christopher L. Gasper

Aqib Talib worth the gamble for Patriots

Juliette Kayyem

Obama has a mandate — immigration reform

joan vennochi

How Brown lost support from women

Yvonne Abraham

Expensive lessons of 2012

Nation & World

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BBC Director General George Entwistle resigned Saturday, just two months into the job.

BBC chief quits after saying TV report was wrong

George Entwistle, BBC Director General, said it was the “honorable thing” to resign after a show wrongly implicated a politician in a child sex-abuse scandal.

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Massachusetts laws prevent supervisors from sharing in tips pools.

Court: Starbucks owes more than $14m to Mass. baristas

Starbucks baristas had challenged the Seattle coffee chain’s practice of requiring them to share tips with shift supervisors.

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Graduate student Jonas Naham, here riding a rented Hubway bike along Massachusetts Avenue, doesn’t own a helmet. “If I had one, it wouldn’t be where my bike was,’’ he says.

Boston goes aggressively after helmetless bicyclists

Pro-helmet forces have launched initiatives meant to encourage cyclists to don headgear. The question is whether cyclists will be convinced to change their ways.

“People are just sort of sitting on their hands, and that has implications for the economy.”

Raymond G. Torto,  economist

Magazine

The cover for the November 4 2012 issue

How to be a New England vegetarian in winter
The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel
The cover for the October 14 2012 issue

How grocery shopping got personal

Opinion

“If, as the US Supreme Court has ruled, money equals speech, then the 2012 campaign broke the sound barrier.”

Renée Loth 

Ideas

“This growly and pugnacious Canada bears little resemblance to the nation of unobtrusive peacekeepers that Americans have known. And the change in tone has been nothing if not deliberate.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the new Canadian nationalism