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States targeting drug makers

Regulators are moving to strengthen oversight of compounding pharmacies like the one in Framingham blamed for a deadly meningitis outbreak.

Demand for food rising in Mass., but donations fall

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving individuals and families are lining up for meals in record numbers, even as donations have declined.

Downtown Crossing scoured for pests, sanitation problems

This holiday shopping season, Boston officials hope to shoo away three groups of bargain hunters: rodents, pigeons, and cockroaches.

Air fare for travel on Thanksgiving up in Boston, US

In Boston, the average domestic Thanksgiving week fare this year is $481 round trip, up 3 percent from last year.

A rocket launched by Palestinian militants (left) headed toward Israel on Thursday and a Gaza site exploded from an Israeli airstrike as Israel and Hamas ignored calls for restraint and escalated their lethal conflict. Israel mobilized tanks and authorized a military call-up in signs that an invasion is possible.

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Tensions mount along Gaza border

Israel and Hamas brushed aside international calls for restraint on Thursday and escalated their lethal conflict over Gaza.

Murray adds to the buzz over 2014 governor’s race

Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray said he is taking a serious look at the next governor’s race.

Election flops may not stem from super PACs’ cash

Despite the failure of some Republican-oriented super PACs, the amount of contributions to such committees could increase for the ’14 elections.

Brian McGrory

Perpetual politics in Mass.

Get ready for two solid years of nonstop bickering, ominous commercials, over-programmed candidates, and dinnertime robo-calls.

Mitt Romney ‘gifts’ remark raises ire within GOP

After stumping hard for Romney in the presidential campaign, several Republican rising stars are now berating him as divisive and potentially damaging to the party.

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The Patriots in the 1970s

In 1971, the team officially became the New England Patriots (formerly the Boston Patriots) and found a new home in Foxborough.

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Scot Lehigh

Enough supply-side silliness

Sports media

Nantz looks forward to calling Brady-Luck showdown

Works installed on “AIDS Wallpaper” (1989) by General Idea.

Art Review

The art of the ’80s at the ICA

An-My Lê’s “ Carrier Arresting Gear Mechanic, USS Ronald Reagan, North Arabian Gulf.”

Photography Review

‘Provisional Aesthetics, Rehearsing History’

October 3, 1976: Fullback Sam “Bam” Cunningham and wide receiver Daryl Stingley laugh with running back Andy Johnson as they celebrate a Patriot thrashing of the Oakland Raiders 48-17. “No one has ever done this to one of my teams,” said Raider coach John Madden after Oakland was pushed all over the field to the delight of a sellout crowd of 61,068. Cunningham rushed for 101 yards and caught passes for 94 more. Stingley caught two touchdown passes and rushed for 48 yards on two reverses.

The Patriots in the 1970s

Don’t flame Guy Fieri, local restaurateurs say

Jude Law and Keira Knightley in “Anna Karenina.”

Friday Preview | Movie Review

An adaptation of a Tolstoy classic

The plan accepted by Cardinal Sean O’Malley is designed to help parishes make better use of scarce resources.

O’Malley OK’s reorganization plan

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke to reporters on behalf of Mitt Romney in the spin room after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012.

Mitt Romney ‘gifts’ remark raises ire within GOP

President Obama warned congressional Republicans he was ready to fight for his selection for secretary of state.

Obama rips critics of UN ambassador

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas

Shutdown spurs hunt for medication sources

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Nets 102, Celtics 97

Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 22 points in Thursday night’s loss to the Nets.

Without Rondo, Celtics lose to Nets

The Celtics improvised with a point guard by committee in a 102-97 loss to the Nets as Rajon Rondo (right ankle sprain) watched from the bench.

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In Sandy’s wake, at least five storm-tossed lapwings have been spotted in Massachusetts.

Sandy brings storm-tossed birds to far-flung locales

Swept up by Hurricane Sandy, migratory birds were cast out to sea and carried across the Atlantic before a lucky few landed, against long odds, on the East Coast.

Politics

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Obama tours N.Y., vows to help region rebuild from storm

President Obama took a helicopter tour above flood-ravaged and burned-out sections of Queens and Staten Island and met with victims and emergency workers.