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Militants fire on Jerusalem as attacks escalate

Amid Hamas’s first-ever attempted attack on the holy city, Israel amassed troops to prepare for a possible ground assault.

Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Two people are believed to be missing after an oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana.

Petraeus believed terrorists were behind Libya attack

The former CIA chief testified behind closed doors that he thought all along the Sept. 11 assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi was a terrorist attack.

Twinkies are one of Hostess’s popular products.

Hostess to close, sell brands

Citing a worker strike, the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread is closing plants, laying off its 18,500 workers, and putting its brands up for sale.

A health code blitz in Downtown Crossing

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

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Boston officials looks for code violations

A team of officials inspected Downtown Crossing alleys and buildings.

90+ Cellars “Holiday Essentials” six-bottle selection, $60 at Pioppi’s, 183 Court Street, 508-746-1943, pioppis.com.

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2012 holiday gift guide

Choose your destination — Brookline, Plymouth, or Harvard Square — and find something for everyone on your list.

“Betrayal” at the Huntington Theatre Company is a subterfuge that will collapse with one wrong move, charged with an undercurrent of questions about who knew what and when.

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‘Betrayal’ a story of infidelity, told backward

The play employs reverse chronology to delineate the unspooling of a seven-year affair between a married woman and her husband’s best friend.

Brian McGrory

Perpetual politics in Mass.

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

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/totalpats08c%20116-6938967-813--90x90.jpg 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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Nadine Wilkerson was at the Salvation Army looking for food assistance.

Demand for food rising in Mass., but donations fall
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, contributed more than $53 million for the election, mostly to super PACs. He reportedly will keep up donations.

Election flops may not stem super PACs’ cash
Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray (right) at a State House ceremony on Sept. 11.

Murray adds to the buzz over 2014 governor’s race
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
Thousands of travelers were delayed Thursday by another computer problem at United Airlines — its third major outage this year.

Air fare for travel on Thanksgiving up in Boston, US

Scot Lehigh

Enough supply-side silliness
Tom Brady and the Patriots will host the Colts on Sunday.

Sports media

Jim Nantz’s arrival signals big game for Patriots
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.”

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An adaptation of a Tolstoy classic

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Cornerback Aqib Talib was acquired from the Buccaneers in a Nov. 1 trade but wasn’t able to join the team until Monday after his NFL suspension for performance-enhancing substances ended.

Aqib Talib says he’s just here to help

The new Patriots cornerback, back from suspension, opted not to talk about his checkered past and said he only wants to focus on football.

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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

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley approved a reorganization that will group the 288 parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston into about 135 clusters.

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 boroughs and met victims and emergency workers.

Columnists

Senator-elect Ted Cruz will be involved with Republican grassroots operations.

Joshua Green

Latino voters need more than a sombrero on an elephant

Boston Capital

Kathleen Gaffney finds new home at Eaton Vance

Joan Wickersham

If I Ran the Zoo

Brian McGrory

Perpetual politics in Mass.

Scot Lehigh

Enough supply-side silliness
Undocumented people filled out applications in Chicago in August for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Opinion: Juliette Kayyem

The GOP’s ‘Hispanic problem’

joan vennochi

John Kerry should be secretary of state

edward l. glaeser

Help New York rebuild, but fix FEMA, too

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas
Samsung’s Galaxy Note II recognizes notes that are handwritten on its screen via a built-in stylus, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system.

Tech Lab

New phones turn the tables on Apple

jeff jacoby

Gay marriage should be at the ballot box

Christopher L. Gasper

Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera should be AL MVP

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Fireboat crews battled the blazing remnants of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which exploded in 2010.

BP to plead guilty, pay $4.5b in Deepwater Horizons settlement

BP said Thursday it would pay $4.5 billion in fines and plead guilty to 14 criminal charges.

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Developers plan three new buildings for Pier 4, including an apartment tower as well as two other large buildings that will contain a mix of stores, hotel rooms, and offices.

Pier 4 makeover set to begin with 369-unit apartment tower

Construction will mark a remake of one of the last prime pieces of the South Boston Waterfront.

Arts

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A Guerrilla Girls poster from the era.

Curating a decade

Curator Helen Molesworth says the new ICA exhibition is not the final word on the ’80s, just her take.

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Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper costar in “Silver Linings Playbook.”

Cooper vulnerable in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

Cooper plays a mental patient, hung up on his estranged wife, and spending time with an equally unstable woman.

“[Republican Karl Rove’s super PACs] were completely, utterly, and disastrously ineffective,” Tyler said

Rick Tyler 

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The cover for the November 11 2012 issue

Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians
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

Opinion

“If Republicans are serious about their soul-searching, they’ll recognize this: It’s time for a change in the GOP’s economic doctrine.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“At its core, the presidency is about managing information—facing the endless data stream that is the United States government and transforming it into one high-stakes decision after another.”

Leon Neyfakh on the advice-wrangler in chief