Lawmakers worry about probation case fallout

Prosecutors are focusing on House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo’s former top allies and hiring decisions that he may have influenced.

Mass. moves to save water sources

Officials will unveil a long-awaited plan that aims to prevent waterways from running dry but could translate into higher rates and more bans on lawn watering.

President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet for the first time sinde the election.

Romney to meet Obama at White House today

The meeting marks an olive branch from Obama to a former rival, and a potentially pivotal moment for Romney, who is contemplating life after politics.

Mayor Kevin White of Boston in 1968. White was mayor until 1984.

Kevin White’s FBI files released

The files provide new details about an FBI investigation into allegations of bid-rigging by the former Boston mayor’s administration in the 1970s.

Dempsey, a 14-year-old blond Labrador retriever, owned by Kevan and Sheila Cunningham, rests on his special bed.

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Old dogs, new ways to baby them

Our dogs are living longer thanks to veterinary advances, healthier food, and owners committed to their well-being.

Kay Olsen (left), 82, and Mary Holt, 88, shopped for groceries at Johnnie’s Foodmaster in Charlestown before it closed last week.

Whole Foods accents two halves of Charlestown

With the high-end symbol of yuppie America replacing Johnnie’s Foodmaster, has the neighborhood finally tipped to a point where the Townies are the minority?

After Kris Humphries fouled Kevin Garnett hard, Rajon Rondo gave Humphries a shove. The scrum continued, and spilled behind the basket.

Nets 95, Celtics 83

Rajon Rondo ejected as Nets defeat Celtics

Rondo may face a suspension because of the fracas, and his 37-game assist streak ended in the Celtics’ loss.

The iPod Touch and iPod Nano players are sleek, elegant reminders that a personal entertainment device doesn’t have to come with a monthly phone bill.

Tech Lab

Apple iPod is the fruitcake of devices

If you have an iPhone, you don’t need an iPod Touch, which makes the sleek device a great gift to give someone else.

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Globe exclusives

New York Yankees starting pitcher Roger Clemens in 2007. Clemens, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa showed up on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time Wednesday.

Christopher L. Gasper

A yes vote on Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens

Joan Vennochi

A road to peace for East Boston, Massport

Yvonne Abraham

Stealing hope

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The Compass Financial Stability and Savings Program has helped Meg Alcantara (left) of Lynn raise her credit score nearly 100 points and save $5,200 toward a down payment on her dream of purchasing a home of her own.

Program teaches working poor ways to save, build credit
A fire destroyed the Cocoanut Grove Night Club and killed hundreds on Nov. 28, 1942.

Opinion | The Podium

Cocoanut Grove fire — a survivor’s tale

special section

Boston’s last, great unsolved mystery

style

5 tips for your Instagram cocktail pics
Mayor Tom Menino is in his fifth term after being elected in 1993.

scot lehigh

End of the Menino era?
Suffolk University will build an eight-story complex on Somerset Street and create a public park.

Suffolk shifts core of campus downtown
Kevin McHale and his wife, Lynn, lost their daughter, Alexandra, to a battle with lupus.

Dan Shaughnessy

McHale dealing with saddest loss of all

High school football playoff results

Sports

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Nate Solder, right, has started all 11 games at left tackle, but Logan Mankins, left, has started six games at guard.

Patriots’ offensive line excels even through change

The year began with major questions about the line. But the Patriots’ line has remained unbroken even with a revolving cast of starters.

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The New England Compounding Center facility in Framingham is the focus of an inquiry into a fatal meningitis outbreak.

US judge allows access to lab in meningitis suit

It will be months before anyone knows whether the cases will be heard in Massachusetts.

Columnists

US Army female soldiers with the 2-17 Field Artillery Regiment listened to a briefing as they prepared to leave on a mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004.

juliette kayyem

Pentagon rules excluding women aren’t worth defending

Joan Vennochi

A road to peace for East Boston, Massport

edward l. glaeser

Severance pay for the unemployed
The iPod Touch and iPod Nano players are sleek, elegant reminders that a personal entertainment device doesn’t have to come with a monthly phone bill.

Tech Lab

Apple’s latest iPods offer entertaining new features

Yvonne Abraham

Stealing hope
Kevin McHale and his wife, Lynn, lost their daughter, Alexandra, to a battle with lupus.

Dan Shaughnessy

McHale dealing with saddest loss of all

jeff jacoby

A free market will help fix health care
Mayor Tom Menino is in his fifth term after being elected in 1993.

scot lehigh

End of the Menino era?

Brian McGrory

Our governor’s turmoil

Kevin Cullen

The long reach of injustice
Larry Hagman, who died last week, played J.R. Ewing with a glint in his eye.

Joanna Weiss

America’s fantasy villain
BC football is looking for a new coach after a 2-10 season that resulted in the firing of Frank Spaziani.

Christopher L. Gasper

If BC finds the right coach, don’t get too attached

Nation & World

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The garment factory where 112 people died last weekend was used by a host of major retailers, a reporter found.

Walmart, Disney clothes found in deadly fire’s remains

The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire over the weekend was used by a host of major US and European retailers.

Politics

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After sit-down with Rice, Collins voices some reservation

Senator Susan Collins of Maine said she couldn’t back the nomination of Susan Rice until more questions are answered about the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya.

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Sandra Fenwick is currently COO.

Boston Children’s Hospital names next CEO

Children’s Hospital trustees appointed Sandra L. Fenwick, the current president and chief operating officer, as the institution’s next chief executive.

Arts

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Stage Review

Georgia Lyman plays a performance artist who enrages a politician and then attempts to kidnap his dog, with an odd result.

Art, politics, and canine behavior in Lee Blessing’s ‘Chesapeake’

Especially in campaign season, culture and politics invariably make for a volatile combination. That fact informs but does not define this solo play now at New Repertory Theatre.

Style

Maryjane Fahey (left) and Caryn Beth Rosenthal see their book as an empowerment bible.

They see the bright side of getting ‘Dumped’

Maryjane Fahey and Caryn Beth Rosenthal put breakup breakthroughs in a self-help book.

Magazine

The cover for the November 25 2012 issue

Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter
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7 holiday styles that shine
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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

Opinion

“The Pentagon should have rules that reflect the society it defends — a society that has already abandoned gender discrimination as public policy.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“To its fans in the plastics industry, and there are many, the supermarket shopping bag—or ‘T-shirt bag,’ as it’s known in the business—is a triumph of cost-effective engineering.”

Leon Neyfakh 

“People feel robbed. Not only for the supermarket, but this piece of the neighborhood, which was also the main meeting spot for the community.”

Bob Powers,  a local historian on Whole Foods replacing Johnnie’s Foodmaster in Charlestown