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Thousands without power in Cambridge

Officials said the blackout is related to a transmission line and could take hours to fix.

Mayor Menino

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Mayor on the mend

This photo, taken today, is the first public image of Mayor Thomas M. Menino since he entered the hospital on Oct. 26.

UN recognizes Palestinian state over US objections

The United Nations voted to recognize a nonmember Palestinian state, a long-sought victory but also an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States.

Former state treasurer Timothy Cahill testified Thursday at Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.l

Cahill takes stand in his own defense

Former state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill defended himself against charges that he illegally used publicly funded lottery ads to boost his run for governor.

Friday Preview | Movie Review

‘Killing Them Softly’ cast stands out

A bleakly comic, brutally Darwinian gangland saga that at times comes close to being this year’s “Drive.”

Rajon Rondo confronted Kris Humphries after Humphries fouled Kevin Garnett during Wednesday night’s game.

Rajon Rondo suspended 2 games

Rondo, who said earlier Thursday that he didn’t think he “did anything dirty” in shoving the Nets’ Kris Humphries, will miss the Celtics’ next two games.

Mercury

NASA finds evidence of ice on Mercury

The planet closest to the sun has evidence of frozen water and molecules that are the building blocks of life, a team of scientists announced today.

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President Obama and Mitt Romney met over turkey chili and Southwest grilled chicken salad, and discussed America’s role in the world.

The scene outside of Boylston Street Station following a Green Line trolley collision.

Several injured after Green Line trolleys collide

A total of 35 people were taken to hospitals, including nine on stretchers, after two trolleys collided in the Boylston Street MBTA station.

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Join Jay Calderin of Boston Fashion Week and Christopher Muther, fashion reporter for the Boston Globe for a discussion and audience Q&A.

Globe exclusives

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

Old dogs, new ways to baby them
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
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

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Developer Steve Wynn appeared with Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. in Everett on Wednesday and toured the 37-acre parcel once occupied by Monsanto Chemical Co. that Wynn is considering as a site for a casino.

Wynn considers Everett casino bid
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo says he is not a target of the probation investigation. He counted John J. O’Brien, the indicted former probation commissioner, as a friend.

Lawmakers worry about probation case fallout

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Boston’s last, great unsolved mystery
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
President Obama and Mitt Romney will meet for the first time sinde the election.

Romney meeting Obama at White House
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

Sports

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Kevin Garnett, center, was at the heart of the fight between Rajon Rondo and Kris Humphries on Wednesday.

Kevin Garnett blasts Kris Humphries

The Celtics forward defended Rajon Rondo, who fought with Humphries on Wednesday, and said the Nets player is always trying to be a “tough guy.”

Metro

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Mary K. Gilmore of Rockland claimed a $1 million prize won in last night’s Powerball drawing.

Four $1 million Powerball winners in Massachusetts

A 49-year old Rockland women was one of four people who bought winning tickets in Massachusetts worth $1 million each.

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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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington

Boehner says Democrats need to propose spending cuts

The House speaker says Democrats haven’t recommended cuts to government programs as part of a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff.

Politics

Senator Warren B. Rudman doubted President Reagan’s fiscal policies.

Late N.H. senator’s words bear on fiscal fight

Nearly two years before former US senator Warren Rudman died, the Republican gave an interview that could help resolve the fiscal cliff.

Business

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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
The cover for the November 18 2012 issue

7 holiday styles that shine
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

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