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Ameristar drops Springfield casino effort

The company said it dropped the bid for a $910 million casino because it did not believe it could win a casino license for Springfield.

Former State Treasurer Tim Cahill took the stand in his own defense for the second day during his corruption trial.

Prosecution presses Cahill on ad coordination

Former Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill acknowledged that campaign staffers were in contact with the lottery’s ad firm.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/slider_greenline_moskowitz2.jpg Trolley operator focus of T crash probe

Officials say they have ruled out equipment failure as a cause of Thursday’s Green Line accident.

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Israel’s government has approved construction of 3,000 new housing units in the West Bank one day after UN recognition of Palestine.

Ronald Beloin cut a Christmas tree for a customer at Beloin Tree Farm in Columbia, N.H.

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Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week

A Christmas tree farm in New Hampshire, a blackout in Cambridge, a turtle gets extra special attention, and more of the week’s best images.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

Could boredom be curable?

An elusive human annoyance may finally be yielding its secrets.

Karl Rove controlled hundreds of millions of dollars in the election.

Joshua Green

Back in 2004, Karl Rove offered sage advice

As the GOP grapples with how to move forward, the Republican strategist’s example offers useful lessons about what his party did wrong — and what it can still do right.

In 2007, Matt Ryan led Boston College to the first of two straight ACC championship game appearances.

Bob Ryan | Exclusive Sunday Preview

College sports do matter in Boston

While BC’s football and basketball teams may be down now, it’s wrong to say there’s no interest in colleges, even in this pro sports town.

Homeowners are letting go of safe beige and trying gray-blues (and other colors) on their walls.

Exclusive Magazine preview | Your Home: The Guide

7 trends in wall treatments

Paints, papers, decals, and more can bring excitement to your rooms. Here are the freshest looks available.

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The 18th Amendment repealing Prohibition was ratified on December 5, 1933. During Prohibition, police were busy raiding speakeasies and arresting bootleggers and rum-runners.

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Congressman Ed Markey.

Mass. Dems oppose benefit cuts
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and her dog, Otis, greeted a voter in September. Otis was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring and died five days before the election.

Brian McGrory

Elizabeth Warren’s private agony
The Old South Church is auctioning a book of psalms from the 17th century. It could fetch $10 to $20 million.

Church torn over future of precious asset
Mayor Thomas M. Menino showed a card from Boston schoolchildren at a press availability today.

Menino eager to return to City Hall
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

Scot Lehigh

Filibuster reform could fix a dysfunctional Senate
Ric Ocasek (pictured at the House of Blues in May 2011) wrote lyrics that, like a lot of rock ’n’ roll songs written by men, are preoccupied with the opposite sex.

Book Review

‘Lyrics & Prose’ by Ric Ocasek

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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
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
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
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

Sports

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After going easy on his players earlier in the season, the gloves are off for Celtics coach Doc Rivers. “We’re getting mauled on the rebounds every night,” he said.

Doc Rivers sending message to Celtics

The coach’s decision to call his team “soft” was a deliberate tactic aimed at motivating players and establishing consistency.

Metro

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Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church fire.

Brewster church fire was intentionally set

The fire, which broke out early Friday morning, does not appear to be related to a string of recent arson fires in Southeastern Mass.

Columnists

Boston Capital

Suitors vie for Mass. hospitals
Karl Rove controlled hundreds of millions of dollars in the election.

Joshua Green

Back in 2004, Karl Rove offered sage advice

Lawrence Harmon

Business leaders not bullish on mayoral race
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and her dog, Otis, greeted a voter in September. Otis was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring and died five days before the election.

Brian McGrory

Elizabeth Warren’s private agony
The Celtics will miss Rajon Rondo for two games during his suspension.

Christopher L. Gasper

No apologies from defiant Rondo

Scot Lehigh

Filibuster reform could fix a dysfunctional Senate
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

Nation & World

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Hagel reportedly considered for Cabinet post

The appointment of Republican Chuck Hagel could affect Senator John Kerry’s chances of landing a similar post.

Politics

John Boehner

Boehner dismisses Obama offer on fiscal cliff

Republican House Speaker John Boehner dismissed the president’s offer on a fiscal cliff deal, saying talks have gone ‘‘almost nowhere.’’

Business

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Daniel Amos’s family founded Aflac, a Georgia insurer, in the 1950s. Even in the 1990s, it was not well known.

Thanks to the duck, buyers flock to Aflac

Heard of Aflac? Credit the animated duck the insurer uses as its mascot.

Arts

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art review

Detail of “Father and Child,” a 1964 lithograph by John Wilson.

John Wilson: clear and present

One of Boston’s most esteemed and accomplished artists gets a career retrospective.

Movies

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Friday Preview | Movie Review

Brad Pitt stars in the big-screen adaptation of George V. Higgins’s “Cogan’s Trade.”

‘Killing Them Softly’ cast stands out

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

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

“Will the proposed reforms render the Senate a more responsive, rational, and productive place?”

Scot Lehigh  on talk of filibuster reform

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 

“I want Democrats to act like Democrats.’’

US Representative James P. McGovern,  on the impending fiscal crisis