Menino, Walsh discuss transition
Mayor-elect Martin Walsh met with Mayor Thomas Menino in the mayor’s City Hall office.

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Mayor-elect Martin Walsh promised to help Mayor Menino negotiate a contract with the city’s police union if the City Council votes it down.

Vice President Joe Biden called the cellphone of a former aide to US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who happens to share the same name as Boston’s mayor-elect.

Biden congratulates the wrong Martin Walsh

Vice President Joseph Biden called the cellphone of a former aide to US Senator Edward Kennedy, who happens to share the same name as the mayor-elect.

Kevin Cullen

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When Marty Walsh meets Cape Verdean kids, he sees kids no different than him and his brother.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/casino150-7095.jpg After defeat, Suffolk Downs to explore Revere-only casino

It is unclear whether Suffolk Downs can create a viable plan before final proposals are due on Dec. 31.

Lawrence mayor-elect Daniel Rivera held a press conference in front of Lawrence City Hall on Wednesday.

Rivera urges Lantigua not to demand recount

Daniel Rivera, who finished Tuesday’s race 60 votes ahead of Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua, said Lantigua had not called him to concede.

The two Miami Dolphins linemen at the center of the bullying controversy: Richie Incognito (left) and Jonathan Martin.(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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ON FOOTBALL

Incognito-Martin case may not be as simple as it appears

The Dolphins “bullying” controversy may not be a clear-cut case of victim and villain.

A judge ordered prosecutors to be more specific about perjury case against Shayanna Jenkins.

Judge seeks details in perjury case

A judge ordered prosecutors to be more specific about the perjury case against Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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Martin Walsh’s personal qualities were a key to his victory, and they may be put to the test after he moves into the mayor’s office.

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Mayoral race results
The winners in Tuesday’s election. (Top row, left to right) At-large councilors: Ayanna Pressley; Michelle Wu; Michael Flaherty; Stephen J. Murphy. (Middle row, left to right) District 1: Salvatore LaMattina; District 2: Bill Linehan; District 4: Charles Yancey; District 5: Timothy McCarthy. (Bottom row, left to right) District 6: Matt O’Malley; District 7: Tito Jackson; District 8: Josh Zakim; District 9: Mark Ciommo. NOTE: Frank Baker ran unopposed in District 3

Women top ticket in race for at-large council
Prosecutors say Dorchester’s Yongda Huang Harris was essentially traveling with items in a rape and murder kit.

Behavior brings worry but no grounds for jail

Shirley Leung

Boston after Menino: losers and winners
Martin J. Walsh celebrated with supporters at his victory party at the Park Plaza Hotel.

Battles with adversity struck a chord
Martin J. Walsh paid a visit to 101-year-old supporter Josephine Worrell on Tuesday.

ANALYSIS

Union ties only part of picture
A 100-day aged rib eye at Grill 23 & Bar.

DINING OUT

Grill 23 & Bar is tried and true
Brandon Sheard with a freshly slaughtered pig at Farmstead Meatsmith on Vashon Island, Wash.

Road trip explores ground-level food making
Chicken sausage with cranberry relish and a chili dog at Snappy Dogs.

Snappy Dogs in Hopkinton worth the drive
Kimchi dumplings (above) are a staple at Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room.

Cheap Eats

Chen makes room for her dumplings
Willie Soon’s work is funded by energy industry grants.

Broken City

Researcher helps sow climate-change doubt
Gerry Elovitz, a.k.a. Jerry Ellis, brought his sense of humor to marketing Building #19, but the odds-and-ends inventory made it difficult to transition to the digital era.

The fun runs out at Building #19

Sports

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On Football | Midweek Report

Tom Brady had perfect precision and made savvy veteran decisions against the Steelers.

Patriots shouldn’t get too confident after beating Steelers

This was hardly the Steelers team we’ve seen dominate the AFC for much of the last four decades.

World Series

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The Red Sox clinched a World Series title in Fenway Park for the first time since 1918.

Red Sox fixed what was broken in a magical season

Even in the year 2101, fans in Boston will look back fondly on what the Red Sox did for the franchise and the city this year.

Metro

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After surgery, new home for neglected dog

Petunia underwent operations to remove tumors and her blinded eyes. A staff member at the shelter who aided Petunia has adopted her.

Politics

New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, exited a polling station after casting his vote in Mendham Township on Tuesday.

Christie reelected in N.J.; McAuliffe takes Va.

Republican Governor Chris Christie cruised to reelection, while Democrat Terry McAuliffe narrowly won the Virginia governor’s race.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

We are our parents’ children

JEFF JACOBY

The bitter pill of failed state tax incentives

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walsh shows he’s more than just the ‘labor guy’

Adrian Walker

It’s the dawn of a new day

Shirley Leung

Boston after Menino: losers and winners

Farah Stockman

Lessons from the Menino era
Julian Edelman (left) and Danny Amendola took flight to celebrate Amendola’s 34-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots are starting to put it together

Kevin Cullen

Laboring under a cloud

Adrian Walker

A mayoral race that won’t quit

JEFF JACOBY

Obama’s bogus claims pile up

JOAN VENNOCHI

Rosy speech at Faneuil Hall isn’t enough

Yvonne Abraham

Making the most of missteps

Nation & World

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Speaking to a Senate panel, top health official Kathleen Sebelius conceded ‘‘we’re not there yet’’ in making all the needed repairs.

Health care website needed hundreds of fixes, Sebelius says

Speaking to a Senate panel, top health official Kathleen Sebelius conceded ‘‘we’re not there yet’’ in making all the needed repairs.

Business

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The closures announced will affect about 300 Blockbuster locations scattered across the country.

Remaining Blockbuster stores in US to close

The closures announced will affect about 300 retail locations scattered across the country.

Arts

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Book Review

Gene Kerrigan.

‘Dark Times in the City’ by Gene Kerrigan

Kerrigan gives us a Dublin we never knew in sharp clear prose and neatly bounded dramatic scenes of Irish cops and robbers.

Food & dining

travel

Fresh chiles in Albuquerque

Chile spice of life in New Mexico

Green chiles, which turn red when ripe, are the foundation of the southwestern state’s spicy cuisine.

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Though we now associate Salem with witch trials, Halloween, and the Peabody Essex Museum, these photographs depict life in a small city.

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Magazine

The cover for the November 3 2013 issue

Top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts
The cover for the October 27 2013 issue

A First Period home gets a second life
The cover for the October 20 2013 issue

David Keith hopes we don’t have to use his ideas to reverse global warming
The cover for the October 13 2013 issue

Why is it so hard to find a doctor?

Ideas

“A 2011 report from the World Health Organization estimated that Russians were drinking an average of about 4 gallons of pure alcohol per year — about 70 percent more than their American counterparts.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on alcoholism in Russia