Martin Walsh basks in glow after election victory

A day after squeezing out a narrow victory over John R. Connolly, mayor-elect Martin J. Walsh held a news conference on Boston Common.

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A tired but triumphant Walsh, fresh off his victorious campaign for mayor, was greeted with applause at stops across the city.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Copy%20of%20abrahamy_20131024.jpg Now to keep Boston voters’ faith

What is most remarkable about what Marty Walsh pulled off Tuesday isn’t the fact that he won City Hall, but where he won it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/07mckennas01.jpg At Savin Hill cafe, mayor-elect finds home away from home

McKenna’s has been a refuge from the political grind for Martin Walsh, but the breakfast spot has also served as a political base.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/06Walsh07.jpg Eyes turn anew to Martin Walsh’s longtime partner

Lorrie Higgins, Walsh’s girlfriend for the past eight years, has been supportive of the mayor-elect’s political career.

Tech sector throws lunchtime dance party

Lunch Beat Boston — a noontime rave franchise that started in Stockholm — turned District Hall in the Seaport into a club Wednesday.

The Suffolk Downs casino proposal required votes in East Boston and Revere because about 52 acres of the property are in Revere. It is unclear if track officials could come up with a Revere-only plan in time to meet a Dec. 31 state deadline.

Gaming panel chief skeptical of Revere plan

Building a casino on Suffolk Downs’s 52 acres in Revere would “be complicated, at best,” Stephen Crosby said, a day after East Boston voters shot down a casino proposal.

Tech lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Bray_90-9209.jpg The e-book choice — rent, borrow, or buy?

E-books already hold 30 percent of the US book market. But they will do even better as companies give us more ways to read them.

Interim school head tempers Boston facilities plan

Interim Superintendent John McDonough backed away Wednesday night from several recommendations to a facilities plan that would relocate some schools and expand others.

George Strait was named Entertainer of the Year.

Old and new balance at country music awards

Country music embraced the new and honored its elders during the 47th Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday night.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3139.png Boston finally gets an open election

Massachusetts voters love incumbents, especially Democratic ones, so Boston’s mayoral election was a breath of fresh air.

Nation & World

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Mayor Rob Ford gave a tour of his office during “Take Your Kids to Work Day” at City Hall.

Toronto mayor rejects latest call to step aside

The embattled Rob Ford rejected the advice of city council allies to take a temporary leave of absence, returning to work a day after acknowledging he had smoked crack.

Business

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Inside Novartis AG’s global research headquarters in Cambridge. The company has been expanding its network of research labs.

Novartis to add 175 jobs in Cambridge, cut elsewhere

The jobs at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research will include some new hires along with moving some positions from England and Calif.

Arts

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Movie Review

Chris Hemsworth as the Marvel superhero Thor in the sequel “The Dark World.”

In ‘Thor,’ the swinging hammer misses

The latest attempt by Marvel Comics and parent company Disney to colonize all of popular culture, “Thor: The Dark World” is a poorly plotted extravaganza.

Style

Jackie Kennedy’s correspondence to Bergdorf Goodman’s Marita O’Connor, who acted as the first lady’s personal shopper, will be auctioned off on Nov. 23 in Amesbury.

Jackie Kennedy’s fashion history goes on auction

Kennedy’s meticulous approach to fashion is revealed in 17 letters that will be auctioned in Amesbury as part of a three-day auction of Kennedy possessions.