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Lawrence’s Mayor Lantigua seeks ballot recount

Only 57 votes separate William Lantigua from his challenger, who has claimed victory and urged the mayor to concede the race.

Up to 10,000 feared dead in wake of typhoon

Local officials on hardest-hit Leyte Island saying that there may be 10,000 dead in Tacloban alone.

MBTA expects to resume Red Line Ashmont service Monday

A 56-hour bridge replacement project was running on schedule today, the MBTA said.

Relatives want say at ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s sentencing

Even though Bulger was not convicted in the deaths of their loved ones, eight families are hoping to testify at the gangster’s sentencing.

Harvard Law outsider became Tea Party hero

Ted Cruz was a polarizing figure at Harvard Law School, foreshadowing his partisan profile in the US Senate.

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book review | Matthew Gilbert

‘The Most of Nora Ephron’ by Nora Ephron

The writer’s personal pieces, included in this rich, overstuffed new collection, are the kinds of selfies that don’t look fake and don’t make you sneer.

Travel | Chill

Which New England ski mountain is right for you?

Looking for the best snow? Want a family-friendly place? Need a challenge? Here’s the ultimate guide to skiing in the region, on your terms.

Can Patriots keep up the explosive offense?

The Patriots, who have a bye this week, put up the kind of numbers rarely seen in the NFL against the Steelers last Sunday.

JAMES CARROLL

‘They’ did this!

Conspiracy theories about JFK’s death 50 years ago had poisonous consequences for America.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

Unions need to retire tired tropes

Voice your objections to something favored by organized labor, and, in their lexicon, you’re a union basher.

Globe exclusives

Charlotte Golar Richie, Felix Arroyo, Martin Walsh, and John Barros appeared together on Oct. 12 to announce Golar Richie’s endorsement.

How Walsh came out on top

An artist’s vision of the $1 billion resort casino proposed by Foxwoods Massachusetts for a Milford site near Interstate 495 and Route 16.

Milford rolls dice

Christopher Bedford (center), the director of the Rose Art Museum, greeted guests.

Director transforms ailing Rose Art Museum

Jackie and JFK in a portrait by Richard Avedon.

MOVIES

Lights, camera, JFK

Rise

Filmmaker Aneisha Malcolm: Not one of the ‘Girls’

Broncos coach John Fox is away from his team for health reasons.

Sunday Football Notes

Evidence that coaching is no health club

Cosmin Marculetiu helped Samantha Lee warm up before class started at Marculetiu’s studio in Norwell.

On the Job

A disciplined approach to dance

The Douro River and its valley are the incubator for the fortified wine named for Porto, a modern port city dating to the fourth century.

Porto’s sophisticated new edge

“We create a reality in miniature,” says Eugenio Monti Colla, the 74-year-old artistic director of Milan-based Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company.

Arts

Puppeteer revives family’s craft, legacy

Perspective

Menino’s advice for Walsh

Ideas

12 plans for Mayor Walsh’s new Boston

Bob Ryan

The all-time Red Sox World Series team

Chill: 2013 Winter Travel issue

Which New England ski mountain is right for you?

Looking for the best snow? Want a family-friendly place? Need a challenge? Here’s the ultimate guide to skiing in the region, on your terms.

Sports

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Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito (left) and tackle Jonathan Martin stood on the field during a practice.

Incognito says Martin sent him threatening text

Suspended Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito says Jonathan Martin sent him a threatening text message a week before the situation turned into a harassment case.

Metro

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Said Candy Lopresti (left) of East Boston on the Suffolk Downs casino: “This would have been something that everybody could have some job at.” Added Michael Triant, also of East Boston: “If it goes to Revere, and we get nothing, then we really lost.”

After rejecting casino, East Boston now looks to its neighbor

Neighborhood residents say a “Revere-only” casino represents a worse-case scenario — being dealt the disadvantages of a gambling mecca while Revere collects the winnings.