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Democrats rethink calculations after health care woes

The recent debacle over HealthCare.gov’s rollout may have narrowed whatever perceived advantages Democratic candidates had in various elections.

The Celtics’ Avery Bradley scored 27 points against the Timberwolves.

Timberwolves 106, Celtics 88

Celtics fall in Minneapolis

Avery Bradley scored 27 points against the Timberwolves, but the Celtics’ 22 turnovers led to 28 points for their opponents.

Survivor John Lajara (center) shifted through debris in Tacloban on Saturday.

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Haiyan survivors continue search for missing

Nearly 1,200 people are unaccounted for after a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines last week, according to officials.

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50 years later: Wound is still fresh from JFK assassination

Take a look at books on that day in Dallas, including “JFK’s Last Hundred Days,” “Camelot’s Court” and “To Move the World.”

“A betrayal can be as simple as a sext,” says Sharon-based marriage and family therapist Karen Ruskin.

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The state of extramarital affairs

Just as the stigma of cheating fades away, opportunities to stray have multiplied — and so have the chances of getting caught.

TV veteran Dan Lauria plays Jean Shepherd, the author and narrator of “A Christmas Story.” The musical is coming to the Citi Performing Arts Center.

Dan Lauria is helping tell ‘Christmas Story’

The TV veteran plays Jean Shepherd, the author and narrator of “Christmas Story: The Musical,” which is coming to the Citi Performing Arts Center.

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Lance Armstrong film went from redemption to ‘Lie’

Just as Alex Gibney’s film, then titled “The Road Back,” neared completion, Armstrong’s decade of denial collapsed, and a darker, sadder story emerged.

Opinion

opinion | Martin F. Nolan

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Those who knew John F. Kennedy seldom called him sentimental, except when he talked about his home town.

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Travel Smackdown!

Outlet shopping: Freeport, Maine, vs. Manchester, Vt.
An annuity, so to speak, from Social Security is a far better deal.

Personal finance

The payoff in waiting to collect Social Security
The first significant change to Boston’s floop maps in decades would affect the Institute of Contemporary Art, which moved to this building in the Seaport District in 2006.

New flood map reaches deep into city
Mayor Menino is now sporting a “bat cane.” He attended a ribbon cutting Friday at the Mission Hill School.

Menino raises cane, with pride
Jay Chung, is the owner/manager of Sapporo Korean Barbecue and Sushi in Westborough

Globe West

Expanding horizon for Korean cuisine
The 1400-year-old Hagia Sophia is a museum now.

Exclusive Sunday preview | Travel

Istanbul: A world of spirits

A rendering shows the proposed entrance to the Milford casino.

Milford casino plan passes state background check
Dr. Vivek Murthy stood among other bystanders during the first day of legal arguments over the Affordable Care Act outside the Supreme Court in 2012.

High praise in Mass. for surgeon general nominee

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The weird science of in-laws
Tickets to get into Fenway Park for games in 2014 may cost you more, depending on the team’s new variable pricing program.

After Series win, Sox raise ticket prices
Sensors mounted on both sides of Logan’s busiest runway detect debris almost instantaneously.

Logan Airport installs runway scanning system
Joon Lim, 2, relaxes with a book at a day-care center run by Bright Horizons, which has been a number one employer three times.

Sunday Preview | Top Places to Work

No. 1 largest employer: Bright Horizons

Sports

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BC 38, N.C. State 21

Boston College running back Andre Williams rushed against North Carolina State cornerback Juston Burris Saturday.

BC’s Williams rushes for ACC record in win

Andre Williams rushed 42 times for a record-breaking, career-high 339 yards as the Eagles became bowl eligible for the first time since 2010.

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William Bulger (right) testified before the House Government Reform Committee in 2003 regarding his brother James “Whitey” Bulger.

Brother’s case ‘a source of great anguish,’ William Bulger says

Former Massachusetts Senate president William Bulger said he doesn’t condone the actions of his brother, convicted gangster “Whitey” Bulger.

Columnists

A pedestrian passed in front of the Olympic rings up the street from Turner Field, which originally opened as the 85,000-seat main stadium for the 1996 Olympics.

Derrick Z. Jackson

An Olympic-size illusion

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Restraint gives way to humanity
President Obama.

SCOT LEHIGH

Is Obama up to saving his health law?

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom has software controls that are almost as advanced as those on a pro camera. You can fiddle with aperture, white balance, color temperature, and shutter speed.

Tech Lab

Sharper options for phone photos
Moving the whole Suffolk Downs casino project to its Revere property to get around East Boston’s opposition, shown by residents above, is legal. But that doesn’t make it right, writes Yvonne Abraham.

Yvonne Abraham

Hedging their bet at Suffolk Downs
Construction at the Filene's block downtown.

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Fix the BRA; don’t break it
“You cannot go anywhere in the education of children and not find the fingerprints of Carolyn and Peter,” said Jack Connors, a close friend.

Shirley Leung

Peter Lynch turns to schools
James

Kevin Cullen

A man not worthy of our hate

SCOT LEHIGH

Romney’s prescription for GOP
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in

alex beam

Crowdsourcing ‘Casablanca’
Children wearing signs that say “survivor” waited for a C-130 military plane at Tacloban airport in the Philippines Tuesday.

JEFF JACOBY

Making sense of the cruelty in the world
Terry Francona won the AL Manager of the Year award after his first season in Cleveland.

Dan Shaughnessy

Terry Francona a very deserving winner

Politics

US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke to the media Friday at the State Department.

Kerry says Iran deal would be fail-safe

Secretary of State John Kerry told MSNBC that the Obama administration wants time to negotiate a deal that would protect Israel, US interests, and the region.

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Eileen McKee (center) hugged Carolyn Golujuch after Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signed a bill allowing same sex marriage to be legal in the state.

A decade after Mass. ruling, gay marriage gains

In the decade since the Supreme Judicial Court issued its landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, public opinion has shifted.

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Lemtrada was once seen as key to the future of Genzyme.

FDA likely to delay decision on Genzyme MS drug

An inconclusive series of votes by a medical advisory panel could prompt regulators to demand further work from the manufacturer.

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“I think what we have to realize is the Founding Fathers were brilliant and we’re not,” Colin Quinn says of his approach to “Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional.”

Quinn’s view of the Constitution includes a bill of wrongs

Comedian Colin Quinn believes the Constitution was a blueprint for the fractious state of political discourse.

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Love Letters

She wishes he were more social

He doesn’t enjoy attending social events with her friends and family. Should she be upset?

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The Burroughs Newsboys Foundation was founded by Harry E. Burroughs to give Boston’s newsboys life experiences that would give them a better future.

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Just the right kind of cold
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

Ideas

“Even when it comes to promoting a self-evidently worthy cause, the facts don’t always stay on message.”

Leon Neyfakh