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Milford voters say no to $1b casino proposal

Town voters emphatically rejected a $1 billion Foxwoods-backed gambling resort on Tuesday, crushing a casino proposal five years in development.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/$RRXI2G2.jpg Grim details released in Arlington deaths

Two infant twin boys and their mother in Arlington were presumably killed by the woman’s husband, who then took his own life, officials said.

Judge rejects Hernandez move to delay civil lawsuit

The suit is being brought by a former friend who has accused Aaron Hernandez of shooting him in the face.

Lawyer for nanny accused in baby’s death asks for evidence

A lawyer for a nanny in Cambridge asked a judge to order prosecutors to hand over information to clarify the case.

Tuukka Rask stopped a penalty shot by Chris Kreider in the first period.

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Bruins hold off Rangers in New York

Tuukka Rask made 43 saves — including a stop on a first-period penalty shot — as the Bruins defeated the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

Kelly Olynyk looked to the basket with the Rockets' Terrence Jones at his back in the first half.

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Celtics are overwhelmed in Houston

The Celtics suffered their most lop-sided defeat of the season and their fourth straight loss.

At Tony Maws’s new place in Somerville, pumpkin stew with couscous, grilled squash, and yogurt.

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Kirkland Tap & Trotter showcases the craft of cooking

The Somerville restaurant is the new, more-casual restaurant from Craigie on Main chef Tony Maws.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/greenhouse_20thanksg-11--90x90.jpg A Thanksgiving table seasoned with Persian spices

The Weston couple Mohammed and Parvine Fotouhi, both of Iran, spice up the American holiday with touches of their native cuisine.

Opinion

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1274.jpg Israel’s nuclear precedent

Israeli policymakers are spooked by the fact that Iran’s nuclear playbook feels all too familiar.

Globe exclusives

Tour guide Dorothy Kennedy looked over a display.

Kennedy Library to open funeral exhibit
Actors with books in the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black”: (from left) Michelle Hurst; Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling; and Danielle Brooks.

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Scanning TV’s bookshelves
Dean Mozingo emptied motor oil from Kurt Busch’s car after a NASCAR event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September.

Firm seeks boost from NASCAR link

Kevin Cullen

How to respond to morons
Bonnie Raitt (left) surprised the Orpheum’s audience by inviting Bonnie Hayes, new on Berklee’s faculty, on stage.

Berklee brings in Bonnie Hayes
Greyhound Friends in Hopkinton estimates it has found homes for more than 9,000 dogs, like the dog above.

Greyhound Friends expands mission
Director Meg Fofonoff works on a scene from “A Little Princess,” which will have its New England premiere at the Strand.

Dorchester’s Strand fit for a ‘Princess’
Katie Lockwood (with her husband, Arden) has cystic fibrosis and always valued being part of the CF patient community which provided answers, guidance, and support.

Health

Cystic fibrosis patients losing a connection
Tom Clark of the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury inspected a branch. Hundreds of thousands of black oaks in Southeastern Massachusetts have shown signs of infestation by tiny gall wasps this year.

Puzzling pest imperils trees by acre
Harvard Apparatus researcher Linghui Meng checked one step in the company’s process of creating artificial tracheas.

Biotech ruse may save transplanted organs
Jehuda Reinharz, former president of Brandeis University, has remained among the highest paid people on campus.

Colleges may foot big bills as presidents leave

From Sunday’s Globe | Top Places to Work

Top perks offered by Mass. companies

Sports

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An angry Tom Brady disputes the final ruling with a game official. (Jeremy Brevard/USA Today)s

NFL vice president explains officials’ ruling

Dean Blandino, NFL vice president of officiating, said officials made “a judgment call” both in throwing the flag and in picking it up on the final play of the Patriots-Panthers game.

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The family of shooting victim Joseph Morante attended the arraignment for Elosko Brown at Roxbury District Court on Monday.

Teen clerk’s shooting detailed in court

A convicted drug trafficker was charged with gunning down a teenage clerk at a South End shop “with no provocation,” authorities said.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

How to respond to morons

Boston Capital

Mass. lesson was lost on Obamacare

Adrian Walker

All bets may be off in Mass.
Flag picked up and game over, Tom Brady tries to state his case to referee Clete Blakeman.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots’ loss was very unexpected
Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in support of ENDA.

JEFF JACOBY

Workplaces don’t need ENDA

JOAN VENNOCHI

Pressure is on the Gaming Commission

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Championing 2004 Sox’ claim as favorites

Bob Ryan

The inherent conflict of football

JOANNA WEISS

Gun debate hate
It’s easy to see why Martha Coakley would make a good candidate for governor, Yvonne Abraham writes, thus making her campaign missteps all the more mystifying.

Yvonne Abraham

Unforced errors from Martha Coakley
It will be interesting to see if Michael Astrue can transform InVivo from a company fueled by hype to one focused on demonstrating effectiveness in humans.

Innovation Economy

Can InVivo live up to its hype?
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

Nation & World

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Edmund M. Reggie escorted Edward Kennedy during the senator’s visit to Louisiana for a union conference.

Edmund Reggie, 87; was early confidant of Kennedys

Mr. Reggie became one of the Deep South’s most ardent supporters of the Kennedys.

Politics

Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat in her first year in the US Senate, has denied interest in the presidency. But speculation has swirled.

Barney Frank says Elizabeth Warren could be contender for president

“If Hillary doesn’t run she’s going to be very much in the mix,” said Barney Frank, the former congressman, about Senator Elizabeth Warren.

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Construction activity and employment have jumped since August 2012, and now cranes are a common sight.

Boston-area projects lift construction workers

The local construction industry is once again booming, experiencing nearly the fastest employment growth in the nation.

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Music Review

Singer Alexis Krauss (pictured in California in 2011) and Sleigh Bells rocked the Royale on Saturday.

Sleigh Bells’ relentless energy powers show

Here was a band determined to make an impact and relentless in hammering it home.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | Dec. 4

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/tomp.jpg A conversation with author Tom Perrotta

The best-selling author of “Little Children” discusses his craft with the Globe’s new book critic, Matthew Gilbert.

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Magazine

The cover for the November 17 2013 issue

The state of extramarital affairs
The cover for the November 10 2013 issue

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

Ideas

“Researchers believe there’s something uniquely and inherently difficult about the in-law relationship itself — as one psychologist put it, ‘The problem is really structural.’”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the weird science of in-laws