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UMass Lowell’s growth creates benefits, strains

As the university takes property off the tax rolls while straining municipal services, city officials are asking it to consider making voluntary payments.

Jeff Green shot over Anthony Bennett and Anderson Varejao in the second quarter.

Celtics 103, Cavaliers 86

Celtics have their way with Cavaliers

The Cavaliers coach twice tried to stop the bleeding with a timeout, but it was to no avail, and the bloodbath only got worse.

US advises airlines to comply with China’s flight rules

The White House has decided to tell commercial airlines to go along with Beijing’s new demands to be notified of any flights through space it has claimed as an air defense zone.

Exclusive Saturday preview | G cover

Getting your body ready for ski season

Physiologist Gregory Cloutier provides tips on getting fit for the season without having to hit the gym.

Sierra Nevada Celebration

Exclusive Saturday preview | 99 Bottles

Going back to craft beer’s beginning

Craft beer is so omnipresent these days that it’s difficult to imagine not seeing hundreds of bottles on the shelves of your local store.

From left, Napoleon, Charles Darwin, and William Shakespeare.

Exclusive Sunday preview | Ideas

The most important people who ever lived

A new ranking system puts Napoleon Bonaparte above William Shakespeare and Charles Darwin, and finds some very overrated artists.

With a full complement of weapons in a climate-controlled environment, Tom Brady could be in for a very big day against the Texans. (Robert E. Klein for the Boston Globe)

Patriots’ keys to a victory over Texans

Tom Brady gets to sling it in the controlled climes of Houston’s Reliant Stadium, which is bad news for the Texans.

Opinion

opinion | Kade Crockford and Gavi Wolfe

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/crockford1129-1504--90x90.jpg Don’t mine data from license plates

Police don’t use license plate readers only to catch lawbreakers; they keep the GPS data and feed it into various collections.

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Politics

At St. Francis House shelter in Boston, Raul Davila (left) showed Mayor Menino a book of pictures, while Mark Morrissey (right) applauded.

On tour of shelters, Menino touches hearts

People who had come for Thanksgiving dinner spoke with pride of their “Boston Strong” city, and Mayor Menino reflected on Boston’s sorrow and its spirit.

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MUSIC GIFT GUIDE | Our holiday music pick

Mary J. Blige, ‘A Mary Christmas’

The R&B singer’s first Christmas album swings and sways her through a collection of songs both reverent and revered.