Fiscal Cliff

House GOP resistance puts fiscal cliff deal in doubt
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said he does not support the Senate’s fiscal cliff bill, voicing concerns from some Republicans that the measure lacks sufficient spending cuts.

Vice President Joe Biden arrived late Monday for a closed-door meeting with Senate Democrats to urge them to support the fiscal cliff bill.

Senate deal forged in flurry of final negotiations

The agreement in the Senate was the result of a rekindling of an old friendship, secret offers, and legislative muscling.

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The Senate compromise prevents income tax hikes on nearly all working Americans while raising taxes on the wealthiest, and briefly delays spending cuts.

Editorial

Modest deal is least Congress could do

The clear mandate of the 2012 elections was for a balanced approach to fiscal problems, but it’s a message some members seem not to have heard.

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Casino developers in Palmer and Springfield are in dispute over which project may claim Peter Picknelly, who invested in Palmer before joining Springfield.

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Hundreds plunge into frigid Boston Harbor

The water temperature was just above 40 degrees for the annual L Street Brownies New Year’s Day plunge.

Bradley to return to Celtics, Rondo uncertain

Guard Avery Bradley is coming off surgery on both shoulders and hasn’t played in seven months.

Charges filed in ’07 hit-and-run

Six years after a hit-and-run driver killed two pedestrians in Saugus, a grand jury has charged three people.

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See the film and participate in a talk with cast members, moderated by Boston Globe movie editor Janice Page.

Globe exclusives

Top row: Kevin White, Helen Gurley Brown, Phyllis Diller, George McGovern. Middle: Mike Wallace, Nora Ephron, Rodney King, Dave Brubeck. Bottom: Chuck Colson, Whitney Houston, John Silber, Don Cornelius.

Remembering those lost in 2012
Jimmy Craig (left) and Justin Parker. The duo behind Fatawesome, who have been friends since high school, had a viral hit with the video “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend,” which spurred some national attention.

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Trying to ride viral videos to wider fame
Brenda Van Der Merwe, a real estate agent, says she is not making any resolutions. “You should already be doing it,” she said.

Many not making New Year’s resolutions
Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum in a scene from the 1947 film noir ‘’Out of the Past,’’ directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Critic’s Notebook

Let us now praise (not quite) famous men

Books

The year in books

Hometown Heroes: the best local albums of 2012
Irving Berlin is one of a large group of Jewish composers who made it big on Broadway.

Television Review

Jews amid the culture of the Broadway musical

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Practical tips for a healthier 2013
Defense lawyers want separate trials for former state probation commissioner John J. O’Brien (left) and his codefendant, former Treasury aide Scott S. Campbell.

One trial in lottery job case, judge says
The Appleton Tracy pocket watch, serial number 50141, was a rare size 20, rather than the more common size 18.

Lincoln, a watch, and a link to history
Michelle Kosilek, a convicted murderer, sued for a sex change operation. Her defense team is seeking legal fees.

Challenges to inmates’ gender cases costly to Bay State
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones performing at the House of Blues during their Hometown Throwdown on Saturday.

Music Review

Bosstones throw down at House of Blues

Sports

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Dan Shaughnessy

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady could face each other again in the AFC Championship game.

Get ready for Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning for AFC title

Manning and the Broncos are the only folks with a chance to keep the Patriots from a return trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Rebecca Davila and her family live in a housing authority apartment. With her, from left, are Genesis, 11 (with their dog Woody); Luis, 13; and Priscilla, 7. Luis has asthma.

Asthma reduced in Boston public housing

New Boston data indicate asthma incidences have dropped nearly by half since 2005.

Columnists

Boston Capital

Economy to grow if politics abate
A dancer performs in a New Year’s Eve celebration in Bali Monday.

James Carroll

A new year of pluralism
Bobo’s device measures heart rate.

Innovation Economy

A heart rate sensor that’s easy to wear

Tech Lab Plus

Meet the scale that talks to your phone
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady could face each other again in the AFC Championship game.

Dan Shaughnessy

Get ready for Brady vs. Manning for AFC title
Rob Gronkowski scored a touchdown for the Patriots in the fourth quarter against the Dolphins.

Christopher L. Gasper

Worth the risk to play Rob Gronkowski
President Barack Obama greets Chief Justice John Roberts before delivering his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2012.

Joan Vennochi

Bipartisan bright spots, met with derision
Congressman Ed Markey won’t be facing the name power of Ben Affleck—who announced he won’t be running—but he still has the chance to act like a star.

Joanna Weiss

Ed Markey needs to find his inner celebrity
In recent years, Boston has reveled in championships by the Bruins, Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics — but it certainly appears that this widespread “golden era” is over.

Bob Ryan

State of Boston’s sports teams in 2013
The Super Bowl is exactly 11 years after the Pats won their first title.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots tough enough to make it back to Super Bowl

JEFF JACOBY

Kerry’s ‘realist’ approach slips into callousness

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Early adopters could give Boston entrepreneurs a boost

Nation & World

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A man mourned amid debris after a car bomb attack Monday in Hillah, south of Baghdad.

Widespread insurgent attacks kill 28 in Iraq

The attacks primarily targeted Shi’ite communities and pilgrims and killed at least 23 civilians and five police officers.

Politics

Hillary Clinton had planned to step down as secretary of state at the beginning of President Obama’s second term.

Blood clot formed in Hillary Clinton’s skull

The secretary of state developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors said.

Business

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Jim Braude has hosted a liberal talk show on the FM station.

WTKK set to switch from talk to music format

The radio station’s switch comes amid lackluster ratings and a failure to carve out a niche.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Refugee Hotel’ by Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman

The book is an up-close, sometimes raw evocation of the refugee experience in America.

Lifestyle

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Musician Julio Fernandez during a music session at Montclair State University.

Helping veterans reintegrate through music

Organizers of a pilot program in New Jersey hope to use music to ease veterans’ reintegration into civilian life.

Magazine

The cover for the December 23 2012 issue

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

The cover for the December 16 2012 issue

Best of the New: Diversions
The cover for the December 9 2012 issue

The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?
The cover for the December 2 2012 issue

5 inspired rooms

Opinion

“The human future is full of possibility — because wondrous, once unimagined possibilities have already been realized.”

James Carroll 

Ideas

“An ending has more life in it, more story in it, and is far more instructive than a beginning.”

James Parker, on the things, phenomena, and ideas that ended in 2012 

“I have lived in BHA housing all my life, and if you want the BHA, or someone, to do something, you have to call; otherwise it’s not going to happen.”

­Rebecca Davila,  a 34-year-old mother of three