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Frank says he would like to be interim senator

Former Representative Barney Frank said that he has asked the governor to appoint him to the Senate seat that will open if John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state.

Secretary of Public Safety Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, with Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis (left), and Governor Deval Patrick.

Patrick nominates outgoing public safety secretary as judge

Governor Patrick praised Mary Elizabeth Heffernan’s “strong commitment to public service.”

House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

The vote came more than two months after the storm hit and days after House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to delay an earlier vote.

US jobless rate holds at 7.8 percent

US employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations.

Boston schools search for more space

The public school system is projecting that preschool through second grade enrollment will rise sharply for the next school year.

The American Repertory Theater 40th-year revival of the Tony Award-winning “Pippin,” helmed by ART artistic director Diane Paulus, is circus-inspired.

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Stage Review

Diane Paulus directs magical ‘Pippin’ at ART

It’s not easy being the son of the most powerful man in Europe.

Kathleen Rivera of Dorchester, shown on the MGH Station platform, said trains were running slow Thursday morning.

Transit systems falter in the cold

Single-digit temperatures early Thursday sparked a slew of delays around the region.

Danny Spond wears No. 13 to honor the victims at Columbine, which he attended years after the killings.

Christopher L. Gasper

Notre Dame’s Spond the embodiment of ‘comeback’

Danny Spond went from being mysteriously partially paralyzed to a starting linebacker on a team playing for the national title.

Employees at Lenco, an armored car manufacturer, work on SWAT trucks, popular with police departments, at its plant in Pittsfield.

Armored truck maker in middle of debate on dollars and safety

Lenco Armored Vehicles of Pittsfield is the nation’s leading maker of SWAT trucks, including two that responded to the shootings in Newtown, Conn.

Your 2023 self could really surprise you

People, young and old, routinely underestimate the amount they will change over the next 10 years, according to a study.

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In 1976, Bostonians first enjoyed the arts festival that would one day spread nationwide and ring in the new year in over 70 cities, growing to showcase the work of over 1,000 artists.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren participated in a reenacted swearing-in with her husband, Bruce Mann and Vice President Joe Biden at the Capitol.

113th Congress

Warren, Kennedy usher in new era
Some prominent names are on record in favor of higher tax rates for the rich, including (left to right): Tom Stemberg, the founder of Staples Inc.; travel guide Rick Steves; and businessman Frank Patitucci.

Some wealthy stand fast—for higher taxes
Mayor Thomas M. Menino was hospitalized for five weeks after falling ill during a trip to Italy with his wife.

Menino back at City Hall
James Andreassi plays Beethoven and Paula Plum is Dr. Katherine Brandt, a musicologist, in Lyric Stage’s “33 Variations.’’

Stages

Inside the mind of a great composer in ‘33 Variations’
Dec. 29, 1976: As part of the countdown to First Night 1977, Mark Dannenhauer skied through the First Night doorway as Dancing Bear (Ellie Hayes) looked on. The pair from the Northeast Puppet Theater rehearsed in Waterfront Park for their First Night performance.

From the Archives | Photo Gallery

1976: The first First Night
Richard Emmanuel and The Church.

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A church with a mission but no members
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Scene & Heard

A Boston indie-rock watch list
A Wassily Kandinsky poster from 1901 for an exhibition by the Phalanx art group.

Art Review

‘Art in the Street: European Poster,’ at the MFA

Tech Lab

After hype, some digital devices flopped
James Foley, who was captured in Libya in 2011, had been filing reports and videos from Syria until six weeks ago.

War reporter kidnapped a second time

Dan Shaughnessy

The Celtics are not going to get better
You can wear a bag, but cursing at a sports event is illegal.

Antiquated state laws stir modern-day worry

Sports

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With 97 percent of his touches going for positive yardage, Danny Woodhead keeps the Patriots pointing forward.

Danny Woodhead is Patriots’ go-to guy

If it seems Woodhead gains yards every single time he carries the ball or catches it, that’s not correct. But it’s not far off.

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William Lantigua in his office at City Hall in 2011.

Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua hit with a $5,475 tax lien

The state filed a lien against Lantigua for nonpayment of taxes. He announced his candidacy for reelection days earlier.

Columnists

Joshua Green

Obama flinches on the fiscal cliff

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A music lesson
Danny Spond wears No. 13 to honor the victims at Columbine, which he attended years after the killings.

Christopher L. Gasper

Notre Dame’s Spond the embodiment of ‘comeback’
Dennis Kane stood above the charred remains of his destroyed home in the Breezy Point section of Queens.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A storm of a fight
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, left, applauds while campaigning with U.S. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., right, at a senior center in Medford, Mass., Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Joan Vennochi

Democrats for democracy? Not in Mass.
Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce, and Kevin Garnett, left to right, watched from the bench late in the third quarter of Wednesday night’s loss.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics are headed for a fall

Tech Lab

After hype, some digital devices flopped

Boston Capital

Economy to grow if politics abate

JEFF JACOBY

People are truly good at heart? Sadly, no
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
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

Nation & World

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Students from Newtown, Conn., left the new Sandy Hook Elementary School on Thursday after the first day of classes in the neighboring town of Monroe.

Sandy Hook students back to class in different school

Returning students, teachers, and administrators were met by a large police presence outside their new school in the neighboring town of Monroe.

Politics

House Speaker John Boehner raised his oversized gavel after reclaiming his post on Thursday.

Congress opens to host of fiscal ills

A new Congress opened for business Thursday to confront long-festering national problems, deficits and immigration among them.

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The Kendall Square headquarters for Biogen Idec. in Cambridge.

Biogen Idec’s ALS drug falls short in trials

The company halted development of an experimental drug to treat the disorder known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Benedict Cumberbatch in “To the Ends of the Earth” (left) and in “Sherlock.”

From ‘Masterpiece’ to you

British actors made their mark on the series before their US success.

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Movie Review

“Zero Dark Thirty” stars Jessica Chastain as a CIA analyst obsessed with finding Osama bin Laden.

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ a brilliantly crafted drama

Kathryn Bigelow’s ground-level procedural about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is not a personal film. Rather, it’s about one person’s critical place in the larger effort.

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

“Right up until the end, Obama was admonishing Republicans to go along or face the consequences. Then he folded.”

Joshua Green 

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 

“Decades from now, Jan. 1, 2013, will be remembered as sealing the fate of Medicare — as well as Medicaid, food stamps, and perhaps even Social Security.”

James Kwak,  professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law