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Despite controversy, Hagel to be chosen as sec. of defense

President Obama will nominate former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican, to be secretary of defense as early as Monday, though objections are expected.

Wild card | Seattle 24, Washington, 14

Seahawks top Redskins as Wilson outdoes RG3

Seattle's Russell Wilson outdueled the injured Robert Griffin III in the clash of rookie quarterbacks.

Wild card | ravens 24, colts 9

Ravens defeat Colts in AFC wild card

Anquan Boldin set a franchise record with 145 yards on five receptions as Baltimore defeated Indianapolis.

Greg A. Bedard

An early look at Texans-Patriots

Reasons why the Patriots’ playoff game against the Texans will be/ won’t be different than their Dec. 10 matchup.

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opinion | joan vennochi

Creatures in the D.C. fishbowl

When voters complain about what they see in Washington, they should look in the mirror. The strange creatures they watch on TV are reporting to them.

opinion | tom keane

What will 2013 bring?

As science and technology change in unforeseeable ways, so too will we.

William Senne opened a real estate business after serving 2 1/2 years at the Plymouth House of Correction.

Facing new charge, man who hit trooper breaks silence

Nearly 10 years after striking a state trooper on Route 25, William Senne opens up as he heads back to court to face a new charge.

NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr spoke to members of the media in New York on Wednesday.

NHL to return to ice, but how will fans react?

The NHL announced an end to the 113-day lockout, but it is unclear if fans, and sponsors, will return.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/01/03/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/Firstnight005-884[1]-040.jpg 1976: The first First Night

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.

Globe exclusives

David Filipov (seated third from left) wore local garb to fit in better while reporting in Tora Bora in 2001 with a Pashtun militia helping American forces hunt Osama bin Laden.

For war reporters, safe passage always a gamble
Cagdas Kafali (left) and Tim Doggett are two the 350 employees at AIR Worldwide’s Boston headquarters.

Homeowners question the use of storm models
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa — are among those who were on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time.

Sunday Baseball Notes

Will ‘roid rage’ among baseball writers show up in vote?
In 14 years with the Eagles, Andy Reid won 58.5 percent of his games in the regular season and six division titles.

Sunday Football Notes

Hiring of Andy Reid riddled with risk for Chiefs
Steven Bauer is a patent lawyer for Proskauer Rose LLC.

On the Hot Seat

Challenging Apple in patent court, and winning
Danny Granger is the closest thing Indiana has had to an All-Star since Reggie Miller.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Pacers can’t sneak up on rest of the NBA anymore
“Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes, who described Edith Wharton’s The Mount (above) as “ravishing” after a visit, says finding the right location to tell a story is critical. “The house is a character to me.”

Julian Fellowes and ‘Downton Abbey’
Ocean-view rooms at Beach House Inn in Kennebunk, Maine.

Travel

High-end seaside hotels feature deep discounts in winter
Barney Frank is barely retired, but he’s already volunteered to serve as interim Senator if John Kerry is confimed as secretary of state.

Opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Barney Frank should be interim senator
Chicago blues icon Big Bill Broonzy.

Celebrating Big Bill Broonzy
“I guess my life’s philosophy has been that there’s room in our lives for everything we love, simple and complex,” says Ken Gidge of his multiple pursuits.

N.H. legislator turns to 3-D painting
Horatio J. Homer began his 40-year police career in 1878.

Tributes grow for Boston’s first African-American officer

Sports

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Matthew Slater has been saluted by his peers as a two-time Pro Bowler — but his father originally didn’t even want him to play football.

Patriots’ Matthew Slater got work ethic from his father

Slater has used the work ethic that he learned from his Hall of Fame father to turn himself into one of the best special teams players in the NFL.

Metro

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Alliance for Children Foundation director Filis Casey visited the old site in Haiti last May.

Needham foundation expands orphanage in Haiti

After building a home for bereft young quake victims, the Alliance for Children Foundation is setting its sights on a bigger goal.

Columnists

If his Texans play next Sunday the way they did in their last trip to Gillette, Gary Kubiak may need to seek divine help.

Dan Shaughnessy

Texans matchup just what the Patriots wanted

Yvonne Abraham

A friend, indeed

Derrick Z. Jackson

Touchdown! for Graduation Gap Bowl

Coaches Nick Saban (above) and Brian Kelly met with the media two days before the BCS championship game. The SEC is trying to claim the title for the seventh straight year.

Christopher L. Gasper

SEC has been in a league of its own

JOANNA WEISS

‘Les Miserables’ sheds a faux tear, in close-up

opinion | joan vennochi

Creatures in the D.C. fishbowl

Kevin Cullen

‘Stat’ got sweet plea deal in Everett voter fraud
Last September, Bose started selling two new standalone speakers: the SoundLink AirPlay and SoundLink Bluetooth II.

Innovation Economy

It’s clear music players will never be same

Opinion | Lawrence Harmon

Burning questions

RENÉE LOTH

It was more like a fiscal whiff
Alabama’s Nick Saban has had 20 players drafted by the NFL since 2010. Four from the 2011 team went in Round 1.

Christopher L. Gasper

Nick Saban runs an NFL-like program

Joshua Green

Obama flinches on the fiscal cliff

Nation & World

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In this image taken from video, Syrian President Bashar Assad spoke at the Opera House in Damascus.

Defiant Assad vows to stay in power

Syrian President Bashar Assad laid out terms for a peace plan that keeps himself in power, ignoring international demands to step down.

Politics

Newt Gingrich says his party must come to terms with the nation’s changing views on same-sex marriage.

GOP looks inward after some bitter fights, losses

The increasingly fractured and feuding party is unified on perhaps only one point: that it is at a major crossroads.

Business

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On the Job

Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium collects data related to global warming and coral reefs.

Research takes scientist off the beaten path

Randi Rotjan of the New England Aquarium collects data related to global warming and coral reefs.

Arts

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Screenwriter Mark Boal and director Kathryn Bigelow in New York.

‘Zero Dark Thirty’ brings more Oscar buzz for Bigelow, Boal

Filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal follow “The Hurt Locker” with another award-worthy drama.

Travel

Fiona Van Brabandt looks out on the Dublin Mountains after traveling from France back to her ancestral home in the run-up to The Gathering of the Irish diaspora in 2013.

Irish welcome the diaspora for The Gathering

The Gathering bears an unapologetically simple mission: to welcome the Irish diaspora home for a yearlong cultural celebration while fortifying the nation’s ailing coffers.

Books

book review

‘She Matters’ by Susanna Sonnenberg

The memoir offers a candid look at formative and complex bonds.

Magazine

The cover for the January 6 2013 issue

Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012
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?

Opinion

“The politicians we send [to Washington] reflect the will of those who elected them. Right now, the country is so divided, only a sliver really wants to find common ground.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“Researchers say our disconnectedness from the older version of us is more than a metaphor for the difficulty of imagining the future—it’s a surprisingly powerful subconscious influence on our behavior.”

Leon Neyfakh on the phsychology of keeping resolutions. 

“The job is just very dangerous, no matter how you approach it, no matter how experienced and wellequipped you are.”

Matt McAllester,  senior editor for Time magazine and veteran war correspondent