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Obama urges swift confirmation for Hagel, Brennan

President Obama urged Congress to quickly approve Chuck Hagel as defense secretary and John Brennan as CIA director.

Banks to pay $18.8 billion in cases related to housing crisis

Ten major banks will pay $8.5 billion for wrongful foreclosures, and separately, Bank of America will pay $10.3 billion related to bad mortgages.

Celtics at Knicks, 7:30 p.m.

Rajon Rondo suspended one game

The Celtics’ point guard was suspended for making contact with an official on Saturday and failing to cooperate with a league investigation.

Shawn Thornton, left, and Rich Peverley faced off in an informal workout where several Bruins players participated at BU on Monday.

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Bruins return to the ice

With the lockout over, eight Bruins participated in an informal workout Monday.

Ariad Pharmaceuticals will occupy the majority of two new laboratory and office buildings to be built in Kendall Square.

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Ariad to add HQ, jobs in Kendall Square

Ariad Pharmaceuticals will build a new corporate headquarters and laboratory complex in Cambridge.

Fire breaks out on Boeing 787 at Logan

Smoke from a battery in the plane’s underbelly filled the cabin after passengers had disembarked.

Television Review

‘Deception’ is a soap with multiple flaws

The NBC show is just an unspooling of murder-mystery clichés, scene-to-scene logic problems, and characters who are far from intriguing.

From Sunday’s Globe | Dan Shaughnessy

Texans matchup just what the Patriots wanted

The fraudulent Texans are now the only team standing between the Patriots and a trip to the AFC Championship game, writes the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy.

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From the Archives | Photo Gallery

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

Roger D. Mundell Jr. talked about the bobcat attack in his Brookfield home.

Bobcat attack leaves Brookfield man, nephew bloodied

Suffering flu-like symptoms, Jeannine Cook is examined by physician Heather Tarrant at Brigham and Women’s Urgent Care Center in Foxborough.

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Bracing for the flu

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A warm year for Boston in 2012

Attendees of the Consumer Electorics Show in Las Vegas atteneded the opening event,, ''CES Unveiled'' on Sunday.

Microsoft-less fair in Las Vegas looks to mobile

“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’

The congregation listened as Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and president of J Street, spoke at Temple Israel.

Synagogue devotes 3 years to reengage on Israel

Album Review | PUNK

No slowing down for Dropkicks on latest

Maureen Clark at Clark’s Trading Post, in N.H., with 22-year-old Victoria.

Bonds endure between trainer and bear in N.H.

The news inspired fans Jen Parisi (left) and Laurel Ryan to visit Causeway Street after they shopped on Newbury Street.

How the NHL ended lockout to save its season

Adrian Walker

More political shame in Lawrence

Melinda Lopez and director Diego Arciniegas at Central Square Theater in 2010. Lopez has been awarded a three-year Andrew W. Mellon Foundation playwright residency.

Melinda Lopez chosen for playwright residency

MD MAMA

Should food stamps pay for empty calories?

Sports

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With Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, the Patriots have played in six AFC title games. They’ve won five.

Patriots’ bye no guarantee of Super berth

Chances are quite good, history has shown, that at least one of the home teams coming off a bye will lose next weekend.

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Stephen J. Murphy

Stephen Murphy wins 3d term as City Council president

Murphy will be first in the line of succession if Mayor Thomas M. Menino, 70, leaves office before his term expires at the end of the 2013.

Columnists

Brian Kelly has come a long way from his Everett, Chelsea roots.

Christopher L. Gasper

Notre Dame coach hasn’t forgotten Mass. roots

JAMES CARROLL

Football: America’s dangerous game

Russian President Vladimir Putin banned adoption of Russian children by Americans.

Opinion | JULIETTE KAYYEM

The real plight of the orphan-hostages

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Fiscal cliff battle ends with a whimper

Bounce Imaging says its surveillance product can keep people out of danger.

Innovation Economy

Risk-detecting ball may get big bounce in Vegas

Tom Brady celebrated after scrambling for a first down against the Texans on Dec. 10, 2012.

From Sunday’s Globe | 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

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Creatures in the D.C. fishbowl

Kevin Cullen

‘Stat’ got sweet plea deal in Everett voter fraud

Nation & World

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Volunteer Anthony Vessicchio of East Haven, Conn., helped organize donated toys at Town Hall in Newtown. A task force expects to take three months to sort everything.

Conn. town task force sorts gifts after tragedy

A task force set up to coordinate volunteers and gifts sent to Newtown will need three months to complete its work.

Politics

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that it was a “shame we have to use whatever leverage we have’’ to get the president’s attention.

Lawmakers remain stubborn on debt stances

Congressional leaders on Sunday showed no signs of resolving the next phase of the financial crisis.

Business

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New businesses, stores alter Financial District

Technology, communications, and health care companies — as well as new bars and cafes — are changing the vibe of Boston’s Financial District.

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Book Review

Psychologist and author Maria Konnikova explains Holmes’s thought patterns.

‘Mastermind’ by Maria Konnikova

The psychologist and author explains the thought patterns of fictional crime-solver Sherlock Holmes.

Health and wellness

Daily Dose

You can’t bank on living longer if you’re overweight

A new study concluded that being overweight is associated with a lower death risk, but gaining weight is a slippery slope.

Magazine

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Dave Barry’s 2012 Year in Review

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Dec 23, 2012

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

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Dec 16, 2012

Best of the New: Diversions

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Dec 9, 2012

The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?

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