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Two more flu deaths confirmed, including child

For the first time this season a child has died from the flu in Boston, bringing the city’s total deaths to six.

Boy, 13, in critical condition Roxbury shooting

A 13-year-old boy was rushed into surgery tonight at Boston Medical Center after he was shot in the stomach while walking on Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury.

President Obama and Hamid Karzai

Obama, Karzai lay groundwork for quicker drawdown

President Obama said US troops would hand over security to Afghan forces sooner than previously announced and he placed new hope in a settlement with the Taliban.

All eyes were on Boston Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett as he scored a slam dunk in the fourth quarter, giving the Celtics a 98-84 lead with 3:06 left to play.

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Celtics 103, Rockets 91

Celtics beat Rockets for fifth straight win

Kevin Garnett scored 11 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, scoring 6 straight points to complete a 15-3 run and seal Boston’s fifth straight win.

Tent cities have been established in and near Port-au-Prince for those displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

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‘The Big Truck That Went By’ by Jonathan M. Katz

Part memoir, part reportage, Katz details his experience in Haiti in “The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left a Disaster Behind.’’

Paul Mason teaching some youngsters at Wachusett Mountain, which takes pride in being classified as a “feeder hill,” a ski area where “first-timers” can hone their skills.

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Ten great places to learn to ski

January is “Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month.” These 10 New England spots each have their own philosophy and teaching method.

INTERACTIVE TIMELINE

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Look back on the highlights of the Patriots’ remarkable run of postseason appearances since 2001.

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A giant tank in the North End collapsed and sent a wave of molasses through the streets of Boston, killing 21 people.

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A chair on the ice provided a convenient place for Laurie Hawkins of Rockport to change out of his skates at Gloucester’s Niles Pond.

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Globe photos of the week, Jan. 11, 2013
fThe Framingham MBTA commuter rail stop.

MBTA may halt $190m order for rail cars
Arian Foster and the Patriots will be back in Foxborough on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

No offense, but the Texans simply can’t win
Officials expect 600,000 to 800,000 people to attend President Obama’s Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony.

Inaugural fund-raising limits lifted

Sports Media

Ted Johnson making himself heard

INTERACTIVE DATABASE

Patriots during the Bill Belichick era
Teagle F. Bougere in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of “Invisible Man.”

Theater Review

A searing ‘Invisible Man’
Andrew Hyams, with wife Tracey and son Josh, said the game reminded him of Newtown massacre.

State removes violent games from rest stops

Bargain Bin

End-of-season sales mean deals

Dan Shaughnessy

Good reason no one elected to Hall of Fame

Patrick targets public housing boards

Special section

2012 — Year in Review

Sports

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Sebastian Vollmer has become an important part of Tom Brady’s protection.

Imported from Germany, Sebastian Vollmer has shined

The man they call “Seabass” has an unusual background, but has become a pillar of strength for the Patriots offensive line.

Metro

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In retro tribute, Pac-Man appears on MIT’s Great Dome

The iconic ‘80s videogame character joined the tradition of pranks involving the top of the building.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Gun safety: Put a price on it

Joan Wickersham

Hillary Clinton’s cookies
Dick Gephardt’s 1979 “Gephardt rule” enabled the House to raise the debt ceiling without a vote on it.

Joshua Green

How the House wrecked the ceiling

Kevin Cullen

A list far too long
Arian Foster and the Patriots will be back in Foxborough on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

No offense, but the Texans simply can’t win
Shell’s runaway Arctic drilling vessel, Kulluk, sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, last week.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Shell’s Arctic troubles only buy time

Edward L. Glaeser

The urban innovation model

Dan Shaughnessy

Good reason no one elected to Hall of Fame

Yvonne Abraham

Taking Mayor William ­Lantigua out with the trash
At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are appliances that can communicate with each other, such as this LG refrigerator or ADT’s Pulse, which offers smart TV controls.

Consumer Electronics Show

Smart appliances help run your household

Joan Vennochi

Rail company has inside track at T
Curt Schilling tipped his cap to the Fenway crowd on Oct. 25, 2007, after leaving Game 2 of the World Series.

Dan Shaughnessy

How I handled the ‘poison’ Hall of Fame ballot

Nation & World

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Paramedics assisted a student following a shooting on Thursday at a rural high school in Taft, Calif. A teacher and a school official talked the gunman into surrendering.

Shotgun-wielding student shoots one

A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school, shot one student and fired at another.

Politics

Ashton Carter, deputy secretary of Defense, in his Pentagon office.

Obama asks Ashton Carter to remain Pentagon’s No. 2

Carter, a longtime Harvard professor, will stay on as deputy secretary of defense to Chuck Hagel.

Business

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New plane models typically have glitches, although the 787 may be more prone to issues because it is so technologically advanced.

FAA orders Dreamliner review

The Federal Aviation Administration will review the design and manufacture of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner after a series of problems this week.

Arts

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Stage Review

Phil Tayler and Erica Spyres in the New Repertory Theatre’s production of “Marry Me a Little.’’

‘Marry Me a Little,’ reworked for our times, at New Rep

Nearly a decade after Massachusetts led the way in legalizing same-sex marriage, a new production of “Marry Me a Little’’ includes gay relationships.

Movies

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Movie Review

Medford-bred writer-director Tom O’Brien’s film is set in the Massachusetts seaside town.

‘Fairhaven’: Finding yourself in the shadow of Tom Brady

This locally shot indie’s slender story line features Medford-bred writer-director Tom O’Brien.

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

“It’s the responsibility of homeowners or building managers to ensure that sidewalks are shoveled after it snows, and most do a pretty good job.”

Scot Lehigh 

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. 

“[A pole is] probably the dirtiest thing on the subway, but yet I have to touch it.”

Monica Ball