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Lt. Gov. Murray says he won’t run for governor

The lieutenant governor told supporters in a statement that he will not seek to succeed Governor Patrick in 2014.

State Street to cut 630 jobs

The Boston-based financial firm will lay off 260 employees in Massachusetts, even as its net income rose 26 percent in the fourth quarter.

Dozens may still be held hostage in Algeria

The Algerian state news service said the government is seeking to reach a ‘‘peaceful solution’’ with a militant group a gas plant.

More tax hikes in Patrick’s blueprint

Governor Patrick’s plans would eliminate 45 deductions including those for college scholarships and dependents under 12.

Officials hope gang raid results in long prison terms

Prosecutors hope the raid, which was almost two years in the making, will end what had become a revolving door of arrests and short prison terms.

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My friend Tito: Writing a book with Francona

Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy recounts how he and former Red Sox manager Terry Francona buried the hatchet and teamed up to write a revealing book.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Ninkovich is the new Mike Vrabel

Ninkovich has an uncanny knack for the big play — just like another No. 50 from the Patriots’ glory days, Vrabel.

Patriots-Ravens now a prime NFL rivalry

Forget the Jets and the Colts, Baltimore is perhaps the Patriots’ fiercest rival.

Kevin Cullen

Ortiz should offer answers

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s reticence in refusing to fully explain decisions in the Aaron Swartz case bodes poorly for someone contemplating a political future.

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Globe Talk | Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

Globe Talks: Inside Bowdoin-Geneva

Globe subscribers will get a firsthand look at the “68 Blocks” special project from the journalists who created the series.

Globe exclusives

Among the 161 works Daphne Farago has given the Museum of Fine Arts is John Cederquist’s “Couchabunga” (1992).

Gift boosts MFA’s contemporary stock

At 5-9, Wes Welker, center, is dwarfed by some of his larger Patriots teammates.

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Smaller players fill vital roles for Patriots

Paul Sullivan of Captain Marden's Seafoods and Peter Klein, a manager at John Nagle Company, look over escolar (sometimes called white tuna or ex-lax fish) caught off Puerto Rico. Legislation expected Friday would impose fines on places that mislabel seafood and make Massachusetts the first state to ban escolar.

Fishy business

Bill carries fines for mislabeled seafood

Scarlett Johansson in the Broadway revival “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

Stage Review

On Broadway, ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ is merely tepid

A blood stain was visible on pitcher Curt Schilling’s right foot on Oct. 24, 2004.

Schilling must part with ‘bloody sock’ to pay loans

Emmanuelle Riva as the deteriorating Anne in the 2012 film

Movie Review

‘Amour’ bears witness to an awful — and intimate — truth

Emeli Sandé (pictured in England in August) sold out her show Tuesday at the Paradise.

Music Review

Sandé finds her footing at Paradise

US Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz

US attorney defends office’s action in MIT hacker case

Yvonne Abraham

Pressure on to fix transit

The numbers for the Patriots secondary show improvement for a unit that had been the Achilles’ heel of the team for going on two seasons before Aqib Talib’s arrival.

Aqib Talib has had big effect on Patriots

Book Review

‘Going Clear’ by Lawrence Wright

Lance Armstrong

Armstrong case reflects lesson about human behavior

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NHL season preview

The Bruins returned to the Garden ice for Tuesday’s scrimmage against Providence, with not much time to prepare for Saturday’s season opener.

Bruins must adjust to compressed season

What is usually a grueling 82-game slog will be squeezed into 48 contests over 99 days once the puck drops Saturday.

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JAMES MCHUGH, of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission

Gaming panel won’t extend deadline

The decision not to grant extensions to the 5 p.m. Jan. 15 deadline keeps the number of applicants at 11.

Columnists

carlo rotella

He beat Mike Tyson

Kevin Cullen

Ortiz should offer answers

Joshua Green

Do gun laws stand a chance?: Electorate wants change

Scot Lehigh

Patrick’s education proposal should reform more

Rob Ninkovich, shown at his locker, has an uncanny knack for the big play, just like another No. 50 from the Patriots’ glory days, Mike Vrabel.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rob Ninkovich is the new Mike Vrabel

joan vennochi

Swartz case is sad, but not an overreach

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Walmart’s veterans program is temporary relief

Tech Lab

New gadgets bring over-the-air TV to mobile devices

Yvonne Abraham

Pressure on to fix transit

Opinion | scot lehigh

Quaking about shaking

lawrence harmon

Newton needs a police chief from outside system

Adrian Walker

Questioning the price of solitary confinement

Nation & World

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Strikes by Syria’s air force destroyed buildings in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus in the ongoing violence there.

Gunmen loyal to Syrian regime kill more than 100

Gunmen loyal to President Bashar Assad torched houses and killed more than 100, including women and children, the opposition said.

Politics

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National Archives and Records Administration

Half-century later, Kennedy staffers reunite at archives

A handful of surviving members of President John F. Kennedy’s White House staff came together Wednesday to relive those heady times.

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Lines at the TD Garden have been common this week as the Bruins begin their season Saturday. Ticket prices on the secondary market have been 30 percent higher than last year. Below, fans watched the team play its Providence affiliate on Tuesday.

Lockout drives Bruins ticket prices higher

Now that the labor dispute is over, some Bruins supporters are so eager to see the team they are paying much more than face value for tickets.

Arts

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ART REVIEW

“Where is My Hope?

‘Graphic Advocacy’ at MassArt

“Graphic Advocacy: International Posters for the Digital Age 2001-2012” runs at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Gallery through March 2.

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Movie Review

Russell Crowe with Mark Wahlberg in “Broken City,” directed by Allen Hughes.

Breaking and exiting

“Broken City” is a cluttered, formulaic urban thriller, with Mark Wahlberg miscast as a conflicted tough-guy detective caught in an election week conspiracy.

Magazine

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Alfresco fabulous

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Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012

The cover for the December 23 2012 issue

Dec 23, 2012

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

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Best of the New: Diversions

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