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Hurricane-force winds wreak havoc
A tree blocked Seaver Street in Stoughton on Thursday morning after high winds blew through the area overnight.

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At least 38,000 people lost power as some wind gusts reached 80 miles per hour.

After two arrested, officials probe link to arson spree

Police arrested two people after a West Bridgewater fire last night, and are investigating any connections to a spate of recent arsons.

Senate Armed Services Committee Charirman Carl Levin (left) shook hands with former Senator Chuck Hagel prior to Thursday’s hearing.

Republican Hagel faces GOP critics at hearing

Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel is being challenged on his past comments on Israel, Iran, and nuclear weapons.

Stephen Lynch officially launches Senate campaign

Lynch released a video emphasizing his blue-collar roots and provided some tough talk Edward J. Markey.

A BU student was stabbed and robbed at the intersection of Browne and Pleasant streets Tuesday.

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Spate of armed robberies leaves many at BU on edge

Boston University and local departments will step up patrols following the latest and most violent attack near the campus.

BlackBerry’s Z10 is expected help reverse a slide in sales.

Tech Lab

BlackBerry poised to win affection anew

Using an overhauled operating system, the smart and snappy Z10 ought to put BlackBerry back at the leading edge of the industry.

Vijay Singh, who has been battling injuries, said he used deer antler spray, not knowing it contained a banned drug.

ON GOLF

Vijay Singh drags PGA Tour into drug snarl

Singh admitted to using the deer antler spray that Ray Lewis was accused of using, and now may face punishment from the Tour.

Governor Deval Patrick (left) tapped William

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Patrick confident in choosing confidant

Selecting Mo Cowan as a replacement for John F. Kerry is the latest in a growing list of insider appointments made by Governor Patrick.

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The Mystic Bridge opened for traffic on Feb. 26, 1950, and was renamed in honor of former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor Maurice J. Tobin in 1967.

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San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a three-sport star in high school and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Kaepernick looks like future of NFL
Robert Spencer is director of the blog Jihad Watch and a leader of the American Freedom Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America.

Catholic event cancels talk by Islam critic

Yvonne Abraham

Where is our state’s official groundhog?
A BU student was stabbed and robbed at the intersection of Browne and Pleasant streets Tuesday.

Spate of armed robberies leaves many at BU on edge
Susan Battista and Fritz Klaetke of Visual Dialogue creative agency.

Fritz Klaetke has designs on a Grammy
1366 Technologies technician Becky Allen handled a solar cell at the company’s pilot plant in Bedford. 1366 was founded in 2007.

1366 Technologies opens $6m Bedford plant

Abby Larson is married to her job, in a good way

Book review

‘The Best of Youth’ by Michael Dahlie

State of the City | Interactive graphic

Inside Menino’s speeches
Michelle Gordon with the chicken dish she often serves for dinner in her Dorchester home.

On the family menu: What’s familiar
Former Red Sox Manager Terry Francona in 2011.

Andrew Zimbalist

Francona’s petty payback to Sox owners
Work stalled on the Filene’s project in 2008 as the economy sputtered, leaving a crater at the construction site.

New deal may restart Filene’s project

Sports

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Avery Bradley and the Celtics moved the ball as if it were on fire. They zipped it around so fast the orange sphere almost left a vapor trail. The Kings couldn’t keep up.

Celtics pleased with up-tempo success

The Celtics know they need a collective effort to win without Rajon Rondo, and they got that with a fast and loose style on Wednesday.

Metro

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Lawyer Scott Bratton said he will ask the judge to grant residency because Obama has lived here for so many years.

Obama uncle faces hearing in fight against deportation

A judge set a Dec. 3 hearing to determine if the president’s uncle Onyango Obama should be deported to Kenya.

Columnists

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino arrives for his annual State of the City address at Faneuil Hall Tuesday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Menino, the king incumbent

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Immigration commission brings border states to table

SCOT LEHIGH

Cowan isn’t the best option
William ‘Mo’ Cowan

Yvonne Abraham

Cowan pick is 100 percent Patrick

Opinion | NICHOLAS BURNS

Kerry must engage China

Yvonne Abraham

Where is our state’s official groundhog?
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a three-sport star in high school and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Kaepernick looks like future of NFL
BlackBerry’s Z10 is expected help reverse a slide in sales.

Tech Lab

BlackBerry poised to win affection anew
Former Republican presidential candidate and Massachusetts Governot Mitt Romney.

SCOT LEHIGH

How Romney can stay relevant
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera review an honor guard before a flag return ceremony last week.

JEFF JACOBY

Conservatism in Japan
Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave few clues about whether he will seek reelection.

Adrian Walker

Menino back in action
Ray Lewis was the center of attention at Super Bowl media day.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ray Lewis will tackle (almost) any subject

Nation & World

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An opposition fighter gestured near a barricade during fighting in the Ain Tarma neighborhood of Damascus Wednesday.

Israeli strike in Syria raises fear of wider war

Israeli warplanes carried out a strike deep inside Syrian territory, possibly on a convoy carrying sophisticated anti-aircraft weaponry.

Politics

John Kerry gave his last speech as senator Wednesday on the floor of the Senate.

John Kerry parts with warning on gridlock

In a long and emotional speech in the Senate, Kerry warned that political gridlock threatens America’s reputation abroad.

Business

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“There’s something inside me that feels the need to help others and feel productive at the end of the day,” said Cindy Weiner, a ReServist.

Nonprofit puts seniors to work helping other people

ReServe Inc., which opens its doors in Boston Thursday, matches people with part-time jobs, paying them $10 an hour for their help.

Arts

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Television Review

Steven Pasquale stars as a doctor with an alternate personality in “Do No Harm.”

NBC’s ‘Do No Harm’: a Jekyll-and-Hyde operation

“Do No Harm” isn’t a psychological exploration so much as a medical drama with a gimmick, but it’s pretty darned silly.

Style

Screen Actors Guild wins the fashion award

The Screen Actors Guild Awards’ underdog status results in some fun and downright risky fashion extremes.

Magazine

The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

Medical malpractice: Why is it so hard for doctors to apologize?
The cover for the January 20 2013 issue

My friend Tito
The cover for the January 13 2013 issue

Alfresco fabulous
The cover for the January 6 2013 issue

Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012

Opinion

“For people along the Southwest border, immigration enforcement is more than an unpleasant duty that the president has to perform to maintain his public-safety credentials.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Ten years after ‘victory’ in Iraq, we still don’t know what victory means. Without a clearer idea of what winning wars looks like, we risk falling into situations where they could go on forever”

Gal Beckerman on what victory means now 

“This appears to be a slow quarter, but the Massachusetts economy is growing still.”

Alan Clayton-Matthews,  Northeastern University economist