Ben Volin | Instant analysis

Packers offense more than Patriots can handle

Depth at key positions, especially receiver, gave Green Bay a decided edge Sunday.

The Patriots? LeGarrette Blount runs over the Packers? Morgan Burnett during the fourth quarter. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots? credentials actually were enhanced in loss to Packers

The Patriots are a team built for the long haul of playoff football like they haven?t been since 2007.

GREEN BAY, WI - NOVEMBER 30: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers carries the football past defensive end Rob Ninkovich #50 of the New England Patriots in the first quarter during the NFL game at Lambeau Field on November 30, 2014 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Packers 26, Patriots 21

Packers put an end to Patriots? win streak

Aaron Rodgers passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers won a heavyweight fight in Green Bay.

Joe Randazzo and Margie Florini said the great bones of this circa 1910 home and its location and setting trumped all the work it needed.

Address

Ready to tackle a fixer-upper? Here?s help.

Taking on a fixer-upper generally offers buyers a lower-priced home with the freedom to make decisions on their own watch.

Perspective

Why have we all forgotten to say ?thank you??

We are failing to make room for gratitude in an age of greed and grievance.

Hinge of History: Two lives shaped by busing

Busing in Boston

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When busing polarized Hyde Park High School, Marsha-Joan Galvin found herself in a lonely place: the middle.

Busing in Boston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/bagwell_2.jpg For new South Boston teacher, a life shaped by school busing

Beaten by a mob in South Boston, a young teacher learned to overcome humankind?s darkest impulse.

Steve Kadish.

Baker?s new chief of staff left Northeastern before governor-elect called

Virtually every news story described Steven Kadish as the university?s COO, creating the impression that Baker lured him away.

Punishing sex-trafficking accomplices presents quandary

Law enforcement officials are struggling with the best way to discipline sex-trafficking accomplices, who often are victims themselves.

Kosta Karageorge.

Missing Ohio State football player found dead

Police said they believe a body found near the campus was that of 22-year-old Kosta Karageorge.

Infant deaths gain new scrutiny

New state guidelines aim to improve investigations of deaths attributed to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/deval_patrick_8x10-7748--90x90.jpg Patrick says he wanted indictment in Mo. shooting

Governor Deval Patrick said ?the transparency of a trial would be good for the community? of Ferguson, Mo.

Police and National Guard members stood outside the Edward Jones Dome before the start of an NFL game between the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiders Sunday in St. Louis.

Ferguson officer won?t receive severance package

Darren Wilson resigned Saturday and won?t get any further pay or benefits, the mayor of Ferguson, Mo., said.

Alicia Munnell.

Top economist says many face an old age of less money

Former Fed economist Alice Munnell says retirement security means working longer, saving more, and passing fewer assets on to heirs.

Opinion

DANTE RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dante_ramos-1281.jpg Workers: What?s your online rating?

Even if a Boston startup doesn?t succeed in bringing this level of workplace transparency into the mainstream, someone else will.

The Big Picture

Nia Richardson, 16, of Roxbury, wets the reed of her saxophone as she prepares for practice in Jamaica Plain Nov. 19.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

English High?s marching band

The marching band at English High brings back a tradition that has been dormant at Boston public schools for about 40 years.