In defeat, state GOP wrangles over the future

Amid soul-searching over their Election Day losses, Mass. Republicans face an immediate internecine battle over the direction of their party.

As details emerge about Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus' extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, including a second woman who allegedly received threatening emails from the author, members of Congress say they want to know exactly when the now ex-CIA director and retired general popped up in the FBI inquiry, whether national security was compromised and why they weren't told sooner.

Petraeus began affair after taking CIA job, former aide says

The ex-CIA director’s affair with his biographer ended four months ago, a friend and former top aide said.

During a rally Thursday of immigration rights organizations in front of the White House, activists called on a newly reelected President Obama to fulfill his promise of passing comprehensive immigration reform.

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Pressure mounts for immigration reform

Advocates believe the election gives them the best shot in years to fix an immigration system widely seen as inadequate for the modern economy.

Research institute in Watertown on verge of closing

The Boston Biomedical Research Institute will soon start shutting down if corporation members follow the trustees’ recommendation.

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Malfunctioning body clock hinders sleep for many blind

A rare condition affecting those unable to perceive light is characterized by a body clock that is out of synch with the 24-hour cycle of the Earth day.

Juliette Kayyem

Bring veteran services into the future

What’s needed is some concerted and creative thinking about how to serve the needs of veterans in 2036, not just 2012.

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Stephan Ross, 81, was able to thank the family of a late soldier who showed him compassion during the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

“I’ll take any win. I’ll take any win,” said coach Bill Belichick, whose Patriots have arrived at 6-3 unevenly.

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Patriots are simply untrustworthy

The Patriots want to be dependable, but their maddening inconsistency, even with a 6-3 record, means fans shouldn’t trust them as true contenders.

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Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and Massachusetts National Guard Major General L. Scott Rice (left) attended the Veterans Day ceremony Sunday at the State House.

Defense industry watching Warren
Steve Hershman (seated), a systems biology doctoral student from Wynnewood, Pa., worked at the Harvard Innovation Lab.

Harvard i-lab marks its first year
Justin Bieber gave the nearly 15,300 fans a concert performance that mixed old and new songs with spectacle, video montages, and plenty of dance moves.

MUSIC REVIEW

At TD Garden, Justin Bieber shows growth
“If we feel we have some control either during the storm or afterward, that’s empowering,” Joshua L. Miller says of responding to a natural disaster.

Q&A

His specialty: the calm after the storm
Patty Griffin (pictured in July in Newport, R.I.) played two weekend shows at Club Passim.

MUSIC REVIEW

Patty Griffin shines all by herself at Club Passim
From left: Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, and Ronnie Wood in “Crossfire Hurricane.”

The Stones at 50, still satisfying
David Kwiatkowski played baseball in high school in Michigan during the late ’90s and at Madonna University, where he earned a degree in allied health administration. That set him on a career path that led him to NewEngland and Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire — and to an eventual arrest this year.

As risk grew, hospitals turned a blind eye
A MassDOT spokeswoman said there’s no reason to rethink Beverly Scott’s hiring as director of the MBTA.

MBTA’s pick for chief had faced scrutiny
Mitt Romney leaves the podium at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center after giving his concession speech.

Jeff Jacoby

 The state party should focus on grass roots

Mitt Romney is facing a back-to-earth moment that Michael Dukakis and John Kerry have both navigated.

Political Intelligence

After defeat, Dukakis, Kerry found other ways to serve
Elizabeth Warren was taking criticism from the Democratic establishment during her Senate candidacy.

At critical juncture, Elizabeth Warren stuck with her team
Trjan Langdon, the sharpshooting guard taken 11th overall in the 1999 draft, was limited to 119 NBA games, the last in 2002.

Sunday Basketball Notes

Trajan Langdon found happiness in Europe

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Mike D'Antoni will join the Lakers as quickly as his recovery from knee replacement surgery allows him to.

Lakers hire Mike D’Antoni as new coach

Speculation that Phil Jackson would return to the Lakers ended after the team hired the ex-Suns and Knicks coach to replace Mike Brown.

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This area of Beacon Hill, Myrtle Street near Joy Street, is where Saturday’s attack happened.

Beacon Hill residents’ safety zone shattered by attack

Residents were on edge Sunday, a day after a woman was sexually assaulted and robbed inside her Beacon Hill apartment.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on “Meet the Press” that Obama’s reelection was an endorsement of his approach to the “fiscal cliff.”

A hint of compromise in ‘fiscal cliff ’ debate

Republicans and Democrats indicated a growing consensus that any solution must include spending cuts and revenue increases.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Jamaica Plain fight has Home in bind

James Carroll

Despite heroism, US should rethink wars
Hitcase Pro ruggedized iPhone case.

Tech Lab Plus

This iPhone case can take a hit
Steve Brand hopes his app can capitalize on the snarkiness and wit of TV viewers.

Innovation Economy

New app aims to link Tweets, TV shows
“I’ll take any win. I’ll take any win,” said coach Bill Belichick, whose Patriots have arrived at 6-3 unevenly.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots are simply untrustworthy

Juliette Kayyem

Bring veteran services into the future
BC freshman running back David Dudeck gets stacked up by a pair of Irish defenders.

Christopher L. Gasper

Notre Dame’s revival is gold for college football

Joan Vennochi

Governor Patrick needs to focus on Mass.
Mitt Romney leaves the podium at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center after giving his concession speech.

Jeff Jacoby

 The state party should focus on grass roots

Yvonne Abraham

Washed-up bottle connects man to his past

Kevin Cullen

Scandal highlights the strains of modern war

Joanna Weiss

The new face of the GOP

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A tourist crossed flooded St. Mark's Square in Venice.

Wind-whipped rains flood Venice

Heavy rains and seas put 70 percent of central Venice under water.

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A couple at Mitt Romney’s election night event Tuesday. Voting via smartphone would be risky, some experts say.

Security a big issue for voting by phone

Security experts say letting people vote through their phones or computers could have disastrous consequences.

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Robert Lowell

‘With Robert Lowell and His Circle’ by Kathleen Spivack

The book is part memoir, part portrait of Lowell’s classroom, era, and literary contemporaries.

Health and wellness

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Strange findings at annual heart forum

Can you assess heart risk from a receding hairline? That was one of several quirky findings at the annual meeting.

“Democrats want reform, and Republicans need it. That’s the new dynamic.”

Frank Sharry,  the executive director of America’s Voice, an immigrant advocacy group

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Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians
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How to be a New England vegetarian in winter
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The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel

Opinion

“Harry Reid and John Boehner kept their majorities, but they’re not winners; they’re survivors.”

John E. Sununu 

Ideas

“At its core, the presidency is about managing information—facing the endless data stream that is the United States government and transforming it into one high-stakes decision after another.”

Leon Neyfakh on the advice-wrangler in chief