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State officials knew convict led oversight firm

Three officials knew the head of a company chosen to monitor the Framingham firm implicated in the meningitis outbreak was convicted of fraud.

Probe of US general uncovers 20,000 pages of e-mails

Some of the pages of documents and e-mails between General John Allen and Tampa socialite Jill Kelley were ‘‘flirtatious,” an official said.

Senator John Kerry visited the Gaza Strip in 2009.

Reports of Kerry as possible defense secretary puzzle some

Reports that President Obama is considering John Kerry to run the Pentagon has puzzled many longtime defense watchers who assumed Kerry was on the short list to be secretary of state.

Most Upper Crust restaurants abruptly close

The pizza chain fired about 140 employees and will shutter permanently unless it can get a cash infusion within a few days.

AP

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Fact-free fracking

Remarkably little research has been done on what fracking’s risks are and whether they can be mitigated.

Boston Capital

Big Bay State players may face showdown

The fiscal cliff drama may pit two of the state’s biggest economic engines — the defense industry and the health care establishment — against one another.

Inspired by time the artist spent in Rome, the exhibition starts with a pine cone, a tree burl, a table piled with wood, and more.

Art Review

Seeds of imagination on display in Worcester

The new installation by Jill Slosburg Ackerman uncorks the frothy ferment of imagination’s process for the viewer to take in.

Frame by Frame

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Jean Frederic Bazille’s “Summer Scene” hangs at Harvard Art Museums, and it’s one of the most striking works in their entire collection.

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How does a performance get from rehearsal to the concert hall? Join us for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the music happens.

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The Globe’s Brian McGrory takes the pet memoir to a hilarious new place.

Book Review

Man vs. rooster in Brian McGrory’s ‘Buddy’
A former Boston Common bathroom retains its original look, but now displays the Earl of Sandwich chain name.

On Boston Common, sandwiches fit for an earl
Retired General David H. Petraeus and Paula Broadwell often conferred with faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Kennedy School key in David Petraeus saga
Eric Fehrnstrom (middle) worked on Mitt Romney’s presidential run.

Critical eyes on team behind Romney, Brown

Owner of Framingham drug firm faulted in 2004
Ari Graynor, a veteran of 22 films at age 29, had her first starring movie role this summer in “For a Good Time, Call. . .” She is also in a new Broadway play titled “The Performers.”

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Advice for raising a child star
John Bosley will continue wearing a Livestrong bracelet, despite the Lance Armstrong scandal. Not everyone will.

For some, doping case hurts Livestrong image
Thomas Glynn had also worked in the Labor Department.

Major tasks face new Massport chief

Frame by Frame

A summer sojourn in the south of France
Aimee Rose Ranger (as Procne) and Jen O’Connor (as Philomela) “Ted Hughes’ Tales From Ovid.”

Stage Review

Whistler’s ‘Tales From Ovid’ reaches for the sky

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Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians

Comics

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Sports

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UMass 67, Harvard 64

University of Massachusetts forward Sampson Carter (22) sent fans into a frenzy after he hit a three pointer from the corner in front of his team's bench at the buzzer that broke a tie to give the Minutemen the victory against Harvard.

UMass survives scare in opener against Harvard

The Minutemen held off the Crimson at the Mullins Center with a three-pointer in the final seconds.

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino, right, during a meeting in Dorchester Oct. 13. There is no timetable for the release of the Boston mayor, who has been at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since Oct. 26.

Mayor Menino to remain in hospital due to back issues

There is no timetable for the release of the Boston mayor, who has been at Brigham and Women’s Hospital since Oct. 26.

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Political Notebook

Mexico President Felipe Calderon called marijuana legalization by US states ‘‘a paradigm change on the part of those entities in respect to the current international system.’’

US marijuana votes irk Latin leaders

The group declared that votes by two US states to legalize marijuana have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling.

Columnists

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Fact-free fracking

Boston Capital

Big Bay State players may face showdown
David Petraeus walked the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 18 to ring the opening bell.

joanna weiss

The blindness of hero worship
“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

Adrian Walker

Jamaica Plain fight has Home in bind
Hitcase Pro ruggedized iPhone case.

Tech Lab Plus

This iPhone case can take a hit

James Carroll

Despite heroism, US should rethink wars
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

Joanna Weiss

The new face of the GOP
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

Juliette Kayyem

Bring veteran services into the future

Joan Vennochi

Governor Patrick needs to focus on Mass.

Nation & World

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This platinum and diamond necklace was one of the pieces of jewelry recovered from Titanic.

Jewelry recovered from Titanic wreckage to be exhibited

Most of the jewelry recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic will go on public display for the first time with a three-city tour.

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A crowd of shoppers waited outside a Target store in Connecticut on Black Friday last year.

Blue law restrictions on Thanksgiving rile merchants

Some Mass. merchants are starting to question whether the state’s Colonial-era blue laws are becoming outdated.

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Album Review | POP

Christina Aguilera refocuses on her own voice in ‘Lotus’

“Lotus” is a good start in the effort to refocus attention on Aguilera’s skills and scrub our memories of 2010’s disastrous “Bionic.”

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“I wanted to create a book that was almost like a scrapbook,” Michael Feinstein said on “The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs.”

Michael Feinstein rhapsodizes anew about the Gershwins

Feinstein, a musician and educator, has a new book titled “The Gershwins and Me: A Personal History in Twelve Songs.”

“I wore it religiously, but I don’t wear it anymore. It’s too closely ­associated with Lance [Armstrong], and I’m off the bandwagon until he comes clean.”

Mike Coggins, 39,  on his Livestrong bracelet

Magazine

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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?
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A new home with a traditional feel

Opinion

“There are ways to make fracking safer, like ensuring that it happens far from private wells, that water is disposed of properly, and that methane isn’t allowed to leak out.”

Farah Stockman 

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