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Heaviest Israel-Palestine fighting in four years

Israel and Hamas widened their deadly conflict over Gaza on Thursday, with 16 dead since Wednesday.

Senate health chair wants new drug compound rules

The chairman of the Senate’s health committee pledged Thursday to move ahead with legislation to tighten oversight of compounding pharmacies.

Bob Hewitt held a plaque from his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. in 1992.

Tennis Hall suspends Bob Hewitt for sex abuse allegations

Tennis great Bob Hewitt was stripped of his Hall of Fame status a year after a Globe report detailed alleged sexual abuse of girls he coached.

Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey win MVP awards

Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera won the AL’s MVP award, and San Francisco’s Buster Posey was voted the NL honor.

Undocumented people filled out applications in Chicago in August for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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Opinion: Juliette Kayyem

The GOP’s ‘Hispanic problem’

Republicans are using a multi-faceted approach in their search for a way to soften the party’s hard edge on immigration.

Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper costar in “Silver Linings Playbook.”

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Cooper vulnerable in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

Cooper plays a mental patient living in Philadelphia with his parents, hung up on his estranged wife, and spending time with an equally unstable woman (Jennifer Lawrence).

The Patriots’ newest defensive player Aqib Talib will play his first game with the team this Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

Patriots safety Aqib Talib ‘excited to help’

In his first meeting with local media, Talib expressed hope of putting his checkered past behind him.

I.S. 318’s chess team celebrating a win in “Brooklyn Castle.”

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Seeing the entire board in ‘Brooklyn Castle’

The story of the chess team at Brooklyn’s Intermediate School 318, and its domination of national competitions, is a great documentary subject told well by director Katie Dellamaggiore.

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In 1971, the team officially became the New England Patriots (formerly the Boston Patriots) and found a new home in Foxborough.

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Don’t flame Guy Fieri, local restaurateurs say
Jude Law and Keira Knightley in “Anna Karenina.”

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An adaptation of a Tolstoy classic
Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley asked a question during a discussion at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore Monday.

O’Malley accepts major church reorganization
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal spoke to reporters on behalf of Mitt Romney in the spin room after the second presidential debate at Hofstra University, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012.

Rising GOP star Jindal blasts Romney
October 3, 1976: Fullback Sam “Bam” Cunningham and wide receiver Daryl Stingley laugh with running back Andy Johnson as they celebrate a Patriot thrashing of the Oakland Raiders 48-17. “No one has ever done this to one of my teams,” said Raider coach John Madden after Oakland was pushed all over the field to the delight of a sellout crowd of 61,068. Cunningham rushed for 101 yards and caught passes for 94 more. Stingley caught two touchdown passes and rushed for 48 yards on two reverses.

The Patriots in the 1970s
President Obama warned congressional Republicans he was ready to fight for his selection for secretary of state.

Obama rips critics of UN ambassador

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas
The Ameridose facvility in Westborough.

Shutdown spurs hunt for medication sources
Davis Petraeus (left) and Paula Broadwell

Paula Broadwell fell short of aims at Harvard
Joseph Lynch and Kristin Miller in a wheelchair-accessible hallway in their recently renovated vacation home in the Berkshires.

Home, for the long run
Jeff Copper read a memorial in Maverick Square near the site where six firefighters died.

Fallen firefighters honored after 70 years
Author Paula Broadwell baring her sculpted arms and shoulders on “The Daily Show” in January.

Are arms the window to soul?

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Red Sox will have large payroll, Ben Cherington says

The general manager told WEEI he expects the Red Sox to be “amongst the larger payrolls in the game” as they restock the roster this winter.

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Brogan Graham cheered on Kate Kennedy during a workout at Harvard Stadium.

November Project members embrace exercise, one another

Hundreds of locals are turning out three times a week at 6:30 a.m. to hug and socialize before running stadium steps, or knocking out a series of sit-ups and push-ups.

Politics

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray (right) at a State House ceremony on Sept. 11.

Murray won’t rush into run for governor

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray declined to offer a timetable on when he’d decide to formally declare himself as a candidate.

Columnists

Undocumented people filled out applications in Chicago in August for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Opinion: Juliette Kayyem

The GOP’s ‘Hispanic problem’

joan vennochi

John Kerry should be secretary of state

edward l. glaeser

Help New York rebuild, but fix FEMA, too

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas
Samsung’s Galaxy Note II recognizes notes that are handwritten on its screen via a built-in stylus, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system.

Tech Lab

New phones turn the tables on Apple

jeff jacoby

Gay marriage should be at the ballot box

Christopher L. Gasper

Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera should be AL MVP
Senator John Kerry

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Kerry should stay put

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Fact-free fracking
“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
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
Hitcase Pro ruggedized iPhone case.

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This iPhone case can take a hit

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Susan Rice, ambassador to the UN, appeared on CBS's

Rice got Libya report later deemed wrong, CIA official says

UN ambassador Susan Rice was given an initial assessment that a spontaneous protest evolved into an attack on the consulate, CIA deputy director Mike Morell said.

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United Airlines

Computer outage grounds United flights

United Airlines computers were down from about 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, and the glitch affected about five flights at Logan Airport.

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Movie review

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart reunite for the final installment.

Sun mercifully sets on ‘Twilight’

This fifth and final installment features so much idle anticipation that it’s unclear whether we’re watching a movie or an Apple product launch, writes Globe critic Wesley Morris.

Style

From left: Maggie Grace, Bella Thorne, Dakota Fanning, and Robert Pattinson at the latest “Twilight’’ premiere.

‘Twilight’ red carpet: the color of money

When the stars descended on the for the “Twilight: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2” premiere, it seemed fitting that so many wore green.

“You have someone from the Boston Bruins working out next to a dude who suddenly gets off the couch because he wants to get fit.”

Bojan Mandaric,  on the November Project

Magazine

The cover for the November 11 2012 issue

Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians
The cover for the November 4 2012 issue

How to be a New England vegetarian in winter
The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

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

“Most Republicans know they need to modify their position on immigration in order to attract new Americans.”

Juliette Kayyem 

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