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Clashes in Egypt after leader’s power expansion

Thousands of opponents of Egypt President Mohammed Morsi clashed with his supporters and burned offices in violent protests over his move to grant himself sweeping powers.

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Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian man and wounded at least 13 others in the first violence since a truce that ended eight days of Hamas and Israeli fighting.

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The Cocoanut Grove fire 70th anniversary

A shocking 492 people died in the famous nightclub fire, which led to changes nationally in fire safety codes.

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This week’s best photos include scenes from Plimoth Plantation, Thanksgiving football, and the Nutcracker.

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Shoppers flocked to malls across the region early Friday for the annual after-Thanksgiving retail tradition.

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This Cambridge start-up is betting it can change everything from product placement to how we elect our president.

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Craftboston Holiday at the Cyclorama in the Boston Center for the Arts, December 7-9, 2012

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Mayor Nancy Tia Brown just won a second and final term as mayor of Cody, Wyo., a town of 9,600 major campaigns bypassed completely.

Cody, Wyo. — the place the campaign forgot
Dunkin’ sells over 1.5 billion cups of coffee per year.

Dunkin’ Donuts loses best coffee trademark bid
Alejandro Diaz’s “Povera Lite” are signs that look like cardboard but are actually made of paint, wood, and cast resin.

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‘RISD Business: Sassy Signs and Sculptures’

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In her new memoir, Grace Coddington (left) tells about her life as a model in London in the ’60s and about her career at Vogue.

Book Review

‘Grace: A Memoir’ by Grace Coddington
Elizabeth Warren, though attacked at times as an enemy of free enterprise, was known to meet with financial executives during two previous appointed stints in Washington.

Financial sector wants ties to Elizabeth Warren
Liliam Alvarez (left) became homeless after her husband died and she lost her job. Marion Davis, 71, cannot stay in a shelter because he uses an oxygen tank.

Once-homeless seniors give their thanks
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment owes much of its existence to Lewis Hayden and Governor John Andrew.

Lasting lessons in 1862 Boston Thanksgiving

Dan Shaughnessy

Thanksgiving and football are inseparable
Sheila Burgess’s driving record was a major embarrassment to the Patrick administration.

Former highway safety chief quits state job
Nate Silver, author of the political blog FiveThirtyEight.

The allure of the statistics field grows

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Holiday arts preview

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The Patriots were hungry for a win, and after they got it, Vince Wilfork (far left) was able to partake in a little snack.

Vince Wilfork was key man in Patriots’ win

Wilfork’s contributions don’t always show on the stat sheet, but he was the cog that fueled the Patriots’ romp over the Jets.

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Teacher Alison Galanter used software to take attendance at the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers.

Boston teachers track attendance, grades in new online system

Nearly 5,000 teachers now tap away on laptops or devices to post attendance, conduct, and grades.

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Reasons to back Amazon deal
Rex Ryan greeted Bill Belichick after the Jets’ loss.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots-Jets rivalry is over

Yvonne Abraham

A sweet new business in Dorchester’s Fields Corner

Joan Vennochi

Mitt Romney loses the battle of ideas
An Iron Dome launcher fired an interceptor rocket near the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Monday.

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Israel’s Iron Dome
Halo 4: $60, for Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. It’s the best-looking, best-playing Halo game yet but lacks emotional resonance.

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A holiday banquet for gamers

Dan Shaughnessy

Thanksgiving and football are inseparable
An Israeli couple watched the Gaza Strip in the background as they stood on a hill at the Israeli town of Sderot on Tuesday.

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A vast moral difference

Derrick Z. Jackson

Retailers shouldn’t open on Thanksgiving
The wooden foreparts of Viking ships are thought to have been carved in dragon shapes to ward off sea monsters.

Carlo Rotella

The doomsayer in his hot tub

Kevin Cullen

The truth never dies

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Don’t break up, America

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US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice

Susan Rice rejects criticism of her remarks on Benghazi attack

‘‘I relied solely and squarely on the information provided to me by the intelligence community,’’ Rice said.

Politics

Iowa’s governor says it’s time to ditch straw poll

Once a festive checkpoint before the Iowa caucuses, the poll has devolved into a sideshow, the governor said.

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San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee (left) and ING Direct’s CEO of savings, Arkadi Kuhlmann, opened an ING banking cafe last year.

Capital One plans banking ‘cafes’

Capital One says its first branch offices — at least six — in the Boston area will serve coffee and other amenities.

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The music gift guide

No other giftee can inspire fear in shoppers like the Music Fan. One false move, and you could be deemed uncool for decades to come. Avert this fate with our guide to the most giftable reissues, box sets, DVDs, music-related books, and holiday albums. (But hang onto that gift receipt, just in case.)

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Movie Review

Anthony Hopkins plays legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in the new movie “Hitchcock.”

A blunt stab at ‘Hitchcock’

The best way to better understand the man who made some of our greatest movies is simply to see them. There’s no case to be made for a mangy shortcut like this.

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7 holiday styles that shine
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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?

Opinion

“The issue — largely forgotten — is one of continued occupation and blockade, a grossly asymmetrical conflict that has deliberately and systematically disabled Gaza’s economy and people.”

Sara Roy 

Ideas

“Funded in large part by the United States and its allies, Cambodia’s war-crimes court seeks to plant the seeds of Western-style justice in Eastern soil, transforming an entire legal system rather than merely putting aging war criminals behind bars.”

Peter Canellos on the power of imported justice