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Bill to avert fiscal cliff heads to House

House Republicans planned a closed-door meeting Tuesday to decide their next move after the Senate overwhelmingly approved a compromise to the fiscal cliff.

Senate deal prevents tax hikes for many, delays spending cuts

The Senate passed a compromise early Tuesday that prevents income tax hikes on nearly all working Americans while raising taxes on the wealthiest.

With any fiscal deal, payroll tax apt to rise

Even with a fiscal deal, most employees will take home less this year because of an expiring payroll tax cut.

Homicides drop for 3d straight year

Homicides have been reduced by solid police work, an aging population, and better trauma care.

Asthma reduced in public housing

New Boston data indicate asthma incidences have dropped nearly by half since 2005.

Brenda Van Der Merwe, a real estate agent, says she is not making any resolutions. “You should already be doing it,” she said.

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Many not making New Year’s resolutions

The abstainers fall into two categories: those who say the annual rite is for wimps and those who have been repeatedly burned by their own failings.

Enduring memories of luminaries lost in 2012

The Globe remembers some of the notable figures, locally, nationally, and internationally, who passed away in 2012.

In winter swims, the pain is real

When the human body plunges into the January waters of the Massachusetts coast, it will race through all sorts of painful physical stages in the first minute.

Dan Shaughnessy

Get ready for Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning for AFC title

Manning and the Broncos are the only folks with a chance to keep the Patriots from a return trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Editorial Event | Jan. 19, 2 p.m.

Exclusive Screening of Brooklyn Castle

See the film and participate in a talk with cast members, moderated by Boston Globe movie editor Janice Page.

Globe exclusives

Hugh Jackman plays Jean Valjean in the film adaptation of Les Miserables.

Opinion | Jennifer Graham

The faith personified in ‘Les Miserables’

Jimmy Craig (left) and Justin Parker. The duo behind Fatawesome, who have been friends since high school, had a viral hit with the video “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend,” which spurred some national attention.

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Trying to ride viral videos to wider fame

Irving Berlin is one of a large group of Jewish composers who made it big on Broadway.

Television Review

Jews amid the culture of the Broadway musical

Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum in a scene from the 1947 film noir ‘’Out of the Past,’’ directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Critic’s Notebook

Let us now praise (not quite) famous men

Hometown Heroes: the best local albums of 2012

In 2011, hundreds of people took advantage of unusually mild temperatures on the first day of the year during the L Street Brownies plunge.

In winter swims, the pain is real

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Practical tips for a healthier 2013

The Appleton Tracy pocket watch, serial number 50141, was a rare size 20, rather than the more common size 18.

Lincoln, a watch, and a link to history

Defense lawyers want separate trials for former state probation commissioner John J. O’Brien (left) and his codefendant, former Treasury aide Scott S. Campbell.

One trial in lottery job case, judge says

Michelle Kosilek, a convicted murderer, sued for a sex change operation. Her defense team is seeking legal fees.

Challenges to inmates’ gender cases costly to Bay State

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones performing at the House of Blues during their Hometown Throwdown on Saturday.

Music Review

Bosstones throw down at House of Blues

America’s most controversial reality TV star this year was a 7-year-old beauty-pageant contestant from rural Georgia whose real name is Alana Thompson.

Opinion

A 2012 dictionary (abridged)

Sports

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Josh McDaniels lost 17 of his 22 final games as head coach of the Broncos, and was fired in 2010.

Patriots’ Josh McDaniels won’t head elsewhere

The offensive coordinator dismissed suggestions he could be a head-coaching candidate, and said he’s focused on the playoffs.

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Stephen Bresnahan cleaned under the family house on Plum Island after it was undercut by waves at high tide Friday.

Plum Island homeowners pin hopes on sandbags

Homeowners stared at the churning sea and hoped for a change in sand patterns after last week’s devastating storm.

Columnists

Peyton Manning and Tom Brady could face each other again in the AFC Championship game.

Dan Shaughnessy

Get ready for Brady vs. Manning for AFC title

A dancer performs in a New Year’s Eve celebration in Bali Monday.

James Carroll

A new year of pluralism

Boston Capital

Economy to grow if politics abate

Bobo’s device measures heart rate.

Innovation Economy

A heart rate sensor that’s easy to wear

Tech Lab Plus

Meet the scale that talks to your phone

Rob Gronkowski scored a touchdown for the Patriots in the fourth quarter against the Dolphins.

Christopher L. Gasper

Worth the risk to play Rob Gronkowski

President Barack Obama greets Chief Justice John Roberts before delivering his State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2012.

Joan Vennochi

Bipartisan bright spots, met with derision

Congressman Ed Markey won’t be facing the name power of Ben Affleck—who announced he won’t be running—but he still has the chance to act like a star.

Joanna Weiss

Ed Markey needs to find his inner celebrity

In recent years, Boston has reveled in championships by the Bruins, Red Sox, Patriots, and Celtics — but it certainly appears that this widespread “golden era” is over.

Bob Ryan

State of Boston’s sports teams in 2013

The Super Bowl is exactly 11 years after the Pats won their first title.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots tough enough to make it back to Super Bowl

JEFF JACOBY

Kerry’s ‘realist’ approach slips into callousness

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Early adopters could give Boston entrepreneurs a boost

Nation & World

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A man mourned amid debris after a car bomb attack Monday in Hillah, south of Baghdad.

Widespread insurgent attacks kill 28 in Iraq

The attacks primarily targeted Shi’ite communities and pilgrims and killed at least 23 civilians and five police officers.

Politics

Hillary Clinton had planned to step down as secretary of state at the beginning of President Obama’s second term.

Blood clot formed in Hillary Clinton’s skull

The secretary of state developed a blood clot in her head but did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage, her doctors said.

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Ashley Morehouse and Michal Grabias dined at the Wasabi sushi restaurant at the Natick Mall after shopping earlier this month.

Quirky kiosk restaurants drawing in mall shoppers

The unique restaurants are popping up in unexpected places at the mall, snagging shoppers lured by high-end fare in open-air kiosks

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Book Review

‘Refugee Hotel’ by Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman

The book is an up-close, sometimes raw evocation of the refugee experience in America.

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Musician Julio Fernandez during a music session at Montclair State University.

Helping veterans reintegrate through music

Organizers of a pilot program in New Jersey hope to use music to ease veterans’ reintegration into civilian life.

Magazine

The cover for the December 23 2012 issue

Dec 23, 2012

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

The cover for the December 16 2012 issue

Dec 16, 2012

Best of the New: Diversions

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Dec 9, 2012

The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?

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Dec 2, 2012

5 inspired rooms

Opinion

Ideas