LeGarrette Blount ran for his fourth touchdown against the Colts in the fourth quarter.

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LeGarrette Blount ran 73 yards for his fourth touchdown against the Colts in the fourth quarter.

He broke a Patriots playoff record with his four touchdowns.

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The Patriots advanced to the AFC Championship Game with a 43-22

Stevan Ridley and Blount celebrated Blount's touchdown in the final quarter.

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Stevan Ridley and Blount celebrated Blount's touchdown in the final quarter.

Rookie Jamie Collins had his first sack and first interception tonight.

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Rookie Jamie Collins had his first sack and first interception tonight.

Michael Hoomanawanui caught a pass against the Colts.

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Michael Hoomanawanui caught a pass against the Colts.

Stevan Ridley went for a 2-point conversion after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter.

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Ridley went for a 2-point conversion after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter.

Blount danced in celebration of his second-quarter touchdown.

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Blount danced in celebration of his second-quarter touchdown.

Patriots 43, Colts 22 | replay

Patriots stampede past Colts

The Patriots scored on six rushing touchdowns to advance to the AFC Championship game. LeGarrette Blount scored four times, and Stevan Ridley twice.

LeGarrette Blount scored three touchdowns in the first half.

Blount sets new Patriots playoff record

LeGarrette Blount broke a Patriots playoff record with his fourth touchdown against the Colts.

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Sharon, who suffered a severe stroke from which he never recovered, died Saturday in a hospital near Tel Aviv.

Sam Berns with his parents, Scott Berns and Leslie Gordon.

Foxborough teen who battled aging disease dies

Sam Berns was due to serve as an honorary captain at the Patriots’ playoff game against the Colts.

State Police today released this new photograph of Leeanna Wilson (right) and Alize Whipple.

DCF was set to take custody of Fitchburg girl

Alize Whipple, 5, the subject of a massive AMBER Alert search, has been found unharmed. Leeanna Wilson, 50, is being held without bail.

The “eco tents” at Concordia Eco-Resort, on St. John in the US Virgin Islands, look out on Drunk Bay and Salt Pond Bay.

On St. John, an eco-resort that’s all about sustainability

At the southeastern tip of the island, straddling Drunk Bay to the east and Salt Pond Bay to the south, Concordia Eco-Resort stands out by blending in.

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Alex Rodriguez’s drug suspension has been cut to 162 games from 211 by an arbitrator.

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A look at the history of Saratoga Springs might give Mass. residents pause about casinos as an economic engine.

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Scarlett Johansson was the Siri-like voice of an operating system in “Her.”

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Superlative roles that won’t win Oscars
The village architecture at Sun Peaks Ski Resort is in the style of the southern Alps.

Travel

Sun Peaks is a great place for family fun
Students from Roxbury’s Orchard Gardens school, which has dramatically improved since arts were reintroduced, painted portraits in memory of community activist and Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance employee Edna Viola Bynoe.

opinion | Jon Garelick

Arts in education
Justina Pelletier has been at Boston Children’s Hospital for almost a year.

Teen in custody battle to be moved
Hiawatha Bray was enamored with the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles.

Hiawatha Bray

CES 2014 offers a feast of consumer electronics
Stephen Colbert is scheduled to be a keynote speaker at RSA’s upcoming annual conference.

Digital activists pressure Colbert to skip RSA Conference
Patricia Campatelli was sworn in as register of probate by Paula M. Carey on Jan. 2, 2013.

After this holiday party, talk was of ‘punch’
Wellesley designer Yumi Barnett-Nakamura has worked with Harvard student Christina Gao.

US Figure Skating Championships

Rink becomes runway for female skaters
Herb and Dorothy Vogel in the documentary “Herb & Dorothy 50X50.”

Bowdoin receives a major gift from Vogels
The Northeast Passage Wildcats between periods of their sled hockey game against the New Jersey Freeze at the Newington (Conn.) Ice Arena. The Wildcats won, 4-0.

Their shot at winning

Ideas

Can the evangelical church embrace gay couples?

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The revolt of the unpaid intern

Sports

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Seahawks 23, Saints 15

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson pushed back Roman Harper in the fourth quarter.

Seahawks rumble past Saints to NFC Championship Game

Seattle’s defense flustered Drew Brees and New Orleans in a 23-15 victory, sending the top-seeded Seahawks to the next round.

Metro

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh (left) posed next to his grandmother Mary Ann O’Malley. By the time she had reached her early 80s, O’Malley had forgotten much of what she once knew intimately.

Mayor Walsh takes steps to aid those hit by Alzheimer’s

Memories of his late grandmother have inspired Martin Walsh to make improved services among his earliest missions in office.

Columnists

The Saratoga Springs History Museum occupies an 1800s building once billed as the finest casino in the world.

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The ghosts of casinos past
Danny Amendola (above) was supposed to fill the slot of Wes Welker, but it didn’t work out that way.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Time for Danny Amendola to shine now
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spoke during a news conference Thursday at the Statehouse in Trenton.

SCOT LEHIGH

Will Chris Christie be a slow fade?

Yvonne Abraham

Still speaking up for his sister
Eugene O’Flaherty was tapped to be Boston’s lead attorney.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Red flags in Walsh’s picks for key jobs

Shirley Leung

Locating the problem: Google Maps
New Boston police Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross spoke Thursday as Police Commissioner William Evans looked on.

Kevin Cullen

A dynamic duo

alex beam

My fake online friend-bots

EDWARD L. GLAESER

New Urban Mechanics, keep tinkering

Adrian Walker

Founder of Haley House steps away

farah stockman

Can investors do more good than donors?

Derrick z. jackson

18th Annual Graduation Gap Bowl

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An Iraqi Sunni walked past a damaged police pickup truck after clashes in the city of Falluja.

At least 60 killed in 2 weeks in Iraq’s Anbar province

United Nations records show that more than 11,000 families have been uprooted by the fighting.

Politics

Bill de Blasio, New York’s mayor, caused a stir when he ate pizza with a fork at Goodfellas in Staten Island on Friday.

NYC mayor’s hands-off approach panned

Mayor Bill de Blasio ate his slice with utensils, violating longstanding city protocol of devouring pizza with hands only.

Business

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Neiman Marcus said some of its customers’ payment card information had been stolen.

Neiman Marcus victim of cyber security attack

The luxury retailer says thieves have stolen some customers’ credit card and debit card information.

Arts

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From left: Lorne Batman, Jesse Wood, Brandon Green, Elle Borders, and Joe Kidawski play actors rehearsing a historical drama about race and genocide in Africa.

‘We Are Proud’: When history is written in a rehearsal room

Sure, the onstage entertainment at Emerson/Paramount Center is indeed a play, but even its director hesitates before using the word.

Lifestyle

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Love Letters

Mom says she has to date

The letter-writer has “dating burnout” after unsuccessful relationships, but her mother won’t stop prodding her.

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Amid images of enthusiasm and devotion, signs of frustration are also seen among Patriots fans throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

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Charmed, I’m sure
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2013 Bostonians of the Year
The cover for the December 15 2013 issue

The best Boston Globe photos of 2013
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How cigarettes became uncool on campus

Ideas

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Black Republicans, liberal high-rises, late-night irony, expired food, and what else we’ll be talking about this year.