Mass. pension board to examine bonus proposal

State pension fund directors will take up a proposal next week that would provide larger bonuses for staff investment professionals.

Man who burned Brewster church ‘mentally ill,’ family says

The family of the man arrested for allegedly burning down a Cape Cod church says that he is mentally ill. Adam Finnegan, 29, is set to be arraigned Monday.

Everett topples Barnstable to claim Division 1A title

A few inches separated Barnstable from connecting on an attempt to tie the score in the fourth quarter at Gillette Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Chiefs player kills girlfriend, commits suicide

The Kansas City Chiefs’ Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend, and then later killed himself at the Chiefs’ training facility early Saturday.

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We like to Watch: Fall season report card

In this episode of “We Like to Watch,” Matthew Gilbert and Sarah Rodman give us their report cards on the fall television season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Min_108_2-002.jpg Which TV shows will survive?

Here’s a mid-term performance evaluation, both in terms of quality and ratings quantity.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/nashville30.jpg Deciding the TV fates of the fall season’s free agents

While many actors wait to suss out their next move, we did some fantasy recasting.

The Mayflower Inn in Connecticut.

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Oh little towns of Bethlehem — in New Hampshire and Connecticut

What the Nutmeg and Granite states have in common.

Holiday gift guide

The Globe’s complete guide on where to find the best music gifts, DVDs, books, and more. Plus, the top spots to shop around New England.

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From the Archives | Photos

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The 18th Amendment repealing Prohibition was ratified on December 5, 1933. During Prohibition, police were busy raiding speakeasies and arresting bootleggers and rum-runners.

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Susan Kushner Resnick had a gold bracelet made, engraved with Aron Lieb’s camp numbers. They were friends for 15 years until his death last year.

He Saved Me, Too: the story of an unlikely friendship

George V. Higgins’s novel “Cogan’s Trade” has been adapted into the film “Killing Them Softly.”

Martin F. Nolan

Author George V. Higgins’s linguistic loot
The fast-spreading fire that destroyed Cape Cod Bible Alliance Church was set just before 3 a.m. on Friday.

Church arson leaves Cape Cod uneasy

How to behave when you’re at the theater

Ideas

Could boredom be curable?
In 2007, Matt Ryan led Boston College to the first of two straight ACC championship game appearances.

Bob Ryan | Sunday Preview

College sports do matter in Boston
Ronald Beloin cut a Christmas tree for a customer at Beloin Tree Farm in Columbia, N.H.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, Nov. 30, 2012
Homeowners are letting go of safe beige and trying gray-blues (and other colors) on their walls.

Magazine preview | Your Home: The Guide

7 trends in wall treatments
Congressman Ed Markey.

Mass. Dems oppose benefit cuts
Dempsey, a 14-year-old blond Labrador retriever, owned by Kevan and Sheila Cunningham, rests on his special bed.

Old dogs, new ways to baby them

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Boston’s last, great unsolved mystery
The Old South Church is auctioning a book of psalms from the 17th century. It could fetch $10 to $20 million.

Church torn over future of precious asset

Sports

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Cathedral's Kejonte Hickman (9) ran the ball within yards of the end zone past Madison Park's Kerlin Augustin (88) during the Division 4A Super Bowl game between Boston Cathedral and Madison Park held at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.

Cathedral defeats Madison Park in Division 4A Super Bowl

The Cathedral Panthers are Super Bowl champions after defeating Madison Park 22-20 at Gillette Stadium.

Metro

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A rendering depicts Government Center station after renovations.

Government Center T station to close for 2 years

An estimated $90 million renovation project at the City Hall Plaza stop is scheduled to start in the late summer or early fall.

Columnists

JOAN WICKERSHAM

An ideal holiday film

Adrian Walker

Alexandra Zapp’s parents fight to prevent more tragedies
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and her dog, Otis, greeted a voter in September. Otis was diagnosed with lymphoma in the spring and died five days before the election.

Brian McGrory

Elizabeth Warren’s private agony
The Celtics will miss Rajon Rondo for two games during his suspension.

Christopher L. Gasper

No apologies from defiant Rondo

Scot Lehigh

Filibuster reform could fix a dysfunctional Senate

Boston Capital

Suitors vie for Mass. hospitals
Karl Rove controlled hundreds of millions of dollars in the election.

Joshua Green

Back in 2004, Karl Rove offered sage advice

Lawrence Harmon

Business leaders not bullish on mayoral race
US Army female soldiers with the 2-17 Field Artillery Regiment listened to a briefing as they prepared to leave on a mission in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2004.

juliette kayyem

Pentagon rules excluding women aren’t worth defending

Joan Vennochi

A road to peace for East Boston, Massport

edward l. glaeser

Severance pay for the unemployed
The iPod Touch and iPod Nano players are sleek, elegant reminders that a personal entertainment device doesn’t have to come with a monthly phone bill.

Tech Lab

Apple’s latest iPods offer entertaining new features

Nation & World

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A delicate operation lies ahead to remove the derailed tanker cars from Mantua Creek in Paulsboro, N.J.

N.J. train derailment tips tankers, sickens dozens

The National Transportation Safety Board will try to decide whether the derailment was from a problem with the bridge.

Politics

Timothy P. Cahill was questioned for a second day in his corruption trial.

Cahill concedes campaign spoke with lottery ad firm

Former Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill acknowledged that his campaign had multiple contacts with the Boston ad firm that was being paid public money to craft lottery ads.

Business

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The self-serve model has helped revive business, according to a TCBY regional director.

TCBY will try again in Massachusetts

TCBY plans to open 15 to 25 self-serve shops in the Boston area over the next few years, saying that giving customers more control has revived the business.

Arts

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Book Review

Lyle Talbot, circa 1930, the year he was spotted by a talent scout in Dallas.

‘The Entertainer’ by Margaret Talbot

Lyle Talbot was a hard-working actor whose career spanned the whole of 20th-century popular entertainment.

Magazine

The cover for the November 25 2012 issue

Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter
The cover for the November 18 2012 issue

7 holiday styles that shine
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

Opinion

“Senator John Kerry, prominently mentioned as the next secretary of state or defense, should stay right where he is.”

Robert Kuttner 

Ideas

“To its fans in the plastics industry, and there are many, the supermarket shopping bag—or ‘T-shirt bag,’ as it’s known in the business—is a triumph of cost-effective engineering.”

Leon Neyfakh 

“I want Democrats to act like Democrats.’’

US Representative James P. McGovern,  on the impending fiscal crisis