Menino blasts NRA reaction to Conn. killings
Mayor Thomas Menino called the NRA’s plan to arm police and voluneteers at schools a “ploy to bring more guns into our neighborhoods.”
Thomas McGee, former Mass. speaker of the House, dies at 88
McGee served as speaker from 1975 until 1984, when he was ousted in a bitter rift by George Keverian, who had served as majority leader.
Celtics, 94 | Bucks, 99
Celtics come back in regulation, only to fall to Bucks in OT
Paul Pierce scored 35 but the Celtics lost to the Bucks for the third time this season, 94-99.
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Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine
An escape to the volcanoes and ancient ruins of Guatemala
Getting swept up in the wonder of a land of spewing volcanoes, rumbling earthquakes, and vanished civilizations allows everyday worries to fade into the background.
Photo gallery
Globe photos of the week
Holiday lights along Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue, mourning the Newtown, Conn., shooting victims, and more of the week’s best images.
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I saw paranormal Santa Claus
Paranormal researchers take aliens, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster in stride. But tell them about your Claus encounter and you’re going to face skepticism.
Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine
Bostonians of the Year: Aly Raisman and Kayla Harrison
Bostonians of the Year: Aly Raisman and Kayla Harrison At the Summer Games, US women snared more gold medals than the entire squads of all but two countries. Leading the way were two of our own.
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Special report
A five-part Globe series on a year in Boston’s Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood.
Sports
Rob Gronkowski won’t play Sunday for Patriots
The tight end, who has been back at practice this week, will sit out vs. the Jaguars as he continues to rehab his broken forearm.
Metro
Church bells ring in Boston in memory of Newtown victims
Governor Deval Patrick held a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m., a week after the school massacre in Connecticut.
Columnists
Nation & World
Diplomats can’t work in a cocoon, Kerry says
Senator John F. Kerry on Thursday made an impassioned plea for the need for American diplomats to interact extensively with foreign populations, despite the security risks.
Politics
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Weld’s return to Boston brings speculation of a Senate run
Maybe the timing, so elusive in recent years, is right for former Massachusetts governor William F. Weld, who had longed to be senator.
Business
US growth faster than expected
The economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent over the summer, but is probably slowing in the current quarter.
Arts
Bang! Bros. breakneck tour (almost) one for the record books
The duo tried to break the record for most performances in different cities in 24 hours, playing 12 shows in 12 towns.
Movies
Movie Review
Cotillard delivers in ‘Rust and Bone’
From director Jacques Audiard, the movie is a twisted yet surprisingly ordinary love story about a kickboxing single dad and a killer whale trainer whose legs get bitten off.
