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Obama gives pointed defense of UN ambassador

President Obama said he was “outraged” by suggestions that Susan Rice has not been forthcoming about the Libya attacks that killed four Americans.

Obama stands firm on not extending tax cuts for rich

In a challenge to Republicans, President Obama urged Congress to extend expiring tax cuts immediately for all but the nation’s wealthiest.

Framingham firm’s owner pleads Fifth

Barry Cadden refused to testify at a congressional hearing on the meningitis outbreak, citing ongoing state and federal investigations.

Rebels in Syria take border villages near Israel-held areas

Israel’s defense minister said the country will remain “vigilant and alert” as the Syrian conflict threatens to incite an armed clash with the region’s strongest power.

On Nantucket, a rescue for stranded scallops

Volunteers plucked scallops blown to shore in last week’s nor’easter and hauled them into deeper water.

Peter Brace/Nantucket Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board

Kneeling on the muddy beach, volunteers collected scallops in Nantucket.

Peter Brace/Nantucket Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board

A pile of scallops recovered between Wauwinet and Pocomo in Nantucket Harbor on Nov. 10.

Volunteers looking for scallops tossed out of the ocean during last week’s storm between Wauwinet and Pocomo in Nantucket Harbor.

Peter Brace/Nantucket Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board

Volunteers looked for scallops tossed out of the ocean during last week’s storm between Wauwinet and Pocomo in Nantucket Harbor.

Peter Brace/Nantucket Harbor and Shellfish Advisory Board

Volunteers loaded scallops onto a boat to carry them to water at least three feet deep.

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Are arms the window to soul?

Gen. David Petraeus’s mistress Paula Broadwell is driven — and she’s got the guns to prove it.

Young cancer survivor inspires home makeover

The work to make the home of eight-year-old Sydni Pecevich more handicap accessible will be done for free, thanks to an unlikely chain of events.

Reputed Conn. mobster denies knowing of Gardner heist

Robert V. Gentile testified that he does not know who stole the paintings in the famed 1990 Boston art theft.

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