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Mass. jobless rate rises for fourth straight month

The state’s unemployment rate for October rose to 6.6 percent, up from 6.5 percent in September, as 7,900 jobs were added.

Computer outage grounds thousands of United passengers

United Airlines computers were down from about 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, and the glitch affected about five flights at Logan Airport.

Fire crews battled flames after the explosion of the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon in April 2010, off the coast of Louisiana.

BP to pay $4.5 billion for Gulf oil spill

The oil company also agreed to plead guilty to charges including 11 felony counts of misconduct related to the fatal rig explosion.

Panetta orders ethics training review for officers

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review ethics training and to brainstorm on ways to steer officers away from trouble.

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Attacks have killed three Israelis and 15 Palestinians. Palestinians have fired about 130 rockets into Israeli territory, while Israel has hit 230 targets with air strikes in recent days.

Members of fitness group embrace exercise, one another

Hundreds are turning out three times a week at 6:30 a.m. to socialize before running stadium steps, or knocking out a series of sit-ups and push-ups.

Video

November Project is a ‘grassroots workout tribe’

The November Project has no instructor, no pressure, and members heartily cheer each other on.

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The biographer with whom former CIA ­director David Petraeus had an affair abandoned her bid for a doctorate from Harvard in 2007.

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Barry Cadden repeatedly exercised his right not to incriminate himself before a House panel inquiry into the meningitis outbreak.

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The search comes amid suspended drugmaking operations after the meningitis outbreak.

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Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | Dec. 4, 6 p.m.

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Join Jay Calderin of Boston Fashion Week and Christopher Muther, fashion reporter for the Boston Globe for a discussion and audience Q&A.

Globe exclusives

President Obama warned congressional Republicans he was ready to fight for his selection for secretary of state.

Obama rips critics of UN ambassador

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart reunite for the final installment.

Movie review

With ‘Breaking Dawn,’ Twilight comes to an end
Howard Merlin, costume shop coordinator.

Business casual

Boston Ballet’s off-stage chic
Joseph Lynch and Kristin Miller in a wheelchair-accessible hallway in their recently renovated vacation home in the Berkshires.

Home, for the long run
Jeff Copper read a memorial in Maverick Square near the site where six firefighters died.

Fallen firefighters honored after 70 years
Author Paula Broadwell baring her sculpted arms and shoulders on “The Daily Show” in January.

Are arms the window to soul?
Clockwise from top left, Senator John F. Kerry, Senator Scott Brown, US Representative Edward J. Markey, US Representative Michael E. Capuano, US Attorney Carmen Ortiz, and US Representative Stephen F. Lynch.

Many potential candidates if state gets new Senate race
Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren and her Wisconsin counterpart, Tammy Baldwin, walked to a freshman luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday.

A low-key return to D.C. for Warren

Brian McGrory

A life filled up with love

Globe Insiders

The Back Story
Globe editor Martin Baron told the staff Tuesday he is leaving for The Washington Post.

11-year Globe editor Martin Baron to depart

Sports

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on basketball

Jeff Green (left), Kevin Garnett, and Leandro Barbosa came together in the second half and held off the Jazz.

Leandro Barbosa sparks Celtics past Jazz

Leandro Barbosa was 4 for 5 shooting taking over for Rajon Rondo for 9 of his 16 points.

Metro

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Renewed search for toddler swept to sea fails to find evidence

Volunteers and family members expanded their search for Caleigh Harrison.

Politics

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray (right) at a State House ceremony on Sept. 11.

Murray ‘not going to rush’ into declaring run for governor

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray declined to offer a timetable on when he’d decide to formally declare himself as a candidate.

Columnists

Undocumented people filled out applications in Chicago in August for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Julieette Kayyem

The GOP’s ‘Hispanic problem’

joan vennochi

John Kerry should be secretary of state

edward l. glaeser

Help New York rebuild, but fix FEMA, too

Yvonne Abraham

The nightmare long before Christmas
Samsung’s Galaxy Note II recognizes notes that are handwritten on its screen via a built-in stylus, and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system.

Tech Lab

New phones turn the tables on Apple

jeff jacoby

Gay marriage should be at the ballot box

Christopher L. Gasper

Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera should be AL MVP
Senator John Kerry

Opinion | Scot Lehigh

Kerry should stay put

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Fact-free fracking
“I’ll take any win. I’ll take any win,” said coach Bill Belichick, whose Patriots have arrived at 6-3 unevenly.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots are simply untrustworthy
David Petraeus walked the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 18 to ring the opening bell.

joanna weiss

The blindness of hero worship
Hitcase Pro ruggedized iPhone case.

Tech Lab Plus

This iPhone case can take a hit

Nation & World

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Israel hit at least 20 targets in Gaza on Wednesday, and it warned Hamas leaders to stay out of sight in the coming days.

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill Hamas official

Israel launched the most ferocious assault on Gaza in four years after persistent rocket fire, hitting at least 20 targets in attacks that killed the top military commander of Hamas.

Business

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Kayak acquisition could spur new angel investment in region

Buyouts often mean the loss of promising tech firms and talent. But they also create angel investors eager to support entrepreneurs.

Arts

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TELEVISION REVIEW

From left: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts in HBO’s “Crossfire Hurricane.”

‘Crossfire Hurricane’: Becoming the Rolling Stones

Keith Richards and the other Rolling Stones recall their early years, from 1962 to 1978, as an otherworldly blur of nonstop drugs, alcohol, touring, and fan worship.

Style

From left: Maggie Grace, Bella Thorne, Dakota Fanning, and Robert Pattinson at the latest “Twilight’’ premiere.

‘Twilight’ red carpet: the color of money

When the stars descended on the for the “Twilight: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2” premiere, it seemed fitting that so many wore green.

“You have someone from the Boston Bruins working out next to a dude who suddenly gets off the couch because he wants to get fit.”

Bojan Mandaric,  on the November Project

Magazine

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
The cover for the October 28 2012 issue

The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?
The cover for the October 21 2012 issue

A new home with a traditional feel

Opinion

“Most Republicans know they need to modify their position on immigration in order to attract new Americans.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“At its core, the presidency is about managing information—facing the endless data stream that is the United States government and transforming it into one high-stakes decision after another.”

Leon Neyfakh on the advice-wrangler in chief