Egypt erupts over fear of edicts

Opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed with his supporters on a presidential edict that gave him unchecked authority.

Israel developing next missile defense system with Raytheon

Israel has turned to engineers from Waltham-based Raytheon to help develop the next interceptor missile.

Jolene Adams waited with son Elijah in a checkout line at Toys “R” Us in Framingham.

A day of giving thanks and getting bargains

Thanksgiving has largely defied the commercialization that has overwhelmed Christmas. But that tradition is fading fast as retailers have invoked new strategies.

A natural gas explosion rocked downtown Springfield Friday, injuring at least 18 people after leveling a downtown strip club, officials said. Two nearby buildings were also heavily damaged.

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Gas explosion levels Springfield strip club

A natural gas explosion rocked downtown Friday, injuring at least 18 people, officials said.

Blake Boston became a Web sensation when his photo as a teenager was posted online, followed quickly by ridicule.

Millis man savors his time as an Internet (punching) bag

After nearly two years as the butt of a persistent Internet joke, Blake Boston has come to embrace being Scumbag Steve. And now he is trying to capitalize on it.

Dr. Rudy Tanzi heads Massachusetts General Hospital’s Genetics and Aging Research Unit and teaches neurology at Harvard Medical School

Dr. Rudy Tanzi, rock star of science

Dr. Rudy Tanzi recorded organ tracks for Aerosmith’s new album, co-wrote the book “Super Brain,” and adapted it into an upcoming PBS special.

Evan Theroux, 9, of Smithville, R.I., watched as confetti fell on the crowd at the Macy's tree lighting.

Boston tree lighting gets the holidays started

In Downtown Crossing, the holiday season began with the flick of a switch as Macy’s lit its behemoth Christmas tree.

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A mother hopes to give her almost 3-year-old-twins the “Christmas they deserve.”

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Christian Zacharias conducting the BSO Friday at Symphony Hall.

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Mayor Nancy Tia Brown just won a second and final term as mayor of Cody, Wyo., a town of 9,600 major campaigns bypassed completely.

Cody, Wyo. — the place the campaign forgot
Dunkin’ sells over 1.5 billion cups of coffee per year.

Dunkin’ Donuts loses best coffee trademark bid
Alejandro Diaz’s “Povera Lite” are signs that look like cardboard but are actually made of paint, wood, and cast resin.

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‘RISD Business: Sassy Signs and Sculptures’

In her new memoir, Grace Coddington (left) tells about her life as a model in London in the ’60s and about her career at Vogue.

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‘Grace: A Memoir’ by Grace Coddington
Elizabeth Warren, though attacked at times as an enemy of free enterprise, was known to meet with financial executives during two previous appointed stints in Washington.

Financial sector wants ties to Elizabeth Warren
Liliam Alvarez (left) became homeless after her husband died and she lost her job. Marion Davis, 71, cannot stay in a shelter because he uses an oxygen tank.

Once-homeless seniors give their thanks

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Celtics 108, Thunder 100

The Celtics’ chances at victory really took off when Jason Terry nailed a late 3-pointer.

Celtics stave off Thunder

Jason Terry sealed the win with a 3-pointer with 36.7 seconds left after the Thunder sliced a 14-point deficit to 3.

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Cayden Leger fell down a laundry chute on Thursday.

Parents thankful after boy rescued from laundry chute

Cayden Leger, 2, slid down an old laundry chute on the second floor of a Manchester, N.H., home and got tangled in wires Thanksgiving morning.

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Reasons to back Amazon deal
Rex Ryan greeted Bill Belichick after the Jets’ loss.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots-Jets rivalry is over

Yvonne Abraham

A sweet new business in Dorchester’s Fields Corner

Joan Vennochi

Mitt Romney loses the battle of ideas
An Iron Dome launcher fired an interceptor rocket near the Israeli city of Ashkelon on Monday.

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Israel’s Iron Dome
Halo 4: $60, for Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. It’s the best-looking, best-playing Halo game yet but lacks emotional resonance.

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A holiday banquet for gamers

Dan Shaughnessy

Thanksgiving and football are inseparable
An Israeli couple watched the Gaza Strip in the background as they stood on a hill at the Israeli town of Sderot on Tuesday.

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A vast moral difference

Derrick Z. Jackson

Retailers shouldn’t open on Thanksgiving
The wooden foreparts of Viking ships are thought to have been carved in dragon shapes to ward off sea monsters.

Carlo Rotella

The doomsayer in his hot tub

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The truth never dies

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Don’t break up, America

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Representative-elect Tammy Duckworth of Illinois served in Iraq, where she lost her legs in combat.

Nine war veterans to join Congress

Nine Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans will serve in next year’s freshman class in the House of Representatives.

Politics

Iowa’s governor says it’s time to ditch straw poll

Once a festive checkpoint before the Iowa caucuses, the poll has devolved into a sideshow, the governor said.

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Developer Steve Samuels is behind the $325 million Fenway Triangle project at 1325 Boylston St.

Fenway Triangle complex will offer offices, retail, housing

Developer Steve Samuels is ready to break ground on his next Fenway project: a mixed-use office, residential, and retail complex on Boylston Street.

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The music gift guide

No other giftee can inspire fear in shoppers like the Music Fan. One false move, and you could be deemed uncool for decades to come. Avert this fate with our guide to the most giftable reissues, box sets, DVDs, music-related books, and holiday albums. (But hang onto that gift receipt, just in case.)

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Anthony Hopkins plays legendary director Alfred Hitchcock in the new movie “Hitchcock.”

A blunt stab at ‘Hitchcock’

The best way to better understand the man who made some of our greatest movies is simply to see them. There’s no case to be made for a mangy shortcut like this.

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How to be a New England vegetarian in winter
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The PANDAS puzzle: Can a common infection cause OCD in kids?

Opinion

“What is needed is a recommitment by government and the private sector, with cross-subsidies or direct housing stipends, if necessary, to keep the micro units below $1,000 a month. Otherwise the city’s hottest new neighborhood will be very small place indeed.”

Renée Loth  on “micro unit” apartments

Ideas

“Funded in large part by the United States and its allies, Cambodia’s war-crimes court seeks to plant the seeds of Western-style justice in Eastern soil, transforming an entire legal system rather than merely putting aging war criminals behind bars.”

Peter Canellos on the power of imported justice