45,000 in Mass. set to lose jobless benefits

The unemployment benefits will be lost on Dec. 29 unless Congress renews a program designed to help people who have struggled to find jobs.

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The Las Vegas casino developer who failed to persuade Foxborough to accept a $1 billion gambling resort is investigating land on the Mystic River in Everett.

Dr. Joseph E. Murray’s work opened medicine to a new frontier.

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Organ transplant pioneer Joseph Murray dies at 93

Dr. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world’s first successful organ transplant, died at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed.

Jake Bartlett stepped into his snowboard at Sugarbush Mountain. Ski area operators have high hopes for the season.

Climate change threat looms over ski industry

Following a slow season and some dire predictions, ski resort operators are offering early discounts and more attractions in a bid to keep busy.

From victim to impassioned voice for children

Asia Graves, 24, a victim of savage exploitation by a child prostitution ring, is a crusader against the commercial exploitation of children.

A survivor steps up

Former victim Asia Graves has become a leader in the fight against sex trafficking.

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Legislative leaders handed out pay raises to their staff, despite a looming budget crunch that has prompted Governor Patrick to weigh a new round of spending cuts.

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The long reach of injustice

Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley long ago demonstrated he would not let reputations get in the way of justice.

Mayor Menino is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes

After more than five weeks in a hospital, Mayor Menino has been transferred from an acute-care facility to a rehabilitation hospital.

At NewBridge on the Charles in Dedham, a retirement community and assisted living facility, residents participate in an art therapy class for Alzheimer’s patients.

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Is art therapy the answer for dementia?

Making music, painting, or dancing — and seeing or hearing it — may be the most effective treatment for dementia to date.

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A shocking 492 people died in the famous nightclub fire, which led to changes nationally in fire safety codes.

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Jack Lemmon” by Rachel Harrison.

Frame by Frame

‘Jack Lemmon’ is frivolous but hard to ignore
Andris Nelsons, a possible contender as BSO’s music director, will lead the orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem.

BSO announces new Tanglewood season
The cover of Alicia Keys’s “Girl on Fire.”

Album Review | R&B

Alicia Keys’s sensual ‘Girl on Fire’ burns bright

How to donate to Globe Santa
Molly Tobin was shocked to discover the graffiti painted on the door at Wheaton.

After anti-Semitic graffiti, Wheaton rallies
“I got them all to talk,” said Joe Smith, a former Boston disc jockey.

Former DJ’s interviews with stars set to go public
A class at the Advaita Meditation Center in Waltham.

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Meditation can improve your health

As residences rise, downtown builds a new vitality

In Practice

Using humor in the doctor’s office
Boston Ballet’s Paulo Arrais and Kathleen Breen Combes (above) and Jeffrey Cirio (below right) in rehearsal last week.

Dance Review

A shimmering ‘Nutcracker’ from Boston Ballet

Masterpieces on loan leave MFA walls lacking
Christina and Tony Loftis of Wayland are sharing what they have learned about using social media to find runaways.

Runaway’s parents seek to help others

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Jermaine Cunningham, who has made great progress in 2012, is the second Patriot suspended for PEDs this month.

Patriots’ Jermaine Cunningham banned by NFL

The defensive lineman has been suspended four games without pay for violation of the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

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Alex Morse, Holyoke mayor

Gambling foes blast Holyoke mayor

Alex Morse, 23, had to talk over hecklers as he explained why he now supports casinos in the city.

Columnists

Larry Hagman, who died last week, played J.R. Ewing with a glint in his eye.

Joanna Weiss

America’s fantasy villain

Christopher L. Gasper

If BC finds the right coach, don’t get too attached
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke in Ramallah on Sunday.

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Rockets vs. resolutions

Boston Capital

US companies keep up bond binge
Former Massachusetts treasurer Timothy Cahill (left) stood beside his attorney, Brad Bailey, before the start of his trial on public corruption charges.

Adrian Walker

Tim Cahill’s real mistake

James Carroll

The Earth experiment
“Naked cushion triple earrings” range from $1,109 to $1,688.

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Jewelry maker’s earrings a star on ‘Oprah’
Frank Spaziani was ousted at BC after a 2-10 season.

Dan Shaughnessy

BC fired its football coach and nobody cares
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick stepped in for the concussed Alex Smith and was brilliant.

Christopher L. Gasper

Fact is, injuries can cost you a job in sports

Jeff Jacoby

Warren’s welcome farm-subsidy stance
Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray

Joan Vennochi

Tim Murray’s delusional ambitions

Beverly Beckham

Ken Burns’s Christmas present for all

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Bradley Manning is charged with sending US secrets to WikiLeaks.

Bradley Manning’s treatment focus of WikiLeaks hearing

A United Nations investigator called the conditions cruel, inhuman, and degrading, but stopped short of calling it torture.

Politics

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Chris Christie with his wife, Mary Pat Christie, and first responders at a news conference at a fire house Monday.

Chris Christie says he’ll seek a 2d term as N.J. governor

Governor Christie said he wants to continue leading the state through an expected long recovery effort after Hurricane Sandy.

Business

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Americans were expected to spend $1.5 billion while shopping online Monday, up 20 percent from last year’s post-Thanksgiving Internet shopping sale.

Cyber Monday sales reflect changing purchase patterns

Americans clicked away on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.

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Book Review

Joseph T. Fuhrmann traces Gregory Rasputin’s fascinating path to the court of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra.

‘Rasputin: The Untold Story’ by Joseph T. Fuhrmann

Fuhrmann traces Gregory Rasputin’s fascinating path to the court of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra.

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David and Susan Axelrod and their daughter, Lauren, who was afflicted with epilepsy from infancy into adolescence before a medication was found to treat the seizures.

Axelrods focus on strategizing against epilepsy

David Axelrod and his wife, Susan, will be in Boston to cochair a fund-raiser for CURE, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy.

Magazine

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7 holiday styles that shine
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Vacation options for single seniors and gays and lesbians
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How to be a New England vegetarian in winter

Opinion

“The truth is, violence is easy. Making peace — and selling it — is hard.”

Farah Stockman 

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 

“If one girl sees my story and it impacts one girl’s life, I am doing something productive.”

Asia Graves, 24,  a crusader against the commercial exploitation of children