Climate change threatens ski industry
Jake Bartlett stepped into his snowboard at Sugarbush Mountain. Ski area operators have high hopes for the season.

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After a slow season and dire predictions, ski resorts are offering early discounts in a bid to fill the slopes.

Asia Graves (center) spoke to Liliana Guandique (left), 17, and Lenisha Carter, 16, in Washington, D.C., in October.

From victim to impassioned voice

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

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, a Winthrop Democrat, defended the pay hikes for House staff members, saying they had not seen an increase since September 2008.

State House aides get raises

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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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.

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GOP senators express concerns after Susan Rice meeting

Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte say they are more troubled following a meeting with the possible secretary of state nominee.

Egyptians protest Morsi in Tahrir Square

As crowds gathered to protest President Mohammed Morsi’s recent expansion of power, separate clashes erupted nearby fueled by anger over police abuses.

Marvin Miller, shown in 1981, was a transformative figure in baseball history.

Marvin Miller, ex-leader of baseball union, dies at 95

Miller helped created free agency for baseball players and revolutionized professional sports with multimillion dollar contracts.

October single-family home sales jump 21% in Mass.

Sales of single-family homes in October rose 21 percent from the same month a year ago, and condo sales increased for the ninth straight month.

45,000 in Mass. set to lose jobless benefits

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

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

Globe exclusives

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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Art therapy to treat dementia?
Jack Lemmon” by Rachel Harrison.

Frame by Frame

‘Jack Lemmon’ is frivolous fun
Steve Wynn, left, and Robert Kraft talked to reporters about their casino plan for Foxborough on Dec. 5, 2011.

Steve Wynn may bid for casino in Everett

How to donate to Globe Santa
The cover of Alicia Keys’s “Girl on Fire.”

Album Review | R&B

Alicia Keys’s sensual ‘Girl on Fire’ burns bright
Molly Tobin was shocked to discover the graffiti painted on the door at Wheaton.

After anti-Semitic graffiti, Wheaton rallies
Andris Nelsons, a possible contender as BSO’s music director, will lead the orchestra in Verdi’s Requiem.

BSO announces new Tanglewood season
“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

Sports

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Frank Spaziani’s teams got progressively worse during his four years and he finished with a 22-29 mark.

Frank Spaziani was loyal to BC to the end

Commitment to the school and his players was never in doubt for Spaziani. He just couldn’t get his team to win nearly enough.

Metro

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Michael Kane of Columbia Gas (left) talks with Ernest Allen and Janet Beltran, who took a number and were at Springfield City Hall Monday to discuss their losses.

Gas company vows to help Springfield victims recover

Dozens arrived at Springfield City Hall carrying lists of property damaged by Friday’s massive gas explosion downtown.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

The long reach of injustice
Larry Hagman, who died last week, played J.R. Ewing with a glint in his eye.

Joanna Weiss

America’s fantasy villain
BC football is looking for a new coach after a 2-10 season that resulted in the firing of Frank Spaziani.

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.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

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

Nation & World

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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 the recovery of 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.

Arts

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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.

Lifestyle

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Q&A

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

The cover for the November 25 2012 issue

One Direction + Drew Brees = A social media goldmine for Pepsi
The cover for the November 18 2012 issue

7 holiday styles that shine
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

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