Milford voters reject Foxwoods-backed casino plan

Voters crushed casino plans five years in development, shrinking the field of applicants for the state’s most lucrative gambling license.

Shirley Leung

Stephen Crosby may regulate a little too well

Crosby is perhaps the scariest gaming regulator in America in the scariest state to open a casino. And that’s exactly where he wants us to be.

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The company is clashing with Mass. auto dealers over the right to sell its vehicles directly to the public from a store, or over the Internet.

Preserving voicemails helps modern grieving process

Holding onto a lost loved one’s voice has become so important that many people save and resave messages for years.

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The Arlington woman and her infant twins found dead Monday were apparently killed by her husband, a paramedic with a history of depression.

Dallas will hold an official ceremony Friday at Dealey Plaza, which is visited by thousands of people each day.

RALPH LAUER FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Dallas tries to make its peace with fateful day

For the first time since JFK’s assassination, the city will hold an official, significant ceremony at Dealey Plaza on Friday to mark the anniversary.

Bill Belichick leaves after Monday night’s loss; officials made a controversial non-call on the last play.

Christopher L. Gasper

Plenty of gray area in NFL rule book

The league isn’t out to get the Patriots. The rules, and the games, will always be subject to human interpretation, application, and error.

Hubway bikes on a rack in Copley Square are ready to go. But, salt aside, the bikes can also roll in winter weather.

Hubway tests out winter service in Cambridge

The pilot program in Cambridge is testing whether all-season service could be possible for the whole system.

Gemvara chief executive Janet Holian said the shortened season is an issue because the company makes jewelry to order.

With shorter shopping season, retailers start push early

With six fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year than last, retailers are already trying to cut their losses.

Opinion

megan tench

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/896c57f4f28a42d9aa0912847cec2664-896c57f4f28a42d9aa0912847cec2664-0.jpg A locker room where white is black

Let’s be clear: The Dolphins bullying issue is not about blackness or race at all. This is about class.

Globe exclusives

Parvine and Mohammed Fotouhi.

Thanksgiving with Persian seasonings
Left: Boston Musica Viva music director Richard Pittman. Right: Baritone David Kravitz, who sang “The Mocking-bird.”

Music Review

Boston Musica Viva: ‘Trials of Youth,’ at Longy
At Tony Maws’s new place in Somerville, pumpkin stew with couscous, grilled squash, and yogurt.

DINING out

Kirkland Tap & Trotter showcases craft of cooking
Above: Tufts students Carrie Gershoff and Bradley Balandis enjoy brunch at Tamper Cafe. Top (from left): turkey club sandwich, Americano coffee, and brioche French toast.

Cheap Eats

At Tamper, a healthy helping of breakfast, lunch
Tour guide Dorothy Kennedy looked over a display.

Kennedy Library to open funeral exhibit
Actors with books in the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black”: (from left) Michelle Hurst; Laura Prepon and Taylor Schilling; and Danielle Brooks.

bookish | matthew gilbert

Scanning TV’s bookshelves
Dean Mozingo emptied motor oil from Kurt Busch’s car after a NASCAR event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September.

Firm seeks boost from NASCAR link
Bonnie Raitt (left) surprised the Orpheum’s audience by inviting Bonnie Hayes, new on Berklee’s faculty, on stage.

Berklee brings in Bonnie Hayes
Greyhound Friends in Hopkinton estimates it has found homes for more than 9,000 dogs, like the dog above.

Greyhound Friends expands mission
Director Meg Fofonoff works on a scene from “A Little Princess,” which will have its New England premiere at the Strand.

Dorchester’s Strand fit for a ‘Princess’
Katie Lockwood (with her husband, Arden) has cystic fibrosis and always valued being part of the CF patient community which provided answers, guidance, and support.

Health

Cystic fibrosis patients losing a connection
Tom Clark of the Polly Hill Arboretum in West Tisbury inspected a branch. Hundreds of thousands of black oaks in Southeastern Massachusetts have shown signs of infestation by tiny gall wasps this year.

Puzzling pest imperils trees by acre

Sports

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Bruins 2, Rangers 1

The Rangers’ Derek Dorsett grimaces after colliding with the Bruins’ Johnny Boychuk (center) in front of Tuukka Rask.

Tuukka Rask, Bruins hold off the Rangers

The goalie made 43 saves — including a stop on a first-period penalty shot — as the Bruins beat the Rangers in New York.

Metro

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Christopher Lydon is glad to be returning to Boston’s airwaves. “There’s so much to talk about,” he said. His show will broadcast Thursday nights.

After messy split from WBUR, Christopher Lydon returns

Starting in January, Lydon, 73, will host an hourlong program to be broadcast live on WBUR every Thursday night.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Best health care system? Not in the US

Adrian Walker

A battle worth waging
Vaughn Meader, center right as JFK, is shown on his 1962 album ''The First Family.”

JEFF JACOBY

When the joke was on JFK

Shirley Leung

Crosby may regulate a little too well
Bill Belichick leaves after Monday night’s loss; officials made a controversial non-call on the last play.

Christopher L. Gasper

Plenty of gray area in NFL rule book

Kevin Cullen

How to respond to morons

Boston Capital

Mass. lesson was lost on Obamacare
Flag picked up and game over, Tom Brady tries to state his case to referee Clete Blakeman.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots’ loss was very unexpected

Adrian Walker

All bets may be off in Mass.
Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote in support of ENDA.

JEFF JACOBY

Workplaces don’t need ENDA

JOAN VENNOCHI

Pressure is on the Gaming Commission

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Championing 2004 Sox’ claim as favorites

Nation & World

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Justice Antonin Scalia said the clinics could not overcome the heavy legal burden they faced.

Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law

The abortion restriction requires doctors who perform the procedure in clinics to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

Politics

“If Hillary doesn’t run, she’s going to be very much in the mix,” said Barney Frank, on the possibility Senator Elizabeth Warren may seek the Democratic nomination for the White House.

Warren has presidential stock, Frank says

Barney Frank said Senator Elizabeth Warren would be a strong contender for president if Hillary Rodham Clinton chooses not to run.

Business

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Citizen Schools teacher Ruth Summers has been schooling her father, Lawrence H. Summers, about its mission.

Lawrence Summers to chair Citizen Schools’ board

There are several reasons why the former Treasury secretary supports Citizen Schools. A key one would be his daughter Ruth.

Arts

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Galleries

Julian Opie’s “Daniel,” at Barbara Krakow Gallery, is a bust of a boy that is more than six feet tall.

Julian Opie’s giant sculpture is captivating

The British artist’s “Daniel,” at Barbara Krakow Gallery, is a bust of a boy that is more than six feet tall.

Food & dining

Ruggles Hill Creamery’s display during the launch party for the Massachusetts Cheese Guild at Verrill Farm.

Bay State artisan cheese makers join together

State artisan and farmstead producers launched the new Massachusetts Cheese Guild, a non-profit consumer education group.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | Dec. 4

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The best-selling author of “Little Children” discusses his craft with the Globe’s new book critic, Matthew Gilbert.

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The cover for the November 17 2013 issue

The state of extramarital affairs
The cover for the November 10 2013 issue

Just the right kind of cold
The cover for the November 3 2013 issue

Top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts
The cover for the October 27 2013 issue

A First Period home gets a second life

Ideas

“Researchers believe there’s something uniquely and inherently difficult about the in-law relationship itself — as one psychologist put it, ‘The problem is really structural.’”

Leon Neyfakh,  on the weird science of in-laws