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2012 was warmest on record in US

A new report highlights the continued dramatic warming trend in the mainland US.

A Japan Airlines Dreamliner was escorted back to gate at Logan Airport on Tuesday.

2d day of problems for Dreamliner at Logan

A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner eventually took off after crews responded to a fuel leak on the jetliner earlier in the day.

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A judge said he is concerned about public perception if the case against “Whitey” Bulger goes forward before Judge Richard Stearns.

Liquid Imaging will offer miniature filming devices with Wi-Fi for the active crowd, including bikers, car racers, and scuba divers.

Few game-changing electronics in ’13 CES

The first day’s announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show were full of significant product upgrades, but light on breakthroughs.

Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital have been treating Almas (foreground) and Abdulallah Alhazmi for rare conditions.

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Medical promised land

A Saudi Arabian family has come to Boston, home to some of the world’s leading medical researchers, for a cure for their children.

Mike Piazza was one of 37 candidates eligible for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Dan Shaughnessy | Exclusive Wednesday Preview

How I handled the ‘poison’ Hall of Fame ballot

If you fail a drug test, or admit to PED usage, you don’t get my vote. In addition — even if it’s unfair — you don’t get my vote if you look dirty.

Opinion | The Podium

Immigration reforms are key to winning the global race for talent

The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Paul Guzzi urges Congress to include proposals regarding skilled workers in any broader-based immigration reform.

Referee Tony Brothers issued technical fouls to Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony after they tangled in the fourth quarter of Monday’s game in New York.

Anthony says he didn’t want to fight Garnett

The Knicks player said he only wanted to talk to Garnett when he pursued him after a loss to the Celtics Monday night.

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Editorial Event | Jan. 19, 2 p.m.

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See the film and participate in a talk with cast members, moderated by Boston Globe movie editor Janice Page.

Globe exclusives

President Obama’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, and Senator John Kerry, nominee for secretary of state, share a history of service in Vietnam.

In Hagel and Kerry, a wariness of war
Low-altitude stratus clouds.

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Looking at the sky may change your entire POV
Melanie Steier does not allow her son, Harrison, to play violent games.

Violent video games put parental judgment to the test
Judge Dougan serves in Boston Municipal Court.

Boston judge got free aid worth $85,000
Liquid Imaging will offer miniature filming devices with Wi-Fi for the active crowd, including bikers, car racers, and scuba divers.

Few game-changing electronics in ’13 CES
Eliza and Jimmy are among the group of nine friends tracked in the new MTV reality series “Washington Heights.”

Television Review

‘Washington Heights’ keeps it a little too real
James Andreassi plays Beethoven and Paula Plum is a musicologist struggling against Lou Gehrig’s disease in Lyric Stage’s “33 Variations.’’

Stage Review

Plum’s artistry gives needed lift to ‘33 Variations’
Miniatures of Eleanor Fleming, circa 1824, around the time of her wedding. The miniatures are watercolor on ivory.

Art Review

Miniature, loving commemorations
Spike’s “The Joe Schmo Show” leads a gullible man to believe that he’s competing to be a bounty hunter on a reality TV show.

Television Review

‘Joe Schmo’: a pawn in their game
Roger D. Mundell Jr. talked about the bobcat attack in his Brookfield home.

Bobcat attack leaves Brookfield man, nephew bloodied
Suffering flu-like symptoms, Jeannine Cook is examined by physician Heather Tarrant at Brigham and Women’s Urgent Care Center in Foxborough.

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Bracing for the flu

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A warm year for Boston in 2012

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Rajon Rondo says he was joking with official

Rondo said his one-game suspension came from the NBA after he had what he thought was an innocent encounter with a game official.

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Police moved protesters into a police van Monday after they were arrested for trespassing at TransCanada corporate offices in Westborough. The eight chained themselves together in protest of the company’s Keystone XL oil pipeline.

8 arrested in Westborough for Keystone XL protest

Protesters superglued their hands and chained their waists and ankles together at the TransCanada corporate offices.

Columnists

Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital have been treating Almas (foreground) and Abdulallah Alhazmi for rare conditions.

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Medical promised land
Anonymous, whose members often wear Guy Fawkes masks, has taken on the Steubenville, Ohio, rape controversy.

Opinion | JOANNA WEISS

Internet shifts rape stigma to perpetrators
Nick Saban hoisted the BCS trophy for the third time in four years.

Christopher L. Gasper

Alabama proves SEC’s dominance

opinion | JAMES CARROLL

Football: America’s dangerous game
Russian President Vladimir Putin banned adoption of Russian children by Americans.

Opinion | JULIETTE KAYYEM

The real plight of the orphan-hostages

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Fiscal cliff battle ends with a whimper
Bounce Imaging says its surveillance product can keep people out of danger.

Innovation Economy

Risk-detecting ball may get big bounce in Vegas
Tom Brady celebrated after scrambling for a first down against the Texans on Dec. 10, 2012.

From Sunday’s Globe | Dan Shaughnessy

Texans matchup just what the Patriots wanted
Brian Kelly has come a long way from his Everett, Chelsea roots.

Christopher L. Gasper

Notre Dame coach hasn’t forgotten Mass. roots

Yvonne Abraham

A friend, indeed

Derrick Z. Jackson

Touchdown! for Graduation Gap Bowl

Coaches Nick Saban (above) and Brian Kelly met with the media two days before the BCS championship game. The SEC is trying to claim the title for the seventh straight year.

Christopher L. Gasper

SEC has been in a league of its own

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A Delhi police van thought to be transporting men accused in a New Delhi gang rape left a city court Monday.

Indian judge bars reporters from gang rape trial

A magistrate banned reporting on the New Delhi trial of a gang rape case that has attracted worldwide attention.

Politics

December was Lt. Gov Tim Murray’s strongest month of fundraising.

Murray raises $447,000 in year, leading officeholders

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray has raised more in campaign donations in the past year than any other statewide officeholder.

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Restaurants like Cinquecento in the South End saw business fall off because of the 2008 ban on pharmaceutical company meals.

Meals for medical clients back on the table

Drug companies are once again taking doctors out for meals, a move that pleases restaurants and worries health advocates.

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Book Review

‘Driver’s Education’ by Grant Ginder

In the book, a stroke patient asks his grandson to fetch Lucy, his beloved 1956 Chevy Bel Air, out of storage and drive it across the country.

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Eric C. Sinoway (right) wrote “Howard’s Gift” about professor, mentor, and friend Howard Stevenson, whose most frequent advice is: “Live life forward.”

Sharing what’s at the heart of career success

Eric C. Sinoway wrote “Howard’s Gift” about Harvard professor, mentor, and friend Howard Stevenson.

Magazine

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Dave Barry’s 2012 Year in Review
The cover for the December 23 2012 issue

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

The cover for the December 16 2012 issue

Best of the New: Diversions
The cover for the December 9 2012 issue

The drug lab scandal: Who’s cleaning it up?

Opinion

“Mohammad and Alia remain stubbornly optimistic. Their faith that their children will one day be healthy rests on their belief that miracles happen here in America.”

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Ideas

“Researchers say our disconnectedness from the older version of us is more than a metaphor for the difficulty of imagining the future—it’s a surprisingly powerful subconscious influence on our behavior.”

Leon Neyfakh on the phsychology of keeping resolutions. 

“I’ve seen parents almost cringing as they’re buying the [violent] games.”

Adem Sawyer,  a former GameStop manager