Media giants big donors to Rep. Ed Markey

From 1987 to 2008, Rep. Markey’s perch atop the powerful House Subcommittee on Telecommunications helped him build what is now a $3.1 million war chest.

2012 was warmest on record for the United States

Last year was the warmest on record in the US and brought the second most extreme weather in more than a century.

Items such as sawhorses are commonly used by shovelers in Boston to save parking spaces, but many wait days to remove those objects.

Scot Lehigh

Winter etiquette on Boston’s streets

Just in case it ever snows again, let’s review our rules for neighborly winter living in the city.

In September, President Obama ordered China’s Ralls Corp., led by Wu Jialiang (left), to drop interest in wind farm projects near a Navy base. But Wanxiang America president Pin Ni (right) appears confident that his company will get the OK to buy A123 Systems.

REUTERS, BLOOMBERG (CENTER), JOHN ZICH

A123 Systems deal hangs on federal panel

China’s Wanxiang America Corp. is ready to buy the battery maker, but it needs approval from a US panel that is taking a harder look at foreign interest in US companies.

Patricia Cornwell says her financial management firm is guilty of negligence.

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Mystery novelist accuses her manager of betrayal

Crime writer Patricia Cornwell is suing her former financial management firm for negligence, in a case that has all the drama and ­intrigue of one of her novels.

Already, prosecutors have released at least 159 defendants who were convicted based on drug analyses by Annie Dookhan.

Ex-chemist’s husband warned prosecutor she was a liar

The warning that Annie Dookhan was a chronic liar came nearly two years before she was finally caught improperly removing drug evidence from a state lab.

Adrian Walker

Mayor Menino at a crossroads

The work of recovering from his recent illnesses continues, and so do the questions about the future for the indomitable mayor of Boston.

Children’s Hospital to help form diagnostics company

The hospital has struck a partnership with a California diagnostics equipment maker to form a company to develop tests for pediatric diseases and interpret results.

Governor Patrick’s proposed rate freeze could save employers $500 million this year.

Mass. employers’ jobless costs may stand

Governor Patrick proposed freezing the rate employers pay to fund unemployment benefits, a move that would save the employers about $500 million this year.

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Globe exclusives

After clearing hurdles, local company Lil Foodie is set to deliver fresh organic meals to babies.

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Birth of a food business
A skullcap from MC10 of Cambridge, shown by the Tennessee Titans’ Matt Hasselbeck, contains head-trauma sensors to protect athletes.

At CES, staying healthy the high-tech way
At BoMA Restaurant + Bar in the South End, kale, mesclun greens, and shaved fennel salad.

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At BoMA, a surprise on your plate
Quicksand performing at the Paradise on Monday.

Music Review

Quicksand opt for intensity over nostalgia
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
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
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
Roger D. Mundell Jr. talked about the bobcat attack in his Brookfield home.

Bobcat attack leaves Brookfield man, nephew bloodied
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

Sports

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Red Sox introduce Joel Hanrahan

The new closer for the Red Sox toured Fenway Park and said he thinks he’ll be fine on a large-market team.

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Dr. Donald Berwick said his health care experience gives him a broader window into issues that matter to people.

Health care expert may run for Mass. governor

Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a former Obama administration official, is strongly considering a run for governor in 2014.

Columnists

Curt Schilling tipped his cap to the Fenway crowd on Oct. 25, 2007, after leaving Game 2 of the World Series.

Dan Shaughnessy

How I handled the ‘poison’ Hall of Fame ballot

Derrick Z. Jackson

All of earth now a mercury hotspot
Items such as sawhorses are commonly used by shovelers in Boston to save parking spaces, but many wait days to remove those objects.

Scot Lehigh

Winter etiquette on Boston’s streets

JEFF JACOBY

‘Pledge’ didn’t make Warren-Brown race less nasty

Adrian Walker

Mayor Menino at a crossroads
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

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US officials have lamented the lack of cooperation with the governments of the region after the attack that killed US Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

One of few suspects held in Benghazi attack released

Tunisia released one of the few suspects in the fatal September attack on the US consulate in Libya, saying evidence was lacking.

Politics

Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, will outline his proposal in his State of the State address.

New York governor seeks tighter assault weapons ban

Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to propose one of the country’smost restrictive bans on assault weapons.

Business

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A woman pleaded for money in Milan on Tuesday. Many economists expect the eurozone to remain in a recession through winter, with unemployment possibly hitting 12.4 percent.

Eurozone joblessness at record high of 11.8%

Data released Tuesday also showed that troubles in the 17-nation currency bloc are straining Germany, its strongest member.

Arts

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Book Review

Author Massimo Montanari is a professor of food history at the University of Bologna.

‘Let the Meatballs Rest’ by Massimo Montanari

You may be forgiven for thinking our food obsession is some kind of recent phenomenon.

Food & dining

The 1HandR dispenses one paper towel at a time and requires only one hand.

He invented the perfect paper towel dispenser

Build a better paper towel dispenser, and the world will beat a path to your door. That, at any rate, is the hope of John Erdman.

Magazine

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Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012
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

“It’s the responsibility of homeowners or building managers to ensure that sidewalks are shoveled after it snows, and most do a pretty good job.”

Scot Lehigh 

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. 

“You’re not counting on [Rep. Ed Markey] — if you’re a big industry group — to vote for you, but you want him to hear what you’ll have to say.”

Marian Currinder,  a senior fellow at the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown