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State creates flu vaccine wait list

Though flu season appears to be slowing, state officials told health care providers they won’t have more vaccines to distribute until the middle of next week.

Obama, Karzai lay groundwork for quicker drawdown

President Obama said US troops would hand over security to Afghan forces sooner than previously announced and he placed new hope in a settlement with the Taliban.

Hard Rock unveils casino plans for West Springfield

The proposed complex would include a hotel, a rooftop pool, a spa, a concert venue, and 25,000 square feet of convention space.

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Boardinghouses: where the city was born

How a vanished way of living shaped America — and what it might offer us today.

FAA orders review of Dreamliners

The review comes after a fire and fuel leak aboard two of the jetliners this week at Boston’s Logan Airport.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week

A man prepared to skate on a frozen pond in Gloucester, a deer rescued from the ice in Waltham, and more of the week’s best images.

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Globe Magazine

5 ‘minimoons’ near (and in) Boston

Does the idea of planning a two-week honeymoon while also organizing a wedding leave you cold? Try a “minimoon” instead.

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The complete print edition, in its exact layout. Browse the print edition page by page, including stories and ads.

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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

A giant tank in the North End collapsed and sent a wave of molasses through the streets of Boston, killing 21 people.

Globe exclusives

fThe Framingham MBTA commuter rail stop.

MBTA may halt $190m order for rail cars

Arian Foster and the Patriots will be back in Foxborough on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

No offense, but the Texans simply can’t win

Officials expect 600,000 to 800,000 people to attend President Obama’s Jan. 21 inauguration ceremony.

Inaugural fund-raising limits lifted

Andrew Hyams, with wife Tracey and son Josh, said the game reminded him of Newtown massacre.

State removes violent games from rest stops

Sports Media

Ted Johnson making himself heard

INTERACTIVE DATABASE

Patriots during the Bill Belichick era

Teagle F. Bougere in the Huntington Theatre Company's production of “Invisible Man.”

Theater Review

A searing ‘Invisible Man’

Special section

2012 — Year in Review

Bargain Bin

End-of-season sales mean deals

Dan Shaughnessy

Good reason no one elected to Hall of Fame

Patrick targets public housing boards

Tracy A. Miner could be facing a year in prison.

Defense lawyer in trouble after rowdy teen party

Sports

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Sebastian Vollmer has become an important part of Tom Brady’s protection.

Imported from Germany, Sebastian Vollmer has shined

The man they call “Seabass” has an unusual background, but has become a pillar of strength for the Patriots offensive line.

Metro

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In retro tribute, Pac-Man appears on MIT’s Great Dome

The iconic ‘80s videogame character joined the tradition of pranks involving the top of the building.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Gun safety: Put a price on it

Joan Wickersham

Hillary Clinton’s cookies

Dick Gephardt’s 1979 “Gephardt rule” enabled the House to raise the debt ceiling without a vote on it.

Joshua Green

How the House wrecked the ceiling

Kevin Cullen

A list far too long

Arian Foster and the Patriots will be back in Foxborough on Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

No offense, but the Texans simply can’t win

Shell’s runaway Arctic drilling vessel, Kulluk, sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska, last week.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Shell’s Arctic troubles only buy time

Edward L. Glaeser

The urban innovation model

Dan Shaughnessy

Good reason no one elected to Hall of Fame

Yvonne Abraham

Taking Mayor William Lantigua out with the trash

At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are appliances that can communicate with each other, such as this LG refrigerator or ADT’s Pulse, which offers smart TV controls.

Consumer Electronics Show

Smart appliances help run your household

Joan Vennochi

Rail company has inside track at T

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

Nation & World

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Paramedics assisted a student following a shooting on Thursday at a rural high school in Taft, Calif. A teacher and a school official talked the gunman into surrendering.

Shotgun-wielding student shoots one

A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into class in a rural California high school, shot one student and fired at another.

Politics

Ashton Carter, deputy secretary of Defense, in his Pentagon office.

Obama asks Ashton Carter to remain Pentagon’s No. 2

Carter, a longtime Harvard professor, will stay on as deputy secretary of defense to Chuck Hagel.

Business

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The company that owns 100 Federal St. in Boston is reportedly looking at ways to attract more activity to the plaza around it.

Boston Properties may add retail at 100 Federal St.

The owner of one of the biggest buildings in Boston’s Financial District is exploring plans to open multiple restaurants and shops on its heavily traveled plaza.

Arts

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Stage Review

Phil Tayler and Erica Spyres in the New Repertory Theatre’s production of “Marry Me a Little.’’

‘Marry Me a Little,’ reworked for our times, at New Rep

Nearly a decade after Massachusetts led the way in legalizing same-sex marriage, a new production of “Marry Me a Little’’ includes gay relationships.

Movies

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Movie Review

Medford-bred writer-director Tom O’Brien’s film is set in the Massachusetts seaside town.

‘Fairhaven’: Finding yourself in the shadow of Tom Brady

This locally shot indie’s slender story line features Medford-bred writer-director Tom O’Brien.

Magazine

The cover for the January 6 2013 issue

Jan 6, 2013

Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012

The cover for the December 23 2012 issue

Dec 23, 2012

Bostonians of the Year: Raisman and Harrison

The cover for the December 16 2012 issue

Dec 16, 2012

Best of the New: Diversions

The cover for the December 9 2012 issue

Dec 9, 2012

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

Opinion

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