Boston?s young adults plentiful, influential ? and often burdened

With such a high rate of young people, Boston more forcefully feels burdens like crippling student debt and a rising cost of living.

Packers 26, Patriots 21

Ben Volin | On football

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The Patriots defense handled the Packers? Plan A and B. Green Bay beat them with Plan C, D and E.

Christopher L. Gasper

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The Patriots are a team built for the long haul of playoff football like they haven?t been since 2007.

GREEN BAY, WI - NOVEMBER 30: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers carries the football past defensive end Rob Ninkovich #50 of the New England Patriots in the first quarter during the NFL game at Lambeau Field on November 30, 2014 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Packers 26, Patriots 21

Packers put an end to Patriots? win streak

Aaron Rodgers passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns as the Packers won a heavyweight fight in Green Bay.

Representative-elect Seth Moulton took a run on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

D.C. rookie Seth Moulton takes a veteran?s approach

Moulton?s military veteran background seems to be a driving theme of what he hopes to accomplish in Washington.

This image, taken from a video, showed the scene after Steven G. Cappellini Sr. flipped a table at the health board meeting.

Hanson fracas prompts suit in federal court

A bizarre squabble in Hanson involving an overturned table at a raucous public health meeting two years ago is now being fought in federal court.

Bob Seger onstage at the TD Garden.

Music Review

Bob Seger fills Garden with old time rock ?n? roll

A packed house spent two hours happily retracing steps on ?Mainstreet? and reliving those frisky teenage ?Night Moves.?

A 3-D printer constructed a model of a human trachea.

3-D printing offers promise of custom stents with perfect fits

With a 3-D printer -- and help from an architect -- medical researchers are aiming to customize tubes to keep patients? airways open.

Infant deaths get new scrutiny

New state guidelines aim to improve investigations of deaths attributed to Sudden Unexpected Infant Death.

In a Plymouth, N.H., shelter, Lorraine Bar, 57, shares a bedroom with another woman and a child. Her life fell apart after he husband died.

Cheryl Senter/Boston Globe

For N.H. woman, a fall to homelessness

Like many others teetering on the edge of homelessness, Lorraine Barr was vying for jobs that often didn?t pay wages high enough to cover basic expenses.

Steve Kadish.

Baker?s new chief of staff left Northeastern before governor-elect called

Virtually every news story described Steven Kadish as the university?s COO, creating the impression that Baker lured him away.

Punishing sex-trafficking accomplices presents quandary

Law enforcement officials are struggling with the best way to discipline sex-trafficking accomplices, who often are victims themselves.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/exterior-sears-bldg-580x331-3571--90x90.jpg Secret Landmark Center basketball court closing

The half-court, tucked away on the 12th and 12th floors of the tower, is getting new tenants who have plans for the space.

Globe Santa

Globe Santa adds tiny dancer, 4, to his gift list

The mother of a 4-year-old girl from a suburban community wrote a letter to Globe Santa this year, the first time in her life she said she has asked for help.

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Governor Deval Patrick said ?the transparency of a trial would be good for the community? of Ferguson, Mo.

Opinion

Bina Venkataraman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1201oped_bina.jpg Climate change talks offer India new opportunity

Other countries can urge India to cut emissions, but they will be more persuasive if they invest to make it possible.

The Big Picture

Nia Richardson, 16, of Roxbury, wets the reed of her saxophone as she prepares for practice in Jamaica Plain Nov. 19.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

English High?s marching band

The marching band at English High brings back a tradition that has been dormant at Boston public schools for about 40 years.