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Alternate endings
What if the world doesn’t end in 2012? Five (impossible) backup cataclysms, just in case.
Red Sox
Patriots
Celtics
Bruins
Crucial vote on health care
Democrats pushed the historic legislation as it advanced toward a Senate showdown tonight. (AP, 2:31 p.m.)
- Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill
- GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care
- Catholic church pushes, and some push back
- Mass. care providers urge revamping payment system
126th Harvard-Yale game, underway
Harvard-Yale: 'Game' on
(Boston.com photo)
Harvard has beaten Yale four straight years, can they do it again? Follow updates from the game today.
Owners set rebuild pact in Fenway
The Fenway neighborhood’s Restaurant Row property owners reached an agreement they say will restore the character of the street. (Boston Globe)
Stores brace for bleak holiday sales
New Englanders are projected to spend an average of 17 percent less on gifts this season than in 2008. (Globe)
- Brookline
Value of volunteering, plenty of PhDs, and regulating ZipCar
- Framingham
Mulvey's music, check for high school, parking strategies
- Hingham
Dog-bite decision, country club food, and school-construction money
- Malden
Killing PAYT debate, Northeast Voke budget, and share recipes
- Medford
DPW worker's suspension upheld; sanitizer donations; holiday singing.
- Melrose
Northeast Voke budget, property tax going up, and Thanksgiving recipes
- Natick
Hidden jewelry, Red and Blue win, Montessori school merger
- Needham
Plugged In fund-raiser, high-tech Torah pointer, and open studios
- Newton
"Carousel' at Turtle Lane,' Route 9 resurfacing, tobacco sale ban
- Norwell
Jeff Corwin visit, home for disabled, and town farming project
- Scituate
House fire inquiry, senator visits Inly, and Superbowl champs
- Somerville
Somerville Scene, chamber on Green Line, Buonomo gets prison
- Waltham
Polaroid plans, changes for 'CRB, MassArf man, and oral histories
- Wellesley
Thanksgiving for foodies, metal bats, and Danker stepping down
Senate candidate profiles
A look at five who want to win Kennedy's seat
The week's best shots
See the top photos from Globe staff photographers
Big Picture: CERN restart
Large Hadron Collider back online after repairs
‘Precious’: Joy amid pain
Film eyes struggles, strength of young teen
Snow-cial media
How Twitter, Facebook affect the ski industry
Cell phone photos
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