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• Big Business transfers loyalty, money to the Dems
• Diverse security team is united in fighting terrorism
• Notebook: Palin hits trail for Ga. Senate candidate
• Georgia Senate race tests Obama's influence

• Official fined for ethics violation in project testimony

• Insiders seek to recast black politics in Boston (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• Downturn paring college dreams (By Linda Matchan, Globe Staff)
• Cape Wind plan may get boost from US (By Bina Venkataraman, Globe Correspondent)
• 'Brazen' attack injures man, 19 (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• For Kennedy, 'a rare privilege' (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Councilor seeks ballot question on term limits (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
• Population shift shutters Jewish center (By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff)
• Adrian Walker A messenger of peace (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• Jury awards woman hit by T bus $3.9m (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• FBI vows to return gold, cash to suspect (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
• Abandoned valuables head to eBay (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Troopers find tens of thousands of dollars (Boston Globe)
• Choice of Gants stirs little controversy, legal observers say (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Mother, 16, arrested in boy's death (By Gabrielle Dunn, Globe Correspondent)
• Raising funds, good times for 3 decades (By Christopher Tangney, Globe Santa Correspondent)
• Councilor calls Hub evacuation plan 'a joke' (By John C. Drake, Globe Staff)
• Lawmakers announce hearings on tolls, taxes, aiding Turnpike (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• After 2 jurors excused, trial of man accused of killing cabdriver opens (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)

• Pit Martin, at 64; trade to Blackhawks fueled Bruins' run (Globe Staff)
• Karen Gelzinis, 57; taught math, success in Hub schools (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)

• Charting a new world role (By Joseph P. Williams, Globe Staff)
• NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Big Business transfers its loyalty, money to the Democrats (By Peter Canellos, Globe Staff)
• Alabama mayor arrested on bribery charges in bond deals (Boston Globe)
• Intelligence on Iraq flawed, Bush says (Boston Globe)
• Economy could add to Medicare woes (Boston Globe)
• Schwarzenegger declares fiscal emergency (Boston Globe)
• Debris pile on Texas coast becomes symbol of delays (By Michael Graczyk, Associated Press)
• Ex-Detroit mayor's aide admits guilt (By Ed White, Associated Press)
• Relative arrested in Hudson killings (By Don Babwin, Associated Press)
• Six years later, US Capitol Visitor Center finally ready to open (By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post)
• Diverse security team is united in fighting terrorism (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
• POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Palin hits trail for Ga. Senate candidate (Boston Globe)
• Obama's national security team (Boston Globe)
• Georgia Senate race tests Obama (By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• India demands 'strong action' from Pakistan (By Candace Rondeaux, Washington Post)
• 37 are killed in Tijuana over 3 days (Boston Globe)
• Canada opposition forms an alliance (Boston Globe)
• Brazil vows to cut deforestation in half (Boston Globe)
• Thai leader avoids capital and conflict (Boston Globe)
• Police, soldiers face off in Zimbabwe (Boston Globe)
• Congo rebels quit town, seeking talks (Boston Globe)
• Guerrilla group flourishes in spite of ban in Pakistan (By Candace Rondeaux and Craig Whitlock, Washington Post)
• Israel faces security challenges abroad (By Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times)
• N. Korea restricts access to factory (By Blaine Harden, Washington Post)
• Highest tides in 22 years flood Venice (By Luigi Costantini, Associated Press)
• Outcry over journalist's treatment in France (By Katrin Bennhold, International Herald Tribune)
• Cadets among 36 killed in Iraq blasts (By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times)
• Israel turns back Libyan ship that tried to break Gaza blockade (By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Dire states
• Globe Editorial Strong opinions in tough times
• Globe Editorial Black mark on Black Friday
• Derrick Z. Jackson Obama needs to bail out workers
• H.D.S. Greenway The unhealed wound of Kashmir
• Chris Beyrer and Frank Donaghue An unnatural disaster in Burma
• VoxOp

• Recession's official. Now what? (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Shreve is closing Chestnut Hill store (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• A not-too-dismal start for retailers (By Nicole C. Wong, Globe Staff)
• BSO launches its own music download service (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
• BOSTON CAPITAL Only as bad as expected (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• US manufacturing index slumps (Associated Press)
• Oil drops 9% to less than $50 per barrel (Associated Press)
• Ryanair renews its offer to buy Aer Lingus (By Caroline Brothers and David Jolly, International Herald Tribune)
• Redstone sells Midway stake for $100,000 (Bloomberg News)
• Business in brief AIG sells private bank to Abu Dhabi firm for $254m (Boston Globe)
• Phoenix Media buys El Planeta (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Activist steers homeless to empty homes (Associated Press)
• Pilgrim's Pride files Chapter 11 (Associated Press)
• J&J on spree, pays $1.07b for Mentor (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• Short-term T-bills fall to lowest levels ever (Associated Press)
• THE SAVINGS GAME It's probably your most valuable retirement asset, but how much do you know about it? (By Humberto Cruz, Boston Globe)
• Credit card companies to pare lending (Bloomberg News)
• Paulson: 'Objectionable' decisions will save markets (Globe Wire Services)
• Struggling Ford mulls Volvo sale amid global downturn (Associated Press)
• UAW leaders call emergency session (Bloomberg News)
• Mall operator gets 2-week loan reprieve (Associated Press)

• Celtics 107, Magic 88 Celtics win ninth straight (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Patriots keep it simple: Playoff formula is winning streak (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Nice surprise package (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• NFL: Week 13 Giants receiver Plaxico Burress posts bail on weapons charges (Associated Press)
• NFL playoff picture (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Source: Hampton ready to rejoin Astros (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook NFL picks Patriots to play Buccaneers in London next season (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Texans 30, Jaguars 17 Texans shine in spotlight by beating the Jaguars (By Kristie Rieken, Associated Press)
• Red Sox notebook Red Sox offer arbitration to Varitek and Byrd (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Rejuvenated Armstrong to ride in Tour (By Jim Vertuno, Associated Press)
• Bruins notebook Ward is sidelined (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Hossa lifts Wings again (Associated Press)
• NBA roundup Heat steal win as Warriors drop seventh straight (Associated Press)
• Celtics notebook Technically, Rondo keeps improving (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Sizzling Pierce gave Magic the third degree (By Barbara Matson, Globe Staff)
• College football Tigers keep Swinney (Associated Press)
• BC notebook Title hope on the line (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Div. 1 playoff preview Rematches offer second chances (By Mike Carraggi, Globe Correspondent)
• Mansfield to contest forfeit (By Jonathan Raymond, Globe Correspondent)
• Div. 1A playoff football preview A-B, Dracut have hands full (By Emily Wright, Globe Correspondent)
• This week's school football picks (Boston Globe)
• College roundup UConn much too strong for Delaware State (Associated Press)

• EXHIBIT Urban legends (Boston Globe)
• DANCE If the spirituality moves you (Boston Globe)
• THEATER They go together (Boston Globe)
• HOLIDAY MUSIC Festive film fare (Boston Globe)
• G FORCE | RAPHAEL SAADIQ Raphael Saadiq's soul is in his head (Boston Globe)
• THREE TO SEE O'Nan the contrarian (Boston Globe)
• PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW At Griffin Museum, photographers capture hope and destruction (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
• A Besere Velt sings (in Yiddish) for A Better World (By Susan Chaityn Lebovits, Globe Correspondent)
• Book Review 'Obscene in the Extreme' charts the wrath toward 'Grapes' (By Carlo Wolff, Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW BEMF presents two operas, scaled for a chamber (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Somerville becomes fit city (By Irene Sege, Globe Staff)
• Critic's corner: Matthew Gilbert dishes on tonight's TV (By MATTHEW GILBERT, Globe Staff)
• Television review William Shatner's latest enterprise is a TV talk show (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• ALEX BEAM Google vs. the libraries (Boston Globe)
• Names A strong foundation (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news (Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW Exploring the space between the group and the individual (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)

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