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• No quick fix in reworked mortgages
• Bailout watchdog gets OK in Senate
• Wall Street executives forgo 2008 bonuses
• Globe Editorial: Enough happy talk, Detroit

• National Perspective: Marri case will test Obama
• Supreme Court won't review Obama's citizenship
• Joshua Rubenstein: Crises that will challenge Obama

• DiMasi warns localities to brace for 10% aid cut (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Tax hunt targets exempt groups (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• Interactive graphic: Amount paid in lieu of taxes by tax-exempt (Boston Globe)
• Roxbury judge offers hometown justice (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Worcester braces for loss of trees (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
• As of today, right whales gain a right of way at sea (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)
• Adrian Walker Lift to home and health (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• Pike reports $31m saved in cost cuts (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• In court, Wilkerson pleads not guilty (By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
• Deported find little back home (By Traci Carl, Associated Press)
• New England in brief Man held, charged with raping girl, 10 (Boston Globe)
• State trooper and Boston officer receive medal of honor (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Globe Santa Single parents find holiday tough (By Erin K. O'Connell, Globe Santa Correspondent)
• St. Paul's fires ruled as arsons (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)

• Harriet Belin; Brahmin became a Democrat (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
• Roger Sonnabend; developed hotels, mentored executives (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Nina Foch, 84, film and TV actor, drama coach (By Bob Thomas, Associated Press)
• Forrest Ackerman, 92; fantasy fan credited with term 'sci-fi' (New York Times)
• Service scheduled for Dr. James Nash (Boston Globe)
• Dr. Young Ho Kim; created new orthodontic technique (By Gabrielle T. Dunn, Globe Correspondent)
• Carlos Abascal, 59; sought to instill Christianity into politics of Mexico (By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press)

• $15b deal near on automakers (By Michael Kranish and Jenny Paul, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent)
• Five try to plead guilty in 9/11 attacks (By Bryan Bender and Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
• Obama backers look for ways to carry out the call for change (By Scott Helman, Globe Staff)
• NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Marri case is just a taste of hard choices waiting for Obama (By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff)
• Calif. suit seeks gang's ill-gotten gains (Boston Globe)
• Unknown King papers to be auctioned (Boston Globe)
• N.Y. congressman gets jail time (Boston Globe)
• Dogs have sense of fairness, study finds (Boston Globe)
• Marines faulted for vehicle delays (Boston Globe)
• Court may scrutinize whistle-blower suits (Boston Globe)
• Calif. activists split on 'call in gay' day (By Lisa Leff, Associated Press)
• Chicago beating case still clouds police image (By Don Babwin, Associated Press)
• Half-dose flu vaccines found to be effective in adults (By Lindsey Tanner, Associated Press)
• Political Notebook Supreme Court turns down appeal on Obama's citizenship (Boston Globe)
• 5 Blackwater guards charged in killings of 14 Iraqis in Baghdad (By Lara Jakes Jordan and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Details emerge on Pakistan hide-out raid (By Jane Perlez and Salman Masood, New York Times)
• Quebec premier wins term, majority (Boston Globe)
• Malaria vaccine called a 'milestone' (Boston Globe)
• Belfast militant sentenced in attack (Boston Globe)
• Shift of Marines to Afghan role expected (Associated Press)
• Tombs of French Muslim soldiers desecrated (Boston Globe)
• EU ships deploying for anti-piracy mission (Boston Globe)
• Unknown thousands dying in Zimbabwe, health groups say (By Michelle Faul, Associated Press)
• Whistle-blowers in China sent to mental hospital (By Andrew Jacobs, New York Times)
• Thai opposition wants vote on prime minister (By Ambika Ahuja, Associated Press)
• Greek youths riot to protest killing (By Anthee Carassava, New York Times)
• Protesters on tarmac raise security issues at UK airport (By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Unkind cuts for mentally ill
• Globe Editorial Enough happy talk, Detroit
• Globe Editorial A truth-teller for the VA
• Ken Levine and Robert Leikind Keeping the commitment to dignity for all
• Joshua Rubenstein The crises that will challenge Obama
• H.D.S. Greenway Terrorism on the unguarded sea
• Derrick Z. Jackson Burger King's greasy campaign

• Local travelers want strings attached to Big Three deal (By Erin Ailworth and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Reworked mortgages not working (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Kris Kringles crimped (By Erich Schwartzel, Globe Correspondent)
• Boston Capital Ariad Pharmaceuticals directors revolt (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Virgin America to start flights from Logan to Calif. (By Paul S. Makishima and Nicole C. Wong, Globe Staff)
• Hub broadcasters send digital TV test today (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy (Associated Press)
• Employee siege becomes a symbol (Associated Press)
• Oil up as OPEC mulls production cut (Associated Press)
• UBS doubts $99 iPhone rumor (Bloomberg News)
• College Board settles state loan probes (Bloomberg News)
• Times Co. may borrow against building (Bloomberg News)
• AROUND THE REGION EMC, Dell extend sales agreement (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Caritas says Ascension remains committed to deal (By Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Talbots names new operating chief (Bloomberg News)
• AROUND THE REGION Middlesex Savings to acquire Strata (Associated Press)
• SEC chief says accounting rules must be neutral (Associated Press)
• Dow plans to cut 11% of workforce (Bloomberg News)
• N.Y. lawyer charged in fraud (Associated Press)
• Bailout watchdog gets OK in Senate (Associated Press)
• Short-term T-bill rates sink to record lows (Associated Press)
• Census: Downturn not a new picture (Associated Press)
• Whole Foods sues FTC over agency's role in Wild Oats deal (Associated Press)
• Wall Street executives forgo 2008 bonuses (Bloomberg News)
• John F. Wasik If deflation arrives, it will mean savings and some profits (By John F. Wasik, Boston Globe)

• Bruins 5, Lightning 3 Tampa-resistant (barely) (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• For Patriots, winning isn't everything (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Red Sox quiet as winter meetings open (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Oklahoma case shows system isn't OK (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• On baseball Batting things around at baseball winter meetings, but no hits (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Return man: McCoy will stay at Texas (Boston Globe)
• Celtics notebook Celtics have history on the horizon (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Baseball meetings Red Sox manager Francona will operate just as he is (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Revolution lose Parkhurst (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• NBA roundup Bobcats can't handle Wade (41) and Heat (Associated Press)
• Timberwolves fire Wittman (By Jon Krawczynski, Associated Press)
• Vanek's NHL-best 20th goal helps Sabres tip Penguins (Associated Press)
• On hockey Hot team is left a little cold (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
• Bruins notebook Breaks are going their way (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Patriots notebook Patriots defense banged up; Bruschi returns for tests (By Christopher L. Gasper and Mike Reiss, Globe Staff)
• NFL: Week 14 Commissioner Goodell to NFL players: Avoid bad situations (Associated Press)
• Panthers 38, Buccaneers 23 Bucs can't stop the Panthers' run game (By Mike Cranston, Associated Press)
• College roundup Finnegan on mark as Bentley routs Saint Rose (Staff and Wire Reports)

• THEATER Razzle dazzle (Boston Globe)
• SHOPPING The other stock market (Boston Globe)
• EXHIBIT It takes a village (Boston Globe)
• A CAPPELLA Irreverent revelry (Boston Globe)
• G FORCE | LEA DELARIA A blue Christmas (Boston Globe)
• THREE TO SEE Down a dark road (Boston Globe)
• STAGE REVIEW Holiday soul-searching (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Mixing new songs and old, Franz Ferdinand cranks it up (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW An intimate view of Handel's 'Messiah' (By David Perkins, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW Approaching Dvorak on their terms (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
• BOOK REVIEW Romance and murder in 18th-century Boston (By Michael Kenney, Boston Globe)
• At 41, Tim Flamos gets his shot on 'The Contender' (Boston Globe)
• Critic's corner: Matthew Gilbert on tonight's TV (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• He's found his ticket to ride (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
• ALEX BEAM Thank you for oversharing (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• NAMES Wahlberg and gang take over Oyster House (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news New pact for Leno? (Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW New Kids, new format lift BMAs (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)

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