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• Mayor gives Obama tips on federal jobs program
• Auction’s promise of Madoff items brings questions
• US limits pay at bailed-out firms | Recovery hopes raised

• Coakley suggests 3-way debates | More on Senate race

• Call and response (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)
• Woman, 98, indicted on murder charges (By David Abel and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Coakley hopes to beat old boys at their own game (By Matt Viser and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• Coakley suggests inclusive debates (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• All-male club’s letter to Patrick spelled it out (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• State to keep ban on new incinerators (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Diabetic to begin career as diplomat (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Dog hotel plan draws howls of protests (By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff)
• Hub family witnesses NYC shoot-out (By Maria Chutchian, Globe Correspondent)
• Teachers covered for injuries as chaperones (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Blaze destroys historic Egremont Inn (By Shana Wickett, Globe Correspondent)
• New England in brief Search continues for missing woman, 42 (Boston Globe)
• Female letter carrier attacked in Dorchester describes ordeal (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Chief of neurosurgery to quit Brigham’s post (By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff)
• Medicaid changes cause adult care program in South Boston to close (By Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent)
• Globe Santa Family hoping this Christmas will be jollier than the last (By Charlie Peters, Globe Santa Correspondent)
• Newton’s mayor-elect will fire all predecessor’s staff members (By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent)

• Gene Barry, versatile actor, star of ‘Bat Masterson’ (By Michael Pollak, New York Times)
• Barbara Kiriakos, 82; was deeply involved in Hull’s life (By Casey Ramsdell, Globe Correspondent)
• Nancy Landry, Belmont aide to teachers, students (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• Thomas Hoving; directed Metropolitan Museum (By Suzanne Muchnic, Los Angeles Times)
• John Storm Roberts; scholar brought ‘world music’ to many; at 73 (By Margalit Fox, New York Times)
• Yosef Haim Yerushalmi, 77, scholar of Jewish history (By Joseph Berger, New York Times)

• House OK’s financial overhaul bill (By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)
• Health care costs to grow under overhaul (By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
• Lawsuit threatened over N.C. atheist councilman (Associated Press)
• Case of ignored patient investigated (Associated Press)
• Soldiers receiving H1N1 inoculations (Associated Press)
• 2 drugs make gains in breast cancer fight (Associated Press)
• Fla. judges, lawyers warned on ‘friending’ (Associated Press)
• Blackwater missile-load contract canceled (By Pamela Hess and Adam Goldman, Associated Press)
• House Democrats seek $40 billion in defense bill for jobs (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)
• Political notebook Baucus gave $14,000 raise to girlfriend (Associated Press)
• Embattled S.C. governor headed to divorce court (Associated Press)

• UN group drafts plan to reduce emissions (By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post)
• Corpse robbery shocks Cypriots (Associated Press)
• Vandals target mosque in West Bank (Associated Press)
• Iranian hard-liners rally for government (Associated Press)
• Pope to write letter to Irish on child sex-abuse scandal (Associated Press)
• Uganda outlaws female circumcision (Associated Press)
• EU panel chides London’s air quality (Bloomberg News)
• Ousted Honduran leader, successor may hold talks next week (By Freddy Cuevas, Associated Press)
• Pakistan may deport 5 US men (By Chris Brummitt and Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
• More sanctions ahead for Iran, Gates says (By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post)
• Top UN official in Afghanistan to step down (By Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times)

• Globe Editorial For safety’s sake, let police decide who’s fit to patrol
• Globe Editorial Orrin Hatch: putting pluralism to song
• Globe Editorial Dartmouth: green with embarrassment
• Globe Editorial Obama faces the world as it is
• Derrick Z. Jackson The real BCS showdown
• Joanna Weiss A successful hop in Disney’s latest
• Fred Abernathy and Harry Lewis Shrouded in secrecy, decision makers gambled and Harvard lost

• Woods to take indefinite break (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
• Building block in Bernadeau (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• New approach kick-started Florian (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Senior point guard McKenna is thriving (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)
• Video Still in the game
• Patriots notebook Brady’s status up in the air (By Monique Walker and Albert R. Breer, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Green Bay defense in sick bay (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Klitschko to face off with Johnson (Boston Globe)
• On guard: Rondo slicing through foes (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Bulls thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• NBA roundup Cavs whip Trail Blazers (Associated Press)
• Tiger's tracks (Boston Globe)
• NHL roundup Green’s OT goal beats Carolina (Associated Press)
• Bruins notebook For Bruins’ Hunwick, a quick transition (By Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent)
• Islanders thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• On college football This year Heisman a tough call (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• RPI 5, BU 3 Terriers go to the dogs (By Brion O’Connor, Globe Correspondent)
• Kelly faces the task of the Irish (By Tom Coyne, Associated Press)
• College roundup No substitute for UMass’s Vinson in victory (Staff and Wire Reports)

• Taking a swipe at card processing fees (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Caritas workers OK contract (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Making every donation count (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Auction’s promise brings questions (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• Harmonix lays off 39 employees (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Mayor gives Obama tips on federal jobs program (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• French biotech opens subsidiary in Mass. (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Modernista makes management changes (By Johnny Diaz, Boston Globe)
• Hopes raised for recovery (By Martin Crutsinger and Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press)
• Bank of America, Kelly may be in talks (Globe Wire Services)
• US puts curbs on pay at bailed-out firms (By Rebecca Christie and Robert Schmidt, Bloomberg News)
• The savings game Some ‘free lunch’ seminars prey on older investors’ fears of financial risk (By Humberto Cruz, Boston Globe)

• The dogged debate about training methods (By Joan Anderman, Globe Staff)
• TELEVISION REVIEW Little reality in Jacksons’ ‘Family Dynasty’ (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Names A juggling act for Damon (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• Gold-standard gifts for Wall Street titans (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• TELEVISION REVIEW ‘The People Speak’ celebrates the words of ordinary citizens (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• BRING THE FAMILY ‘Nutcracker’ without the glitz (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | JAN BRETT Jan Brett’s illustrations light up Holiday Pops (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW Paul Auster’s ‘Invisible’ explores the shadows within (By Robert Braile, Boston Globe)
• With duets project, Lewis still shakin’ (By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times)
• Classical CD Reviews of Mozart the Complete Violin Concertos and Bach Partitas 1, 5, & 6 (By David Weininger, Boston Globe)
• Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert , Globe Staff)
• Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
• On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
• Nick Cannon keeps TeenNick clicking (By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press)
• Movie Stars (Boston Globe)
• TOMORROW Ice skating at Charles Hotel (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
• TODAY Session Americana at Club Passim (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
• TODAY Candy Land Tournament to benefit kids at Faneuil Hall (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
• TODAY Led Zeppelin tribute band Hammer of the Gods at Berklee Performance Center (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
• TODAY ‘The Three (Un)Wise Men’ at Factory Theatre (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
• Celebrity news Sawyer signs off (Associated Press)

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