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SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP
Patronage player
to leave key post
Thomas M. Petrolati, the third-ranking Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, agreed to leave his leadership post, becoming the first political casualty of a damning independent counsels report that portrayed him as a major player in the patronage scandal that has engulfed the state’s Probation Department. (Globe Staff)
- PDF Excerpts of House Speaker DeLeo's testimony
- Scot Lehigh: Patronage, post Petrolati | More coverage
HIV drugs found to aid prevention
Researchers reported yesterday that the same drugs that have transformed HIV infection from a death sentence into a chronic disease can also help protect gay men from being infected with the virus in the first place. (By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent)
Pope confirms his approval
of condom use against disease
Pope Benedict XVI clearly acknowledged yesterday that the need to prevent diseases like AIDS could outweigh the church’s long opposition to the use of condoms. (By Rachel Donadio and Laurie Goodstein, New York Times)
DA says slaying of 4
launched with a robbery
It was a robbery that turned into an execution: The four people — including a toddler — who were slain on Woolson Street in Mattapan two months ago lost their lives over drugs, cash, and a television set, a prosecutor said yesterday. (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
N.H. still not showing up on Palin’s radar
Sarah Palin launched a book tour in what is widely seen as a test run for a presidential bid, but one stop is notably missing: the first-primary state of New Hampshire. (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)

Metro
- SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP Amid scandal, Petrolati resigns House leadership post (Globe Staff)
- HIV drugs found to aid prevention (By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent)
- DA says slaying of 4 launched with a robbery (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Local activists, scholars differ on pontiff’s remarks (By Lisa Wangsness and Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Police say Lynnfield killings were over baby name (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
- Cancer survivor's gift provides MGH patients a haven to heal in (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
- Video Christopher's Haven provides a home to heal in
- Father last saw slain teen at home in N.C. (By David Abel and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Meehan doesn’t rule out taking UMass presidency (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Brian McGrory Poetry in motion (By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist)
- Poor health led to 2009 death at safety checkpoint, DA says (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Two bags at Logan Airport prompt bomb scare (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- A mission to bring warmth to homeless reaches 25th year (By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent)
- BOSTON Man found on beach was shot in the head (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Roxbury church broken into for 2d time (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Quake victim’s kin ferry supplies for Haiti (Boston Globe)
- FALMOUTH Girl escaped abduction attempt, police say (Boston Globe)
- AMHERST Pizza shop stiffed by man with Dylan pass (Associated Press)
- PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Passport center offers services to public (Associated Press)
- Man charged in two 2004 city rapes (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Deer-vehicle collisions on rise across the state (By L. Finch, Globe Correspondent)
- Menino hospitalized with elbow infection (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- City to expand supplemental English, math classes (By Jeffrey Fish, Globe Correspondent)
- Lawmakers advancing $75m development plan (By Colleen Quinn, State House News Service)
- Patrick’s eldest daughter to marry Italian Army veteran (Globe Staff)
- Maine governor-elect builds transition team (By Glenn Adams, Associated Press)
- Alcohol sends 1,000 Boston college-age students to ER a year (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Conn. officer arraigned in death of teen (By Dave Collins, Associated Press)
- Franklin Pierce’s birthday marked at N.H. gravesite (Associated Press)

Regional editions
Globe North
- Capping of Crow Lane landfill in Newburyport hinges on state approval of berm redesign (By Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff)
Globe West
- People in need find meals, fellowship at food programs in Concord, Maynard, Brookline, Newton (By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- Brockton High School celebrates 40th anniversary (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent)

Obituaries
- Mary Tierney, 78; mother of 5 balanced work, family (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)
- Philip Hoffman, fearless big-wave surf pioneer (By Matt Higgins, New York Times)
- Robin Day, British designer of ‘polyprop’ chair; at 95 (By Bruce Weber, New York Times)
- Chalmers Johnson, expert on Asia, critic of US policy (By T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post)
- George O’Malley, builder of Colo. state parks; at 95 (By Virginia Culver, Denver Post)
- Margaret Burroughs, 95; a Chicago museum founder (Associated Press)

Nation
- N.H. still not showing up on Palin’s radar (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Frustration mounts over BP spill fund payouts (By Jim Snyder, Bloomberg News)
- Salazar wants quicker wind-power permitting (Associated Press)
- Texas priest charged with seeking hit man to kill teen who accused him of abuse (Associated Press)
- EPA sued over lead in bullets, fishing tackle (Associated Press)
- Aerobics, weight training an effective pairing against diabetes (Associated Press)
- California man, 88, charged with killing ill wife (Associated Press)
- Political Notebook Elder Bush praises Romney (Boston Globe)
- HIV rate falls but work isn’t finished (By David Brown, Washington Post)
- For-profit colleges criticized on graduation rates, high costs (By Daniel de Vise, Washington Post)
- Officials sidestep airport security (By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press)

World
- Pope confirms his approval of condom use against disease (By Rachel Donadio and Laurie Goodstein, New York Times)
- US considers options after deadly Korean clash (By David E. Sanger and Mark McDonald, New York Times)
- William, Kate pick April 29 for royal wedding (Associated Press)
- Iran nuclear monitors note program halt (Associated Press)
- 13 countries sign pact to preserve tigers (Associated Press)
- Jawbone in Aruba not that of Alabama teen (Associated Press)
- Kilt renters told: Wear underwear (Associated Press)
- Freed Suu Kyi reunited with son in Myanmar after decade apart (Associated Press)
- Chinese activist jailed over tainted-milk protest seeks parole (By Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
- Survivors describe panicked crowd on Cambodian bridge (By Seth Mydans, New York Times)
- 29 trapped men now deemed dead in New Zealand (By Joe Morgan and Ray Lilley, Associated Press)
- Pledged emission cuts too low to meet target, UN agency says (By Matti Huuhtanen, Associated Press)

Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Key task for next UMass chief: resist political interference
- Globe Editorial DiPaola: The scandal is what’s legal
- Globe Editorial In North Korea, US pressure alone isn’t working
- Jeff Jacoby No subsidy for NPR
- Scot Lehigh Patronage, post Petrolati
- Carlo Rotella The story of the crime drama and the cellphone

Sports
- Off their plate (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy Red Sox fans will be hungry for answers (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- Patriots balancing their act (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- School of hard knocks (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
- Bruins notebook Line needs straightening (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Panthers thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- College basketball roundup UConn outmuscles No. 2 Spartans (Associated Press)
- Sports Log Toddler’s death at Staples an accident (Boston Globe)
- Growth spurt for guard (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Nets thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- NBA roundup Lakers hold off Bulls to win fifth straight (Associated Press)
- Coyotes 5, Oilers 0 Coyotes grab first in Pacific (Associated Press)
- Patriots notebook Injured players try to kick in (By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff)
- NFL notebook Charges traded by Favre sides (Associated Press)
- Baseball notebook Rangers’ Hamilton American League Most Valuable Player (Associated Press)
- At Revere, running ball is Trae Weathers’s Patriotic duty (By Emily Wright, Globe Correspondent)
- Abington/Whitman-Hanson rivalry reaches 100 years (By Jake Seiner, Globe Correspondent)
- Lawrence High stressing good sportsmanship (By Bill Porter, Globe Staff)
- School football Playoff spots are on the menu (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
- This week's picks (Boston Globe)

Business
- Incentive gone, Oct. home sales dive (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
- Vertex seeks fast approval for drug (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- New boss lauded for reenergizing Boston ad agency (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
- State has retirement money at raided firms (By Beth Healy and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- Nuance stock jumps on false news of sale to Apple (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Obama administration helps bolster hybrid auto sales (By Angela Greiling Keane and Jeff Green, Bloomberg News)
- Treasury gets $11.7b in GM stock sale (Globe Wire Services)
- Panel calls lenders’ handling of foreclosures ‘inexcusable’ (By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press)
- Problem bank list grew last quarter (Associated Press)
- Phone giants may face pension woes (Bloomberg News)
- Fed officials clashed over bond plan (Associated Press)
- Around the Region Acushnet man guilty in loan fraud (Associated Press)
- Around the Region AG will appeal Boston Gas rate hike (Globe Staff)
- Around the Region N.C. company acquires Gotuit Media (Globe Staff)
- Around the Region Sale of Gymboree to Bain completed (Globe Staff)
- Around the Region Hologic gets positive news from FDA (Globe Staff)
- Around the Region A123 loses its chief financial officer (Associated Press)
- State, Columbus Center developers in $5.5m accord (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
- 1,600 pages sealed in brokerage fight (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
- Nervous investors focus on Spain, Portugal (By Barry Hatton and Alan Clendenning, Associated Press)
- Blackstone’s Dynegy bid off (Bloomberg News)
- Company profits rise as joblessness persists (By Catherine Rampell, New York Times)
- 401(k) retirement account balances rose 32 percent in ’10 (By Alexis Leondis and Margaret Collins, Bloomberg News)
- Korean attack, home-sales data hurt stocks (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS N.Y. retailer agrees to $3b acquisition (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Higher fee income boosts Eaton Vance (Boston Globe)
- Jack in the Box Inc. (Boston Globe)
- La-Z-Boy Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Hormel Foods Corp. (Boston Globe)
- Jury orders SAP to pay Oracle $1.3b (Bloomberg News)

Food/Arts |
- Upper-crust desserts take time or some imagination (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Voices Talking turkey (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Newton South sophomore Jenny Olins bakes a grade-A pie — for a grade-A cause (By Jane Dornbusch, Globe Correspondent)
- Recipe for 1-2-3 apple pie (By Karoline Boehm Goodnick, Globe Correspondent)
- Caramel apple pie (Boston Globe)
- Easy cranberry and apple cake (Boston Globe)
- Pear frangipane tart (By Karoline Boehm Goodnick, Globe Correspondent)
- Ashley Stanley of Brookline started Lovin’ Spoonfuls this year to collect and distribute perishable foods to organizations that feed the hungry around Boston (By Lisa Zwirn, Globe Correspondent)
- Recipe for spiced pecans (By Karoline Boehm Goodnick, Globe Correspondent)
- For the Holiday Table Recipe for cream cheese, olive, and caper spread (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Don’t get bogged down in the cranberry jelly or sauce debate (By Andrea Pyenson, Globe Correspondent)
- Cranberry compote with dried and sour cherries (Boston Globe)
- Cranberry sauce with orange (Boston Globe)
- Cranberry sauce with orange and red wine (Boston Globe)
- Short Orders They know beans about making miso (By Ann Trieger Kurland, Globe Correspondent)
- Short Orders Lara Ferroni shares a whole lot about doughnuts (By Jim Chiavelli, Globe Correspondent)
- Roast turkey with fresh herbs and pan gravy (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Turkey roasting times (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- The Joy of Baking Cranberry biscuits recipe (By Lisa Yockelson, Globe Correspondent)
- Sunday Supper & More What quick meals work best for guests? Try pasta and frittata (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- Sunday Supper & More Sunday Supper shopping list (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- Sunday Supper & More Spaghetti with tomato, rosemary, and mushroom sauce (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- Sunday Supper & More Spaghetti frittata (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- CHEAP EATS Authentic taste of Lebanon at Al Wadi restaurant in West Roxbury (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- G FORCE | PAULETTE TAVORMINA Paulette Tavormina discusses her still life photographs and their connection to paintings (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- MOVIE REVIEW
Burlesque movie review -- Burlesque showtimes (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- MOVIE REVIEW
Love & Other Drugs movie review -- Love & Other Drugs showtimes (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- MOVIE REVIEW
Tangled movie review -- Tangled showtimes (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- MOVIE REVIEW
Faster movie review -- Faster showtimes (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- MOVIE REVIEW
Made in Dagenham movie review -- Made in Dagenham showtimes (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Galleries Michael Bühler-Rose on exhibit; a group show including Jacob El Hanani, Julie Miller, and Daniel Zeller; and sculptors Rosalyn Driscoll and Sally S. Fine (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
- MUSIC REVIEW Paying tribute to Totenberg’s century of violin (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- BOOK REVIEW Peter Ackroyd’s exploration of Venice flows with tales of culture and capitalism (By Chuck Leddy, Globe Correspondent)
- MUSIC REVIEW At Symphony Hall, a comfortable display of old-fashioned virtuosity (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)
- Grey wins ‘DWTS’ Mirrorball (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Names For Celtic, bird is the word (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names McCourt divorce final (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Home for the holiday (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Ballet at Logan (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Every hair in place (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Roger that (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Cold news (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More Celebrity news Swift goes global (Boston Globe)
- Things to do Holiday art from the Copley Society (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Jason Myles at Passim (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Thanksgiving at Asana (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Winter wonderland in Stoneham (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Thanksgiving at Sturbridge Village (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TV critic’s picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Movie capsules (Boston Globe)
- On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
- Daily TV and radio guide (Boston Globe)
- ANNIE’S MAILBOX Quitter stepson produces marital discord (Boston Globe)
- Bird sightings on Cape Cod reported to Mass Audubon (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
- Today on boston.com/food (Boston Globe)

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