Support, surprise greet report on John Kerry

By Bryan Bender

Reports that the senator is being considered for secretary of defense sparked a range of reactions from military experts and Beltway insiders.

Army seeks death penalty in Afghan massacre

By Rachel La Corte

Prosecutors asked an investigative officer to recommend a death penalty court-martial for a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Ohio executed a condemned killer who calmly went to his death still claiming he was innocent of stabbing a woman 138 times, slitting her throat, and cutting off her hands.

Recognition from France boosts Syrian rebels

By Rick Gladstone and Steven Erlanger

France became the first European country to recognize the new Syrian rebel coalition and raised the possibility of arming the group.

By Gillian Gotora

Gillian Milovanovic, the American chairwoman of the world diamond trade regulatory body, was criticized over US trade restrictions on Zimbabwe’s state-owned diamond mining companies.

By Maggie Fick

An outbreak of yellow fever in Sudan’s Darfur region has killed 107 people in the last six weeks, the World Health Organization reported Tuesday.

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Kerry should stay put

By Scot Lehigh

The nation remembers legendary senators, and if John Kerry stays in the Senate, he has an opportunity to join those ranks.

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By Jeff Jacoby

In a democratic republic, we can dispense with the claim that there is something unjust about deciding a question as momentous as marriage by referring it to the people.

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By Alex Beam

Nov. 6, 2012, the day that Mitt Romney claimed 58 million votes in the presidential election, may qualify as the most important day in Mormon history.

Many potential candidates if Mass. gets new Senate race

By Frank Phillips and Michael Levenson

Candidates are scrambling to position themselves if President Obama appoints Senator Kerry to be his next secretary of state, or secretary of defense.

State was lax on Framingham drug maker

By Kay Lazar and Liz Kowalczyk

Regulators displayed indifference in the oversight of a specialty pharmacy now blamed for a meningitis outbreak, according to documents obtained by the Globe.

After discord, harmonious encore for Benjamin Zander

By Geoff Edgers

One could find it hard to imagine that, less than a year after Zander’s four-plus decades at New England Conservatory came to an ugly end, he’s leading a new youth orchestra.

11-year Globe editor Martin Baron to depart

By Robert Weisman

Baron, who led The Boston Globe as it won six Pulitzer Prizes over the past decade, will become executive editor of The Washington Post in January.

Ailing Upper Crust closes most restaurants

By Jenn Abelson

The pizza chain has let go about 140 employees and will shut down permanently unless it can get a cash infusion in the next few days.

By Beth Healy

The Cambridge consulting firm said it expects most to be rehired by Deloitte Consulting, which has agreed to acquire Monitor’s assets.

Farish Jenkins, paleontologist, Harvard teacher

By Karen Weintraub

Dr. Jenkins, who was an inveterate explorer and one of the world’s leading paleontologists, died Sunday. He was 72.

Mr. Freedman was a Connecticut judge and legislator who helped create the state’s public defender system.

By Michael Felberbaum

Mr. Harris, a former member of the ‘‘Philadelphia sound’’ soul group the Delfonics and singer of the 1975 hit ‘‘Love Won’t Let Me Wait,’’ has died. He was 65.

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Poor preparation for Bills hurt Patriots’ defense

By Greg A. Bedard

A review of the coaches’ film shows that the Patriots were every bit as bad as their performance seemed to indicate (481 yards and 35 first downs allowed).

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UMass cuts it very close but slips past Harvard

By Michael Vega

Forward Sampson Carter hit the winning 3-pointer with one second left to give the Minutemen a 67-64 win in the season opener.

Celtics reaping benefits of Rajon Rondo’s shooting

By Gary Washburn

The Celtics guard has canned 26 of his 53 jumpers this season, crumbling the perception that he had not worked on his outside shot or that he is tentative when open.

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10 ways to a better holiday

By Sheryl Julian

Save yourself time and aggravation by simplifying and tweaking — just slightly — your Thanksgiving menu.