By Mark Sherman

The Supreme Court has revived a Christian college’s challenge to President Obama’s health care overhaul, with the acquiescence of the Obama administration.

The nightmarish chain of events started when a 16-year-old boy tried to save the family dog from drowning.

Astronaut to try for longest US space flight record

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko will spend a year aboard the International Space Station beginning in 2015.

Egypt’s president appears to retreat on power edict

By David D. Kirkpatrick and Mayy El Sheikh

Mohamed Morsi agreed to court review of most of his actions but preserved power to protect the constitutional council from being dissolved early.

Gunmen attacked a major police station near Nigeria’s capital Monday, freeing prisoners and killing two police officers.

Police on Monday found and defused a bomb planted under the car of a prominent Pakistani TV anchor threatened by the Taliban.

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America’s fantasy villain

By Joanna Weiss

J.R. Ewing, as played by Larry Hagman on television’s “Dallas,” was an unambiguous bad guy and a powerful force.

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Rockets vs. resolutions

By Farah Stockman

With an appearance by the moderate Palestinian group Fatah set for this week at the UN, the question of peaceful methods or violence to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict is at the fore.

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By Paul McMorrow

The street is important because it’s a link to South Boston and a possible way to help turn the Seaport district into a neighborhood.

Steve Wynn may bid for casino in Everett

By Mark Arsenault

The Las Vegas casino developer who failed to persuade Foxborough to accept a $1 billion gambling resort is investigating land on the Mystic River in Everett.

From victim to impassioned voice

By Jenifer B. McKim

Asia Graves, a victim of savage exploitation by a child prostitution ring, is a crusader against the commercial exploitation of children.

By Andrew Ryan

After more than five weeks in a hospital, Mayor Menino has been transferred from an acute-care facility to a rehabilitation hospital.

45,000 in Mass. set to lose jobless benefits

By Megan Woolhouse

The benefits will be lost on Dec. 29 unless Congress renews a program designed to help people who struggling to find jobs.

From victim to impassioned voice

By Jenifer B. McKim

Asia Graves, a victim of savage exploitation by a child prostitution ring, is a crusader against the commercial exploitation of children.

By Todd Wallack

State Street Corp. is swimming in billions of dollars in additional deposits as clients are giving up on alternatives that pay almost no interest.

Organ transplant pioneer Joseph Murray dies at 93

By Michael J. Bailey

Dr. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world’s first successful organ transplant, died at the Boston hospital where the pioneering surgery was performed.

Boris Strugatsky, 79, science fiction novelist

By Andrew Roth

Mr. Strugatsky, a prolific writer who used the genre of science fiction to voice criticisms of Soviet life that would have been unthinkable in other literary forms, died Nov. 19 in St. Petersburg.

By Nate Chinen

Mr. La Roca Sims was a powerful and distinctive drummer who created the pulse for some of the leading figures in jazz.

Patriots’ Jermaine Cunningham banned 4 games

By Shalise Manza Young

The NFL suspended the defensive lineman for violating its policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Frank Spaziani was loyal to BC to the end

By Julian Benbow

Commitment to the school and his players was never in doubt for Spaziani. He just couldn’t get his team to win nearly enough.

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If BC finds the right coach, don’t get too attached

By Christopher L. Gasper

To return to being a perennial bowl team, the folks at The Heights have to accept that BC is a layover and not a final destination.

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Is art therapy the answer for dementia?

By Karen Weintraub

Making music, painting, or dancing — and seeing or hearing it — may be the most effective treatment for dementia to date.

Frame by Frame

‘Jack Lemmon’ is frivolous, irrational, and hard to ignore

By Sebastian Smee

The work by Brooklyn artist Rachel Harrison, on display at the ICA, does everything you could ask of a sculpture, and more.

Photography REview

‘The Space in Between’ both enchanting, creepy

By Mark Feeney

The depopulated cityscapes suggest a no-man’s-land situated between magic and menace.