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Where Boston's singles are seen

Find out where in the city you'll have your best chance of snagging a date.

• Are high school reunions now obsolete?
• Stocks have biggest week in 75 years
• Research links fast food to Alzheimer's
• Author: Murdoch wants NYT for empire
• Eminiem takes off the raps in new memoir
• Ink Tank: Roundup of editorial cartoons
• Gallery This week in the natural world

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Bruins 7, Islanders 2

Bruins crush Islanders

Blake Wheeler and David Krejci set up each other for scores in Boston's five-goal third period on Friday.

• Notes and quotes from today's Bruins win

• Red Sox: Bogar named first base coach
• Red Sox acquire RHP Littleton
• Mazz: Will Red Sox spend or save?
• Ask Amalie: The calm before the storm?
• Patriots: Friday's updates from Foxborough
• Patriots-Steelers prediction roundup
• Miami's Porter fined for unsportsmanlike conduct

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Overcoming rejection

Losing out on a job can be tough. Check out these 10 tips on bouncing back.

• Tips 10 interview mistakes

• Also Adapting to the tough job market

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• Gallery Major layoffs in Massachusetts

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Auto show must go on

Amid an industry-wide financial crisis, there is some good news for Boston auto enthusiasts next week.

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• Ford tops safe-car list with 16 models

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Ultimate dream homes

See how these four families made their real estate fantasies come true.

• Tips Cheap ways to make your home dreamy
• Archive Ultimate bachelor pads

• Blog Blaming the bankers
• Photos Renovating and restoring classics
• Photos Homes with great dining rooms

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Are reunions obsolete?

Have online networks like Facebook and classmates.com destroyed get-togethers?

• • Joanna Lipper is living in 'Zanzibar'
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• Voices Parenting begins at White House
• Share Your photos with Santa

• Boston Shops Sign up for sales and tips

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Cartoon caption contest

Stonehenge at City Hall? Explain it in this week's Globe cartoon caption contest!

• After 55 days, contest ends for 2 living in truck
• Ill. zoo creates ornaments from reindeer droppings
• Full-size cardboard figure causes NJ bank standoff
• Santa Ana police pull over, stun naked DUI suspect
• Judge allows civil suit over co-worker's perfume

• Today in History - Nov. 28

(Globe Staff / Mark Wilson)

Battle for gunmen in hotel

Indian forces fired grenades at the Taj Mahal Hotel, the last stand of suspected Muslim militants. More than 150 people have been killed across Mumbai. (AP)

• FBI agents ordered to India to investigate attacks
• Mumbai attacks spur talk of Islam, terror
• N.Y. rabbi, wife killed  |  The Big Picture: Mumbai attacks
• Officials: Americans still at risk | Times of India coverage

Black Friday shopping

Bargains draw crowds

Hoping to stretch their budgets, first-time shoppers headed to stores before sunrise today. (AP)
Photos Shoppers make early start

• Necessities, discounts dominate shoppers' minds
• 2 dead after shots fired in SoCal Toys 'R' Us
• Surging shoppers kill N.Y. Wal-Mart worker

• A neighborhood's hopes fall with Somerville tree
• Kayaker pulled from choppy waters off Falmouth
• Local cities to kick off Christmas season with parades
• Missing Swansea mother, son are found
• Morning fire damages Cafe Belo in Allston
• Space shuttle Endeavour departs space station
• Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 12 south of Baghdad

• Editorial: Season's Readings
• Heymann/Minow: Darfur genocide? Let the court decide
• Eileen McAvoy Boylen: Do you know who I am?

• Articles of Faith: How Jewish is Jon Stewart?
• Your Money: Don't be surprised by year-end payouts
• Real Estate Now: Blaming the bankers
• The Big Picture: Sichuan's quake, 6 months later

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Web retailers ramp up deals

Free shipping is a given. Many are also offering special financing options and deals like $10 off purchases of $50 or more.

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• Oil down 20 percent in November  |  Oil dealers at risk
• OPEC struggles to find balance in oil market
• For jobless, long waits to file claims
• As food prices climb, industry ponder trash

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Gifts for music lovers

The gift of Cash - Johnny, that is - just keeps on giving this holiday season. Check out tunes from other artists like Alison Krauss and Boys Like Girls, too.

• Discuss What items will make your holiday gift list?

• Video Take 2: Globe critics review 'Australia,' and more
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• Review: Book recounts Eminem's Shady past
• Photos Tom and Gisele give thanks, pass out pie

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25 things to do under $25

If you're preparing for four months of boredom in Boston, you're on the wrong track, even if you're on a strict budget. Here are 25 things to check out this winter, all $25 or less.

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• Top chefs share their favorite holiday recipes
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