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Get your heart pumping

Browse through some of our picks for the best exercise gadgets: two GPS-enabled heart-rate monitors, a Wii Fit add-on and an underwater MP3 player

Quarterback Peyton Manning #18 of the Indianapolis Colts changes the play at the line of scrimmage against the Houston Texans at Reliant Stadium on November 29, 2009 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
Sports: NFL Sunday

Saints, Colts sitting on top

New Orleans travels to DC while Colts hope to tie New England's all-time win streak in Tennessee Dec 06, 2009 1:14PM EST

Miles Davis, boxed set
Arts

Critics' picks for holiday gifts

Wondering what to get your favourite A&E lover this holiday season? Let our critics be your guide 1:41 PM EST

Danica Patrick
Globe Drive

Women deserve their place on the race track

Racing driver James Hinchcliffe welcomes female competitors - including the ones that have beaten him to the finish line Dec 05, 2009 10:15PM EST

Negative image “A paranoid, bellowing and incompetent leader.” U.S. journal Foreign Policy on how British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be remembered
In Photos: Verbatim

The week in quotes

Who said what in public and print this week Dec 06, 2009 1:39PM EST

People walk by the gigantic globe on the town square in Copenhagen on Dec. 6, 2009, on the eve of the opening of the United Nations Climate Conference 2009.

UN climate chief optimistic about Copenhagen deal

Obama's decision to meet with other leaders bodes well, says head of climate change secretariat on eve of opening of two-week summit 2:37 PM EST

Dec. 6, 1989

'A slap in the face' for victims

Twenty years ago, the aftermath of the Montreal Massacre reshaped public opinion on gun control. Now, the House vote that ended the long-gun registry reopens old wounds - and has survivors fighting mad Dec 06, 2009 12:14PM EST

Snowstorm lashes Atlantic Canada

Power knocked out to nearly 7,000 in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; storm expected to strengthen as it approaches Newfoundland 1:28 PM EST

John Ibbitson

The too-forgotten war dead

PM takes time out of Asia trip to honour Canadians who died defending Hong Kong - and to deliver a dose of propaganda 9:08 AM EST

Woods faces questions about golf future

There is no telling when the world's No. 1 player will return to the PGA Tour Dec 06, 2009 1:55PM EST

Iran chokes off Internet on eve of student rallies

Government also warns foreign journalists to stay in their offices for the next three days 3:32 PM EST

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Auto Therapy
Help! I sold my BMW, and my girlfriend wants out
Joanne Will
Video:Next Big Thing
Fresh technology creates movie magic
Berj Bannayan, a co-founder and partner in Soho VFX.

Globe online poll

Should Canada's prison farms be kept?

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Interactive Puzzles

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Globe essay
Cultivating convicts
Health
This test can spare women from chemo. But they can't get it here
Coree Hanczyk, 45, paid $3,776 (U.S.) to test her breast-cancer tumour in California. She has tried to get the cost reimbursed, so far to no avail.
Books
The 2009 Gift Books Guide
Live, Monday
Your Copenhagen questions answered
National: Reader Photos
Share your best weather photos
Children play in a snow bank as residents of Saint-Louis-du-Ha!Ha!, Quebec cheer as the Olympic torch relay passes through their community Nov. 29/2009.
In Photos: Verbatim
The week in quotes
Negative image “A paranoid, bellowing and incompetent leader.” U.S. journal Foreign Policy on how British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be remembered
Week in questions
Take the Globe news quiz
The road to Copenhagen
Canada's Kyoto legacy
People walk outside the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 2, 2009. The center will host upcoming COP15 Climate Summit from December 7 to 18, 2009.
Globe Investor: In quotes
What market watchers are saying this week
The ad says: My butt is big and round like the letter C and ten thousand lunges have made it rounder but not smaller and that's just fine. It's a space heater for my side of the bed, it's my ambassador to those who walk behind me, it's a border collie that herds skinny women away from the best deals at clothing sales. My butt is big and that's just fine and those who might scorn it are invited to kiss it. Just do it.
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At the close: Down on interest rate fears
Globe and Mail Reporter Simon Avery.