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Massachusetts high schools reported more than 4,400 concussions and other head injuries suffered by students while playing sports during the last school year.

Comet ISON will either fry and shatter on Thursday as it rounds the sun, or endure and quite possibly put on one fabulous celestial show. Should it survive, ISON,would be visible with the naked eye through December, at least from the Northern Hemisphere. Discernible at times in November with ordinary binoculars and occasionally even just the naked eye, it already has dazzled observers and is considered the most scrutinized comet ever by NASA. But the best is, potentially, yet to come.

Take the five-liter supercharged V-8 from the Jaguar F-Type and tune it up to 510 horsepower. Slip it, and an eight-speed transmission, under the bonnet — sorry, hood — of a new, all-aluminum Range Rover, one that’s lost 800 pounds but is bigger inside. Add the latest on- and off-road performance hardware and software, and wrap it all up in the creature comforts of a deluxe sedan.

C.M. Petti Meat Market on Belmont Street in Brockton is known as much for its history and homegrown feel as its renowned Italian sausages. In their time, Brockton boxing greats Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler were regular customers, and it remains a lunchtime mainstay for community leaders, police officers and firefighters. To celebrate its 100th anniversary, the family will host a noon luncheon at the store on Dec. 7.

The blaze left a Pearl Street residence a probable total loss. No family members were injured.

The blaze left a Pearl Street residence a probable total loss. No family members were injured.

Weekly auto rail, with tips on tire tread, the Green Car of the Year and more.

I own a 2010 Corvette and put the car away for the long winter around Thanksgiving. My question is, should I disconnect the battery or connect up a battery charger for the winter?

Pilgrim Hall Museum’s eighth annual Holiday House Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8. The tour includes private residences in North Plymouth, the center of town, and along the ocean south of the center.

The fifth annual Thanks-for-Giving Road Race will start at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, at the Cohasset Common.