Ally Financial will halt mortgage purchases in Mass.
The move from the firm’s GMAC Mortgage unit comes after AG Martha Coakley accused the five biggest providers of conducting illegal foreclosures.
Cain making announcement about bid tomorrow
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is facing accusations of harassment and of having an affair.
Unemployment rate falls to 8.6%, lowest since 2009
Small businesses and startups hired in bigger numbers this fall to help drive unemployment down, although 300,000 people also stopped looking for work.
David Ortiz wants a long-term deal
The Red Sox slugger spoke today about what it would take to get him to stay in Boston.
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Interrogating the lewd
“Shame” director Steve McQueen presents a portrait of sex addiction as art.
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For him, it’s a plum job
In his 24th year producing the “The Nutcracker,” José Mateo talked about his love of dance.
Art Review
Chicken Little as a 9/11 metaphor
Artist Nancy Chunn’s “Chicken Little and the Culture of Fear” springs from her post-Sept. 11 examination of the aura of panic that has dominated the last decade.
‘‘Now is not the time to slam the brakes on the recovery, right now it’s time to step on the gas.”
President Barack Obama on the economy
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Columnists
Metro
City puts restriction on use of e-cigarettes
Boston health officials voted to treat electronic cigarettes like tobacco products, banning use of the increasingly popular products in the workplace and restricting their sale to adults.
Business
US regulators approve Google’s AdMeld acquisition
The approval comes after the Justice Department concluded the deal won’t diminish competition in online advertising.
Politics
campaign 2012
Huntsman seeks N.H. boost
Jon Huntsman has the resume of a strong candidate, but he has been unable to distinguish himself in a crowded Republican field.
Nation & World
Calm is the unusual order of the day at protests in Greece
As 20,000 Greeks marched yesterday in central Athens against government cutbacks, one key element of most Greek protests was lacking — violence.
Sports
Patriots punter Zoltan Mesko excelling quietly
On the punt team, everything begins with Mesko, said special teams captain Matthew Slater, and this season, that has led to positive results.
Movies
Critic's Notebook
Romanian shorts in ‘Tales From the Golden Age’
Per capita, Romania might be the world’s greatest film industry.
Arts
Dance Review
At the Modern Theatre, a stellar ‘Flamenco Algarabía’
While many flamenco shows seems grounded in somber, soulful channeling of the duende, “Flamenco Algarabía’’ is an exuberant celebration.
Opinion
“Ideas are a weakness for him. In private or in public, they shoot from his head by the dozen, as many bad as good.”
John E. Sununu, on Newt Gingrich
Ideas
With quantum computing, today’s researchers are trying to perform a sort of jujitsu.
Joshua Rothman