Postal Service seeks to slow mail delivery
The struggling service, which is trying to cut $20 billion in operating costs by 2015, asked its regulator to let it relax first-class delivery standards.
Kraft, Wynn: No Foxborough casino if residents object
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
In an interview today, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and casino mogul Steve Wynn indicated they wouldn’t push for a casino if the resort doesn’t solve residents’ concerns.
’90s Red Sox sexual abuse case rekindled
Two men notified Sox executives last week they are seeking $5 million each in damages, accusing former clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick, who died in 2005, of sexual assault.
DeLeo plans special session to fire a top aide
House Speaker Robert DeLeo plans to use the session to change a number of leadership posts, but his top priority is to fire majority whip Charles A. Murphy.
Boston to bar new Occupy tent
The City of Boston is vowing to block Occupy Boston demonstrators’ plans to move a winterized tent into the encampment today, citing a ban on new building materials.
MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF (left); AP
Frank, Gingrich are back in the ring
A recent, sarcastic exchange between US Representative Barney Frank and GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has advocates for civility in politics ducking for cover.
“I’ve held one of Boston’s darkest secrets all these years.”
Charles Crawford, who is accusing former Sox clubhouse manager Donald Fitzpatrick of sexual assault
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Columnists
Metro
Parishes await details on streamlining plan
Parishioners voiced disappointment and hope over an Archdiocese of Boston plan for multiple churches to share a single pastor.
Business
Exposing digitally doctored photos
Scientists are developing tools to track images and spot their manipulation.
Nation & World
Dozens arrested in Occupy D.C. clashes
US Park Police yesterday arrested dozens of Occupy D.C. protesters who refused to dismantle a wooden structure erected in a Washington park.
Sports
Patriots 31, Colts 24
Patriots beat Colts, but allow late comeback
The Patriots, moving to 9-3 to stay tied atop the AFC, let their foot off the gas in the win, allowing the Colts to claw their way back into the game in the fourth.
Health and wellness
G Force
She helps others at the end
Certified nursing assistant Vilma Barrios was recently awarded the 2011 Schwartz Center Compassionate Caregiver Award.
Arts
TELEVISION REVIEW
Actors recall early embarrassments
“The Mortified Sessions,” on the Sundance Channel, has actors looking back and sharing personal moments.
Diversity Boston
Diversity Boston
Boy Scouts seek to expand their membership in the inner city
Since the start of the year, the Boston Minuteman Council, a division of Boy Scouts of America, has been pressing to curb the race divide that marks its membership.
Opinion
“While our age may be less optimistic about national government, the capacity of city governments to improve people’s lives remains.”
Edward L. Glaeser
Ideas
Why anyone is ever selfless is a mystery that has fascinated, not to mention frustrated, scientists since Charles Darwin, who considered it a major problem for his theory of natural selection.
Leon Neyfakh