Gingrich amassing pile of policy shifts
Mitt Romney, long accused of flip-flopping on issues, is being given a run for his money by another GOP presidential candidate who shares the same liability: Newt Gingrich.
Academics turn minds to factories for new era
Led by MIT and spurred by a $500 million White House initiative, universities nationwide are helping reinvent American manufacturing.
Casino next to stadium unlikely to corrupt game, analysts say
As long as betting on sports remains illegal in Mass., a casino built beside Gillette would be unlikely to corrupt players or tarnish the Patriots, sports analysts say.
Kevin Cullen
From the mouths of criminals
A former Wakefield man sitting in prison says he is preparing to sue the FBI and the Justice Department for framing him in an elaborate scheme to protect informant Mark Rossetti.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
E-cards prized as quick and easy, scorned as impersonal
With a growing number of apps for sending e-cards, and even traditional greeting-card giants offering virtual cards, e-cards are taking off.
Racketeer conviction for in-law of Tierney
Daniel Eremian, the brother-in-law of US Representative John Tierney, was convicted of racketeering and gambling charges for running a large-scale, offshore gambling operation.
Ask the pros
How to avoid 9 holiday pitfalls
With the holiday season already upon us, the Globe compiled a highly selective insiders’ guide to overcoming December’s challenges.
Ready to hoop it up in China
A group of students from Boston leave tomorrow for a 10-day trip to Beijing, where they will compete in a boy’s basketball competition with students from China.
“I wouldn’t go so far as to say paper cards are keepsakes, but [virtual cards] literally have no substance.”
Anna Post, coauthor of the 18th edition of ‘Emily Post’s Etiquette.’
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Columnists
Metro
Occupy Boston is denied fire-safe tent at site
Toughening their stance as winter approaches, city inspectors blocked protesters from bringing a weatherized, military-style tent into their Dewey Square camp.
Business
Talbots shopping again for new leader
Ailing Talbots Inc. yesterday confirmed it is hunting for a new chief executive to replace Trudy F. Sullivan, who has failed to revive the troubled Hingham brand.
Politics
Gingrich amassing pile of policy shifts
Mitt Romney, long accused of flip-flopping on issues, is being given a run for his money by another GOP presidential candidate who shares the same liability: Newt Gingrich.
Nation & World
Senate Democrats try again to reduce payroll taxes
A bipartisan compromise plan emerged in the Senate on extending a payroll tax cut while President Obama kept up his push to raise taxes on the rich to pay for the break.
Sports
Bruins 3, Penguins 1
Bruins strike down Penguins
The defending Stanley Cup champs pinned a 3-1 loss on the talented Penguins, extending their embarrassment-of-riches tour to 14-0-1.
Lifestyle
She’s got (fashionable) giving in the bag
Lauren Bush talks about her FEED charity organization and gifts that give back.
Arts
Dance Review
‘Urban Nutcracker’ takes contemporary leap
“Urban Nutcracker’’ takes the familiar tale of Clara (renamed Clarice) and plops her onto the bustling streets of contemporary Boston.
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
“Although the Obama administration still talks about a strategic relationship with Pakistan, it has long since become a transactional one.”
H.D.S. Greenway
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