Verizon fires 40 workers due to strike conduct
The employees, including 10 in Massachusetts, were terminated for actions during a contentious two-week strike in August.
Investment firm makes offer to buy struggling Talbots
Sycamore Partners, which already owns nearly 10 percent of the troubled Hingham retailer, said it would buy the remaining stock at $3 a share.
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Jets 2, Bruins 1
Bruins’ streak ends with loss to Jets
The Bruins hadn’t lost in regulation since Oct. 29 — a streak of 15 games — until their loss tonight to the Jets.
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A dinner party with food from the ’50s
It was the “Joys of Jell-O’’ that finally provided the shove for a dinner party that celebrated all things retro.
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From left: James Reed, Christopher Muther, Jessica Shires, and Oliver Sellers-Garcia dipped into the cheese fondue.
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Tomato aspic, made with gelatin and tomato juice, was a popular mid-century dish.
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Writer Christopher Muther lit candles at the appetizer table where cheese fondue was one of many offerings.
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Surprise peas were made from peas, water chestnuts, and cream cheese.
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Rumaki, a bacon-wrapped water chestnut and oyster, was another popular dish.
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Hot Dr. Pepper and rum was served with dessert.
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The jellied ham loaf's main ingredients were gelatin and ground or finely chopped ham.
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Stuffed peppers were also served.
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Muther and his friends used vintage cookbooks and old family recipes to come up with the menu for their party.
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Crown Jewel Dessert featured three flavors of Jell-O: orange, cherry, and lime.
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Muther put out his Crown Jewel Dessert for his guests to enjoy.
AG urges Congress to review lender
Attorney General Martha Coakley sought congressional investigation of Ally Financial Inc. and its subsidiary, GMAC Mortgage, which she said have made illegal foreclosures.
Democratic candidates for US Senate square off
The candidates discussed a number of issues in their debate tonight, from the economy and big oil to the middle class and the “99 percent.”
“There are some things I could imagine running six times, but the marathon isn’t one of them.”
Five-term Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
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Metro
Murphy resigns as House whip
House Majority Whip Charles A. Murphy said he wanted to avoid putting his colleagues through a vote on his removal being engineered by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo.
Business
Talbots shopping again for new leader
Ailing Talbots Inc. yesterday confirmed it will replace chief executive Trudy F. Sullivan, who has failed to revive the troubled Hingham brand.
Politics
Gingrich amassing pile of policy shifts
Accused flip-flopper Mitt Romney faces a challenge by another GOP presidential candidate sharing the same liability: Newt Gingrich.
Nation & World
Rare attacks on Afghan Shi’ites kill 60
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shi'ite worshipers at a mosque in Kabul today, killing 60 people in the deadliest of two attacks on a Shi'ite holy day.
Sports
On baseball
Bobby Valentine quickly making rounds
The new manager said he has reached out to all Red Sox players and offered to meet with both Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett.
Lifestyle
E-cards prized as quick, 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.
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.
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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