EXCLUSIVE THURSDAY PREVIEW | Holiday Gift Guide
All they need for Christmas is a little luxury
This year, for most of us, it’s not going to be about big gifts. Instead, we’re thinking small but special, thoughtful pieces that we know they’ll love.
In wake of judge’s decision, Menino asks protesters to leave
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
The judge denied a motion that would protect the protesters from eviction from Dewey Square, where they have set up a tent city for more than two months.
Holiday gift ideas to be experienced
Classes and spa treatments are good alternatives to traditional item gifts.
Poll shows Warren surging ahead of Brown
Challenger Elizabeth Warren leads Republican US Senator Scott Brown by seven percentage points, 49 to 42 percent, in a new UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll.
Breast cancer drugs delay tumor progression, study shows
Two drugs tested in patients with advanced breast cancer significantly lengthened the time before their tumors worsened, according to research led by a Massachusetts General Hospital doctor.
US to keep morning-after pill restrictions
The nation’s health secretary overruled the FDA’s plan to lift restrictions on the sale of the Plan B pill to girls under 17 without a prescription.
John Tlumacki/Globe staff
David Ortiz accepts arbitration from the Red Sox
Ortiz will be a member of the Red Sox for at least one more year after agreeing to arbitration with the team.
“We are outraged that this administration has let politics trump science.”
Kirsten Moore, women’s health advocate
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Malden public housing residents ordered to move
Some of the 36 who were given notices to vacate are frail or have serious illnesses, and many described an intense fear of the housing authority and the power it wields.
Business
Brigham and Women’s aims to expand while cutting back
The hospital plans to expand its sprawling campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area even as it moves to cut expenses by $160 million over three years.
Politics
Warren stays ahead as Democratic hopefuls debate
Perceived front-runner Elizabeth Warren did little to spoil that status as she debated against four Democrats vying to face Senator Scott Brown.
Nation & World
Rod Blagojevich gets 14 years in jail
The former Illinois governor was convicted of 18 counts related to political corruption.
Sports
On football
Matt Light still excels for Patriots
At one point this year, it was assumed Light would move aside for top draft pick Nate Solder. But Light’s standout performance has proven he has much left to give.
Food and dining
Sunday supper and more
Southern comfort food begins with shrimp and grits
How to make shrimp and grits, then shrimp saute with baked grits.
Arts
Galleries
Nakadate videos enthrall and sadden
In her videos, Laurel Nakadate ventures where others may fear to tread: into the homes of strange, awkward, older men who try to pick her up in grocery stores and parking lots.
Diversity Boston
SPECIAL SECTION | DIVERSITY BOSTON
Black history through the lens of a smartphone
The vanished history of black people in Boston is visible again to anybody with a smartphone, thanks to a free “augmented reality’’ Black History app.
Opinion
“A rational party focused on winning and clear-eyed about his prospects would never nominate Newt Gingrich.”
Scot Lehigh
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