Movie Review
Charlize Theron sheds her weightier roles in ‘Young Adult’
Diablo Cody wrote this pungent, piquant movie about a sputtering young-adult novelist who tries to win back a married ex-boyfriend.
GOP Debate
Gingrich fights back, Romney mutes criticism
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Republican frontrunner Newt Gingrich said it was laughable for his rivals to challenge his conservative credentials, while Mitt Romney’s criticism of him was muted in tonight’s debate in Sioux City, Iowa.
Deal reached to prevent government shutdown
Congressional leaders agreed today on a spending measure to keep the government running for the next nine months, but an extension of the payroll tax holiday remained elusive.
Panel backs federal review of BU bio lab
An independent panel of scientists reported today that a federal safety assessment of Boston University’s controversial research laboratory was on solid ground.
Mass. jobless rate falls to 7%; lowest in three years
The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell in November, remaining well below the national rate of 8.6 percent, as the state added nearly 5,000 jobs.
With little fanfare, US ends Iraq war
As the US officially announced the close to the war today, it leaves behind a nation free of Saddam’s tyranny but fractured by violence and fearful of the future.
“I wasn’t worried about breaking the Facebook rule because my daughter wasn’t old enough according to ‘Facebook law.’ I was worried about the appropriateness and the vulnerability.”
Kimberly Jackson
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Columnists
Metro
Markey asks government to tackle alarm fatigue
Representative Edward Markey asked the top US health official to look into the problem of nurses becoming desensitized to constant hospital sounds.
Business
New York Times CEO Janet Robinson to retire
Janet L. Robinson, who led the media company through some of its most challenging times, will retire at the end of the year.
Politics
GOP’s new rules set up long slog to nomination
New election rules make it mathematically impossible for any candidate to clinch the nomination before April 24.
Nation & World
Carlos the Jackal receives second life sentence
The Venezuelan-born terrorist, already serving a life sentence in France, received another life term today for organizing four deadly attacks in the country.
Sports
Chad Finn
Time for Jason Varitek to become a special memory
For Varitek, integral to two Red Sox championship teams, it was a special run. And it will be strange not seeing him on the roster when Opening Day comes around.
Style
STYLE
How to survive the holiday buffet
“The Biggest Loser” trainer Cara Castronuova offers tips for surviving those holiday party buffets
Arts
Movie review
Castro’s ‘Unfinished’ business
Directors Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray show how artistry can withstand wear and tear better than brick and mortar.
Fall All-Scholastics
All-Scholastics
Fall All-Scholastics: Honoring the area’s best
A Boston Globe tradition continues as we toast local athletes from Barnstable to Georgetown for their achievements this fall.
Opinion
“Visas are not even a blip in employment statistics; the fear that these highly skilled workers will take jobs from Americans is remote.”
Juliette Kayyem
Ideas
The ability to coordinate among the different senses seems to be something the brain learns; we’re not born being able to do it.
Courtney Humphries