Harvard professor to be nominated to Fed board
Jeremy Stein was a strong advocate of government intervention to help banks survive the recent financial crisis.
Foxborough to debate casino tonight
Selectmen say they are prepared for a “robust’’ meeting when they discuss whether the town should entertain a proposal to build a casino across from Gillette Stadium.
Celtics at Heat, 8 p.m.
James refocused after humbling year
LeBron James and the Heat returned this season with a determined push to win a championship, but this time they’re shunning the spotlight.
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Obituary
Renowned artist Helen Frankenthaler dies at 83
The lyrical artist, who was a key figure in the second generation of post-War American abstract painters, has died at her home in Darien, Conn.
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
Eager exploration of New York, Paris
Experience is never wasted on artists. Todd Webb is a case in point. “After Atget: Todd Webb Photographs New York and Paris’’ makes that plain.
ART REVIEW
Boston Expressionists get their due
“The Expressive Voice,’’ a big and invigorating show now up at the Danforth Museum of Art, celebrates the strain of artists known as the Boston Expressionists.
“I don’t think we do justice by sentencing someone 16 and under to life without parole, no matter what the circumstances.”
Isaac Borenstein, a retired Superior Court judge
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Columnists
Metro
Leak shuts down Pilgrim nuclear plant
The shutdown was triggered by a small leak that was detected yesterday in a safety relief valve system. There was no threat to the public or to plant workers, officials said.
Business
Globe readers pick top business stories of 2011
With the year almost over, we asked Boston Globe readers to vote on the most important local business stories of 2011. Here are their top choices.
Politics
Romney slams Gingrich on ‘activist judges’ stance
In N.H. today, Mitt Romney criticized Newt Gingrich’s position that he would force federal judges to justify their rulings before Congress.
Nation & World
Police: Babysitter killed 9-year-old Indiana girl
Police in Indiana say a babysitter bludgeoned 9-year-old Aliahna Lemmon to death with a brick then dismembered her with a hacksaw.
Sports
Patriots Notebook
Patriots have bad memories of losing to Bills
The Patriots have the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs, and the memories of a 34-31 setback in Week 3 to Buffalo, to keep them motivated for Sunday’s game against the Bills.
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘A Safeway in Arizona’ by Tom Zoellner
Zoellner’s genre-defying project, which was completed in less than a year, expands the blame in the Arizona shooting spree where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot.
Lifestyle
G cover
Two cops, two shootouts, one family
When Police Sergeant Joe McCain Jr. had a wild gunfight on the job, it was eerily reminiscent of one his father survived in 1988.
Opinion
“States that build housing grow jobs, while states that don’t build housing don’t grow.”
Paul McMorrow
Ideas
The practice of sending commercially printed cards soon became wildly popular. It reached the United States in 1875…By 1958, the average US family mailed 100 Christmas cards.
Mark Feeney on the history of Christmas cards