South Hadley paid Prince family $225,000
Phoebe Prince took her own life in January 2010 after alleged repeated bullying by other teens, prompting her family to file a complaint against the school district.
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HEat 115, Celtics 107
Celtics come up short against Heat
The Celtics were in a hole in the first half and regrouped in the second, but again couldn’t come out on top.
Eight Patriots are named to Pro Bowl
Seven players, including Tom Brady, Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski, were named as starters.
EXCLUSIVE WEDNESDAY PREVIEW | FOOD
Looking for the king of Buffalo wings — in Boston
A herd of New York natives takes a crawl to find the Boston area’s best attempt at Buffalo’s killer app.
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Buffalo wings from The Pub in Somerville.
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Buffalo wings at Smoken Joe's BBQ in Brighton.
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Buffalo wings from Somerville's Eat at Jumbo's.
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Buffalo wings from The Fat Cat in Quincy.
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The Bleacher Bar's bucket of wings.
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A bucket of Labatt Blue beer to go with wings from the Bleacher Bar.
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The Bills Backers of Fenway club hang out every Sunday at the Bleacher Bar to eat wings, drink Labatt Blue beer, and watch their team play.
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Danielle Miano, Alex Fernandes, Jehanne Junguenet, and Becky Nelson eat wings and drink Labatt Blue beer.
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Dan Britton and Danielle Miano at the Bleacher Bar.
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.
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.
“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
“Children learn an important lesson when they see adults treat the joy of others as a priority worth spending time, money, and thought on.”
Jeff Jacoby
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