Filene’s Basement closes for good tonight
Loyal, nostalgic, and sad shoppers were making final visits to area Filene’s Basement stores, which are finishing liquidation sales.
Peabody honors ‘great firefighter’
Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff
More than 300 Peabody firefighters and police officers marched in a solemn procession to the wake for James M. Rice, who died after battling a fire last week.
Late push could be key to sway Iowa’s undecided voters
In the week before the Jan. 3 caucus, visits to candidates’ headquarters show the varying degree of emphasis placed on organizing voter outreach.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
Photos
Globe staff photos of the year
Boston Globe staff photographers were on hand to capture Boston news as it unfolded throughout 2011. See the best of the best, as chosen by Globe photo editors.
G COVER
Style hits and misses of 2011
A revamped Boston Fashion Week was among the style hits of 2011.
Opinion
Kennedy flip-flopped on abortion
Edward M. Kennedy, not Mitt Romney, was the most prominent Massachusetts politician to flip-flop on abortion, writes Matthew V. Storin.
“There absolutely will not be casino gambling in any community that does not want it. The governor and the Legislature were slam-dunk clear on that point.’’
Stephen P. Crosby, head of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Scott Brown seeks underdog role
The senator expressed confidence that he can win a full six-year term by persuading voters that likely opponent Elizabeth Warren is too liberal and uncompromising on a host of issues.
Business
Businesses get ready for first Celtics home game
Companies that depend on the popularity of the Celtics are gearing up for the team’s first home game tomorrow night after a 149-day lockout kept the parquet empty.
Politics
Political Notebook
Gingrich lobbied, lawmakers say
Newt Gingrich says he was never a lobbyist. But four former or current US representatives have said he did lobby them — whether he met the definition of a lobbyist or not.
Nation & World
Kim Jong Un declared N. Korea’s ‘supreme leader’
North Korea’s power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the supreme leader for the first time at today’s massive public memorial for his father.
Sports
Shoulder surgery will delay return of Ryan Kalish
The outfielder, who could see time in right field with the trade of Josh Reddick to Oakland, does not expect to be ready for spring training or the start the season.
Style
G COVER
Style hits and misses of 2011
A revamped Boston Fashion Week was among the style hits of 2011.
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘Death Comes to Pemberley’ by P.D. James
James combines the country manor mystery with the fiction of Jane Austen.
Opinion
“I’m hoping this state sends a very loud and clear message that I’ll be the nominee.”
Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
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