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.
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A guide to New Year's Eve in Boston
Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff/file 2010
Our critics give their picks for what to do leading up to midnight.
Red Sox Analysis
Ben Cherington’s patience is paying off
While other teams lavish money on 30-something closers, Cherington has landed two young late-inning relievers who will cost the team approximately $4 million in 2012.
Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff
Peabody honors ‘great firefighter’
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.
Boston school relocation proposal is scrutinized
The Boston Finance Commission fears a plan to expand access to a high-quality schools was hurriedly hatched, resulting in unintended consequences.
BC is ordered to turn over IRA materials
A federal judge has ordered Boston College to turn over recorded interviews of a former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army to federal prosecutors in Boston.
“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
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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
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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