A lottery gambit wins approval
Clarance W. Jones redeemed more than $18 million worth of lottery tickets and recently won a court case that wipes away any taxes owed on the winnings.
Opinion
Utilities need to cut trees, not costs
Utilities failed to implement the maintenance and system upgrades that would have limited damage from the October snowstorm in the first place, writes John Sterman.
Chelsea housing director leaves ‘with a bag of cash’
Michael E. McLaughlin instructed the Chelsea Housing Authority’s accountant to write him checks for more than $200,000 right before he left the office for good.
Exclusive Sunday Preview
A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.
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Ride the rails, see the lights, go extreme
This winter, experience the chills, thrills, snow, and ice from a different perspective.
Explore New England | Maine
Acadia’s sweet season
For hardy souls, late autumn on Maine’s Mount Desert Island provides stillness and solitude.
Ideas | Q&A
From ‘Made in China’ to ‘Bought in China’
Karl Gerth, an East Asian studies professor at Oxford, discusses what it will mean when Chinese consumers drive the global marketplace.
“The idea that he would be riding off into the sunset with a bag of cash is completely contrary to the interests of taxpayers.”
Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan, on Michael E. McLaughlin
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Defense depicts Mehanna as a scholar
A defense lawyer for Tarek Mehanna sought yesterday to portray him as a budding scholar who was devoted to Islam and not the young radical that prosecutors have described.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Business
Doubts remain on Groupon, despite big IPO
Chicago-based Groupon Inc. has faced scrutiny about its high marketing expenses, large workforce, and the way it accounted for revenue.
Politics
Accuser’s lawyer says Cain lied
The lawyer for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment declared that the Republican presidential candidate is not telling the truth about the episodes.
Nation & World
Unions urge Kerry to drive hard bargain on deficit
Labor union leaders accused Senator John Kerry of turning his back on working people as he and members of the congressional supercommittee deliberate over trimming the country’s deficit.
Sports
Women's college basketball preview
Kerri Shields right at home with BC
When BC starts its season on Nov. 11, the 5-foot-9-inch junior guard will be expected to take on a prominent role as one of three Eagle upperclassmen.
Arts
DANCE REVIEW
Novel touches in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
With its passion, its poetry, its politics, and its profusion of richly drawn subsidiary characters, “Romeo and Juliet’’ is a natural for the dance stage.
Opinion
“What he does with his power ought to determine whether he’s reelected next year.”
Peter S. Canellos, on Senator Scott Brown
Ideas
“The only thing we may know about education is that inquisitive kids respond to it.”
Paul Nix, on exam schools