Occupy movement heads to Harvard
Harvard University locked the gates to its storied yard at one point tonight to prevent protesters from erecting tents as part of the Occupy demonstrations.
Republicans spar at Michigan debate
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The debate focused on jobs and the economy, but included a response from Rick Perry in which he could name only two of the three federal agencies he wants to abolish.
Stocks plunge amid European turmoil
The Dow fell 389 points as Italy’s borrowing costs rose to a record high and a newspaper reported that Germany may be seeking a way for some countries to stop using the euro.
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Penn State fires Paterno, university president
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier were fired tonight in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving the school’s football program that authorities suggested wasn’t taken seriously by university officials.
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They put the ‘bro’ in yoga
How two “Broga” enthusiasts hope to make yoga more accessible for men.
Warren says she expects Rove group to launch attack ads
US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign says a group organized by Karl Rove has bought advertising time in Massachusetts and that she expects to be the focus of attack ads.
“The Greek flu is hitting Italy.”
Investment strategist James McDonald
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Columnists
Metro
Pressley credits aggressive ground game for victory
Ayanna Pressley, the top vote getter in the at-large City Council race yesterday, bristled this morning at any suggestion that her victory was a fluke.
Business
Toyota recalls 550,000 cars for steering issue
Toyota Motor Corp. said today it is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide — mostly in the United States — for problems that could make it harder to steer.
Politics
Cain denies accusations, vows to stay in race
Herman Cain used a nationally televised news conference to assert that he has no recollection of meeting one of his accusers and has never harassed anyone.
Nation & World
Ohio restores union bargaining rights; Mississippi rejects abortion challenge
Ohio voters restored full bargaining rights to thousands of public employees, while Mississippi rejected an initiative that would have defined life as beginning at conception.
Sports
ON FOOTBALL
Haynesworth a lost cause — but Chad Ochocinco isn’t
The Patriots waived Albert Haynesworth because his deplorable effort left Bill Belichick with no other choice, but there’s still hope for the struggling Ochocinco.
Food and dining
G Force
Ed Levine of SeriousEats.com explains his very opinionated palate
Since the author founded SeriousEats.com in December 2006, it has won two James Beard Awards and been named one of the Top 50 Websites by Time magazine.
Arts
Galleries
Luminescent ‘Dreaming’
Judy Haberl and Debra Weisberg present drawings and sculptures that glow in the dark at Gallery Kayafas.
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.
Opinion
“Mitt Romney has been sowing and growing his luck by sprinkling contributions about the land like a latter-day Johnny Appleseed.”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“Scholars who take on punk find themselves working amid bedeviling contradictions, as they try to methodically define a culture that refuses definition, rejects method, and denies the very idea of expertise.”
Leon Neyfakh