Dan Shaughnessy
Papelbon will be missed as a Red Sox
Jonathan Papelbon was a dominant closer for most of his seven seasons with the Red Sox. He made four All-Star teams and compiled 219 saves.
Teen accused of triple murder
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Donald Rudolph, 18, who is charged with killing his mother, sister, and his mother’s boyfriend in Weymouth, used to live with Ronnie Lippett before dislocating the former football player’s jaw.
Tom Keane
An economics lesson for Warren
Elizabeth Warren's claim that it is not entrepreneurs who create wealth but all of us is a beguiling idea, but it is wrong.
Experts urge cholesterol tests for 9- to 11-year-olds
The intent is to identify children early on who are at risk of heart disease as adults and encourage them to change their diet and get more exercise.
Former state AG goes to aid of ex-Chelsea housing chief
L. Scott Harshbarger called Governor Deval Patrick this week trying to cut a deal on behalf of Michaele McLaughlin, whose agency is under investigation by the FBI.
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campaign 2012
Tuning in to the Gingrich pitch
After months of being written off as a second-tier candidate just hoping to get back in the national conversation, Newt Gingrich is suddenly surging among Republican primary voters.
“He may end up being the only pin standing in the anybody-but-Romney group.’’
Lee M. Miringoff, of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, on Newt Gingrich
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Columnists
Metro
Kin say soldier’s death a homicide
The death in Iraq of Sgt. Matthew Gallagher from Falmouth has been ruled a homicide and a fellow US soldier faces a military trial.
Business
Walmart stores in Mass. will open later on Black Friday
Bay State customers looking to line up at Wal-Mart stores at midnight Black Friday will find closed stores. The store won’t open until 4 a.m.
Politics
campaign 2012
Tuning in to the Gingrich pitch
After months of being written off as a second-tier candidate just hoping to get back in the national conversation, Newt Gingrich is suddenly surging among Republican primary voters.
Nation & World
Italy and Greece move quickly to tackle debt crises
With Europe under mounting pressure to act quickly to tackle its debt crisis, the leaders of Italy and Greece moved forcefully to show their sincerity about economic austerity.
Sports
Torey Lovullo eager for his chance with Red Sox
The Toronto first base coach was the fourth managerial candidate to interview with the Red Sox. He made a good impression, presenting what kind of manager he would be.
Arts
Book Review
‘Becoming Dickens’ by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Douglas-Fairhurst charts the writer’s rise from debtor’s son to London literary sensation.
Special reports
Globe Spotlight Report
Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Opinion
“[Elizabeth] Warren says entrepreneurs should ‘pay forward’ to the rest of us in gratitude for their success. If anything, the thanks should go the other way.”
Tom Keane
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