Candidates differ on military action against Iran
The field of Republican presidential hopefuls disagreed in a debate tonight on how to keep Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Italian Premier Berlusconi resigns
Silvio Berlusconi resigned today after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era.
Dozens mourn at Rudolph home
Mourners made their way today to the Weymouth home where Paula Rudolph was killed Thursday along with her boyfriend and daughter.
Bruins 6, Sabres 2
Bruins continue winning ways
Tyler Seguin scored twice as the Bruins won their season-high fifth game in a row, 6-2, over the Buffalo Sabres tonight.
exclusive sunday preview | Theater
‘Angel Reapers’ fuses history with dance theater
Playwright Alfred Uhry, best known for “Driving Miss Daisy,’’ collaborates with choreographer and director Martha Clarke on this Shaker-inspired work.
Exclusive Sunday Preview
A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.
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the internationalist
Wanted: A grand strategy
The Obama administration is making its foreign policy decisions without one coherent grand strategy to guide them, writes Thanassis Cambanis.
Music preview
Palestinian hip-hop inspires different kind of political party
Balancing message and entertainment, reality and humor, has been a specialty of DAM since its formation in 1999, a precursor to the wave of hip-hop acts that have sprouted more recently across the Arab world.
“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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Metro
Twice the celebration on 11/11/11 with twins
The unique date of 11/11/11 was twice as nice for Marly Deleon, who gave birth to twin boys at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday.
Business
Walmart stores in Mass. will open later on Black Friday
Bay State customers looking to line up at Walmart stores at midnight Black Friday will find closed stores. The store won’t open until 4 a.m.
Politics
Political Notebook
Perry, Cain take different tacks on crisis
Rick Perry and Herman Cain have chosen far different methods in their race to recover first and best from the crises that have rocked their presidential campaigns. Humor is Perry’s choice. For Cain, defiance.
Nation & World
Obama to push for Pacific free trade plan
President Barack Obama announced today the outlines of a plan he said could serve as a model for a trans-Pacific free trade zone.
Sports
Lamont’s honesty impresses Cherington
Detroit Tigers third base coach Gene Lamont appeared to make a good impression in today’s interview for the Red Sox’ manager opening.
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