Minimum security, high concerns
After a gang-connected inmate escaped and allegedly went on a shooting spree inside a Springfield barbershop last April, the full risk of minimum-security prisons became clear.
An inside look at Massachusetts prison life
The vast majority of the state’s 11,500 prisoners live in a world bounded by monotony, violence, and strict routines, where barred doors and barbed wire etch the horizon.
Old bicycles never die at MIT auction
Broken-down bicycles change hands endlessly in auctions at MIT, where students embrace the mechanical challenge of repairing them.
Grieving father pushes legislation
The father of a drowning victim is pushing hard for legislation that would require state and municipal camps to keep approved flotation devices available for all minors.
Mass. research funding at risk
The state stands to lose more than $680 million in federal research funding if a bipartisan deficit reduction panel does not hammer out a deal by Nov. 23.
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Patriots 37, Jets 16
Patriots dominate the Jets
The Patriots thrashed the Jets in a surprising 37-16 victory at MetLife Stadium, taking sole possession of first place in the East in the process.
Young voters’ ardor for Obama has wilted
Facing a dismal job market and persistent economic woes, a generation of voters born around 1980 and onward has seen its fervor for President Obama dissipate.
Taking different approach to Holocaust’s lessons
For nearly 2 1/2 years, the group Boston 3G has gathered monthly to compare life lessons from their grandparents, and discuss ways to teach even younger generations.
“It would be easy to escape.”
Edwin Guadalupe, 31, an inmate at MCI-Shirley
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Columnists
Metro
Starbucks caught giving extra jolt to coffee bean buyers
Starbucks has eliminated an undeclared extra fee on small bags of coffee beans after being sanctioned by Massachusetts regulators.
Business
MIT finds a new cleaning solution
MIT’s Endicott House has replaced the hundreds of gallons of chemicals it uses annually with just one cleaner - water, charged with an electrical current.
Politics
Warren rallies Senate campaign forces
Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren drew about 1,000 supporters who pledged to work for her campaign during a volunteer event in Roxbury yesterday.
Nation & World
Obama links US recovery to Asia-Pacific trade
President Obama yesterday tied the hopes of a faster American economic recovery to the booming Pacific Rim region.
Sports
On Football
Things happening with Patriots, right on schedule
As much as the hysteria has rained down the previous two weeks in Patriot land, the bottom line is they still have Tom Brady and the Jets don’t. Not even close.
Health and wellness
G force
He makes study of hoarding
Randy O. Frost, a psychology professor at Smith College and author of the 2010 book “Stuff,” is an expert on compulsive hoarding.
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
Quest for identity as trilogy plays out
“The Brother/Sister Plays,’’ the trilogy by the gifted young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, is a challenge for any cast, but Company One's actors are up to the task.
Special reports
Globe Spotlight Report
Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Ideas
“It may seem intimidating when we say you are going to help transcribe ancient Greek papyri, but it’s all about pattern recognition, and the brain excels at pattern recognition.”
James Brusuelas, an Oxford classicist who is part of the Ancient Lives team