Cuts would hit key Mass. industries
The more than $1 trillion in federal cuts that could come in January 2013 would slash research funding, Medicare payments to hospitals, and contracts for defense companies.
Jim Davis/Globe Staff
Patriots 34, Chiefs 3
Patriots roll over the Chiefs
Keyed by tight end Rob Gronkowski’s two-touchdowns and two interceptions by Kyle Arrington, New England is now tied for the best record in the AFC.
Kevin Cullen
Holding his place
Lieutenant Kevin Plunkett is in the Middle East, 6,500 miles away from Freeport Street, where he was supposed to have his police badge pinned on today.
SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF
The dishwasher can become a holiday war zone
With Thanksgiving looming, the topic of loading the dishwasher, in some households, is an even more loaded subject than politics.
SJC justice approves takeover in Chelsea
A single justice of the SJC approved the state’s request to take over the Chelsea Housing Authority, which is in disarray amid a scandal over its former executive director.
Giving drivers a new way to feed the meter
Mayor Thomas Menino will introduce a parking debit card today to give drivers another option at 7,200 Boston meters that until now were coin-only.
Murphy says he’ll resist ouster from House position
House majority whip Charles Murphy denied that he has been disloyal to House Speaker DeLeo, and said he will not go quietly if DeLeo decides to remove him from his post.
“Massachusetts is the Brain State, not just the Bay State. We depend on research funding.”
Representative Edward J. Markey
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Cardinal Bernard Law retires from post in Rome
The former Boston archbishop has retired from his post in Rome, ending a 50-year career indelibly stained by the perception he covered up the crimes of pedophile priests.
Business
Knight Foundation merging media, minds, and money
The foundation has fostered more than 200 media and tech projects, and the Boston area has reaped a considerable amount of that funding - $18.4 million in grants to 19 projects.
Politics
Obama faces a right-leaning New Hampshire
When President Obama arrives in New Hampshire today to tout his job-creation bill, he will confront a vastly different political landscape than the one he faced in 2008.
Nation & World
Egypt’s civilian government resigns
After three days of increasingly violent demonstrations, Egypt’s interim civilian government submitted its resignation to the country’s ruling military council.
Sports
Bruins 1, Canadiens 0
Bruins make it nine in a row
Bruins goalie Tim Thomas made 33 saves in last night’s win, his second shutout of the year and Boston’s ninth straight win.
Arts
FRAME BY FRAME
Egyptian masterpiece at MFA
The sculpture of the Egyptian Old Kingdom ruler Menkaura and his wife is one of the greatest Egyptian sculptures anywhere in the world.
Lifestyle
Alex Beam
A British royal family update
It’s been too long since we’ve checked in with Great Britain’s ever-fascinating royal family.
Special reports
Special Section
Holiday Arts Preview
Our critics give their top picks for what to see and experience this holiday season in the worlds of theater, dance, movies, DVDs, classical music, and pop music. This is your guide to holiday season entertainment.
Opinion
“The emerging portrait of Tim Murray is not of someone growing in office. Instead, it’s of a man who seems to be shrinking before our very eyes.”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
The improvements coming to air travel amount to a long-awaited application of new thinking and new technology to a complex system that has been slow to accommodate change.
Leon Neyfakh, Ideas staff writer