Harvard professor Berwick resigns as Medicare chief
Don Berwick, who is widely respected for his ideas on improving the health care system, became the most prominent casualty of the political wars over the health care overhaul.
US stocks fall more than 2% on European woes
The Dow fell 236 points amid Europe’s widening debt crisis and a weak report on Chinese manufacturers.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
Bruins at Sabres | 7 p.m.
Milan Lucic expects to be a Sabres target
After his entanglement with Ryan Miller 11 days ago that left the Sabres goalie hurting and coach Lindy Ruff fuming, Lucic figures he has a fight waiting for him tonight.
Charity collects just desserts
The charity Community Servings is making the holiday a little sweeter with its Pie in the Sky fund-raiser, which collected and distributed 15,000 of the desserts.
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Sanghamitra Dutt, left, and Sheila Swanwick inspected and packaged pumpkin pies donated by Something Sweet Inc.
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Christine Scott was one of dozens of volunteers who handed out 15,000 pies sold for charity yesterday.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
Yesterday's Pie in the Sky sale continued the tradition of the largest and oldest Thanksgiving pie sale to benefit the hungry.
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Victoria Miller boxed up an apple pie. Over the weekend, 150 businesses baked the pies at their own expense.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
The Pie in the Sky campaign has grown nearly 40 percent in the last three years, said Community Servings chief David Waters.
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A Thanksgiving feast from our readers
Our readers sent their favorite dishes to The Recipe Box Project and we put together a Thanksgiving menu. Not a green vegetable in the lot.
The holiday getaway begins
After a fairly average rainy-morning commute, traffic is beginning to pick up this afternoon.
“I never have had a moral objection to gambling. I respect those who have a moral objection, but I am not one of them.”
Governor Deval Patrick
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Columnists
Metro
Appeal rejected, DiMasi heads to jail next week
Former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi must report to jail by Nov. 30 after a federal judge rejected his plea for postponement.
Business
Germany’s auction flop adds to European debt fears
The country failed to raise as much money as it hoped in its latest bond auction, a sign that Europe’s biggest economy may not be immune from the debt crisis.
Politics
Obama goes on offensive in N.H.
The president said Republicans need to extend payroll tax cuts or take responsibility for raising taxes on millions of Americans.
Nation & World
Yemen's president agrees to step down
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed today to step down after a long-running uprising to oust him from 33 years in power.
Sports
Bruins at Sabres | 7 p.m.
Milan Lucic expects to be a Sabres target
After his entanglement with Ryan Miller 11 days ago that left the Sabres goalie hurting and coach Lindy Ruff fuming, Lucic figures he has a fight waiting for him tonight.
Food and dining
By the Glass
Gather round with American wines at the feast
Try puingt both red and white on the table and let guests choose for themselves.
Arts
Movie Review
Santa delivers, as does ‘Arthur Christmas’
The journey can drag a little after the dizzying opener, but the film’s holiday spirit is infectious.
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
“He is a voracious back-seat driver. He hated getting stuck in traffic and would routinely inquire about why I had taken one route over another.”
Nick Tzitzon on Mitt Romney
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