Fight begins over city council redistricting
Bill Linehan kept his District 2 seat in a recount over challenger Suzanne Lee. But critics say his new redistricting plan, which would divide Chinatown, has been drawn to benefit him.
JONATHAN WIGGS/GLOBE STAFF
New movies are bringing parents, kids together
Making films with cross-generational appeal is nothing new. But what may be different now is the number and quality of family films that appeal as much to parents as to kids.
Steve Haines for The Boston Globe/File
High school football games to watch on Thanksgiving
Every year, before Massachusetts families eat turkey, they gather for high school football. Here are some of the best games to watch this Thanksgiving Day.
Yvonne Abraham
Former Fernald residents celebrate being free
Richard, Curtis, Joe, and Albert lived desolate lives in the Fernald School for decades before Vince O’Connell came along, got them out, and showed them how to be in the world.
Juliette Kayyem
A Thanksgiving wish for the troops
Service members and their families deserve empathy and respect. With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, it's easy to not recognize the difficulties they still face.
Bruins 4, Sabres 3
Bruins knock Sabres down, win 10th straight game
The night that began with a long-anticipated duke-out ended with a shootout. And when all the ice chips cleared, the Bruins ruled both.
“I grew up with the Muppets, though, so we’re definitely here because of my influence. I’m probably more psyched to see the movie than they are.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, 35, at the movies with her children
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Metro
Area approaching warmest-ever November
This month will probably go down as one of the mildest on record. Temperatures are averaging 50 degrees.
Business
Ellen isn’t winning an Oprah-size audience
Since taking over Oprah Winfrey’s former 4 p.m. time period this season, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres hasn’t delivered the ratings of her powerhouse predecessor.
Politics
Political Notebook
Bachmann rips NBC over song
Michele Bachmann lashed out at NBC for not apologizing for an off-color song played during her appearance Tuesday on Jimmy Fallon’s “Late Night.’’
Nation & World
Egyptian court orders release of 3 US students
The three who attend college in Cairo were arrested near Tahrir Square where they allegedly threw firebombs at security forces fighting with protesters.
Sports
Christmas start eyed as NBA talks resume
If a deal is reached this weekend, it would give the league the approximate four-week window it needs to prepare for a Dec. 25 opening day.
Style
style
‘Nutcracker’ outfits from ’95 to be retired
The Boston Ballet has revealed that this is the last year its current sets and costumes will be in use for “The Nutcracker.’’
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘Lions of the West’ by Robert Morgan
Historian Robert Morgan presents portraits of 10 men who were key to Manifest Destiny.
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
“With poverty so pervasive, how do I keep my children sensitive to the plight of the less fortunate?”
Kate Darnton
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