Obama backs civilians in Egypt
President Obama called on the Egyptian military to quickly hand over power to a civilian, democratically elected government.
NBA owners, players reach tentative deal
NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day lockout and hope to begin the delayed season on Christmas Day.
Romney’s Medicare plan short on details
Mitt Romney’s partial privatization plan to rein in federal Medicare spending is being considered bold but vague on politically sensitive points.
Pollution in Cape Cod waters sparks debate
The remnants of sewage from septic tanks are seeping into the groundwater and polluting estuaries, bays, and other bodies of water.
Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
Shoppers flock to stores early to reap bargains
Many Black Friday shoppers weren’t there just for the thrill of bargain-hunting. They battled long lines, unruly crowds, and chilly temperatures to save money in a difficult economy.
Immigrants cautious as possible reprieves loom
A new training program for federal immigration agents will help them use prosecutorial discretion to halt deportations of low-priority cases and focus on serious cases quickly.
No stopping this chain reaction
It’s a Black Friday ritual: teams come together to build and tweak elaborate Rube Goldberg machines, hooking them up in one long chain reaction at the MIT Museum.
“There can be so much algae in the water that they look like huge lily pads, like you can walk across them on the water.”
Scott Zeien, owner of Kingman Yacht Center
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Metro
New owner of iconic Newton bookstore bullish on the future
As owner of New England Mobile Book Fair, Tom Lyons understands the importance of moving the business forward while preserving what the clientele love about the place.
Business
Blue laws delayed onslaught
Under Massachusetts blue laws, employers could not force workers to come in until the stroke of midnight on Black Friday.
Politics
Biden to target 3 battleground states in ’12 campaign
Democrats are planning for Vice President Joe Biden to target Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida, where he might be more of an asset to President Obama’s reelection than the president himself.
Nation & World
Syria ignores deadline, faces tough Arab League sanctions
Syria let pass an Arab League deadline yesterday to accept observers to oversee a peace deal to end more than eight months of bloodshed.
Sports
Bruins see winning streak end
The Bruins played the puck-possession game that Detroit usually masters, but utlimately ended up on the wrong end of a 3-2 shootout loss.
Arts
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
Madeleine de Sinéty’s fine focus
“Madeleine de Sinéty: Photographs’’ consists of 71 black and white photographs, three countries, several ways of life, and (most important) a single sensibility.
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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
“[Michael E.] McLaughlin was a creature of a clueless — or worse — board that put him in office in 2000.”
Lawrence Harmon
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