Barney Frank won’t seek reelection
The state’s highest-profile congressman faced the prospect of a bruising reelection campaign next year after a recent redistricting.
Dan Shaughnessy
A power struggle on Yawkey Way?
It seems that Ben Cherington likes Gene Lamont as the next manager for the Red Sox and Larry Lucchino prefers Bobby Valentine.
Judge rejects $285m SEC-Citigroup agreement
A federal judge in New York cited a need for truth about the financial markets in rejecting the settlement.
Adrian Walker
An edited life well lived
Longtime PR executive Monique Doyle Spencer responded to her breast cancer diagnosis by forging a second career as an author and frequent Globe contributor.
Egyptians vote for first time since uprising
Egyptians turned out in long lines at voting stations today in their nation’s first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.
Woman alleges long affair with Cain
A Georgia woman said today she and Herman Cain had a 13-year extramarital affair, an allegation the Republican candidate denied.
“I don’t have to pretend to be nice to people I don’t like.”
Barney Frank, on not seeking reelection
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Columnists
Metro
Fight erupts during arraignment in Randolph murder
A fight broke out at Quincy District Court during the arraignment of four teenagers on murder charges in the killing of a 21-year-old Randolph man.
Business
Tiered health plans cutting costs, restricting options
The popularity of health insurance plans that limit where patients can receive care is on the rise, but some hospitals say patients on tiered plans are sometimes denied specialized care.
Politics
Family ties prove thorny for Tierney
The legal saga of the Boxford-bred Eremian brothers might have attracted little notice if not for the fact that their sister is Patrice Tierney, wife of US Representative John F. Tierney.
Nation & World
Egyptians vote for first time since uprising
Egyptians turned out in long lines at voting stations today in their nation’s first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.
Sports
Could Gene Lamont emerge as Red Sox manager?
Inside the search process, there is a philosophical tug-of-war going on, and team owner John Henry will be the one to decide it.
Health and wellness
G Force
Brotherly love and support
The Schusters have donated more than $5 million to Brigham and Women’s, much of which will go to the hospital’s new Schuster Transplant Center and Transplant Research Center.
Arts
MUSIC REVIEW
Guns N’ Roses goes the distance
Axl Rose’s moves might not be what they once were, but he didn’t lack for energy at the DCU Center.
Opinion
“I just have to accept that Disney did not create an eighth dwarf named Paranoid.”
Juliette Kayyem, on the relative safety of cruise ships
Ideas
With quantum computing, today’s researchers are trying to perform a sort of jujitsu.
Joshua Rothman