Friendly’s closes 63 locations, cuts 1,200 jobs
The troubled family restaurant chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced that it is closing 63 restaurants, which will leave around 20 people per location out of a job.
Senate Democrats add millionaire tax to jobs bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is changing President Obama’s jobs package to add a 5 percent tax on income above $1 million, a proposal that is sure to be blocked by Republicans.
Perry campaign raises an impressive $17 million
Texas governor Rick Perry hauled in $17 million since entering the race 49 days ago, dwarfing the sum that Mitt Romney has raised in the previous 92 days.
Beth Israel plans $20m cancer center in Needham
The new state-of-the-art center in Needham, which will consolidate the center’s suburban cancer services, is scheduled to open in the spring of 2014.
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Exclusive Thursday Preview | Movie Review
‘Ides of March’ falls short
George Clooney directed, co-wrote, and co-stars in this entertaining but hollow political drama, which features Ryan Gosling as an idealistic campaign whiz.
TELEVISION REVIEW
‘American Horror Story’ is frighteningly familiar
It’s a very standard creep-fest, an aggressively stylized mash-up of familiar haunted-house movies including “The Amityville Horror,’’ “The Haunting,’’ and “The Shining.’’
On football
Patriots’ running game thrived thanks to Rob Gronkowski
The tight end usually excels in pass coverage. In the win against Oakland, he was the key to getting the rushing game in motion.
“What people are really looking for today is authenticity, and they like bold and brash, especially on the Republican side right now.”
Mark McKinnon, a Republican strategist
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
College students join Occupy Boston protest
Around 2 p.m., a group of mostly Northeastern University students briefly blocked Atlantic Avenue in Boston, but there were no arrests.
Business
Raytheon gives $1m to help cultivate engineering
Raytheon is expected to say today that it will contribute $1 million to a Museum of Science initiative to spark grade schoolers' interest in engineering.
Nation
Civil rights leader the Rev. Shuttlesworth dies
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights, died at 89.
World
Tutu attacks ANC for barring Dalai Lama
Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an antiapartheid hero often described as South Africa’s conscience, criticized the ANC-led government as “disgraceful.”
Sports
Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask have mutual goal: win
Rask, just 24, projects to receive additional starts in net while the Bruins ease Thomas into his comfort zone this season.
Food and dining
Cheap Eats
At El Paisa, Colombian and Italian co-mingle
Dinner brings a quiet atmosphere; brunch is a madhouse - and quite worthy of it.
Arts
ARTS
MFA extends time for ‘The Clock’
Good news if you’ve been trying to cram in all 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s “The Clock.” You’ve got more time.
Opinion
“How critical community gardens are to preserving a city’s fabric is now becoming clear.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
Ideas
“To become a citizen of a nation is a choice that involves more sacrifice and pain than tearing down the sculpture of a dictator.”
Gal Beckerman, on the challenges facing some Middle Eastern countries