Inside the collapse of the Red Sox
The indifference of pitchers Josh Beckett, John Lackey, and Jon Lester - who allegedly drank beer and ate fried chicken in the clubhouse during games - was a key reason for the team’s failures, team sources said.
Theo Epstein accepts Cubs deal
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Two team sources confirmed that Epstein has agreed to a five-year contract believed to be worth $15 million, and he will officially leave the Red Sox before the end of the week.
Heating bills expected to hit record high
Households that heat with oil are expected to spend nearly $200 more than last year, according to a forecast released today.
Paramount Pictures
Exclusive Thursday Preview | MOVIE REVIEW
‘Footloose’ not the guilty pleasure of ‘80s original
The movie, directed by Craig Brewer, paddles Kenny Wormald between shots that seem stolen, albeit with love, from the original.
MOVIE REVIEW
‘Savage Memory’ presents a study of island culture
This documentary from Boston-area filmmaker Zachary Stuart feels like unfinished business.
“We’ve been through it before, and it was not fun. To lose those [Celtics] games - you can’t recover it.’’
Peter Colton, owner of The Four’s
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Boston public housing going smoke-free in 2012
About 25,000 tenants will receive letters announcing that their buildings will be smoke-free and that they will have to agree to the new policy when they sign their annual leases.
Business
Wegmans in Northborough gears up for grand opening
The chain, which has attracted a cult following, will open the biggest supermarket in New England on Sunday.
Politics
Campaign 2012
Rivals focus on Romney in N.H. debate
GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who has proven to be a consistent presence at the top of the polls, did little to damage his campaign’s recent momentum.
Nation | World
Man pleads guilty to attempted underwear bomb attack
A Nigerian man pleaded guilty today to attempting to bring down an international flight over Detroit in 2009 with a bomb in his underwear.
Sports
PATRIOTS MIDWEEK REPORT
Cowboys offense a big challenge for Patriots
What the Patriots likely will try to do is continue their theme of limiting the big play and make the Cowboys go on lengthy, time-consuming drives.
Food and dining
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Cooking (and dining) from Japan
From young foreign visitor to regular resident to cookbook author, she has relished the foods of her second home.
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘Lightning Rods’ by Helen DeWitt
DeWitt’s new novel traces a con man’s scheme for greater worker productivity: prostitutes.
Opinion
“With Islamist hardliners growing increasingly influential, hate crimes against Christians routinely go unpunished [in Egypt].”
Jeff Jacoby
Ideas
“As engineers, city planners, and ‘road ecologists’ are realizing, we do need roads. We just need better ones.”
Courtney Humphries, on roads of the future