Mass. Senate passes casino gambling bill
The legislation, which passed in a 24-14 vote, now goes to a joint House and Senate committee where lawmakers will reconcile the mostly minor differences between the two versions of the bill.
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Christopher L. Gasper
From top to bottom, Red Sox are just unlikeable
The buck stops with John Henry. If the 2004 Red Sox were memorialized by the movie “Fever Pitch,” then the current Sox’ portrayal would be “Horrible Bosses.”
Brown dismisses plagiarism flap as ‘silly’
Senator Scott Brown today dismissed questions about how Elizabeth Dole’s words about her childhood ended up attributed to him on his official website.
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Exclusive Friday Preview | Movie Review
‘The Big Year’ is surprisingly sweet
Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson star in a comedy that’s for the birds, in a good way.
Movie Review
Everyday romance done right in ‘Weekend’
This romance between two gay strangers is both a movie about sex and love and a movie about sex and love in other movies. Either way: wow.
Movie Review
With a few changes, this prequel’s ‘The Thing’
You never hear the term “slavish prequel’’ tossed around - although now you might.
Movie Review
‘Human Centipede’ sequel has no legs to stand on
Just imagine the least pleasurable things you can do to a body and then stay home.
“Put down the long-necks and the Double Down sandwiches and tell the fans you are sorry.”
Dan Shaughnessy, to Red Sox’ starting pitchers
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Metro
Conn. man convicted in deadly ‘07 home invasion
The man was convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters during a gruesome attack in which family members were tied up, molested, doused in gas and left to die in a fire.
Business
Hedge fund manager gets 11 years for insider trading
Raj Rajaratnam, whom prosecutors called “the modern face of illegal insider trading,” received less than half of the sentence sought by prosecutors.
Politics
Poll puts Cain ahead of Romney
In a survey taken before the most recent debate, pizza executive Herman Cain edged out Mitt Romney, 27 percent to 23 percent.
Nation | World
Tens of thousands in Syria stage pro-Assad rally
The demonstration yesterday was called to show of support for embattled President Bashar Assad, as he struggles to quell a 7-month-old uprising.
Sports
Chad Finn
Twenty Red Sox offseason predictions
With Theo Epstein moving on, Chad Finn outlines a plan for rescuing the franchise, including hiring Dave Martinez as manager and dumping John Lackey.
Style
New club Descent recalls neighborhood’s red-light past
Boston’s Combat Zone, the former hotbed of adult entertainment and prostitution, is seldom fondly memorialized, particularly in high-end architecture.
Arts
events
Arts: the week ahead
Alireza Darvish offers a series of drawings and watercolors about the book in the modern world, particularly in the context of totalitarian politics.
Opinion
“Times surely have changed when a mayor cares more about grass than grassroots activists.”
Joan Vennochi
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