State Senate approves casino gambling bill
Proponents called it the culmination of a decades-long debate, and said it offers an opportunity to recapture hundreds of millions of gambling dollars as well as the jobs that accompany them.
Quadruple amputee gets new hands
A 65-year-old man who lost his lower arms and legs to a bloodstream infection in 2002 received two new hands during a 12-hour transplant operation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Cain’s simple tax plan has complex outcomes
Analysts say Herman Cain’s “9-9-9” plan would shift a far greater tax burden on the lower and middle classes, creating complex changes in the economy.
Aram Boghosian for the Boston Globe
Financial District takes measure of the protest
This week in Boston’s Financial District, where Occupy Boston protesters have built their tent city, the reaction to the demonstration ran the gamut — from anger to admiration.
Climbing into the record book
In September, 17-year old Kristen Kelliher became the youngest female to “highpoint” — climb the highest peak — in all 48 states in the continental US.
N.H. ponders benefit, cost of Dec. vote
Putting the primary in December runs the risk of diluting the focus on the contest and incurring the wrath of the Republican Party old guard.
“It’s a little disheartening. I’m someone who is at the epicenter of perceived evilness.”
Henry Helgeson, on Occupy Boston
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Columnists
Metro
SJC chief justice applauds emergency funds for courts
Chief Justice Roderick L. Ireland praised the Legislature for agreeing to give emergency funds to the state court system, and called on Governor Deval Patrick to sign off on the measure.
Business
Towering hopes for downtown
The Kensington will soon begin to rise out of a vacant lot along Washington Street, ending a construction slump that has haunted the area since the Filene’s redevelopment stalled more than three years ago.
Politics
N.H. ponders benefit, cost of Dec. vote
Putting the primary in December runs the risk of diluting the focus on the contest and incurring the wrath of the Republican Party old guard.
Nation | World
Strauss-Kahn eludes charges in French court
For the second time this year, Dominique Strauss-Kahn escaped criminal charges of attempted rape, this time due to a three-year statute of limitations.
Sports
Mueller's glory in '04 was stolen
With all the turmoil surrounding the Red Sox, it is wise to remember there were some very good times recently.
Movies
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.
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