Henry speaks out about Crawford, team antics
Red Sox owner John Henry, angry with what he was hearing on 98.5 The Sports Hub this afternoon, arrived at the station at 2:20 p.m. and demanded to be heard.
Brigham performs hand transplants
Surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and transplant patient Richard Mangino of Revere discussed the 12-hour operation this morning.
Sprint gets iPhone, sets first-day sales record
The wireless carrier, which was selling the iPhone for the first time today, broke its record for first-day sales of any phone.
Ion Sokhos
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Double visions
As the MFA’s impressive new wing reopens and the ICA celebrates its fifth high-profile year on the waterfront, Geoff Edgers wonders: Is this town big enough for two major collections of contemporary art?
Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas
The dark side of happiness
Turns out there are ugly side effects to our pursuit of perfect joy.
Opinion
‘The Wire’: Why it still matters
The issues and concerns raised on the HBO show have grown ever more timely as we descend into a new decade, writes Carlo Rotella.
“It’s a little disheartening. I’m someone who is at the epicenter of perceived evilness.”
Henry Helgeson, on Occupy Boston
Inside The Boston Globe
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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 Downtown Crossing 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.
Politics
Perry calls for new energy policy
GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry’s “Energizing American Jobs and Security” plan focuses on domestic energy production to create jobs and lessen dependence on foreign oil.
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
Kevin Faulk as hungry as ever to get back on field
The Patriots running back, out since a knee injury last year, should soon get the chance to pull on his pads again and do the only job he’s ever loved: play football.
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.
Opinion
Yes, people with advanced degrees like to pick up street talk so they can say things like, “Honey, did you re-up on arugula?’’
Carlos Rotella, on ‘The Wire’
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