Developers rush to build apartments
A burst of apartment construction is sweeping across Boston, with several developers proceeding with towering projects meant to tap into high demand.
An angry detour for Sox owner John Henry
Angered by what he heard on 98.5 The Sports Hub yesterday, Henry arrived uninvited at their studios and demanded to be heard on the air.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
DC Comics reboot increases violence, sex, and sales
In a rare remake in the comic book world, DC Comics recently relaunched its entire line , with popular characters and storylines starting over from scratch.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Plymouth pays high price for foreign wars
The town of 56,000 has seen six of its own killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, among the highest death tolls in Massachusetts.
tech lab
Siri is best part of iPhone 4S
The most vaunted new feature on the latest iPhone is Siri, a voice command system that responds to human speech with impressive precision.
Brigham performs hand transplants
Surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and transplant patient Richard Mangino of Revere discussed the 12-hour operation yesterday.
“You never expect it to happen to you. When it does, you have to find a new reality, and that is hard to do.’’
Lisa Haglof, lost her brother Matthew Pucino in 2009
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Columnists
Metro
For bell, sound advice
An 876-pound bell cast by Paul Revere & Sons Bell and Cannon Foundry will be installed at Old South Meeting House steeple, which has one without a bell since 1876.
Business
Small touches make things clear
The Newtonville Whole Foods store will be the first supermarket on the East Coast — and the second nationally — to offer Braille food labels.
Politics
Perry makes first major policy speech
Seeking to reinvigorate his campaign, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry called yesterday for a major expansion of oil and gas drilling.
Nation | World
British defense minister resigns, scuttles inquiry
Liam Fox resigned after more than a week of headlines about his relationship with a man who appeared to have brokered access for wealthy individuals.
Sports
Theo Epstein compensation talks drag on
The Red Sox and Cubs continued to negotiate yesterday over the terms of compensation for general manager Theo Epstein, a process that is expected to last into next week.
Arts
Stage Review
Political repression, artistic defiance
At the heart of the political satire “Speaker’s Progress” lies the notion that the act of creating theater is inherently an act of dissent.
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