A game of chance was anything but
The Boston Globe has found that lottery managers for years allowed and some say even encouraged high-roller groups to manipulate the game, Cash WinFall.
For John Henry, biggest Sox challenges ahead
In the turbulent wake of the Red Sox historic September collapse, John Henry enters the most critical, unsettled and unsettling, period of his nearly 10-year ownership.
Dan Shaughnessy
Riveting drama at Fenway theater
Is there any football-, basketball-, or hockey-related event that could saturate our region the way the Red Sox just took over our lives for the last 18 days?
Why Europe matters to Mass.
If the economic crisis across the Atlantic continues to worsen, it could create waves on this side of the pond, destabilizing Massachusetts' shaky recovery.
Jim Davis/Globe Staff
Tough City Council race creates rare alliance
City Councilors Ayanna Pressley and John R. Connolly have agreed to share resources and split campaign costs in a fierce reelection fight.
Boston protests, then and now
The Occupy Boston protest has borrowed themes and tactics from activists of the past, transforming it into a movement both familiar and pioneering.
Hiker completes creation of 162-mile trail
Two weeks ago, under a misty fall sky, Kim Nilsen, now 63, finished his trail from N.H.’s White Mountains to the Canadian border. It had only taken 33 years.
Thousands attend dedication of MLK memorial
President Obama, Aretha Franklin and poet Nikki Giovanni, as well as people of all ages and races, gathered to honor the civil rights leader.
“One would have to be brain-dead not to notice that the avalanche [in sales] had begun in the days leading up to the August 16th draw.”
Mohan Srivastava, a statistician, on Cash WinFall
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Columnists
Metro
Zebras briefly escape in Franklin Park Zoo
The zoo reopened around 2:45 p.m. after a zebra and her foal escaped from their exhibit, forcing an evacuation and temporary closure.
Business
Foreign companies that aren’t so foreign
European firms are investing billions in Mass. and playing key roles in some of the state's leading industries, including high tech, biotechnology, and medical devices.
Politics
Political Notebook
Thousands rally for jobs in Washington
Led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, thousands of Americans called for easier job access and decried the gulf between rich and poor.
Nation | World
Militants assault US base in Afghanistan
The militants failed to breach the gate of the base in Panjshir province’s Rakha district, though they did hit a security tower with a rocket-propelled grenade.
Sports
Bruins 3, Blackhawks 2
Bruins find their finish in Chicago
Paced by Nathan Horton’s third-period goal that gave them a 2-2 tie, and then Tyler Seguin’s goal in the shootout, the Bruins squeezed by the Blackhawks.
Arts
Critic's Notebook
Openly gay actors working — on TV
Hollywood still operates under a don’t-ask-don’t-tell policy, but television has become a far more frank environment where openly gay actors are finding lots of work.
Travel
travel | New York
Retail's the game
Christopher Muther compiles a list of shops for future New York trips relying on advice from friends particularly the suggestions of a shopaholic friend Peter Reyes.
Books
book review
‘The Marriage Plot’ by Jeffrey Eugenides
With a 1980s love triangle, Jeffrey Eugenides manages to retool the 19th-century romance for a post-modern age.
Opinion
“I think we need to wake up and realize how many people come into our offices and have spirituality as a part of their life.”
David Rosmarin, of McLean Hospital
Ideas
“A string of new studies suggests that the modern chase after happiness—and even happiness itself—can hurt us. Happy, it turns out, is not always the way you want to be.”
Gareth Cook, on the dark side of happiness