Plan to redraw districts hailed
Mass. lawmakers released a new map of legislative districts that doubles the number that are ‘‘majority-minority,’’ reflecting the state’s growing racial diversity.
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Tempers flare in GOP debate
It didn’t take long for Rick Perry and other Republican candidates to take aim at perceived frontrunner Mitt Romney in last night’s debate.
food
Wegmans pushes prepared foods, and groceries
A tour around the prepared-food area at the new Wegmans in Northborough shows just how far a supermarket can go in the this arena.
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Blind face unique job-hunt hurdles
In Watertown yesterday, 20 employers turned out for a jobs fair for those with impaired vision, a group with diverse skills but a 37 percent unemployment rate.
Brian McGrory
Boys’ school shines light on abuse ‘darkness’
Last night, the prestigious Fessenden School, which teaches students from kindergarten through ninth grade, took a dire step unprecedented in its 108-year history.
Names
Red Sox pitchers were regulars at Popeyes
The owner of the fried-chicken franchise on Brookline Avenue confirmed that Josh Beckett, John Lackey, and Jon lester - as well as other players on the 2011 team - picked up food on the way to the ballpark.
Editorial cartoon: Red Sox pitching woes
Dan Wasserman, a Boston Globe cartoonist since 1985, offers his take on the recent issues involving the Red Sox pitching staff.
“You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking. And I suggest that if you want to become president of the United States, you have got to let both people speak.”
Mitt Romney, to Rick Perry
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Columnists
Metro
Key DiMasi witness hoping for 1-year sentence
Joseph P. Lally Jr. will learn today whether his cooperation with the government was worth it, as he is sentenced for his own role in former House speaker Sal DiMasi’s scheme.
Business
In Hub speech, Bernanke sticks to policy
Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank should focus its efforts on preventing the kind of meltdowns that spurred the recent Great Recession.
Politics
POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
N.H. Republicans push Romney to boycott Nev. caucuses
The former Mass. governor is eager not to alienate Granite State voters but has not indicated any interest in joining a candidates’ boycott after Nevada pushed its caucus date to Jan. 14.
Nation & World
Obama considers easing health care rules
The Obama administration concluded the standards, which would apply to 6,000 hospitals and save nearly $1.1 billion, were obsolete or overly burdensome to the industry.
Sports
Hurricanes 4, Bruins 1
Bruins boxed out by Hurricanes
While the Bruins were busy taking pinheaded penalties, the Hurricanes poured in a pair of power-play goals, blowing a 2-1 game into a 4-1 rout.
Food and dining
G Force
Author Erin Byers Murray digs being an oyster farmer
Erin Byers Murray spent 18 months getting her hands dirty, literally, at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury.
Arts
Galleries
Dreams, the bizarre, a gaze
A critic’s look at exhibits: Jane Smaldone, “New Paintings Tabitha Vevers: The Art of Survival,’’ Mary Sherman, “Waiting for Yves Michelle Lougee: Material Nature,’’ “National Figures.’’
Opinion
“The GOP approach is easily and fairly framed as protecting the Bush-era tax rates for upper earners.”
Scot Lehigh
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