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Halloween spending expected to soar
The National Retail Federation is predicting that spending on Halloween will hit $6.9 billion this year. That’s up 18 percent from last year.
Theo Epstein
Farewell, Red Sox Nation
Barry Chin/Globe Staff/File
Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein says goodbye to Boston, and reflects on the ups and downs of his 10 years with the team.
School chief offers details on new plans
Superintendent Carol R. Johnson said she abandoned a contentious proposal to move Latin Academy because it lacked broad support, and also said she plans to add 700 new seats across several schools.
Special report: Fishy business | Part 2
Fish supply chain open to abuses
The rampant mislabeling of fish that consumers buy can be largely traced to this: the lack of anything like the regulations imposed on meat suppliers.
Dana-Farber, Brigham launch vast cancer study
The study will test cancer patients’ tumors for hundreds of genetic aberrations in an effort to create a genetic database.
John E. Sununu
Natural gas isn’t PC, but it’s the future
We should listen to what the markets, not the politicians, say about energy.
Mitt Romney officially enters the N.H. primary
In a morning of pageantry, Mitt Romney signed the papers today to become an official candidate for president on the New Hampshire ballot. Romney was surrounded by around 100 cheering supporters and by former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu, who gave Romney his official endorsement. Romney praised New Hampshire’s first in the nation primary, saying it is “a responsibility and an honor New Hampshire richly deserves.”
“Mislabeling fish has been going on in the seafood industry since its inception.”
Tom Katz, Burlington fish broker
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Columnists
Metro
Police vow to solve recent attacks on women
Local and university police are searching for the suspect - or suspects - responsible for a wave of sexual assaults in Somerville that began in September.
Business
Obama eyes new steps to help housing woes
The White House said changes to the two-year-old Home Affordable Refinance Program will help homeowners with little or no equity in their houses refinance.
Politics
Dueling stories of rags to riches
Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren both offer biographies with up-from-the-bootstraps detail while their campaigns try to present unique narratives.
Nation & World
Libya leader orders investigation of Khadafy death
Facing strong international pressure, the country’s interim leader promised to investigate how longtime dictator Moammar Khadafy was captured, then killed.
Sports
Revs part ways with head coach Steve Nicol
Nicol, who was with the New England Revolution for the last 10 years, compiled a 112-108-81 record for New England.
Health and wellness
G force
A time to live, not stop
Dr. Jennifer Brinckerhoff, medical director of Hebrew SeniorLife Medical Group in Canton, is one of the speakers at a two-part lecture series on retirement living.
Arts
Album review
Coldplay’s ‘Mylo Xyloto’ cleans slate
The fact that five albums in, Coldplay is finally toying with expectations and taking risks is an accomplishment in itself.
Opinion
“Most of us agree that we shouldn’t choose a candidate for gender alone. But gender isn’t just an afterthought, either.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
“Warren has spent her career trying to coax more legal scholars to conduct the kind of hands-on research that has driven her own work, which remains relatively rare in the field.”
Leon Neyfakh, on the career of Elizabeth Warren