Towns faulted on aid to veterans
Thousands of financially struggling Mass. veterans might not be receiving cash payments and medical reimbursements they are entitled to get.
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Theo Epstein
Farewell, Red Sox Nation
Former Red Sox GM Theo Epstein says goodbye to Boston, and reflects on the ups and downs of his 10 years with the team.
West Roxbury student arrested with loaded gun
According to police, the student was taken into custody around 8 a.m. and the incident was over very quickly.
Housing prices key to recovery, study says
A new report from the Boston Foundation says high unemployment and slow growth will continue in the state until housing recovers.
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Halloween spending 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.
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Maureen Reen of Brighton, with her sons (from left) James, 6, Jack, 5, and Emmett, 4, felt the pressure to decorate for Halloween.
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Reen decorated the front of her home under the watchful eyes of her sons.
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Tombstones and spider webs were among the list of Halloween products needed for decorating.
JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
The National Retail Federation predicted that Halloween spending will hit $6.9 billion this year.
JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
According to the National Retail Federation, more people than ever planned to observe Halloween this year - 68.6 percent of Americans.
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The Reen family prepared for Halloween by preparing bags of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters.
Smith College eats up annual hoax
As part of an introductory class in logic, 100 students were assigned to convince the campus by whatever means necessary that the college was going completely vegetarian and locavore.
Necco returns to original wafer recipe
Less than two years after going all natural, the Revere company has gone back to its original recipe in hopes of recouping lost sales and loyal fans of the 164-year-old candy.
Green card program creates jobs, stirs criticism
The immigrant investor program helps wealthy foreigners obtain green cards while allowing businesses such as Jay Peak Resort to raise the money they need to expand.
“Had you told the 12-year-old me that I would someday walk away from my dream job as general manager of the Red Sox completely of my own volition, I would have thought you were crazy.”
Theo Epstein, former Red Sox general manager
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Columnists
Metro
Man, 21, fatally shot in head in Roxbury
Wails from family echoed over a Roxbury neighborhood as police investigated the death of a 21-year-old man who was shot in the head and left in the middle of the street.
Business
Sanofi taps Meeker as Genzyme CEO
The french drug maker has promoted David Meeker as chief executive of its Genzyme division, bringing a measure of continuity to the Cambridge biotech.
Politics
Romney returns to N.H. in the lead
Mitt Romney yesterday once again filed papers to become an official candidate for president on the New Hampshire ballot, while enjoying a comfortable lead in all the N.H. polls.
Nation & World
Libya agrees to investigate Khadafy killing
Libya’s interim government, under mounting international pressure, said that it will conduct an investigation into the death of Moammar Khadafy.
Sports
Rangers 4, Cardinals 2
Rangers rally past Cardinals, one win from title
Mike Napoli lined a tiebreaking two-run double in the eighth inning that gave the Rangers a 3-2 series edge.
Arts
FRAME BY FRAME
What is unspoken by such a fool?
“Allegory of Folly,’’ unmistakably of a fool, was painted around 1510 when Quentin Metsys was emerging as the leading painter in Antwerp.
Lifestyle
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Halloween spending 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.
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