Scrutiny vowed on fish labeling
State officials say they will improve oversight of seafood sales after a Globe investigation this week revealed widespread mislabeling at area restaurants.
City charter schools draw US inquiry
Federal civil rights attorneys have launched an investigation into whether the state is discriminating against students with limited English fluency with new charter schools.
US Representative John Olver to retire
The Amherst Democrat’s retirement could take significant pressure off the congressional redistricting process in Massachusetts.
Cherington's first job: hire a manager
The Red Sox have not had a manager for four weeks now, Terry Francona having left Fenway Park Sept. 30.
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For Romney, Bay State no longer a punch line
During his first presidential campaign, Mitt Romney often turned Massachusetts into the butt of his jokes, casting himself as an outsider in his home state.
Juggling lives and, now, phones
The ever-expanding smartphone market has enticed many people who are tethered to a particular phone for whatever reason to snap up a second one.
Cover Story
No jazz hands, we’re sword dancers
Teens from around the country will step lively in a battle of fancy footwork and sword handling in a competition of English folk dance.
“Fish mislabeling has become an accepted practice. There appears to be overlapping responsibility but no one is taking action. This needs to change.”
Ted Speliotis, state representative
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Columnists
Metro
Toll of tardy bus: Pupils must play catch-up game
Boston Public Schools has a transportation crisis. Nearly two months into the school year, 25 percent of school buses are still delivering students late to class.
Business
Kendall Square project to start
A California developer will break ground today on an 11-acre, $500 million laboratory, office, and residential complex in Cambridge’s Kendall Square.
Politics
Political Notebook
With no staff in N.H., Bachmann files by mail
Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota filed as a candidate for the New Hampshire presidential primary yesterday — by mail.
Nation & World
DNA of centenarians to be studied
George Eberhardt is one of 100 centenarians who will be examined using whole-genome sequencing, the deciphering of a person’s complete collection of DNA.
Sports
On Baseball
Rangers could be building a dynasty
One more win, and the Texas Rangers will have their first World Series championship, which in turn could stir up discussions of the “D-word.’’
Style
Badgley Mischka’s Hollywood fashion meets the Hub
The new collection inspired by their favorite movies.
Arts
Music Review
Classical fare from Vietnam
The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra came to Symphony Hall as part of an American tour.
Special reports
Special Section
Fish mislabeling in Mass.
Complete coverage of the Globe’s five-month investigation.
Opinion
“An exile purity debate is not as distasteful as the more race-baiting “birther’’ debate that still, thanks to Donald Trump...surrounds President Obama.”
Juliette Kayyem
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