State could see up to a foot of snow
A rare October snowstorm is charging towards the Northeast, starting with cold rain arriving in Boston around 4 p.m. today.
Occupy Boston prepares for cold weather
Protesters at Occupy Boston are fortifying their tent city against the first roar of winter weather expected this weekend.
US official: 13 Americans killed in Kabul bombing
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the suicide bomber who rammed a van into an armored NATO bus today in Kabul, killing 13 American troops.
Court rules that FAA failed in its review of Cape Wind
A US Court of Appeals rejected the Federal Aviation Administration’s ruling that the proposed 130 turbines, each 440 feet tall, present “no hazard’’ to aviation.
Editorial
World Series: Waiting for the midnight hour?
With baseball games that stretch deep into the night, Major League Baseball has seen per-game viewership plummet.
Despite concerns, party buses rock on
Party buses have become a popular means of pub crawling without walking and partying without driving, but to police and neighborhood leaders they are also a nuisance.
Halloween defies push for healthy habits
Child health advocates are advising parents to restrict their children’s candy intake on Halloween. But local parents seem to have one response: Yeah, right.
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Just call her Miss Fit!
How Katie Boyd went from Wellesley trainer to reality TV diva on “Wicked Fit.”
“We want to encourage designated drivers, [but] it bothers me that we have this floating barroom going down the street.”
Boston Police Department Superintendent William B. Evans
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Officials say two ship deaths not suspicious
The deaths of two people aboard a cruise ship that docked yesterday at Boston’s Black Falcon Terminal were unrelated and not the result of foul play, authorities said.
Business
Leaving no empty spaces
Partners of the Aquitaine Group have decided to open a fifth South End restaurant in the 5,500 square foot location left empty when Rocca suddenly closed in December.
Politics
Political notebook
Global warming stance another battleground
The world’s climate is changing, Mitt Romney acknowledges. So too, critics say, is his view on the reasons.
Nation & World
Gunman opens fire on US Embassy in Bosnia
Witnesses told Bosnian television that the man urged pedestrians to move away, saying he was targeting only the embassy.
Sports
Marcus Cannon a return man for Patriots
The rookie offensive lineman, who has been undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkins lymphoma since he was diagnosed prior to the April draft, practiced with the team this week.
Arts
Combining his influences
As the the hip-hop producer-turned-singer Mayer Hawthorne has proven, it doesn’t take an old soul to understand soul music.
Special reports
Special Section
Fish mislabeling in Mass.
Complete coverage of the Globe’s five-month investigation.
Opinion
“Yet another World Series epic was the proverbial tree falling in the schoolnight silence.”
Globe editorial, on the late start of baseball games
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