DiMasi loses bid to remain free on bail during appeal
Chief US District Judge Mark Wolf ruled former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi must report to federal prison on Nov. 16.
Palestinians defy opposition, seek statehood from UN
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the UN to accept a Palestinian state, a move he hopes will reenergize the quest for an independent homeland.
SJC: Judges can ask jurors about ‘CSI effect’
The state’s highest court ruled that potential jurors can be questioned about whether they expect prosecutors to produce scientific evidence to prove their case.
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The decline of violence
Bad as things may seem, the modern world is actually getting more peaceful, and Harvard’s Steven Pinker set out to discover why.
Opinion
Make drivers pay for driving
If President Obama wants to reduce carbon emissions, he should embrace the principle that the country's infrastructure should be paid for by the travelers who use it, Edward L. Glaeser writes.
Senate rejects House-passed stopgap spending measure
Congress is at an impasse over a federal spending bill amid a partisan dispute over funding for disaster assistance, escalating a fight that threatens a shutdown of US government operations.
“Congress hasn’t been able to do it. So I will. Our kids only get one shot at a decent education.”
President Obama, on reforming No Child Left Behind
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Columnists
Metro
Deportation reprieves unevenly applied
Reyna Quintanilla entered the US legally and has no criminal record, yet faces deportation despite new federal guidelines on prosecutorial discretion.
Business
Construction to begin on Back Bay tower
The 28-story apartment building fills in the last residential plot in the Prudential Center complex, which introduced modern high-rise development to the area.
Nation
Obama allows states to opt out of some ‘No Child’ rules
President Obama called the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law an admirable but flawed effort that has hurt students instead of helping them.
World
Yemen president returns, adds confusion to crisis
President Ali Abdullah Saleh made a surprise return to Yemen after more than three months of treatment in Saudi Arabia for wounds suffered in an assassination attempt.
Sports
NBA calls off camps, preseason games
The NBA labor battle has now officially cut into the 2011-12 league calendar. The regular season is scheduled to start Nov. 1.
Movies
Movie Review
Tale of wounded dolphin is fine family fare
"Dolphin Tale" is an excellent family film that lightly fictionalizes the tale of Winter, the Florida dolphin with a prosthetic tail.
Arts
Stage Review
The humor, horror of ‘Candide’
Considering the national mood, this adaptation of Voltaire’s blistering satire of the glass-half-full worldview is coming at the right time.
Opinion
“Why should it be considered brutal to provide a terminally ill patient the means of ending his life a few months or weeks earlier than his illness otherwise would?”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“It doesn’t make any difference whether you assign more homework in English, science, or history. Students will still do the same.”
Ozkan Eren, assistant professor of economics at the University of Nevada, on whether homework works