FBI paid $2.1 million reward in Bulger capture
The FBI confirmed on Friday night that it has paid out the $2.1 million reward for information that led to the arrest of fugitive gangster James “Whitey” Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig.
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.
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.
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The decline of violence
Bad as things may seem, the modern world is actually getting more peaceful. Harvard’s Steven Pinker set out to discover why.
Sox-Yankees rained out
Rain postpones Red Sox-Yankees in the Bronx
The teams will play a day-night doubleheader on Sunday.
Television Review
‘Pan Am’ drama lifts off in a cloud of nostalgia
It’s a nostalgic ABC series about stewardesses and pilots in the early 1960s. It’s pretty, escapist, and forgettable.
“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
Deal close in grocery dispute
After a two-year legal tussle, the owners of a troubled Asian grocery chain are close to finalizing a deal to sell one of their three stores to a crosstown competitor for $2 million.
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
Sox-Yankees rained out
Rain postpones Red Sox-Yankees in the Bronx
The teams will play a day-night doubleheader on Sunday.
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