Callahan Tunnel panels removed after failed tests
Workers removed 117 wall panels in the tunnel because of concerns over corrosion.
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Edward M. Kennedy Jr. will not run for Senate
Edward M. Kennedy Jr. will not run for SenateThe son of the longtime Massachusetts senator lives in Connecticut and officials there have urged him to run for office in that state.
Menino visits Dorchester children on Christmas Eve
Menino visits Dorchester children on Christmas EveA day after leaving the hospital, Mayor Thomas M. Menino stayed in his automobile while greeting children on his annual holiday visit to the neighborhood.
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Tuesday Preview | Movie Review
Tarantino blows up the spaghetti western in ‘Django Unchained’
Quentin Tarantino’s clear-eyed and completely out of its mind exploitation western refuses to cheapen the atrocity of its subject.
Movie Review
‘Les Misérables’
‘Les Misérables’The first half of the movie impresses, but after 2 1/2 hours it becomes a bowl of trail mix -- you’re picking out the nuts you don’t like.
Movie Review
‘Parental Guidance’ is a family movie — sort of
The people responsible for this bland exercise have done an honorable enough job, chiefly through casting.
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A Senate built on trust
Senators Daniel Inouye and Warren Rudman shared a friendship that was the type of bond that used to be quite common among US senators.
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Sports
Patriots defense stepped up when it mattered
Twice in the final four minutes Jacksonville drove inside New England’s 20-yard line trailing by 7, and twice it failed to tie the game.
Metro
Crackdown cuts crime in Southie
Police have arrested 222 people since the drug-related murder of a grandmother last April.
Columnists
Nation & World
Syrian airstrike kills scores in rebel-held town
A government airstrike on a bakery in a rebel-held town in Syria killed more than 60 people on Sunday, activists said.
Politics
2 GOP senators call for fiscal cliff deal
Two Republican senators implored leaders to reach an agreement with the president when Congress returns Thursday.
Business
Windows 8 fails to spur boom in computer buying
The struggles of Microsoft and other companies that depend heavily on the computer business will not abate soon.
Arts
Book Review
‘The Holy or the Broken’ by Alan Light
Light deconstructs Leonard Cohen’s song “Hallelujah” and its mushrooming popularity.
Health and wellness
Daily Dose
Giving serious thought to a new intelligence test
A study published last week in the journal Neuron might put the nail in the coffin on the standard IQ test.
