Pupil, 6, dropped off at wrong bus stop

The incident, confirmed by a Boston School Department spokesman, occurred on students’ first day back at school after Christmas vacation, and followed months of frustration over tardy bus arrivals.

Police clear some tents from Occupy site in D.C.

The move left large swaths of open space and raised questions about exactly what would remain of the encampment.

Political Intelligence

Romney, Brown face tests of sincerity

Mitt Romney and Scott Brown are two different political animals with two different political goals this year, yet their fates are intertwined with two offsetting challenges.

On the Hot Seat:

Women’s growing role at Davos

After attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Liz Claman spoke with Globe correspondent Kara Miller about women’s slow progress in the business world.

Welker is the Patriots’ little big man

The Patriots hit the jackpot when they traded for versatile slotman Wes Welker. Over five seasons and 83 games, he has 600 receptions, an average of more than seven per contest.

MIAMI

On Miami’s Lincoln Road, variety spices the life

Take a walking tour of the shopping-eating-drinking strip.

BOOK REVIEW

‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ by Katherine Boo

A dive into horrific poverty on the edge of Mumbai plumbs the painful ironies of globalism and an emerging India.

1962 isn’t considered a vintage movie year - but it should be

Fifty years ago, the movie world was in a state of quiet ferment - and ferment, like fermentation, can produce intoxicating results.