State investigates use of Pa. shelter workers
Contractors using laborers from a Philadelphia church shelter to renovate the Copley Marriott Hotel are under investigation for potential violations of wage laws and other worker protections.
An integral part of MIT life
GRETCHEN ERTL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
At most schools, the Big Man on Campus is usually a star athlete. But MIT is not like most schools; at the math-obsessed university, the BMOC is the winner of the Integration Bee.
Mass. biotechs leaping into generic drug market
After years of lobbying against generic versions of their expensive cutting-edge therapies, biotechnology companies are scrambling to secure a piece of the discount market.
‘Rockefeller’ lawyers suggest new suspect
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who masqueraded for years as Clark Rockefeller, was in court for a hearing to determine if he will face trial on a first-degree murder charge.
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Fiery debate caps GOP’s wild day
Newt Gingrich denounced the media for asking about his former wife’s assertion that he wanted an “open’’ marriage, which drew cheers from the audience at last night’s Republican debate.
Perry exits; Santorum now No. 1 in Iowa
Yesterday’s revelations jarred both the Republican presidential field and its expectations before tomorrow’s important South Carolina vote.
Patriots' defense may be on the rise
Just as momentum was building for this NFL season to be dubbed “Year of the Offense,” last weekend’s divisional-round playoff games brought the movement to a halt.
“To take an ex-wife and make it, two days before the primary, a significant question of a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”
Newt Gingrich
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Patrick to seek education funding boost
Governor Deval Patrick’s comments came one week after his administration signaled that fee and tax hikes could be necessary to help balance next year’s budget.
Nation & World
Rescue efforts resume aboard cruise liner
Divers resumed rescue operations yesterday aboard the Costa Concordia as its beleaguered skipper reportedly insisted that he saved lives while acknowledging a “reckless’’ error.
Politics
Super PACs and their cash are political game-changers
Super PAC money threatens to return the making of the president to a pre-Watergate free-for-all of big money chasing big returns at the ballot box.
Business
Cayman funds spur scrutiny for Romney
Mitt Romney’s campaign continued to deny suggestions yesterday that he invested money in off-shore funds to dodge US taxes — and some industry executives backed him up.
Sports
Bruins 4, Devils 1
Bruins rally in third for win over Devils
Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in a four-goal third period that carried the Bruins to victory over the New Jersey Devils.
Movies
Movie Review
‘Red Tails’ tends to stall when it is in the air
This George Lucas-produced action movie about Tuskegee Airmen during World War II means well, but it’s too basic to be rousing or even heartening.
Arts
Art Review
Victoria Morton presents new Gardner’s inaugural show
It’s not the most auspicious beginning to the museum’s renewed contemporary art program, but it has some merits.
Opinion
“It’s not even late January, and I’m already sick of the election-year political conversation.”
Carlo Rotella
Ideas
“The problem, as Shoup and his allies see it, is that parking on the street is simply too desirable. Because spaces are so cheap, drivers have a powerful incentive to spend time hunting for them.”
Leon Neyfakh on the case for the $6 parking meter