Ally Financial will halt mortgage purchases in Mass.
The move from the firm’s GMAC Mortgage unit comes after AG Martha Coakley accused the five biggest providers of conducting illegal foreclosures.
Cain making announcement about bid tomorrow
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is facing accusations of harassment and of having an affair.
Unemployment rate falls to 8.6%, lowest since 2009
Small businesses and startups hired in bigger numbers this fall to help drive unemployment down, although 300,000 people also stopped looking for work.
First-grader accused of sexual harassment
A Boston elementary school is investigating a 7-year-old first-grader for sexual harassment after he struck another boy his age in the groin.
steve greenlee/globe staff
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Dark beers for the snifter set
Vertical Epic 11.11.11, Samuel Adams Thirteenth Hour, and Newport Storm ’11 are excellent new releases that have a lot in common with Belgian strong dark ales.
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The secret language of bros
The English language is having a bad bromance with words starting with the prefix “bro.” Why? Erin McKean brovestigates.
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A home for the holidays
The de Magistris family’s renovated-yet-rustic Vermont getaway is where everything – and at this time of year, everyone – comes together.
‘‘Now is not the time to slam the brakes on the recovery, right now it’s time to step on the gas.”
President Barack Obama on the economy
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Metro
City puts restriction on use of e-cigarettes
Boston health officials voted to treat electronic cigarettes like tobacco products, banning use of the increasingly popular products in the workplace and restricting their sale to adults.
Business
US regulators approve Google’s AdMeld acquisition
The approval comes after the Justice Department concluded the deal won’t diminish competition in online advertising.
Politics
campaign 2012
Huntsman seeks N.H. boost
Jon Huntsman has the resume of a strong candidate, but he has been unable to distinguish himself in a crowded Republican field.
Nation & World
Calm is the unusual order of the day at protests in Greece
As 20,000 Greeks marched yesterday in central Athens against government cutbacks, one key element of most Greek protests was lacking — violence.
Sports
David Ortiz wants a long-term deal
The Red Sox slugger spoke today about what it would take to get him to stay in Boston.
Movies
Critic's Notebook
Romanian shorts in ‘Tales From the Golden Age’
Per capita, Romania might be the world’s greatest film industry.
Arts
Dance Review
At the Modern Theatre, a stellar ‘Flamenco Algarabía’
While many flamenco shows seems grounded in somber, soulful channeling of the duende, “Flamenco Algarabía’’ is an exuberant celebration.
Opinion
“Ideas are a weakness for him. In private or in public, they shoot from his head by the dozen, as many bad as good.”
John E. Sununu, on Newt Gingrich
Ideas
With quantum computing, today’s researchers are trying to perform a sort of jujitsu.
Joshua Rothman