Steward’s doctor deal questioned
State community hospitals requested an investigation into a contract between Steward Health Care System and a physicians’ group.
Menino pushes East Boston waterfront
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino took aim at stalled development in East Boston today in a major policy address focused on the waterfront.
Alex Beam
Can you say [expletive deleted] on the radio?
George Carlin’s famous comedy sketch notwithstanding, there are no seven words you can’t say over the air. There never were.
Academics focus on factories for new era
MIT is leading a $500 million nationwide initiative to reinvent American manufacturing.
Casino next to stadium unlikely to corrupt game, analysts say
As long as betting on sports remains illegal in Mass., a casino beside Gillette would be unlikely to tarnish the Patriots, sports analysts say.
At 16, Diego Fagundez still building pro career
Figuring out where he belongs is not getting any easier for 16-year-old Diego Fagundez, who balances high school and a budding pro soccer career.
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Diego Fagundez, 16, signed with the New England Revolution in February. The Leominster High student is showing promise as a pro.
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Because of Fagundez’s youthfulness, small stature, and Mohawk hairstyle, there is a tendency to underestimate his resolve.
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Fagundez, right, has been focusing on a pro soccer career since he was in kindergarten.
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Having the pro contract and a visa allowed him to visit his birthplace, Uruguay, for the first time since he was 4 years old.
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Now that he is experiencing his dream, Fagundez is also dealing with the rigors of a contact sport.
Ready to hoop it up in China
A group of students from Boston leave tomorrow for a 10-day trip to Beijing, where they will compete in a boys basketball competition with students from China.
E-cards prized as quick, scorned as impersonal
With a growing number of apps for sending e-cards, and even traditional greeting-card giants offering virtual cards, e-cards are taking off.
“There are some things I could imagine running six times, but the marathon isn’t one of them.”
Five-term Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino
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Columnists
Metro
Occupy Boston is denied fire-safe tent at site
Toughening their stance as winter approaches, city inspectors blocked protesters from bringing a weatherized, military-style tent into their Dewey Square camp.
Business
Talbots shopping again for new leader
Ailing Talbots Inc. yesterday confirmed it will replace chief executive Trudy F. Sullivan, who has failed to revive the troubled Hingham brand.
Politics
Gingrich amassing pile of policy shifts
Accused flip-flopper Mitt Romney faces a challenge by another GOP presidential candidate sharing the same liability: Newt Gingrich.
Nation & World
Nearly 60 killed in rare attacks on Afghan Shi’ites
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shi'ite worshipers at a mosque in Kabul today, killing nearly 60 people in the deadliest of two attacks on a Shi'ite holy day.
Sports
Bruins 3, Penguins 1
Bruins strike down Penguins
The defending Stanley Cup champs pinned a 3-1 loss on the talented Penguins, extending their embarrassment-of-riches tour to 14-0-1.
Lifestyle
She’s got (fashionable) giving in the bag
Lauren Bush talks about her FEED charity organization and gifts that give back.
Arts
Dance Review
‘Urban Nutcracker’ takes contemporary leap
“Urban Nutcracker’’ takes the familiar tale of Clara (renamed Clarice) and plops her onto the bustling streets of contemporary Boston.
Diversity Boston
Diversity Boston
Boy Scouts seek to expand their membership in the inner city
Since the start of the year, the Boston Minuteman Council, a division of Boy Scouts of America, has been pressing to curb the race divide that marks its membership.
Opinion
“Although the Obama administration still talks about a strategic relationship with Pakistan, it has long since become a transactional one.”
H.D.S. Greenway
Ideas
Why anyone is ever selfless is a mystery that has fascinated, not to mention frustrated, scientists since Charles Darwin, who considered it a major problem for his theory of natural selection.
Leon Neyfakh