Former state official to head gambling board
Stephen Crosby, a former top official under governors Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift, will head the powerful new commission that will decide many crucial casino regulations.
House passes tax cut bill
The Republican-controlled House passed legislation sought by President Obama to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts through 2012.
Foxborough residents air concerns on casino
A majority of the Foxborough Board of Selectmen tonight turned back an attempt to kill a proposed Route 1 casino before residents have taken measure of the details.
BRUINS 3, KINGS 0
Marchand scores twice as Bruins shut out Kings
Brad Marchand scored twice and Tuukka Rask earned his first shutout of the season, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-0 victory over Los Angeles.
Evan McGlinn for The Boston Globe
EXCLUSIVE WEDNESDAY PREVIEW | G COVER
Supermarkets win fans with high-quality in-store restaurants
In-store dining is a new market segment, no longer something done on the sly, but a destination for families, couples in a hurry, tired shoppers — even the fussiest foodies.
CarMax opens first Mass. dealership
With its fixed pricing, CarMax, which opened its first dealership in Massachusetts last month, could be a real competitor to the state’s current dealers, analysts said.
Most Occupy Boston protesters get one year of probation
Of the more than 20 protesters arraigned today, most agreed to plead guilty to trespassing and received probation.
“People may think he’s faking or he’s not telling the truth, but that man walks the walk and talks the talk.”
Broncos safety Rahim Moore, on Tim Tebow’s spirituality
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Councilors quiz Feeney on clerk’s job
When the Boston City Council interviewed Maureen Feeney as a finalist to be the next city clerk, it may have done more than rile advocates calling for a transparent search.
Business
Copley tower to house all affordable units on site
Simon Property Group will build all 48 of its required affordable units in the 47-story tower, dropping a prior plan to build all but 10 off-site.
Politics
Obama’s advisers say GOP moving too far right
Advisers outlining the president’s 2012 strategy said they believed the Republican primary process will push the party’s candidate too far out of the mainstream to win.
Nation & World
Attack in Belgian city leaves 5 dead, 122 wounded
Five people died and 122 were wounded when a man armed with grenades and an assault rifle attacked holiday shoppers in the Belgian city of Liege.
Sports
BU hockey standout kicked off team after arrest
Corey Trivino, the leading scorer in Hockey East, is accused of indecent assault and battery and assault with attempt to rape.
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
‘Eddie Coyle’ steps off the page
Bill Doncaster and Stickball Productions have turned George V. Higgins’s crime novel “The Friends of Eddie Coyle’’ into an atmospheric, enjoyable theater piece at Oberon.
Lifestyle
G Cover
Wreck the halls
The National Retail Federation predicts Americans to spend $46.73 per person on holiday decorations. But the NRF doesn’t keep stats on couples who disagree on how much — if any — should be spent on decking the halls.
Fall All-Scholastics
All-Scholastics
Fall All-Scholastics: Honoring the area’s best
A Boston Globe tradition continues as we toast local athletes from Barnstable to Georgetown for their achievements this fall.
Opinion
“In politics, being wealthy is hardly a disqualifier; if it were, we’d have a vastly different Senate.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
The ability to coordinate among the different senses seems to be something the brain learns; we’re not born being able to do it.
Courtney Humphries