Gambling board head’s approach called fair-minded
Stephen Crosby’s colleagues say his analytical approach toward gambling will be tested as head of the state’s Gaming Commission.
Two people found fatally shot in Andover home
Police are searching for a 2008 Lexus that was seen driving away from a home where a man and woman were found dead.
Derrick Z. Jackson
Graduation Gap Bowl: Racial differences still troubling
While the NCAA is making progress, there remain massive disparities in the graduation percentages among white and black players, including at UMass.
Thailand floods send PC hard drive prices soaring
Bangkok and other industrial regions of Thailand supply 40 percent of the world’s hard drives, according to market research firm IDC Corp. of Framingham.
G COVER
Supermarkets win fans with high-quality in-store dining
In-store dining is no longer something done on the sly, but a destination for families, couples in a hurry, tired shoppers, and even the fussiest foodies.
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The salad bar area at Shaw's at the Prudential gives diners many options.
Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff
The Shaw's at the Prudential also features a pizza bar.
Evan McGlinn for The Boston Globe
The H Mart supermarket in Burlington has a variety of eateries in its food court.
Evan McGlinn for The Boston Globe
Kathleen O'Donnell of Winchester fed her son John while her friend Julie Jendich of Woburn, right, ate her soup. "I would eat here everyday," says Julie.
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The coconut shrimp roll was shown at the sushi bar inside Wegman's in Northborough.
Lindt launches high-tech chocolate bear
The star of the Swiss chocolatier’s holiday collection has a premium milk chocolate figure, a fancy gold foil wrapper, a red ribbon necklace, and yes, its own iPhone app.
More people giving used items as gifts
A survey of resale stores showed a one-third jump in gift purchases last year, and stores are projecting that the rise in sales will nearly double this holiday season.
“Why? Shouldn’t the gift be more about quality, emotional attachment, something from the heart?”
Amy Bucher, 32, on buying gifts at resale stores
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Columnists
Metro
Rabbi expected to plead guilty to sex abuse
Rabbi Stanley Z. Levitt, a former teacher at the Maimonides School in Brookline, is expected to plead guilty to molesting three sixth graders during the 1970s.
Business
Celtics ad campaign aims to recharge fans
The Celtics have unveiled a new, multimedia ad campaign that the team hopes will win back frustrated fans who may have lost interest after a long labor dispute delayed the NBA season.
Politics
Advisers say drawn-out GOP fight benefits Obama
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
US panel urges a ban on cellphones for all drivers
A federal agency yesterday called for a ban on all cellphone use by drivers — the most far-reaching such recommendation to date.
Sports
Celtics critical of NBA’s ‘rushed’ schedule
Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce have spoken out against the compressed time frame that has them opening the season with diminished preparation.
Food and dining
In weak economy, buying coffee is a small reward
An informal Greater Boston survey suggests that coffee drinkers are unwilling to starve the habit that gets them going.
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
‘Priscilla Dreams the Answer’ has a quirky heart
In Walt McGough’s new comedy, two aliens drop in on our beleaguered heroine and offer her the chance to save life as we know it.
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
“It is promising that the black graduation rate at UMass has risen from 41 percent three years ago. Let’s see what happens in the MAC.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
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