AT&T ends takeover bid for T-Mobile
The $39 billion deal was abandoned by AT&T after it ran into opposition from regulators.
Brown blasts House GOP on payroll tax cuts
Senator Scott Brown called the House Republicans’ opposition to the Senate’s bipartisan stop-gap measure extending payroll cuts “irresponsible and wrong.”
Kim Jong Il’s death gives region jitters
The death of the North Korean dictator could upend US efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks.
Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff
Photo Gallery
Inside the Red Sox’ new spring training ballpark
JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Fort Myers, Fla., features the same seating bowl geometry and field dimensions as the team’s home in Boston.
Gingrich, Romney tied in new poll
Mitt Romney has pulled even with Newt Gingrich in the race for the Republican nomination, a new poll shows.
MIT to launch online-only, graded courses for free
The university announced today a plan to launch “MITx,’’ a set of specially designed Web-only classes that anyone can take for free.
“It’s time to stop the nonsense. We can resolve these differences and we can do it in a way that provides certainty for job creators and others.”
House Speaker John Boehner
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Columnists
Metro
Haverhill woman pleads not guilty in fatal crash
The woman is accused of driving with a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit and fatally hitting a woman who was picking up doughnuts for her church.
Business
Coakley blazes path as advocate for homeowners
Attorney General Martha Coakley’s work has cemented her position as a national leader on behalf of homeowners caught up in the long-running housing crisis.
Politics
Gingrich continues to lash out at judges
Newt Gingrich said yesterday as president he would consider dispatching US marshals to force judges to appear before Congress to explain controversial decisions.
Nation & World
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Sunni vice president
Iraq’s Shiite-led government accused Tariq al-Hashemi of running a hit squad that assassinated government and security officials.
Sports
On football
After change, Patriots defense was money
Following an abysmal first quarter, the Patriots allowed just 10 points and 175 yards in the final three quarters of their victory over the Broncos.
Health and wellness
G Force
Pulse of Harvard, health care
Dr. Joseph Martin, who served as dean of Harvard Medical School from 1997 to 2007, just published a memoir, ‘‘Alfalfa to Ivy.’’
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
‘Christmas Celtic Sojourn’ a very good night
In just nine years, “A Christmas Celtic Sojourn’’ has become a holiday staple. Friday night at the Cutler Majestic Theatre, it was easy to see why.
Best of the new
Best of the New
Boston’s best people and ideas of 2011
Safer neighborhoods, quieter commutes, and one really brainy historian.
Opinion
“Gingrich is not only presenting himself as anti-Obama, but the most anti-Obama of all the GOP hopefuls.”
Juliette Kayyem
Ideas
As tempting as it might be to imagine the Christmas trees we see today in public parks and central plazas as a quaint relic of small town life, it turns out that our modern public trees have politics woven right into their roots.
Leon Neyfakh