Getting In
Popularity matters in school lottery
The lottery system for Boston public schools has created a group of prized schools and a group perpetually relegated to second-rung status.
Romney leads, Paul rises in N.H. poll
Newt Gingrich’s surge has slowed and Ron Paul has gained momentum, but Mitt Romney remains the clear front-runner in the New Hampshire primary, according to a new Globe poll.
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At last, Celtics season to start
After an lockout that raised the possibility that the season would be cancelled, the Celtics open play today against an improved Knicks team.
Photos by Bill Greene/Globe Staff
Hope, and lives, rebuilt after Irene
Tropical Storm Irene took homes and shattered Christmas traditions in Vermont, but residents have rallied around one another.
Yvonne Abraham
‘Today mommy becomes our real mommy’
After an unspeakable loss, four children are now tethered by dozens of bonds, held safe by family determined to make up for all they lost.
The ‘glorious’ mayhem of Christmas Eve
There were many poignant moments on Christmas Eve, a day marked in Boston in many different ways.
“If they’re ever going to have a real future, it’s through education. If we cry over these issues, we can’t help them.’’
Teresa Harvey-Jackson, princiapl of Marshall Elementary
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Columnists
Metro
163-year-old church reopens after blaze
Last night, parishioners attended a Christmas Eve service at the Central Congregational Church, marking its reopening after a Memorial Day fire in 2009.
Business
Moynihan has not met bank’s goals
Brian Moynihan’s two-year tenure as CEO of Bank of America has been marked by slow progress as the bank untangles itself from its past.
Politics
Gingrich attacks Virginia for keeping him off ballot
The state party said that presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich had failed to submit the required 10,000 signatures to appear on the ballot.
Nation & World
Occupy Wall Street marks 100th day on Christmas
More than a half-dozen major museums and organizations have been avidly archiving materials produced by the Occupy movement.
Sports
ON FOOTBALL
Patriots eventually handled pressure of Dolphins
Thanks to a few tweaks, the Patriots figured out the Dolphins defense — to the tune of 27 straight points in the second half of the 27-24 victory at Gillette.
Travel
travel
Beauty out of hiding
Myanmar, the former Burma, is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia and has been accused of being among the most corrupt. But for travelers it is reminiscent of what Vietnam was 50 years ago.
Books
Book review
'The Third Reich' by Roberto Bolano
Roberto Bolano’s latest posthumously published novel, “The Third Reich,” is a good book with a great premise.
Arts
2011: the year in movies
A time for anxiety and comfort
Ty Burr’s annual Top 10 movies list is a Top 20 this year and making the cut was harder than usual with 2011 being the most unsettled, questioning and disturbing time for movies.
Opinion
“His victory is a story of how symbols can shift, and how an election can do the shifting — even now, when voters across the country seem so distrustful of government, the electoral process, or both.”
Joanna Weiss, on Alex Morse, Holyoke’s new mayor
Ideas
The practice of sending commercially printed cards soon became wildly popular. It reached the United States in 1875…By 1958, the average US family mailed 100 Christmas cards.
Mark Feeney on the history of Christmas cards