Steward Health Care quits Mass. hospital group
The fast-growing company abruptly resigned from the state’s leading hospital association in the midst of a turbulent debate over the future of health care reform.
Boston school relocation proposal is scrutinized
The Boston Finance Commission fears the decision to move Mission Hill K-8 as part of an effort to expand access to high-quality schools could have unintended long-term consequences.
Opinion
The retooled Romney
Just as Mitt Romney, the business consultant, turned around failing companies, he has retooled himself as a 2012 presidential candidate, writes Joan Vennochi.
Meetings aside, little support found for casino plan
Vocal supporters of the casino proposal are hard to find in Foxborough, where the debate has been civil, quiet, and, well, not much of a debate.
Tech Lab
Smartphone offer may be too good to last
At $19 a month, Republic Wireless is delivering the best bargain in wireless communication by relying on Wi-Fi connections to make phone calls.
Boston burn doctors to help boy from Haiti
Three months after suffering horrific burns, Dieuphete Celime will get a new lease on life and a functioning face from doctors at Shriners Hospital for Children.
Wide heart monitor use tied to missed alarms
Recent studies show that a large percentage of patients who are on cardiac monitors do not need to be — an overuse of technology that contributes to alarm fatigue.
“There absolutely will not be casino gambling in any community that does not want it. The governor and the Legislature were slam-dunk clear on that point.’’
Stephen P. Crosby, head of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Scott Brown seeks underdog role
The senator expressed confidence that he can win a full six-year term by persuading voters that likely opponent Elizabeth Warren is too liberal and uncompromising on a host of issues.
Business
Businesses get ready for first Celtics home game
Companies that depend on the popularity of the Celtics are gearing up for the team’s first home game tomorrow night after a 149-day lockout kept the parquet empty.
Politics
Political Notebook
Gingrich lobbied, lawmakers say
Newt Gingrich says he was never a lobbyist. But four former or current US representatives have said he did lobby them — whether he met the definition of a lobbyist or not.
Nation & World
Kim Jong Un declared N. Korea’s ‘supreme leader’
North Korea’s power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong Un the supreme leader for the first time at today’s massive public memorial for his father.
Sports
Hornets 97, Celtics 78
Celtics slump to 0-3 after loss to Hornets
Last night’s performance was lethargic at best, as a team that has prided itself on mental guile during the Doc Rivers era melted in the fourth quarter.
Style
G COVER
Style hits and misses of 2011
A revamped Boston Fashion Week was among the style hits of 2011.
Arts
BOOK REVIEW
‘Death Comes to Pemberley’ by P.D. James
James combines the country manor mystery with the fiction of Jane Austen.
Opinion
“I’m hoping this state sends a very loud and clear message that I’ll be the nominee.”
Mitt Romney in New Hampshire
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