Lawmakers approve plan with more minority seats
Lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a new legislative map today that doubles the number of districts with predominantly minority districts in the House.
Bank of America drops planned debit-card fee
Facing a backlash from angry customers, the bank scrapped plans to start charging them $5 a month to make debit card purchases.
Debt-reduction official urges action by ‘supercommittee’
Erskine Bowles, cohairman of the debt-reduction commission, told members of the committee that, “Collectively, I worry you are going to fail -- fail the country.’’
Dow loses 297 points amid wave of selling
Wall Street and stock markets around the world plunged today after Greece said it would let its people vote on an unpopular plan to rescue its economy.
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A sportswriter/foodie on the road
Fluto Shinzawa, The Globe’s hockey writer, is rinkside from early morning until the wee hours, but every break he gets he heads into the city he’s visiting to find bagels, pizza, artichokes, and other specialties of the region.
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A guide to Fluto's favorite destinations - Santa Monica: Jose Luis Jaime sets his farm's heirloom tomatoes at his family stand at the farmers market in Santa Monica.
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Santa Monica: Farmer's market. Alex Kendall, right, buys peaches from Griselda Martinez, left and Leanah Velazquez.
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New York City: Ess-A-Bagel, 831 Third Avenue.
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New York City: Bill Glasser works behind the counter at Ess-A-Bagel. He stands by the special Kosher case with no meats, just spreads and fishy items such as smoked salmon.
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San Francisco. The restaurant Tartine in the Mission District.
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San Francisco: Passion fruit coconut cake from Tartine bakery.
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San Francisco: Blue Bottle Coffee Co.
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San Francisco: Blue Bottle Coffee Co., where coffee made in a siphon forms bubbles as it drips back into a pot.
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San Francisco: Gabriel Acevedo, left, of Oakland, Calif., and Andrew Ewald, right, of Baltimore, sit and drink cups of siphon coffee at the Blue Bottle Cafe in San Francisco.
bruins 5, senators 3
Bruins snap three-game losing streak
Boston recovered from a slow start in the first period to defeat Ottawa and end a three-game losing streak.
Kevin Cullen
Time to do the right thing
Hingham’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Herbert Foss, will have a middle school named after him, a recognition long overdue.
“I think they saw it as a bad business move that other banks weren’t following.”
Banking analyst Bart Narter, on Bank of America
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Columnists
Metro
Hundreds of thousands remain without power
Nearly two days after an unusually early snowstorm, thousands of customers in Massachusetts are still without electricity.
Business
IBM’s Watson edges out students in Jeopardy - barely
The human-versus-machine matchup pitted the supercomputer against students from Harvard Business School and MIT’s Sloan School of Management, with the win clinched on the final question.
Politics
Huntsman unveils energy plan
Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman today laid out an energy plan that would expand domestic production, open the market for new fuels, and fund energy research.
Nation & World
Greek government in chaos with debt deal in doubt
The Greek government teetered and stock markets plummeted today after a plan to save the Greek economy was thrown into doubt by a possible public vote.
Sports
Pete Mackanin makes case to Red Sox
The iPad-carrying Mackanin has plenty of baseball experience, but has never managed in the big leagues.
Arts
ART REVIEW
Artist Bell provokes, protests with humor
Richard Bell, an Aboriginal artist from Australia, presents an engaging overview of his two-decade career as an activist and provocateur at the Tufts University Art Gallery.
Lifestyle
G Cover Story
From warrior to peacemaker
Attorney Eric MacLeish, best known for his combative litigation on behalf of those sexually abused by priests, finds healing with someone who shares his passion for mediation.
Special reports
Globe Spotlight Report
Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Opinion
“The longer the Madoffs stay in the spotlight, the longer everyone remembers the shame.”
Joanna Weiss
Ideas
“The only thing we may know about education is that inquisitive kids respond to it.”
Paul Nix, on exam schools