Female voters drawn to Romney this time
Mitt Romney’s strength with female voters — they support him by about five percentage points more than men do — was not something he saw in his 2008 presidential run.
Sox win big in deal to use streets
Callum Borchers
Over the last nine years, the Red Sox have increased their revenue by an estimated $45 million through the use of two streets that city officials handed over for a relative pittance.
Tech firms hop on Facebook’s wave
A growing number of companies are placing a big bet on the social network and creating a burgeoning Facebook economy that extends far beyond Silicon Valley.
Pay at top riles tenants in Chelsea
Public housing residents interviewed in Chelsea were outraged at the news of Housing chief Michael McLaughlin’s resignation amid the uproar over his $360,000 salary.
Boston police suit may have wide impact
Cities and towns could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars if the state’s highest court finds in favor of officers who say they are entitled to the full amount of an education bonus program.
Giants 24, Patriots 20
Manning, Giants edge Patriots
A critical pass interference call against the Patriots defense on the Giants’ final possession killed a come-from-behind effort and led to a New York victory.
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How willpower works
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“What we’ve made from more real estate taxes, more jobs, and increased business in that area over the past 10 years more than makes up for it.”
Mayor Menino, on Boston’s lease agreement with the Red Sox
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Receptionist is the face of the lottery
Winners report endlessly to Ann Kearns, who has been dispensing guidance and good wishes from the receptionist desk at the state lottery claims center for a decade.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Business
Seeking the next big online thing
Mark Zuckerberg is giving a recruiting talk at Harvard today, seven years after he dropped out to start Facebook. His arrival highlights the current state of technological entrepreneurship at the university.
Politics
Female voters drawn to Romney this time
Mitt Romney’s strength with female voters — they support him by about five percentage points more than men do — was not something he saw in his 2008 presidential run.
Nation & World
Greek rivals reach deal to forge government
A new Greek unity government will move ahead on a debt agreement with the EU under an agreement reached by Prime Minister George Papandreou and the opposition leader.
Sports
Giants 24, Patriots 20
Manning, Giants edge Patriots
A critical pass interference call against the Patriots defense on the Giants’ final possession killed a come-from-behind effort and led to a New York victory.
Arts
Opera Review
Verdi’s ‘Macbeth,’ set in a dark dream
The dead never really die in Boston Lyric Opera’s exceedingly dark and psychologically driven new staging of Verdi’s “Macbeth.’’
Health and wellness
G force
A policy’s smoke screen
Dr. Michael Siegel, a tobacco researcher and professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health, talks about tobacco use in modern times.
Opinion
“Elections are traditionally a mechanism of restoration, yet the GOP, by reducing itself to the absurd, has undercut faith in the entire enterprise.”
James Carroll
Ideas
“Scholars who take on punk find themselves working amid bedeviling contradictions, as they try to methodically define a culture that refuses definition, rejects method, and denies the very idea of expertise.”
Leon Neyfakh