Noncandidate Menino a force in today’s vote
Mayor Menino’s fund-raising haul in October serves as a reminder that even in the thick of a City Council election, he is the dominant political figure in Boston.
Map changes incumbents’ terrain
The plan released yesterday for the state’s congressional districts would create new hurdles for some of the nine remaining members of the US House delegation.
Courtesy of Ilyse Levine-Kanji
Kevin Cullen
What brown does for Sam
Sam Kanji is 13, has autism, and wants nothing more than to be a UPS delivery man. When a UPS delivery man discovered this, he had an idea.
Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
Girl Scouts redesign badges for new century
As Girl Scouts of the USA prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization has revamped its badge lineup, with some getting the ax and others getting a makeover.
Housing receiver requested for Chelsea
City Council members are urging the governor to place the Chelsea Housing Authority into receivership amid outrage over the ousted director’s $360,000 a year pay package.
Fourth Cain accuser first to go public
Sharon Bialek, of Chicago, was the first woman to publicly identify herself as an alleged victim of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier dead at 67
Joe Frazier, the man who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his shadow, has died after a brief battle with liver cancer.
“I’ve got the rest of this year and two years after that. And maybe, four years after that. And four years after that.”
Mayor Menino, on running again in 2013
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Metro
Sixth OUI case lands him in court
Activists for stricter drunken-driving laws reacted angrily as a Taunton man with a suspended license faced charges for the sixth time.
Business
Back Bay could offer Room & Board
Room & Board, a popular Midwest furniture chain, is looking to open its first Massachusetts store in Boston on a prominent corner off Newbury Street.
Politics
Fourth Cain accuser first to go public
Sharon Bialek, of Chicago, was the first woman to publicly identify herself as an alleged victim of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
Nation & World
Doctor convicted for role in Jackson’s death
Dr. Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson for supplying the pop star a powerful operating-room anesthetic.
Sports
Bruins 6, Islanders 2
Bruins roll over Islanders
In their last three wins, the most recent being a 6-2 thumping of the Islanders last night at TD Garden, the Bruins have racked up 18 goals.
Arts
FRAME BY FRAME
Bruce Conner’s flickering spirit
“EVE-RAY-FOREVER” is the product of the fecund creative imagination of Bruce Conner, one of the most underrated spirits in American art over the past half century.
Lifestyle
G cover
One man’s tiny addiction
Car enthusiast Charles Gould’s passion for collecting vintage vehicles is exceeded only by his reluctance to part with them.
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.
Opinion
“This is the state of the abortion debate in Mississippi, and possibly beyond: Laws and lives could turn on whose slogan presents the situation in the most dire way.”
Joanna Weiss
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