Kin say soldier’s death a homicide
The death in Iraq of Sgt. Matthew Gallagher from Falmouth has been ruled a homicide and a fellow US soldier faces a military trial.
Nebraska vs. Penn State, 12:00 p.m.
Penn State takes the field without Paterno
The Nittany Lions’ game against Nebraska today is set up to be part pep rally, part cleansing. For the first time in 46 years, Joe Paterno will not coach the team.
Tom Keane
An economics lesson for Warren
Elizabeth Warren's claim that it is not entrepreneurs who create wealth but all of us is a beguiling idea, but it is wrong.
campaign 2012
Tuning in to the Gingrich pitch
After months of being written off as a second-tier candidate just hoping to get back in the national conversation, Newt Gingrich is suddenly surging among Republican primary voters.
Cash, credit card, and . . . smartphones accepted
With more than 35 percent of Americans carrying around smartphones, the mobile commerce market is spreading fast.
LevelUp
SCVNGR, a Cambridge social media gaming company, has created LevelUp, a service that lets users pay with their smartphones.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
Mobile payments accounted for $3 billion in 2010 sales. Kyle Paoletta of the Bon Me food truck used a credit card reader on his smartphone.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
Paoletta used a smartphone to read customer Rebecca Heyl’s credit card at Dewey Square on Wednesday.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
Anyone with smartphone can download an app for making purchases. Merchants can plug in credit card readers for on-the-spot sales.
Dan Shaughnessy
Papelbon will be missed as a Red Sox
Jonathan Papelbon was a dominant closer for most of his seven seasons with the Red Sox. He made four All-Star teams and compiled 219 saves.
A ‘gruesome’ scene in Weymouth
Donald Rudolph, 18, is charged with killing his mother, sister, and his mother’s boyfriend in Weymouth. Neighbors say he had shown escalating signs of violence that alarmed them.
“He may end up being the only pin standing in the anybody-but-Romney group.’’
Lee M. Miringoff, of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, on Newt Gingrich
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Columnists
Metro
Twice the celebration on 11/11/11 with twins
The unique date of 11/11/11 was twice as nice for Marly Deleon, who gave birth to twin boys at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday.
Business
Walmart stores in Mass. will open later on Black Friday
Bay State customers looking to line up at Walmart stores at midnight Black Friday will find closed stores. The store won’t open until 4 a.m.
Politics
Political Notebook
Perry, Cain take different tacks on crisis
Rick Perry and Herman Cain have chosen far different methods in their race to recover first and best from the crises that have rocked their presidential campaigns. Humor is Perry’s choice. For Cain, defiance.
Nation & World
Italy and Greece move quickly to tackle debt crises
With Europe under mounting pressure to act quickly to tackle its debt crisis, the leaders of Italy and Greece moved forcefully to show their sincerity about economic austerity.
Sports
Torey Lovullo eager for his chance with Red Sox
The Toronto first base coach was the fourth managerial candidate to interview with the Red Sox. He made a good impression, presenting what kind of manager he would be.
Arts
Book Review
‘Becoming Dickens’ by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Douglas-Fairhurst charts the writer’s rise from debtor’s son to London literary sensation.
Special reports
Globe Spotlight Report
Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Opinion
“[Elizabeth] Warren says entrepreneurs should ‘pay forward’ to the rest of us in gratitude for their success. If anything, the thanks should go the other way.”
Tom Keane
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