Italian Premier Berlusconi resigns
Silvio Berlusconi resigned today after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era.
GOP debate tonight at 8 p.m., CBS
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.
Dozens mourn at Rudolph home
Mourners made their way today to the Weymouth home where Paula Rudolph was killed Thursday along with her boyfriend and daughter.
Final: Nebraska 17, Penn State 14
Post-Paterno Penn State loses to Nebraska
The Nittany Lions played in front of 107,903 fans — their largest crowd this year — but couldn’t rally from a 17-0 deficit in their first game without Joe Paterno.
Exclusive Sunday Preview
A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.
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Explore New England | Dennis
On Cape Cod, an off-season getaway in Dennis
Why visit New England’s summer playground when it’s not chockablock with tourists? This time of year it’s possible to have a gastronomic experience without the contact sport that is the Cape in July.
Travel | England
Confessions of a crop circle chaser
Crop circles appear every summer in Wiltshire, England, which attract “croppies” who, like storm chasers, scout the landscape for agriglyphs.
Movies
Lullaby Man: Carter Burwell’s return is the sound of ‘Breaking Dawn’
“Twilight’’ fans have to remind themselves that Edward Cullen is not a real guy. But Harvard-educated film composer Carter Burwell comes close.
“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
Inside The Boston Globe
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
Italian Premier Berlusconi resigns
Silvio Berlusconi resigned today after parliament’s lower chamber passed European-demanded reforms, ending a 17-year political era.
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