Charities struggle to meet demand as donations fall
Massachusetts charities are focused on finding creative new ways to collect donations while grappling with a still-steady stream of families who suddenly need help.
Person struck, killed inside Tip O’Neill Tunnel
The man had stepped out of his broken-down car and was standing in the travel lane when he was struck and killed, police said.
Keeping track on Black Friday
Today analysts will visit stores, count cars, and use high-tech means to collect data and find economic trends.
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CambridgeSide Galleria was busy on Thanksgiving night with shoppers looking for Black Friday sales.
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Harvard student Julie Zhang studied for finals while waiting in line outside Best Buy.
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Customers prowled Best Buy at the CambridgeSide Galleria looking for electronics deals.
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From left, Joanna Alvarado and Learsi and Israel Ferrer carried their TVs to the checkout line last night.
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Nadine Francis of Cambridge sat in a camping chair while waiting in line outside Target in Somerville last night.
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Cassandra Augustine, center, and Rayna McGregor waited on a shopping cart outside of Target in Somerville.
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL
The Music Gift Guide
The best DVDs, box sets, books, CD reissues, and holiday music.
With wary optimism, Palmer pins hopes on casino
Like perhaps no other town in Massachusetts, Palmer has pinned its hopes on a casino as an economic savior that could reverse years of decline and usher in a new day.
Dan Shaughnessy
After loss, CM stars mull commitments to Penn State
It’s been a bit of a circus for Catholic Memorial’s Armani Reeves and Camren Williams since the scandal at Penn State, to which they’ve given verbal commitments.
“So many people are hurting and they need to really take care of themselves first before they can help others.”
Catherine D’Amato, president of the Greater Boston Food Bank
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Columnists
Metro
Menino decries redistricting plan
Mayor Thomas M. Menino yesterday panned a plan that would divide Chinatown and remove precincts from District Two, calling some features of the proposal “gerrymandering at its best.’’
Business
AT&T, T-Mobile take a step back on plan for deal
AT&T and T-Mobile USA said yesterday they had withdrawn their merger application to the Federal Communications Commission, but vowed to press ahead with the deal.
Politics
Paul goes against Republican grain on foreign policy
While most of the Republican candidates are open to military action against Iran, Ron Paul advocates diplomacy. He wants to slash the defense budget and opposes extending the Patriot Act.
Nation & World
Aging Americans stay home with aid of ‘villages’
With the help of nonprofit groups known as “villages,’’ senior citizens are enjoying many of the perks of retirement or assisted-living communities at home.
Sports
Patriots offensive line staying stout amid turmoil
Injuries, most recently to Matt Light and Dan Connolly, have forced Patriots linemen to become moving pieces on a line that protects Tom Brady.
Movies
Movie Review
Singing with ‘Passione’
Actor-director John Turturro offers a visual and musical love letter to Naples.
Arts
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW
Going ‘Solo,’ plus one
Rocker Patti Smith shuns images of fame for simplicity in “Patti Smith: Camera Solo,” at the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Special reports
Special Section
Holiday Arts Preview
Our critics give their top picks for what to see and experience this holiday season in the worlds of theater, dance, movies, DVDs, classical music, and pop music. This is your guide to holiday season entertainment.
Opinion
“The old Middle East is vanishing. A new one is forming in the crucible of war and revolution. The stakes could not be higher for the United States.”
Nicholas Burns
Ideas
The improvements coming to air travel amount to a long-awaited application of new thinking and new technology to a complex system that has been slow to accommodate change.
Leon Neyfakh, Ideas staff writer