Valentine picked as Sox manager
Bobby Valentine is the choice of the Red Sox, emerging from a long and convoluted search to become the 45th manager in franchise history.
Pete Marovich for the Boston Globe
Barney Frank says new voting map edged him out
US Rep. Barney Frank accused Beacon Hill lawmakers of drawing the congressional map in a way that shortchanged him in favor of Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch.
Brian McGrory
Mitt Romney’s biggest enemy: Mitt Romney
At a time when nothing good ever seems to get done in government, the GOP presidential candidate’s showing himself to be another face in the crowd.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
MIT injecting life into Kendall Square
The school is preparing to spend $700 million to redevelop eight of its properties in Kendall Square, adding to the pedestrian-friendly transformation of the area.
Lawrence schools taken over by state
The education board’s decision addresses years of academic failure in the district and marks the first time the state has fully seized the reins of a local school system.
Few changes expected with airline bankruptcy
The bankruptcy announcement yesterday by AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, the nation’s third-largest airline, followed years of soaring fuel prices and high labor costs.
Dunkin’s original flavor is back
The original Dunkin’ Donuts on Southern Artery in Quincy got an unusual makeover - one that restored the look and feel of the restaurant to what it was when it opened in 1950.
“Markey and Lynch were protected, and the rest of us got what they didn’t want.”
US Rep. Barney Frank, on the new congressional map
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Metro
A November to remember on the fairways
Usually this time of the year, Boston’s golfers are stuck inside dreaming of spring, but the second-warmest November on record has them out on the links.
Business
Facebook settles FTC privacy complaints
Facebook has agreed to settle complaints by the Federal Trade Commission that it failed to protect users’ privacy and disclose how their data could be used.
Politics
Cain reconsidering campaign after affair allegation
Herman Cain told his staff that he was ‘‘reassessing’’ whether to remain in the GOP presidential race in the wake of an allegation that he had a 13-year affair with an Atlanta woman.
Nation & World
Los Angeles police raid Occupy camp at City Hall
Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments in both cities, demanding protestors leave the demonstration sites.
Sports
On Baseball
Major piece put in place for Red Sox
Why was it important for the Red Sox to select Bobby Valentine as their manager? Because the rest of the team business depends on it, that’s why.
Food and dining
Dining Out
The bar is set high for Artisan Bistro
In the Ritz-Carlton, Artisan Bistro doesn’t live up to Boston’s raised expectations for hotel restaurants.
Arts
Book Review
‘Life Upon These Shores’ by Henry Louis Gates
In this coffee table book, Henry Louis Gates Jr. offers a rich, illustrated history of black America.
Opinion
“Perhaps those who aren’t concerned about climate change will be persuaded by hail on their roofs or cracks in the foundations of their homes.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
Ideas
With quantum computing, today’s researchers are trying to perform a sort of jujitsu.
Joshua Rothman