Despite efforts, Boston school buses still tardy
Late school buses continue to bedevil Boston parents and teachers a year after a new system was instituted to manage the routes.
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Friendly’s files for bankruptcy, closes 63 restaurants
The troubled family restaurant chain, which has been hurt by a tough economy and changing customer preferences, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Brian McGrory
Roadblock to bargains
By saying no to Walmart, Mayor Menino has decided that city residents won’t have the same shopping options as the residents of suburbia.
Buddhist temple causes stir in Lowell
The local chapter of the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks, which had hoped to create a small slice of Cambodia on a 12-acre plot, has run into trouble with city planners in Lowell.
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A Buddhist monk is shown in a temporary temple in Lowell, which has drawn complaints from neighbors.
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The temple is built on a 12-acre wooded lot that the monks say reminds them of their homeland and brings them closer to nature.
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The monks have run into trouble with city planners who have rebuked the group for failing to meet basic building and sanitation codes
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Moeung Mao lit joss sticks as a prayer offering last month in the temple for the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks.
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On display is a statue of Gautama Buddha, whose reign is to last until 2555, according to the monks at the temple.
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Nhem Kimteng, a Cambodian monk, read a local newspaper inside the tent.
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Ry Puy, Kimmaley Mam, and Thach T. Long ate a midday meal inside the temple.
MFA exhibit reveals a genius’s all-too-human flaws
The MFA’s “Degas and the Nude” exhibit offers a candid, and occasionally uncomfortable, look at the tensions at work in an artist’s life.
Dan Shaughnessy
Red Sox must act now on Theo Epstein’s status
With the Cubs calling for their GM, Red Sox management needs to clarify Epstein’s place in the organization. Only then can the Sox begin rebuilding a team that went down in flames this year.
“What people are really looking for today is authenticity, and they like bold and brash, especially on the Republican side right now.”
Mark McKinnon, a Republican strategist
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Metro
Despite efforts, Boston school buses still tardy
Late school buses continue to bedevil Boston parents and teachers a year after a new system was instituted to manage the routes.
Business
Raytheon gives $1m to help cultivate engineering
Raytheon is expected to say today that it will contribute $1 million to a Museum of Science initiative to spark grade schoolers' interest in engineering.
Nation
Christie says he won’t run for president this time
Saying ‘‘now is not my time,’’ Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey confirmed that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the presidency.
Sports
Dan Shaughnessy
Red Sox must act now on Theo Epstein’s status
With the Cubs calling for their GM, Red Sox management needs to clarify Epstein’s place in the organization. Only then can the Sox begin rebuilding a team that went down in flames this year.
Food and dining
Cheap Eats
At El Paisa, Colombian and Italian co-mingle
Dinner brings a quiet atmosphere; brunch is a madhouse - and quite worthy of it.
Arts
TELEVISION REVIEW
‘American Horror Story’ is frighteningly familiar
It’s a very standard creep-fest, an aggressively stylized mash-up of familiar haunted-house movies including “The Amityville Horror,’’ “The Haunting,’’ and “The Shining.’’
Opinion
“How critical community gardens are to preserving a city’s fabric is now becoming clear.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
Ideas
“To become a citizen of a nation is a choice that involves more sacrifice and pain than tearing down the sculpture of a dictator.”
Gal Beckerman, on the challenges facing some Middle Eastern countries