DiMasi cohort gets 18 months in jail
Joseph P. Lally Jr. was sentenced to 18 months in jail for his role in a political corruption scheme that led to the downfall of former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi.
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Firefighter is reunited with boy he saved in Roxbury blaze
Six-year-old Xavier Lara today met the firefighter who is credited with saving his life by catching him after the boy was dropped from a window.
erik jacobs for the boston globe
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Skateboards are their canvas
Skateboards (some without the wheels) are more than just wooden planks — they are opportunities for artistic expression.
Brian McGrory
Boys’ school shines light on abuse ‘darkness’
Last night, the prestigious Fessenden School, which teaches students from kindergarten through ninth grade, took a dire step unprecedented in its 108-year history.
Fed survey finds N.E. businesses uncertain, wary
New England businesses reported growth, but were increasingly pessimistic in their outlook due to national political and economic uncertainties, according to a Fed report.
Derrick Z. Jackson
Sex, violence, and . . . superheroes?
Several child development and youth media experts are concerned that kids will no longer be able to hear themselves through the amped-up new school of comic books.
Cardinals 3, Rangers 2
St. Louis wins World Series opener
The Cardinals scored the go-ahead run in the sixth and held on to win the first game of the series.
“I knew it was wrong, and I did a lot of harm to people.”
Joseph P. Lally Jr., at his sentencing hearing
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Columnists
Metro
Clues sought on possible Big Dig hole
State contractors are in the process of burrowing near South Station to remove earth that will provide clues about the cause and size of a possible sinkhole beneath one of the Big Dig tunnels.
Business
Dorchester Super 88 Market is sold — finally
Following more than two years of litigation, the Super 88 Market in Dorchester has been sold for $2 million.
Politics
Obama outraises GOP field in N.H.
The president has raised more money in the state than any of his Republican rivals – though Mitt Romney came close.
Nation & World
Officials hunt down wild animals in Ohio
Deputies today hunted down lions, tigers, and dozens of other exotic animals after the owner of a park let the beasts free before committing suicide.
Sports
Tony Massarotti
Red Sox taking deserved heat, but they can change this
Players now seem to be lining up for damage control, but the only way for the Red Sox to fix their troubles is to correct mistakes on the field.
Food and dining
G Force
Author Erin Byers Murray digs being an oyster farmer
Erin Byers Murray spent 18 months getting her hands dirty, literally, at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury.
Arts
Galleries
Dreams, the bizarre, a gaze
A critic’s look at exhibits: Jane Smaldone, “New Paintings Tabitha Vevers: The Art of Survival,’’ Mary Sherman, “Waiting for Yves Michelle Lougee: Material Nature,’’ “National Figures.’’
Opinion
“The GOP approach is easily and fairly framed as protecting the Bush-era tax rates for upper earners.”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“A string of new studies suggests that the modern chase after happiness—and even happiness itself—can hurt us. Happy, it turns out, is not always the way you want to be.”
Gareth Cook, on the dark side of happiness