Casino mogul fuels Gingrich’s offensive
The financial lifeline for Newt Gingrich’s 11th-hour attack on Mitt Romney comes from Dorchester native Sheldon Adelson, an old friend and one of the world’s wealthiest men.
On eve of primary, rivals intensify attacks on Mitt Romney
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Romney’s rivals put the typically unflappable front-runner on the defensive for a second day, even as he charged toward a potentially pivotal victory in the N.H. primary today.
‘Mass. moderate’ insult has local GOP wincing
During this presidential primary season, Massachusetts moderate has become a curse in conservative circles almost as vile as calling someone a Democrat or, even worse, a liberal.
Cadillac
Cars’ Internet connections may change driving life
About 40 percent of the cars sold in the US last year can already connect to wireless data networks; the next step will be cars that constantly monitor online data.
Brown’s big quarter boosts total to $12.8m
Senator Brown has raised his campaign war chest to $12.8 million, the most that any Massachusetts candidate has accumulated at this stage of a statewide race.
Boston Fed chief seeks more help for housing
Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, cautions against too much austerity while housing woes and unemployment plague the economy.
Gym regulars bemoan annual influx of new members
Business is booming at health clubs, spurred by New Year’s resolutions to lose weight and get into shape, but gym regulars are left feeling crowded.
“I’m an old-fashioned, center-fielding Republican. And I don’t know that Governor Romney quite qualifies.”
John W. Sears, a longtime GOP activist and former chairman of the Mass. state party
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Columnists
Metro
Man pleads not guilty in Everett woman’s killing
Two hours after Jessica Cormier’s funeral, Clarence Earl Berry, 59, pleaded not guilty to 20-year-old Everett woman’s murder in Malden District Court.
Business
Friendly’s shuts 37 more eateries, exits bankruptcy
The chain has shuttered about 40 percent of its locations in Mass. and 20 percent overall — about 100 restaurants in total — since filing for Chapter 11 protection.
Politics
Ron Paul calls for dismantling Fed, Education Dept.
In campaign stops across New Hampshire, Paul beseeched his audiences to awaken to what he considers the morass created by the Obama administration.
Nation & World
Iran orders death in US spy case
Iran’s judiciary sentenced to death an imprisoned American convicted of espionage for the CIA, a punishment imposed against a backdrop of increasingly bellicose relations with the US.
Sports
Brad Marchand suspended five games
The Bruins left winger won’t be eligible to return until Jan. 19 and he will forfeit $152,439.02 in salary for his clipping penalty on Canucks defenseman Sami Salo.
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
In ‘Superior Donuts,’ actors deliver a tasty treat
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston uses the right ingredients to make the dated Tracy Letts play, “Superior Donuts,’’ work for modern audiences.
Lifestyle
Alex Beam
They shoot coyotes, don’t they?
Apparently the answer is “no” if you live in Greater Boston, where local and state officials shrug despite howls for action.
Opinion
“One of the worst things about Guantanamo has been its constantly shifting rules of its justice system.”
Farah Stockman
Ideas
To critics, the very notion of a ‘culture-bound illness’ is an outdated relic from the days of European empires.
Latif Nasser on psychiatry’s struggle with “culture-bound syndromes”