Tsarnaev judge has no-nonsense reputation
Amid the frenzy and attention, US District Judge George A. O?Toole Jr. has remained unruffled and focused.
Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Clocked in on Christmas Day
It was mostly a silent day (and night) in the region?s workplaces, but not everyone was tucked in at home.
Cuba deal brings deportation questions
More than 34,000 Cubans have been ordered deported from the US, and at least 110 are being detained.
Crowdfunding helps Cambridge councilor get blankets for homeless
In just two days, a campaign set up by Marc McGovern reached its goal of collecting $6,000 for 750 warm blankets.
EPA
AG investigates Santander for auto lending practices
The move comes over concerns the bank may be engaged in the type of practices that led to the financial crisis years ago.
Baby Jesus statue replaced with pig?s head in Haverhill
A ?real pig?s head? was left where the Jesus statue once rested at Sacred Hearts Parish early on Christmas, police said.
Dina Rudick/Globe STaff
Desperate times, desperate measures for gift procrastinators
Christmas Day gift shopping is so beyond last-minute it?s more like overtime ? or sudden death.
Restaurants struggle to reach customers with social media
Though eateries reap the benefits of marketing on sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, finding the time to do so can pose a challenge.
Amusement only part of the attraction of ?The Interview?
The comedy became a celebration of the right to freedom of speech to the hundreds who saw the movie in Cambridge.
Routines upended as demand rises in Boston?s shelters
The city?s network of shelters is facing unusual pressure to make up for the loss of hundreds of beds on Long Island.
SPORTS MEDIA
CBS sideline reporters have been off their game lately
Those assigned to the role for Patriots games have shown troubling lapses in attribution and transparency.
ART REVIEW
Sensuality in Chinese art on full display at the MFA
Eroticism ? coy and coded, or brazen and brash ? is the subject of ?Court Ladies or Pin-Up Girls?? at the Museum of Fine Arts.
lPrimary memories
Reagan?s big moment ? and I (nearly) blew it
In the 1980 New Hampshire presidential primary, the big moment was a debate in Nashua. The Concord Monitor nearly missed it altogether.
Can we talk about death?
The Big Picture
Tsering Topgyal/AP
Hands in the news
The hands in these photographs represent hope, communication, power, connection and longing.
?Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike?
How a Mass. man invented the global ice market 
