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Senate ratifies arms accord
The Senate ratified an arms control treaty with Russia yesterday that reins in the nuclear weapons that could plunge the world into doomsday, giving President Obama a major foreign policy win in Congress’ waning hours. (By Donna Cassata and Desmond Butler, Associated Press)
Kerry kept focus sharp amid drama
Behind the scenes yesterday, the House’s mid-December approval of a repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy threw Senator John F. Kerry’s efforts to win Senate approval of the New START treaty into sudden doubt. (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- Congress OK’s $4.2 billion to aid 9/11 responders
- President signs repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy
- White House defends intelligence chief over flub
- Notebook: MIT economist’s nomination lapses
- Photos 2010 ‘lame duck’ congressional session
Massachusetts leads a trend
of later-in-life motherhood
About 30 percent of babies in Massachusetts are now born to women 35 and older, the highest rate in the country and a striking sign of the societal shift toward having children later in life. (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
US joins suit against
city sewer commission
The federal government joined a lawsuit against the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, alleging that the city agency is violating the Clean Water Act by failing to stop raw sewage and pollutants from flowing into rivers and streams and ultimately into the cleaned-up Boston Harbor. (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
Yvonne Abraham
A teenager’s simple act elevates all
Four nights a week, Malden Catholic senior Rudy Favard leaves his homework and makes the 10-minute drive to the Parker house. Around 8 p.m., he carries Sammy Parker, 8, (who has cerebral palsy) upstairs to bed, chats a bit, hugs everybody, and heads home to finish his work. (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
Queues got you blue? Line up here ...
Jordan’s Furniture in Avon has something a lot of people want — the Enchanted Village, the no-fee Boston holiday icon that for generations stood in the windows of Jordan Marsh in Downtown Crossing. It manages the demand with a serpentine
line that guarantees the first one in the line will be the first one served. (By Billy Baker, Globe Staff)
Metro
- Massachusetts leads a trend of later-in-life motherhood (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
- US joins suit against city sewer commission (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
- Yvonne Abraham A teenager’s simple act elevates all (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Queues got you blue? Line up here ... (By Billy Baker, Globe Staff)
- Patients in study who knew they were taking placebo still felt better (By Deborah Kotz, Globe Staff)
- Evidence hearing sets stage for Wilkerson sentencing (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- Legislative redistricting may be a tough task (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
- Judge dismisses suit BMC filed versus state (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- Carlisle police resignations leave questions (By Kathleen Burge and Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
- Marrow donors angry over charity’s high bills (By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff)
- GLOBE SANTA Rockettes get a kick out of helping (By Aaron Lester, Globe Santa Correspondent)
- BOSTON Hearing set on Duffly nomination to SJC (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Two lawyers named to Massport board (Boston Globe)
- PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI US aid worker insists on his innocence (Boston Globe)
- NEW YORK Harvard Law graduate admits setting fire (Boston Globe)
- BURLINGTON Donors more than make up for toy theft (Boston Globe)
- MONTPELIER Governor opts not to mandate school cuts (Boston Globe)
- Audit finds ‘ticket cashers’ remain problem for State Lottery (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
- Plane crash kills airport owner in Spencer (By Linda Bock, Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Man gets life for Roxbury killing (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
- North Reading ordered to fund officers’ Quinn bill raises (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Man, 24, pleads guilty in killing of his grandmother (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Skakel lawyer gets year in jail (By Stephanie Reitz, Associated Press)
- Activists protest Patrick’s plan for immigration checks (By Russell Contreras, Associated Press)
Regional editions
Globe West
Globe North
- Wilmington, family debate tax assessment on farm (By Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff)
Globe South
- Newly elected officials endure busy transitions (By Robert Preer, Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Fred Foy, 89, distinctive voice of ‘Lone Ranger’ show (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Sally Goodrich; built school in Afghanistan after Sept. 11 (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- J. de Romilly; classics scholar helped lead way for women (By Cecile Roux, Associated Press)
- James R. Mann, 90, was S.C. representative (Associated Press)
- Everett McLeod Sr.; served 4 terms as Maine legislator (Associated Press)
Nation
- Obama gets win as Senate ratifies arms treaty (By Donna Cassata and Desmond Butler, Associated Press)
- Kerry kept focus sharp, guided pact to victory (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- Congress OK’s $4.2b to aid 9/11 responders (By Andrew Miga, Associated Press)
- Guantanamo review process in the works (Associated Press)
- As 100th anniversary of deadly fire marked, 2 killed battling Chicago blaze (Associated Press)
- Fatal crash adds to misery of deadly fire (Associated Press)
- Company recalling diabetes test strips (Associated Press)
- Rain keeps battering Calif. (By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press)
- Ancient cousins identified (By Carl Zimmer, New York Times)
- President signs repeal of ‘don’t ask’ policy (By Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press)
- White House defends intelligence chief (By Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press)
- Political Notebook MIT economist’s nomination lapses (Boston Globe)
- For the record (Boston Globe)
World
- South Korea set for a final day of military drills (By Foster Klug, Associated Press)
- French farmer jailed in fatal truffles shooting (Associated Press)
- Paris to test restrictions on gas-guzzlers (Associated Press)
- Halliburton settles Nigeria suit for $35m (Associated Press)
- Former Argentine dictator sentenced to life in prison (By Michael Warren, Associated Press)
- Christmas festivities canceled in Iraq after new Al Qaeda threats (By Yahya Barzanji and Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press)
- Opposition leaders face jail in Belarus (By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press)
- With freeze over, Israeli settlement-building booms (By Ethan Bronner, New York Times)
- Pupils’ bee study holds up under scientific scrutiny (By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press)
- Moscow police chief says liberties, keeping order may conflict (By David Nowak, Associated Press)
- Russian newspaper, WikiLeaks team up (Bloomberg News)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Lost House seat increases need for clean redistricting process
- Globe Editorial Art: Finding the real person underneath
- Globe Editorial Hamas’s charmless PR offensive
- Joan Vennochi One bad episode shouldn’t negate senator’s fine career
- Sylvia Pagan Westphal New antibiotics — stat
- Joshua Green For Obama, a miracle — sort of
Sports
- Celtics 84, 76ers 80 Answering service (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- ON FOOTBALL Return ranks up there (By Greg A. Bedard, Globe Staff)
- Chiarelli: Julien is not on thin ice (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Bob Ryan Oh man, can’t we all salute these women? (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- NFL notebook Ryan sidesteps foot queries (Associated Press)
- NFL update (Boston Globe)
- Sports Log Adenhart’s killer gets 51 years to life (Boston Globe)
- Patriots notebook Talking up the opponent seems to fit the bill (By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff)
- Brown and Bobcats part ways (By Mike Cranston, Associated Press)
- Thrashers thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- NBA roundup Nuggets tumble minus Anthony (Associated Press)
- NHL roundup Datsyuk injured in Wings’ victory (Associated Press)
- Celtics’ O’Neal, aided by Ortiz, has no trouble stepping to plate (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Celtics notebook They keep a healthy outlook (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- BC 84, Bucknell 80 Jackson leads rally as BC tops Bucknell (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
- Central Fla. 64, UMass 59 UMass comes up short (By Marty Dobrow, Globe Correspondent)
- College basketball roundup BC women suffer first loss (Staff And Wire Reports)
- College football roundup Boise State dominates Utah, 26-3 (Associated Press)
- School roundup Scale tips in Arrows’ favor in hockey rout of Catholic Memorial (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
- Red Sox notebook Beyeler named PawSox skipper (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
- Ski notebook Vonn and Ligety are keeping up the beat (By Tony Chamberlain and T.D. Thornton, Globe Correspondents)
- Big ideas that never quite peaked (By T.D. Thornton, Globe Correspondent)
- Despite economy, there’s still a crowd at the top (By Tony Chamberlain, Globe Correspondent)
Business
- Mass. home sales remained stagnant in Nov. (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
- Tech Lab You've got the gadgets. Now, how do you make them work? (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Life science firms win $23.9m in tax breaks (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
- Stopgap spending bill expected to boost fuel aid to families (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Shoppers stepping it up in final push of the season (By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press)
- At Heathrow, snow fell on airport already beset by troubles (By Jill Lawless, Associated Press)
- Foreclosure plan’s dropout rate rises (Associated Press)
- UPS’s holiday peak is up from 2009 (Associated Press)
- Comcast-NBC deal will close in Jan. (Bloomberg News)
- Former UBS banker guilty in tax case (New York Times)
- AROUND THE REGION President of Fidelity unit will depart (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION AIG will pay $100m to settle case (Globe Staff and Wires)
- AROUND THE REGION Firms want to change MS drug label (Bloomberg News)
- Late credit card payments fall in Nov. (Bloomberg News)
- US challenges Chinese aid for makers of wind power equipment (By Sewell Chan, New York Times)
- Berkshire wind group issues $65m in bonds (Globe Staff)
- GDP growth, though incremental, lifts market (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Orbitz falls after American is cleared to pull its listings (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Progress Software hits a 19-year high (Boston Globe)
- Walgreen Co. (Boston Globe)
- Nike Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Oxford Industries Inc. (Boston Globe)
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Style/Arts |
- Chris Lambton on why he turned down ‘The Bachelor’ to return to real life in Dennis (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Pop princesses head for the top with colorful ’dos (By Hayley Kaufman, Globe Staff)
- Simon Pearce’s fine craftwork hits Newbury St. (By Ami Albernaz, Globe Correspondent)
- Yuvi Alpert of Ruby Kobo offers advice on how to wear jewelry during holiday season (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Jason Gracilieri discusses his start-up company TurningArt (By Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent)
- BOOK REVIEW ‘The Last Lingua Franca’ examines English’s eventual demise as world’s dominant language (By Joseph Peschel, Globe Correspondent)
- G Force Jean Fain discusses her ‘Self-Compassion Diet’ (By Sarah Mupo, Globe Correspondent)
- Bargain Bin (By Ami Albernaz, Globe Correspondent)
- Window ledge near shower needs protection (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)
- To Do List (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- The Week Ahead The Week Ahead: Music (Boston Globe)
- The Week Ahead The Week Ahead: Arts (Boston Globe)
- The Week Ahead The Week Ahead: Nightlife (Boston Globe)
- The Week Ahead The Week Ahead: Events (Boston Globe)
- Mark Your Calendar (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Names Victory is so sweet (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Hip-hopping around (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Off-ice nice (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Five for First Night (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Celebrity News And the show must go on (Boston Globe)
- MUSIC REVIEW Usher brings a simmering seduction to TD Garden (By Marc Hirsh, Globe Correspondent)
- TV critic’s picks (By By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- Movie Stars (Boston Globe)
- On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
- Daily TV and radio guide (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
- Party Lines: Photos by Bill Brett (Boston Globe)
- Event picks for kids this week (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Portrait of the artists (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
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