Republicans get opportunity with new political map
Mass. Republicans are setting their sights on two US House seats in the new redistricting plan, including the North Shore area now represented by John F. Tierney.
Alex Morse, 22, elected Holyoke mayor
Recent Brown University graduate Alex B. Morse is no stranger to the Western Massachusetts city with a history of economic struggles.
Retiring Joe Paterno: ‘I wish I had done more’
The embattled Hall of Fame Penn State coach said he will step down after he completes his 46th season. He said he is “absolutely devastated” by the sex abuse allegations against his former assistant.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
food
Smartphone app works as a super-fast self-checkout
Stop & Shop’s new SCAN IT! app allows customers to scan and bag their groceries as they shop. You whip through the checkout by basically waving your phone at the register.
CHEAP EATS
Strip-T’s menu gets a delicious shake-up
The french fries look hand cut, and when we bite into them, they’re crisp and stunning. “These are homemade!’’ exclaims someone at our table. In a glorified sub shop, you’re not expecting this. The burger ($12) is powerfully savory, as if this ground beef is the very definition of umami. Smoked miso on the bun enhances moist, sausage-y meat. Fries also accompany plump mussels ($9 and $13), presented in a tall footed Polynesian bowl decorated with dancing ladies. These mollusks are covered with a salted-crab sauce mixed with chilies, lime, and cilantro. The sauce that falls to the bottom of the bowl bathes the fries in the most wonderful, juicy seafood tastes. Even wings ($8) are exceptional, a sauce made from reduced Moxie turning them succulent. And charred baby octopus ($10), its curvy tentacles offered in a tomato-wasabi sauce, is tender and unusual.
Short Orders
Come to Cheddar’s in Cambridge for the food, not to be coddled
You shouldn’t take the owner’s gruff demeanor personally.
“We no longer have conditions for the American dream; that actually does not exist anymore.”
Tiziana Dearing, executive director of Boston Rising
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Columnists
Metro
Flaherty’s comeback bid for Boston City Council fails
Michael Flaherty lost his bid to win back a seat on the Boston City Council, falling short in his political comeback just two years after appearing as a finalist on the mayoral stage.
Business
US stocks fall as Italy bond yields hit record high
A surge in Italian bond yields to euro-era records bolstered concern that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis is worsening.
Politics
Cain denies accusations, vows to stay in race
Herman Cain used a nationally televised news conference to assert that he has no recollection of meeting one of his accusers and has never harassed anyone.
Nation & World
Ohio restores union bargaining rights; Mississippi rejects abortion challenge
Ohio voters restored full bargaining rights to thousands of public employees, while Mississippi rejected an initiative that would have defined life as beginning at conception.
Sports
ON FOOTBALL
Haynesworth a lost cause — but Chad Ochocinco isn’t
The Patriots waived Albert Haynesworth because his deplorable effort left Bill Belichick with no other choice, but there’s still hope for the struggling Ochocinco.
Food and dining
G Force
Ed Levine of SeriousEats.com explains his very opinionated palate
Since the author founded SeriousEats.com in December 2006, it has won two James Beard Awards and been named one of the Top 50 Websites by Time magazine.
Arts
Galleries
Luminescent ‘Dreaming’
Judy Haberl and Debra Weisberg present drawings and sculptures that glow in the dark at Gallery Kayafas.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Opinion
“Mitt Romney has been sowing and growing his luck by sprinkling contributions about the land like a latter-day Johnny Appleseed.”
Scot Lehigh
Ideas
“Scholars who take on punk find themselves working amid bedeviling contradictions, as they try to methodically define a culture that refuses definition, rejects method, and denies the very idea of expertise.”
Leon Neyfakh