FBI begins Chelsea inquiry
Federal agents are looking at how the Chelsea Housing Authority may have “spun the budget’’ to cover up former director Michael E. McLaughlin’s $360,000 salary.
REUTERS
Cain gets cheers and wide berth at debate
Herman Cain drew loud cheers from the audience, and none of his rivals challenged him on the sexual harassment issue as the Republican presidential candidates met for their ninth debate.
Tech Lab
Video game 'threequels' thrill for the holidays
This fall is a season of video game sequels, or “threequels,’’ since so many of this year’s action games have the number three in the title.
Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
Hard work pays off for Pressley in City Council election
Ayanna Pressley’s first place finish can be traced to a groundswell of support that in many neighborhoods transcended race and traditional politics.
Steward lures 150 doctors tied to Beth Israel
Steward Health Care System lured physicians by making an offer so generous that Beth Israel’s lawyers question whether its terms amount to illegal kickbacks.
Penn State trustees fire Paterno
Football coach Joe Paterno and school president Graham Spanier were fired amid furor over how the school handled child sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
Juliette Kayyem
US, Israel have time to deal with Iran threat
Iran does not have a nuclear bomb, and nothing in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report released Tuesday brings the world any closer to doomsday.
“There’s a large amount of care that could be appropriately done in the community that is leaking to high-cost hospitals in Boston.”
Dr. Mark Girard, president of Steward Health Care Network
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Hometown son makes it big, right out of school
Holyoke’s new mayor Alex Morse said his local roots give him plenty of local experience — even if, at age 22, being mayor of his hometown is his first job out of college.
Business
Bank of America scraps overdraft idea
Bank of America Corp. has abandoned a plan to charge hefty overdraft fees to customers who make debit card purchases with insufficient funds in their accounts.
Politics
Deficit panel at an impasse, GOP say
A Republican on the deficit-reduction panel said that talks with Democrats have been temporarily halted after the two sides were unable to bridge ideological rifts.
Nation & World
Egg attack on Syrians in Cairo is sign of rift
Syrian protesters pelted a group of rival opposition leaders with eggs yesterday in Cairo, accusing them of playing along with President Bashar Assad’s government.
Sports
Belichick not inclined to discuss Haynesworth
When Bill Belichick strode to the lectern yesterday, he opened his press conference by addressing the move to release Albert Haynesworth, but didn’t reveal many details.
Arts
Stage Review
‘Moby Dick’ plunges into the soul
Conor Lovett delivers a performance that illustrates the power of storytelling to enlist an audience for a journey of the imagination.
Style
style
Job interview attire: button down or zip up?
You dress for the job you want, not the job you have. Everyone knows that. But what if your dream position is at Facebook?
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
“Beyond gender and ethnicity, Ayanna Pressley is the modern face of a city that has changed dramatically over the decades.”
Joan Vennochi
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