Hubway to branch out next spring
After a winter hiatus, Boston’s European-style bicycle-sharing system will expand into Cambridge and Somerville.
Tiered health plans cutting costs, restricting options
The popularity of health insurance plans that limit where patients can receive care is on the rise, but some hospitals say patients on tiered plans are sometimes denied specialized care.
Family ties prove thorny for Tierney
The legal saga of the Boxford-bred Eremian brothers might have attracted little notice if not for the fact that their sister is Patrice Tierney, wife of US Representative John F. Tierney.
Patriots 38, Eagles 20
Patriots soar against the Eagles
Throwing for 361 yards with three touchdowns, Tom Brady showed that he is still the reigning NFL MVP, helping the Patriots beat the Eagles to stay tied atop the AFC.
Cup from Cambridge will scoop sun’s wind
Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are developing instruments for the Solar Probe Plus, a mission designed to get an extreme close-up of our sun.
Shakespeare in the theater of operations
Tyrus Lemerande, a Navy Reserve officer serving in Afghanistan, has been entertaining troops with one-man performances of William Shakespeare.
G cover
Stretching the boundaries of yoga
The practice, associated mostly with the health-conscious affluent, may offer low-cost treatment for back pain and other ailments.
“When you do ‘Henry V’ for a roomful of men in uniform with guns on their hips and M-9s under their chairs, it takes on a whole different meaning.”
Tyrus Lemerande, on his one-man performances of Shakespeare
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Local Catholics test new words of worship
Many parishioners were tripping over the new English translation of the Mass prayers that were heard yesterday.
Business
Hope, skepticism for cold fusion
The scientist who claims to have developed the world’s first nuclear cold fusion reactor was at the State House last week to explore producing it in Mass.
Politics
Political Notebook
Largest N.H. newspaper endorses Gingrich
The Manchester Union Leader endorsed Newt Gingrich over Mitt Romney and the rest of the Republican presidential field.
Nation & World
Arab League approves sanctions against Syria
The Arab League approved tough economic sanctions against Syria yesterday to press it to end its violent crackdown against protesters.
Sports
On football
Patriots defense better than one could’ve dreamed
There were some shaky moments on defense to start this season — to say the least. But in the past few weeks, the level of execution has come a long way.
Health and wellness
G Force
Brotherly love and support
The Schusters have donated more than $5 million to Brigham and Women’s, much of which will go to the hospital’s new Schuster Transplant Center and Transplant Research Center.
Arts
MUSIC REVIEW
Guns N’ Roses goes the distance
Axl Rose’s moves might not be what they once were, but he didn’t lack for energy at the DCU Center.
Opinion
“I just have to accept that Disney did not create an eighth dwarf named Paranoid.”
Juliette Kayyem, on the relative safety of cruise ships
Ideas
With quantum computing, today’s researchers are trying to perform a sort of jujitsu.
Joshua Rothman