Mass. man charged in Pentagon plot
A 26-year-old Ashland man is charged with plotting to use a remote-controlled aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives to damage the US Capitol and the Pentagon.
Setti Warren expected to drop out of US Senate race
The Newton mayor, whose campaign has been short on cash and eclipsed by the emergence of Elizabeth Warren, plans to announce tomorrow that he is dropping out, according to a supporter.
Florida threatens early primary
Officials in the Sunshine State are targeting Jan. 31 as a primary date, a move that would force New Hampshire to push its primary into January to remain the first in the nation.
Reebok to pay $25m over toning shoe ads
The Federal Trade Commission said today that Canton-based Reebok has agreed to resolve charges that the company deceptively advertised “toning shoes.”
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Facebook, Google take different paths with privacy
Both Facebook and Google made changes to their social networking sites recently, and Google’s privacy options are more user-friendly, according to the Globe’s Hiawatha Bray.
boston fashion week
Taking a big step forward
In its new home, Boston Fashion Week welcomes established designers and new faces.
Red Sox nation flies south, brings angst
The game was in Baltimore but Boston fans were there, not because they believed the Red Sox would triumph, but because they wanted to bear witness.
“Where they really are is in Dire Straits, a rocky inlet just around the bend from the Bay of Despond.”
Former Globe columnist Ray Fitzgerald, writing about the Red Sox collapse in 1974
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Columnists
Metro
Cash-strapped T warns of fare increases, service cuts by July
With the MBTA’s financial woes mounting, state transportation officials said that they expect to approve a fare increase in the spring that would take effect July 1.
Business
Shreve, Crump & Low relocating to Newbury Street
The move by the luxury jeweler is the first step in a reorganization that will absorb a separate company owned by Shreve's chief executive and expand its facilities in Chestnut Hill.
Nation
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to review health care law
President Barack Obama’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review last year’s landmark health-care law, a move that may lead to a ruling months before the 2012 presidential election.
World
Israel OK’s more building in East Jerusalem
Israel granted the go-ahead for construction of 1,100 new Jewish housing units in east Jerusalem, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any freeze in settlement construction.
Sports
On football
Secondary in shambles, and it’s Patriots’ own fault
In his weekly Patriots review, Greg A. Bedard says the pressure should be applied to the team’s coaches for the errors in technique and execution on the porous pass defense.
Food and dining
food
Memo from celebrity chefs: Embrace your own kitchen
Fall cookbook roundup: By spreading the simple message of eating good food at home, the season’s newest cookbooks bring a bit of activism to the table.
Arts
TELEVISION REVIEW
BBC’s cop drama ‘Luther’ returns, as spellbinding as ever
Each hour is so intense, you may not realize you’re leaving grip marks on your couch.
Opinion
“Community colleges have a chance to be an engine in Massachusetts instead of a caboose.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
Ideas
“Could it be true, Pinker wondered, that humans had actually become less violent with time, as opposed to more? And if so, how had we done it?”
Leon Neyfakh, on Steven Pinker’s new book about violence in history