N.H. diner thrives with politics on the menu
The Red Arrow’s reputation as a local hangout for national politics has helped it prosper during an economic climate that has shuttered many small businesses.
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Candidates prime for back-to-back debates
The Republican presidential campaign enters a potentially formative 12-hour span tonight, as two debates will be held before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary.
Joan Vennochi
What sticks best? Mud
Between the negative pushed by rivals and the positive promoted by campaigns, is there something voters dare call truth?
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Bruins fall to Canucks in finals rematch
The Bruins lost today to the Vancouver Canucks in a hard-fought rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup finals.
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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.
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Globe Magazine
The best photos of the year
Go behind the lens to discover the inspiration for the year’s most memorable Globe photos.
Architecture
Boston’s old West End persists as a ‘palace’
There’s a lesson here for architects and city planners. What is it that makes the West End so intensely remembered?
The Word
The horror of ungrammatical lyrics
Why are ungrammatical song lyrics so unbelievably annoying—at least to some sensitive listeners? Erin McKean takes a look.
“We’re glad we’ve seen improvement, but no one will be satisfied until every single bus and every single child gets to school on time.”
Rev. Gregory Groover Sr., chairman of the Boston School Committee
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Columnists
Metro
Newborn named after fallen firefighter
About 11 days after Peabody firefighter James M. Rice died while fighting a fire at an apartment building, a 7-pound, 9-ounce baby girl named Bella Rice Jaber was born.
Business
US adds 200,000 jobs in December
The burst of hiring drove the unemployment rate down to its lowest level in almost three years, and led some economists to conclude that job market improvement might last.
Politics
Huntsman searches for votes in N.H.
Jon Huntsman continued his final push ahead of Tuesday’s primary, marching from table to table at a New Hampshire diner today.
Nation & World
Regime loyalists mourn Syria bombing victims
Thousands of regime backers massed at a mosque in the Syrian capital today for funeral prayers for policemen killed in yesterday’s bombing.
Sports
Bill O’Brien introduced as Penn State head coach
Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien was formally introduced as head coach of the school’s legendary football program.
Arts
TELEVISION REVIEW
Don Cheadle makes ‘House of Lies’ worth believing in
In a new series premiering Sunday, the versatile actor plays hot-blooded spin doctor Marty Kaan, a character who should feel right at home on Showtime.
Opinion
“Bad news about candidates spreads faster than a speeding Karl Rove-launched bullet.”
Joan Vennochi
Ideas
“Recent years have seen an explosion of interest and creativity in the realm of data-driven soothsaying, and some in the field predict—well, they think—that they are on the cusp of something big.”
Leon Neyfakh, on the future of prediction