Conservatory warns of sex offender who taped students
The New England Conservatory is sending letters to 6,500 parents of students who were videotaped by a registered sex offender during concerts and classes over the last decade.
SJC: Judges’ discretion in plea deal sentencing
The state’s highest court today gave judges the power to ignore prosecutors and impose shorter sentences in plea deals if the judge believes “justice may not have been done.’’
State to seek ‘modest’ revenue hikes to cover costs
Governor Patrick’s top budget official said today that he will offer “modest and limited new revenue proposals” for next year’s budget to deal with the rising cost of health and social programs.
MGM Resorts promises 3,000 jobs in casino plan
The company has signed a contract to purchase 150 acres of land in the Western Mass. town of Brimfield for a “world-class resort,” an executive said today.
MOVIE REVIEW
Margaret Thatcher meets Meryl Streep in ‘The Iron Lady’
The best way to appreciate the high-ludicrousness of Streep’s Thatcher might be to watch with the sound down.
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‘Contraband’ cashes in with plenty of Mark Wahlberg
The ads for this film have Wahlberg lifting his shirt just enough for us to see stacks of cash strapped to his torso. Fortunately, the image doesn’t repeat itself in the finished movie.
Innovation Economy
PayPal in talks to expand Boston office
PayPal representatives will make another trip to Beacon Hill next week to discuss adding “several hundred people” to their North End office, an executive said.
“He wants me to do the Tebow expression. I do that every Sunday in church.”
Mayor Menino, on a friendly wager with Denver’s mayor
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Metro
In wager between mayors, Menino won’t ‘Tebow’
Instead of striking the familiar pose of Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow, the Boston mayor instead will offer some Boston beers to the mayor of Denver if the Patriots lose.
Business
Boston Scientific plots expansion
The new leadership team sees a push to broaden its business base paying off in the next two years and is aiming for annual double-digit earnings increases over the next five years.
Politics
In S.C., Mitt Romney vows to produce jobs
Romney roared into a Greer, S.C., motorcycle shop today promising to renew the economy and produce jobs should he be elected president.
Nation & World
Panetta: Marines urinating on dead Taliban ‘deplorable’
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today condemned as ‘‘utterly deplorable’’ a video that purports to depict four US Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters.
Sports
Zdeno Chara, Tyler Seguin named All-Stars
Chara, the Bruins’ captain, and Seguin, the second-year scorer, will join Tim Thomas at the league’s midseason showcase on Jan. 29.
Style
Style
Boston fashion icon Maggie Trichon steps down
After 30 years at the heart of the city’s modeling scene, the agency maven is bowing out.
Arts
Perry, ‘Potter’ win big at People’s Choice
Katy Perry is in the popular clique now. The singer-actress won the most People’s Choice Awards at Wednesday’s 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza.
Opinion
“Supporting Obama’s recess appointment of Ohio attorney general Robert Cordray makes Brown the master of political theater. What does he really believe? Who knows?”
Joan Vennochi
Ideas
To critics, the very notion of a ‘culture-bound illness’ is an outdated relic from the days of European empires.
Latif Nasser on psychiatry’s struggle with “culture-bound syndromes”