Today's Paper 01/08/2013 - The Boston Globe

The Nation

In Chuck Hagel and John Kerry, a wariness of war

President Obama’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, and Senator John Kerry, nominee for secretary of state, share a history of service in Vietnam.

By Bryan Bender

President Obama’s Cabinet picks share a history of service in Vietnam and a cautious approach to the use of military force.

A calm suspect amid the chaos at Colo. theater

In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appeared in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo.

By Jack Healy and Dan Frosch

A court hearing for suspect James E. Holmes furnished a first airing of police details about last year’s shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater.

Military pay due to discharged gays

About 180 gay and lesbian former military service members who were discharged due to their homosexuality will receive the rest of their severance pay.

The World

Indian judge bars reporters from gang rape trial

A Delhi police van thought to be transporting men accused in a New Delhi gang rape left a city court Monday.

By Niharika Mandhana

A magistrate banned reporting on the New Delhi trial of a gang rape case that has attracted worldwide attention.

Hacking trial begins for UK detective

Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn denies her charge.

Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn is charged with misconduct for allegedly phoning News of the World and offering information about its stalled hacking investigation.

4 Mexico deaths blamed on wild dogs

By Olga R. Rodriguez

Wild dogs mauled and killed four people whose bodies were found over the past two weeks in a park on the edge of Mexico City.

Editorial & Opinion

farah stockman

Medical promised land

Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital have been treating Almas (foreground) and Abdulallah Alhazmi for rare conditions.

By Farah Stockman

A Saudi Arabian family has come to Boston, home to some of the world’s leading medical researchers, for a cure for their children.

JOANNA WEISS

Internet shifts rape stigma to perpetrators

Anonymous, whose members often wear Guy Fawkes masks, has taken on the Steubenville, Ohio, rape controversy.

By Joanna Weiss

The group Anonymous, a collection of hackers, is using its set of Internet tools to draw attention to the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio.

paul mcmorrow

Banks dodge accountability for financial collapse

By Paul M. McMorrow

The collapse is receding into history, but as a recent filing in a Manhattan courtroom shows, victims of the financial meltdown still feel its effects, years removed from the crisis itself.

Metro

Boston judge got free aid worth $85,000

Judge Dougan serves in Boston Municipal Court.

By Andrea Estes

A prominent law firm paid for Judge Raymond Dougan’s defense as he successfully fought a bias complaint from the Suffolk district attorney.

Violent video games put parental judgment to test

Melanie Steier does not allow her son, Harrison, to play violent games.

By Beth Teitell

Many parents say their aversion to the games intensified in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., killings, and a report the shooter played games like Call of Duty.

High-tech Dreamliner grounded by small fire

Firefighters checked out the area where a small fire broke out on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Logan Airport Monday. The fire knocked out Boston’s only nonstop flight to Asia.

By Eric Moskowitz and Katie Johnston

Smoke from a battery in the plane’s underbelly filled the cabin after passengers had disembarked at Logan Airport.

Business

Surge in federal approvals buoys drug makers

By Robert Weisman

The pace of US drug approvals is picking up after a relative dry spell.

Brown Brothers moving to Post Office Square

An architect’s image of what the renovated 50 Post Office Square building will look like.

By Casey Ross

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., the oldest privately held financial institution in the US, is moving to a historic building in Boston’s Financial District.

Meals for medical clients back on the table

Restaurants like Cinquecento in the South End saw business fall off because of the 2008 ban on pharmaceutical company meals.

By Sarah Shemkus

Drug companies are once again taking doctors out for meals, a move that pleases restaurants and worries health advocates.

Obituaries

Klemens von Klemperer, Smith professor, historian who wrote of resistance to Nazism

After he served as an intelligence officer in the US Army, Klemens von Klemperer earned a doctorate from Harvard.

By Dennis Hevesi

Professor von Klemperer, 96, was a refugee from Nazi Germany who wrote what is widely considered the seminal history of the movement to overthrow Hitler.

Rebecca Tarbotton, 39, environmental activist

Ms. Tarbotton’s group challenged the practices of big corporations.

By William Yardley

Ms. Tarbotton helped persuade big banks to stop financing mountaintop removal mining and Disney to reduce its use of paper made from trees cut down in rain forests.