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Boston – Saturday, October 11

T time: Weekend edition

What to do and where to go.

Photo gallery: Springfield Virgin Mary sighting

Metro photogrpher Nicolaus Czarnecki shoots the crowds gathering to witness and pray before a Virgin Mary sighting in a window of the Mercy Hospital in Springfield last week.

Same plot, different war

REVIEW. After the Cold War, espionage movies pinning the Soviet Union as the coldblooded bad guys who chugged vodka, wore funny hats, had thick accents and wanted to nuke us good ol’ Americans right out of the Baltic Sea flooded the box office. Now Hollywood has a new villain, no matter how many stereotypes it reinforces: Islamic terrorists.

Metro moments with the Mayor

Got a question for the Mayor? Here's your chance to ask him. Vote for which question you want Mayor Menino to answer in our weekly Metro Moments with the Mayor column or submit your own question.

T Q+A with General Manager Dan Grabauskas

Help us choose a question for the MBTA. Click here to voice your public transportation concern to General Manager Dan Grabauskas. It’s your turn to weigh in.

T to expand WiFi on commuter rail system

BOSTON. The MBTA is planning a broad expansion of free WiFi access throughout its commuter rail system, building on a pilot program launched on the Worcester line in January.

Boston

The dog race run around

On Nov. 4, Question No. 3 will ask voters to decide whether to ban greyhound racing in Massachusetts. The issue has raged for years, pitting animal activists against track owners and industry execs over issues of job loss, care for the animals, adoption of retired racers and campaign ethics.

Voices

Kalan: America, just say ‘Yes!’

The presidential election is almost here and I’m dreading it. After two years of nonstop campaigning, I can’t live without the race. Sure, when the campaign started I kept my distance.

Business

We’re all waiting: When will it end?

The government signaled Thursday it may be about to nationalize in part a number of banks after yet another dramatic stock market fall.

Boston

‘I wanted to see his face’

More than 18 months after a teenager was murdered aboard an MBTA bus in Dorchester, his alleged killer was led into a tense courtroom Thursday.

Boston

Menino to have knee scoped

BOSTON. Mayor Thomas Menino, his right knee and the Red Sox’ postseason push all seem to go together of late.

Movies

Sentiment stirrer

REVIEW. Even for the sports-allergic, football biopic “The Express” is hard not to like. Based on the life of Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, the film covers the football star’s brief run as a Syracuse University star player in the early ’60s.

Sports

The Red Sox and Rays tangled in one of the more contentious brawls in the big leagues this season. So it seems only fitting the two AL East Rivals will “Rumble in the Trop” starting tonight for the right to represent the American League in the World Series.

Election '08

Opinion poll hints at landslide victory

A dramatic new opinion poll yesterday supported media claims that Barack Obama and his aides anticipate a landslide victory on Nov. 4.

Boston

T projects hinge on fed money

Local transportation leaders called yesterday for a renewed push to increase federal investment in transportation to stimulate the economy and meet the growing demand for better public transit.

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