News: Tenants, as well at city officials and landlords, are beginning to think about what will happen when the Crystal Avenue high-rise apartments are knocked down.

Daybreak: In 2007, DeeDee Filiatreault of Niantic began writing down all the messy, funny, challenging moments in the day of the life of a mom of preschoolers. Now, a compilation of her favorites has been published in her first book, "Tales from the Crib: Adventures of an Over-Sharing, Stressed-Out, Modern-Day Mom."

Business: Fender Musical Instruments Corp., the 70-year-old maker of rock ‘n’ roll’s most iconic electric guitars, wants you to pick up a guitar -- and play it for life.

Perspective: Editorial Page Editor Paul Choiniere writes that anyone watching the presidential election results Nov. 8 graphically saw the problem for the Democrats. Most states were covered in Republican red, the lone blue sections clustered around urban centers.