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    Boston Globe -- Front Page

  • Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker

    Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smelled cigarettes when she first visited the bright, parlor-level condo in Boston’s South End in 2006 with her real estate broker. But the broker, she alleges, assured her that the owner must be a smoker and ...

  • Outcry threatens Lawrence bailout

    Peter Schworm, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    State legislators are criticizing a $35 million bailout plan for the cash-strapped city of Lawrence, as Beacon Hill prepares to debate the proposal amid growing public outcry over the new mayor’s refusal to resign his state representative post.

  • Striving to prevent suicide by train

    Noah Bierman, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:37 pm
    MANSFIELD - Steve Vale has to walk only 45 seconds beyond his driveway to get to the train tracks where his daughter killed herself 17 months ago.

  • He has state, US funds waiting

    Casey Ross, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    As the top economic official in Massachusetts government, Gregory Bialecki is responsible for giving away hundreds of millions of dollars to revive the state’s troubled economy. There’s just one problem: He can’t find enough good candidates for the money.

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    Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z

  • Criminal inquiry launched into blast at Conn. plant

    John Christoffersen, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm
    MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation yesterday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.

  • Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker

    Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smelled cigarettes when she first visited the bright, parlor-level condo in Boston’s South End in 2006 with her real estate broker. But the broker, she alleges, assured her that the owner must be a smoker and ...

  • Outcry threatens Lawrence bailout

    Peter Schworm, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    State legislators are criticizing a $35 million bailout plan for the cash-strapped city of Lawrence, as Beacon Hill prepares to debate the proposal amid growing public outcry over the new mayor’s refusal to resign his state representative post.

  • Striving to prevent suicide by train

    Noah Bierman, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:37 pm
    MANSFIELD - Steve Vale has to walk only 45 seconds beyond his driveway to get to the train tracks where his daughter killed herself 17 months ago.

  • Toyota recalling Prius in Japan

    Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:21 pm
    TOKYO - Toyota is recalling about 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose its global plans for a fix as the automaker scrambles to repair damage to its reputation from a spate of safety problems.
 
 
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    Boston Globe -- Op-ed columns

  • VoxOp

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm
    "Is it a big deal that Palin wrote some notes on her hand? No, not really."

  • The long-term aftershocks of care

    Laurence J. Ronan and Lisa I. Iezzoni
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:45 pm
    Physical disabilities caused by earthquake injuries will require many years of specialized care - and disability-minded reconstruction - in Haiti.

  • Taking a bullet on Wall St.

    Derrick Z. Jackson
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:36 pm
    Those millions of dollars in bonus compensation for bank executives should be donated to schools.

  • Books gather dust without librarians for teens

    Lawrence Harmon
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:35 pm
    Mattapan's new library has a teen-inspired young adult room. But despite the high computer use, without more staffing or volunteers dedicated to young adults the books will remain on the shelves.

  • Political prayer breakfasts are bad religion

    James Carroll
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:02 pm
    There are three things wrong with the National Prayer Breakfast: the past, the present, and the future.
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    Boston.com -- Connecticut news

  • Officials assess damage to homes near power plant

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:38 am
    Connecticut state and local officials will be meeting with Portland residents whose homes were damaged by an explosion at a power plant across the Connecticut River in Middletown.

  • Conn. bars man from owning animals

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:48 am
    A Connecticut court says a Hamden man charged with animal cruelty can never own animals ever again.

  • UConn official urges 6 percent tuition, fee hike

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:18 am
    A University of Connecticut official says the school needs to increase the price of tuition, room and board by 6.3 percent for the 2010-2011 academic year, and a double-digit percentage increase may be needed the following year.

  • 75 facing layoffs at Millstone nuclear complex

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am
    A Dominion spokesman says the energy company plans to lay off up to 75 people at the Millstone nuclear power complex in Connecticut by April 1, after its buyout program fell short of its goal.

  • Criminal inquiry launched into blast at Conn. plant

    John Christoffersen, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm
    MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation yesterday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.
 
 
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    Boston.com -- Vermont news

  • Bridge fix could add to traffic woes in VT capital

    9 Feb 2010 | 4:28 am
    The closure of a key bridge that leads to downtown Montpelier could make it harder for people to reach the Vermont Statehouse.

  • Former Vt. teacher aide pleads guilty in sex case

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:58 am
    A former Burlington middle school teacher's aide is facing a minimum of five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a student over a six-year period during the 1990s.

  • 3 arrested in Walden, Vt., home invasion

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:08 am
    Police have arrested three men in an armed burglary in Walden. Authorities say two masked men carrying handguns entered a Walden home Sunday evening, assaulted two residents, took prescription pills and fled in a black vehicle.

  • Burlington teacher contract under negotiation

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:38 am
    The Burlington School Board and teachers are far apart on a new contract. The school board wants teachers to take a 5 percent pay cut next year and accept 1.5 percent raises for the two years after that.

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    Boston.com -- Top business news

  • Stock futures climb ahead of opening

    Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:49 am
    Stock futures are pointing to a higher open Tuesday as hopes grow that the European Union will help Greece with its growing debt burden.

  • A lot to prove

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:46 pm
    How big is CVS Caremark Corp., the pharmacy juggernaut from Rhode Island? The nation’s largest distributor of prescription drugs should generate over $100 billion in sales this year. CVS earned just over $1 billion in the latest quarter, more than the profits of the two largest public companies in Massachusetts combined. It filled or managed more than 1 billion prescriptions ...

  • TechTarget profit revised, CFO resigns

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:57 pm
    TechTarget Inc. has finished an internal audit and reduced its third-quarter income by $967,000 to adjust for improper accounting. The Needham company’s chief financial officer, Eric Sockol, resigned. The investigation found certain customer credits were removed as liabilities from the balance sheet. In the quarter ended Sept. 30, TechTarget lost $1.4 million, or 3 cents per share, compared with a ...

  • Refinancing a mortgage? Make sure that’s really going to cut your total costs

    Jill Kelley , Cox Newspapers
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:55 pm
    Charles and Nancy Henson refinanced their home mortgage last year, and Charles Henson says it was not a difficult decision. “The rates had dropped, and we wanted to do something a little more secure,’’ he said.

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    Boston.com -- Personal finance

  • Refinancing a mortgage? Make sure that’s really going to cut your total costs

    Jill Kelley , Cox Newspapers
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:55 pm
    Charles and Nancy Henson refinanced their home mortgage last year, and Charles Henson says it was not a difficult decision. “The rates had dropped, and we wanted to do something a little more secure,’’ he said.

  • Beacon Hill bids to boost business

    Andrea Estes and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 10:24 pm
    Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray plan to propose this week several ways to improve the Bay State’s business climate, saying they need to be more aggressive in steering the region out of its economic malaise.

  • Tough times have more people prioritizing credit cards over mortgage payments

    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:30 pm
    My grandmother, Big Mama, had a key financial rule that I’ve followed throughout my life.

  • FICO security lapse scary, but not part of larger problem

    Mitch Lipka, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:19 pm
    Q. I recently received a rather disturbing letter from the myFICO division of FICO (formerly known as Fair Isaac Corp.). Apparently, FICO sold my credit report through their Internet site to an imposter. It was a shock to learn that the company could have such lax security to allow for such a crime to occur. Was this an isolated event ...

  • Listen for less

    John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:16 pm
    Since Shawn Fanning created Napster while he was a student at Northeastern University in 1999, Boston has been a nexus of digital music downloading.
 
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    Boston.com -- Latest celebrity headlines

  • Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti with UN refugee body

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:31 am
    The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.

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  • Brad and Angelina step out at SuperBowl

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:02 am
    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looked "perfectly happy" at the SuperBowl last night (07.02.10). The couple - who raise six children together - fought back against rumours they are on the verge of splitting and couldn't keep their hands off each other at the annual American football championship game at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

  • Katie Price plans wedding party

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:02 am
    Katie Price is throwing a huge party to celebrate her wedding to Alex Reid. The former glamour model - who married the cage-fighter in a Las Vegas hotel last week - is planning a lavish bash in Britain for their family and celebrity friends who were disappointed not to be invited to their secret ceremony.

  • Jessica Alba's Bollywood dream

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:02 am
    Jessica Alba wants to star in a Bollywood movie. The 'Fantastic 4' star - who has a 19-month-old daughter Honor Marie with husband Cash Warren - has fallen in love with Indian films and would love the chance to show off a different side to her acting talents.
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    Boston.com -- Education news

  • Man charged in Newark Airport breach due in court

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am
    A graduate student from China charged with breaching security at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport is due in court Tuesday.

  • Former Vt. teacher aide pleads guilty in sex case

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:58 am
    A former Burlington middle school teacher's aide is facing a minimum of five years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges he sexually assaulted a student over a six-year period during the 1990s.

  • Burlington teacher contract under negotiation

    9 Feb 2010 | 2:38 am
    The Burlington School Board and teachers are far apart on a new contract. The school board wants teachers to take a 5 percent pay cut next year and accept 1.5 percent raises for the two years after that.

  • A learning oasis buoyed by a convert's vision

    Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:14 am
    SANTO, Haiti - A tall metal gate is opened, and Patrick Moynihan bursts into the grounds of the Louverture Cleary School on the back of a tinny, exhaust-belching motorcycle that acts as a taxi on the congested, chaotic streets.

  • 11 arrested during Israeli ambassador's talk

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:51 pm
    Eleven students have been arrested during a raucous lecture at University of California, Irvine, where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke about U.S.-Israel relations.
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    Boston.com -- Health news

  • White House wants insurer to justify hike

    Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:14 pm
    WASHINGTON - The Obama administration asked California’s largest for-profit health insurer yesterday to justify plans to increase premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect about 800,000 customers.

  • Ex-Clinton advisers recall health care battle

    Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:13 pm
    WASHINGTON - Advisers behind President Clinton’s failed attempt to overhaul the health care system have watched setbacks to President Obama’s similar effort with a sense of despair and deja vu.

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  • Cells unlike any others

    Irene Muniz, Globe Correspondent
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:08 pm
    Like any other high school student, Rebecca Skloot learned about human cells in her biology class; but unlike most students, she became fascinated with the cells of one particular human: Henrietta Lacks.

  • Racial bias tied to levels of inflammation protein

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:36 pm
    Experiencing frequent racial discrimination, from signs of disrespect to outright harassment, has been linked to poor health. A new study pinpoints one protein that may be involved in higher rates of cardiovascular disease among people facing racial bias.
 
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    Boston.com -- News of the odd

  • Cattle battle: NZealand has more cows than kiwis

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:20 pm
    New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.

  • Man points gun at neighbor over snow shoveling

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:40 pm
    New Castle County Police said a man pointed a gun at a neighbor who was shoveling snow on Saturday at the Hampton Walk Apartments. A man told police a neighbor came outside while he was shoveling, pointed a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didn't stop shoveling snow onto his car.

  • Rotten radishes prompt gas leak calls in Ohio

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    An Ohio fire department says the smell of decaying radishes prompted calls from residents worried about a possible gas leak. Tiffin Township Volunteer Fire Department near Defiance in northwest Ohio responded to five reports of suspicious smells in the last 45 days. A field of oilseed radishes, planted as a cover crop that adds nutrients to the field, is near ...

  • Teen crashes car into school, drives down hall

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    Sheriff's deputies said a 17-year-old boy crashed his parents' car through the doors of Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, then drove it down the hall. The car finally stopped 75 yards later when it hit a security office. Two school workers were still on the property and heard the crash.

  • Police: Man tries to buy crack with credit card

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    Authorities said a man accused of stealing a car then reporting it stolen remains in custody after telling police he was robbed at gunpoint while trying to buy crack cocaine with a credit card. The Flint Journal said the man reported Thursday night that a 2003 Chevy Malibu had been stolen.
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    Boston.com -- Real estate news

  • Essex, Middlesex home sales on rise

    Kathy McCabe
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:18 pm
    Single-family home sales in Essex and Middlesex counties increased last year compared with 2008, but prices continue to slide, according to The Warren Group, a Boston publisher of real estate data.

  • Don’t put fiber supplement down the drain

    Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:53 pm
    Before going to the important things in life, I received a peculiar call from a caller who had this question. He will remain anonymous, as others in this small saga, to protect the guilty.

  • Windows set Carlisle Cape apart from crowd

    6 Feb 2010 | 7:46 pm
    At this price range in this neck of the woods, houses have lots of shiny, pretty things. But it’s a somewhat more expected feature - windows - that makes this sprawling Cape special because of the massive amounts of sunlight they let in, adding a natural hue to all the pretty things inside. Living room and dining room are on ...

  • Light ideas

    Marni Elyse Katz
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am
    Sunrooms can be sophisticated and have four-season appeal.

  • Finds under $500,000

    Elizabeth Gehrman
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:18 am
    These three homes are fit for growing families.
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    Boston.com -- Science news

  • Astronauts inspect shuttle on way to space station

    Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:50 pm
    Endeavour's astronauts inspected their ship early Tuesday for any launch damage as they raced toward a 200-mile-high rendezvous with the International Space Station.

  • Endeavour blasts off on shuttle program’s final night launch

    Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:54 pm
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit yesterday on what probably will be the last nighttime launch for the shuttle program.

  • Good riddance, man on the moon

    Alex Beam, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:22 pm
    While discussing his spending priorities, President Obama used an image we can all understand: the shrinking family budget. We have less money to spend, he explained, at home and on Capitol Hill. So good on him for ditching the manned (shouldn’t that be “personned’’?) space program. It is the unneeded and extravagant lawn service of the federal government.

  • New federal climate change agency forming

    Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 8:10 am
    The Obama administration on Monday proposed a new agency to study and report on the changing climate.

  • 5 men, 1 woman aboard shuttle Endeavour

    Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am
    The crew aboard space shuttle Endeavour includes an accomplished musician whose latest exploits are with the cello and steel guitar, an engineer who helped launch shuttles and a second-generation space program worker.
 
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    Boston.com -- Today in History

  • Today in History

    The Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pm
    Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2010. There are 325 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:

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  • Today in History

    The Associated Press
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pm
    Today is Monday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2010. There are 326 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:

  • Today in History

    The Associated Press
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pm
    Today is Sunday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 2010. There are 327 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:

  • Today in History

    The Associated Press
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm
    Today is Saturday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2010. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History:
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    Boston Globe -- Automotive

  • Chrysler pledges $550M to build Fiat 500 in Mexico

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:49 pm
    Chrysler Group LLC says it will invest $550 million to build the Fiat 500 minicar at its assembly plant near Mexico City.

  • Toyota resale values lowered by Kelley Blue Book

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm
    The Blue Book value of used Toyotas has been reduced again as the Japanese carmaker's troubles persist.

  • Reports: Toyota plans to recall 300,000 Priuses

    Kelly Olsen, AP Business Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:14 am
    Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and is likely to notify both the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, news reports said, as a top executive will testify before U.S. lawmakers about defects that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety.

  • Toyota to announce action soon for Prius hybrids

    Kelly Olsen, AP Business Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:04 am
    Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the vehicle in Japan, a possible new embarrassment for the world's biggest automaker.

  • Toyota resale value, reputation fall from heights

    Dave Carpenter, AP Personal Finance Writer
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:04 pm
    The Toyota in your garage is losing value by the week. Kelley Blue Book dropped the resale values of recalled Toyotas for the second time in four days Monday, leaving them as much as 4 percent or $300 to $750 lower than a week ago, depending on the model.
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    Boston Globe -- Book reviews

  • Books gather dust without librarians for teens

    Lawrence Harmon
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:35 pm
    Mattapan's new library has a teen-inspired young adult room. But despite the high computer use, without more staffing or volunteers dedicated to young adults the books will remain on the shelves.

  • Tracing our roads and the bumps along the way

    Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Correspondent
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:10 pm
    Roads bring us together. They shape where we live, and how we interact with each other. Choices are forks, decisions are paths. Robert Frost tells us this, and so does Bob Seger.

  • Cells unlike any others

    Irene Muniz, Globe Correspondent
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:08 pm
    Like any other high school student, Rebecca Skloot learned about human cells in her biology class; but unlike most students, she became fascinated with the cells of one particular human: Henrietta Lacks.

  • Heartbreak and hilarity in debut novel ‘Model Home’

    Kevin O’Kelly, Globe Correspondent
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:40 pm
    Award-winning short-story writer Eric Puchner’s debut novel is about nothing less than the conflicts at the heart of American life: the pursuit of all too-often illusory prosperity and what happens when people in a culture that tells them they make their own fate confront the brutal realities of chance.

  • Miranda warning

    7 Feb 2010 | 6:33 pm
    It’s the late ’70s and Miranda is a sixth grader in New York City. Her best friend doesn’t give her the time of day; her mother is training to be on a game show, and Miranda gets a note: “I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.’’ Curious? Rebecca Stead won a 2010 Newbery Medal for “When ...
 
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    Boston Globe -- Business

  • Toyota recalling Prius in Japan

    Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:21 pm
    TOKYO - Toyota is recalling about 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose its global plans for a fix as the automaker scrambles to repair damage to its reputation from a spate of safety problems.

  • He has state, US funds waiting

    Casey Ross, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm
    As the top economic official in Massachusetts government, Gregory Bialecki is responsible for giving away hundreds of millions of dollars to revive the state’s troubled economy. There’s just one problem: He can’t find enough good candidates for the money.

  • Magazines hit by drop in circulation numbers

    Andrew Vanacore, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:51 pm
    NEW YORK - Purchases of US magazines at newsstands and other retail outlets fell 9 percent in the second half of 2009, a slight improvement from the 12 percent year-over-year decline in the first half of the year.

  • Sovereign has loss for year

    Beth Healy, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:51 pm
    Sovereign Bank broke even in the fourth quarter and lost about $34 million for all of 2009, according to an earnings report its Spanish parent, Banco Santander , filed yesterday.

  • More tainted milk found in China

    Cara Anna, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:50 pm
    BEIJING - The discovery has punched a 170-ton hole in China’s promises to overhaul its food safety system. Officials say they’ve found yet another case where large amounts of tainted milk powder from the country’s 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed were instead repackaged.
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    Boston Globe -- City / Region News

  • A learning oasis buoyed by a convert's vision

    Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:14 am
    SANTO, Haiti - A tall metal gate is opened, and Patrick Moynihan bursts into the grounds of the Louverture Cleary School on the back of a tinny, exhaust-belching motorcycle that acts as a taxi on the congested, chaotic streets.

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  • Criminal inquiry launched into blast at Conn. plant

    John Christoffersen, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 pm
    MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Authorities looking for the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction launched a criminal investigation yesterday, saying they could not rule out criminal negligence as the cause.

  • Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker

    Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    Alyssa Burrage says she was smoked out of her new $405,000 condominium. Burrage, a 32-year-old advertising company employee with a history of asthma, had smelled cigarettes when she first visited the bright, parlor-level condo in Boston’s South End in 2006 with her real estate broker. But the broker, she alleges, assured her that the owner must be a smoker and ...

  • Outcry threatens Lawrence bailout

    Peter Schworm, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:44 pm
    State legislators are criticizing a $35 million bailout plan for the cash-strapped city of Lawrence, as Beacon Hill prepares to debate the proposal amid growing public outcry over the new mayor’s refusal to resign his state representative post.
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    Boston Globe -- Editorial/Op-ed pages

  • VoxOp

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm
    "Is it a big deal that Palin wrote some notes on her hand? No, not really."

  • Obama is boosting wrong industry

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm
    "President Obama called for common sense, but we are just getting more nuclear nonsense, corporate subsidies, a bigger nuclear waste problem, and little support for small businesses in the really clean energy sector." -- Seth Tuler

  • Support for fallen athletes ought to teach us something

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm
    "High school athletes are the royalty of the school. If an overweight female student with a poor complexion had fallen on the ice and was injured, would the outpouring be as great?" -- Michael Rogovsky

  • With (profuse) apologies to Marxists

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:57 pm
    YOUR JAN. 30 editorial “ Tea Party: Organizing the anti-establishment ’’ on the Tea Party Convention states that it “seems to be melting away because of what Marxists used to call internal contradictions.’’

  • Feeling Holden Caulfield’s pain

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:55 pm
    IT AMAZES me how much scorn is heaped on “The Catcher in the Rye’’ based on what I believe is a gross misreading of the character Holden Caulfield and the book. In a Feb. 2 letter to the editor (“ Holden Caulfield a rebel without claws ’’), the writer characterizes him as a “moody pop-off with little real substance’’ and ...
 
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    Boston Globe -- Food stories

  • Looking good enough to eat

    Devra First, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 3:55 am
    At the entrance to the MFA’s new Luis Meléndez exhibit, there is a self-portrait of the artist from 1746: handsome, cocky as all get out, a blue scarf tying back his hair and a long, metal chalk holder in his graceful fingers. It’s easy to imagine him today, arms covered in tattoos instead of ruffled sleeves, chalk holder replaced with ...

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  • Heinz dips into zeitgeist for packaging inspiration

    Sarah Skidmore, Associated Press
    4 Feb 2010 | 7:15 pm
    The ketchup packet has been around for more than 40 years, and complaints about it for nearly as long: too messy, too small, too hard to open. Now ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. is unveiling the first major packaging change to the to-go condiment.

  • Drinking in the scene

    Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am
    Although it’s been up for a while now, it’s still a shock to come around the corner onto Stuart Street and be confronted with the gleaming glass high-rise of the W Boston. Whether you find the hotel’s looming presence to be a good thing probably depends on how fondly you remember the gritty old Theater District. And how many pairs ...

  • Drinking in the scene

    Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:37 am
    Although it’s been up for a while now, it’s still a shock to come around the corner onto Stuart Street and be confronted with the gleaming glass high-rise of the W Boston. Whether you find the hotel’s looming presence to be a good thing probably depends on how fondly you remember the gritty old Theater District. And how many pairs ...
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    Boston Globe -- Globe Magazine

  • Where the R’s aren’t

    6 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    A new appreciation for the Boston accent, and a save for a slowpoke.

  • Up in the air

    Cate McQuaid
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    Brookline sculptor Janet Echelman’s 75,000-square-foot Water Sky Garden undulates with the wind. It debuts at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games, outside the Richmond Olympic Oval.

  • Torn apart

    Michael J. Tougias
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    A trip that’s supposed to be a five-day blue-water adventure becomes a desperate wait for rescue -- on a boat that is breaking up in avalanching waves and hurricane-force winds.

  • Super bowls

    Adam Ried
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    Cincinnati, Texas, and Midwestern traditions make for very different -- very delicious -- chilies. Find out which is your favorite.

  • Royal surprise

    Charles P. Pierce
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am
    Yes, I was wrong about Scott Brown.
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    Boston Globe -- Globe South

  • Dedham Council on Aging director fired

    Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:12 pm
    Dedham’s Council on Aging director has been fired, accused of violating the state conflict of interest law by hiring her son to teach senior exercise classes over a period of about seven months last year.

  • Randolph steps up for Haitians

    Constance Lindner, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:48 pm
    The community of Randolph, where Haitians comprise about 15 percent of the population, is rallying to help those struggling in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the island nation.

  • Town not fretting yet over talk of a Fall River casino

    Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:48 pm
    Middleborough officials say they are not concerned to hear that the leader of the Mashpee Wampanoag was in Fall River recently discussing the possibility of building a casino there with the city’s new mayor. But they say that if the talks turn serious, they will decide whether to take legal action to protect Middleborough’s interests.

  • Century Bog buy called pivotal

    Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:41 pm
    In what Department of Fish and Game officials are calling their “most important acquisition this year,’’ the state has purchased 245 acres in Plymouth and Wareham’s Red Brook watershed.

  • The case for giving elderly drivers a road test

    Bella English
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:34 pm
    After a string of fatal automobile accidents involving elderly drivers, you’d think our Legislature would finally - finally - pass a law mandating road tests for senior citizens seeking to renew their licenses.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Globe West

  • Police dominate list of Newton’s top earners in 2009

    Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:44 pm
    Half of the 20-largest municipal salaries paid by Newton last year went to police officers, city records show.

  • His fresh look at Revolution finds diversity at its heart

    Erica Noonan, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:31 pm
    CONCORD - The American Revolution is not just for white, British guys anymore, local historian Dr. Joseph L. Andrews says.

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  • Residents seek to save woodland

    Rachel Lebeaux, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:29 pm
    A group of Ashland residents is seeking to facilitate the town’s purchase of the Warren Woods, stressing the historical, ecological and recreational significance of the 140-acre property sitting along the Holliston line amid a number of already protected woodland tracts.

  • Rail trail at critical crossroads

    Jennifer Fenn Lefferts, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:28 pm
    As design work on the remaining sections of the 25-mile Bruce Freeman Rail Trail moves forward, one issue has loomed large for planners and residents - getting the trail’s users safely across the commuter train tracks in West Concord.
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    Boston Globe -- Ideas section

  • All the lonely hipsters

    Christopher Shea
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am
    Magazines like Dwell can be beautiful and aesthetically inspiring, but is there something missing - a sense of joy, perhaps?

  • Stay

    Jennifer Michael Hecht
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:12 am
    The following is adapted from a blog post the author wrote in response to the suicides, in the past few years, of two close friends. The celebrated poet Rachel Wetzsteon took her own life on Christmas 2009. Boston poet Sarah Hannah, a professor at Emerson, took her own life in May 2007. The three met in graduate school at Columbia ...

  • Yeah, right

    Erin McKean
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:08 am
    Do we need a new punctuation mark?

  • Standing in line

    James Parker
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:07 am
    The case for our least-favorite activity.

  • Dazzled by Asia

    Joshua Kurlantzick
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:02 am
    When will China lead the world? Don’t hold your breath.
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    Boston Globe -- Sports stories

  • Quite the experience for freshmen

    Brion O’Connor, Globe Correspondent
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Beanpot is an undeniable draw for Boston hockey recruiters, and freshmen often talk about playing in early February at the Garden in revered tones. And for those fortunate enough to win the prized pot in their first try, it can be a glorious stage.

  • Classics like this make familiar title game anything but stale

    Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    For one night the Garden went from the Parker House to Yorktown, and boy was it fun to watch.

  • Flyers, Richards tip Devils

    Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Philadelphia Flyers knew one of their shots eventually had to go in. Mike Richards’s was the one that finally counted.

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  • Keeping the lid on

    Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    It has been nicknamed “The Boston University Invitational’’ because of how often the Terriers have won the Beanpot. Last night, there was a sign in the stands at TD Garden that read, “It’s not the Beanpot, it’s the Jackpot,’’ referring to veteran BU coach Jack Parker, whose squad had won 12 of the previous 16 crowns.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Travel News

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  • Ostriches to poetry, cars to pop

    Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    MARCH 12-14 CHANDLER, ARIZ.

  • Mom, Dad! They can play where you stay

    Beth D’Addono, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Lilly Byerly, 7, stood gazing up at what looked like the outline of a giant pirate ship made of ropes, pulleys, and ladders. After a safety briefing, Lilly and her mom, Shellie, climbed up 15 feet to the start of the junior Grande Lakes Adventure Course in Orlando. Attached to a continuous cable system by a sturdy harness, Lilly scrambled, ...

  • Celebrating Olympians’ spirit, artistry

    Ellen Albanese, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    FORT MYERS, Fla. - The world may be focusing on the XXI Olympic Winter Games set to begin Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, but this city is flying its own Olympic banner on the grounds of a new museum dedicated to art, athletics, and the quest for excellence.

  • A grandfather shares the joys of Disney

    Richard P. Carpenter, Globe Correspondent
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Time is a funny thing. Years fly but months can crawl, especially if you are waiting for something magical.
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    Boston Globe -- CD reviews

  • Yeasayer, 'Odd Blood'

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm
    An unfamiliar listener coming in cold to Yeasayer’s second full-length album probably wouldn’t make it too much further than the opener, “The Children.’’ It’s a choppy, dirge-like downer, the soundtrack to a spooky submarine’s descent into the abyss in cinematic slow motion. But it would be a tragic mistake to abandon ship on this avant-pop Brooklyn trio just before the ...

  • Massive Attack, 'Heligoland'

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm
    Fans of Massive Attack have not waited in vain. Seven years after their last album, 2003’s “100th Window,’’ the British trip-hop masters are back with another marvelously moody missive. With a rotating roster of vocalists, as is the band’s signature, “Heligoland’’ offers a starry cast of collaborators. TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe kicks things off riding a tumbling groove ...

  • Jaheim, 'Another Round'

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm
    Jaheim’s new soulful record, his fifth, shows off his mature vocal styling that harkens back to classic R&B while still sounding thoroughly contemporary. This is a very solid set that places its emphasis on the vocalist’s smooth, rich tone and effortless phrasing. At 32, Jaheim is smart enough to know that he can’t play the horn-dog role so many of ...

  • Gil Scott-Heron, 'I'm New Here'

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:38 pm
    The first album in 16 years from troubled genius Gil Scott-Heron is dark and eerie, full of mysterious electronic effects, clanging percussions, and ominous chords. On the surface, it’s nothing like Scott-Heron’s classic work from the 1970s and ’80s, which cloaked searing messages of social liberation in some of the funkiest soul-jazz ever made, with musical partner Brian Jackson and ...

  • Hitting new levels of effervescence

    7 Feb 2010 | 7:38 pm
    For a band best known for sputtering, retro-tinged dance songs, a fourth album of dance music should not come as a surprise. But “One Life Stand’’ feels remarkably different from its older siblings - like a Hot Chip album that has been raised on a steady diet of Reddi-wip, bubble gum-flavored ice cream, and Xanax.
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    Boston Globe -- Editorials

  • Bragging wrongs in Mideast

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:41 pm
    The foreign ministers of Israel and Syria are engaged in a dangerous round of threatening talk, promising destruction in the event of a war. The Obama administration should prevail on the two countries to cool the rhetoric.

  • ‘Lost’: Network TV gets brainier

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:40 pm
    Facing challenges from online and cable, broadcast TV has never had more incentive to improve. The island-castaway series "Lost" is breaking new ground for broadcast TV by mixing drama and adventure with some very sophisticated science lessons. It shows that competition can, indeed, breed innovation.

  • ‘Real men’: Dumb beer ads, courageous footballers

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:39 pm
    This year's Super Bowl ads were, if anything, more misogynistic than usual, presenting women as nothing more than an obstacle to beer drinking and male bonding. But there was a different view of manhood on the field. A Saints linebacker stood up to the NFL's macho culture by advocating for gay marriage, and the team's quarterback celebrated the biggest win of his life by gingerly holding his one-year-old son to share the precious moments after the victory. They, not the ads, conveyed what it really means to be a man.

  • A mayor’s selfishness puts Lawrence at risk

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:38 pm
    The state loan plan to bail out Lawrence is being delayed by an unusual obstacle: The city's mayor refuses to resign his legislative seat, and therefore has a conflict of interest in voting on the aid package. The mayor, William Lantigua, should resign his seat immediately and devote his full-time energies to saving his deeply troubled city.

  • Put health costs on a diet

    7 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm
    To hold down health care costs, it's not enough to shift away from fee-for-service payments.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Letters to the editor

  • Obama is boosting wrong industry

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm
    "President Obama called for common sense, but we are just getting more nuclear nonsense, corporate subsidies, a bigger nuclear waste problem, and little support for small businesses in the really clean energy sector." -- Seth Tuler

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  • Support for fallen athletes ought to teach us something

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:01 pm
    "High school athletes are the royalty of the school. If an overweight female student with a poor complexion had fallen on the ice and was injured, would the outpouring be as great?" -- Michael Rogovsky

  • With (profuse) apologies to Marxists

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:57 pm
    YOUR JAN. 30 editorial “ Tea Party: Organizing the anti-establishment ’’ on the Tea Party Convention states that it “seems to be melting away because of what Marxists used to call internal contradictions.’’

  • Feeling Holden Caulfield’s pain

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:55 pm
    IT AMAZES me how much scorn is heaped on “The Catcher in the Rye’’ based on what I believe is a gross misreading of the character Holden Caulfield and the book. In a Feb. 2 letter to the editor (“ Holden Caulfield a rebel without claws ’’), the writer characterizes him as a “moody pop-off with little real substance’’ and ...
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    Boston Globe -- Technology stories

  • Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss

    Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 4:34 am
    Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.

  • Atmel's losses widen; shares climb on better sales

    8 Feb 2010 | 6:49 pm
    Atmel Corp.'s loss widened in the fourth quarter as the chip designer wrote down the value of its business, but its sales rose and investors pushed up its stock price after hours Monday.

  • Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract

    Joelle Tessler, AP Technolgy Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:24 pm
    Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.

  • Trident Microsystems' losses widen on write-off

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:24 pm
    Trident Microsystems Inc. said Monday that its quarterly loss widened as the company took a big inventory write-off.

  • Fuel Tech CFO Graham resigns

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:59 pm
    Combustion technology and engineering services company Fuel Tech Inc. said Monday its chief financial officer is resigning to become CEO of a privately held environmental consulting company.
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    Boston Globe -- Yvonne Abraham

  • Auditory delights

    Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:34 pm
    Forget the governor’s race. If you’re looking for real fun this state election season, you have to go down-ballot.

  • A jury and the jeers

    Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:41 pm
    He’s been getting calls from his buddies since the news broke Sunday. Look what you did, they’re saying.

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  • Don’t assume the worst

    Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 8:00 pm
    Say you see a bunch of white 19-year-olds hanging out on a street corner in Lexington one summer afternoon. Chances are, you assume they’re home from college.

  • Disturbing signals

    Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist
    27 Jan 2010 | 9:05 pm
    BROCKTON - What on earth was she thinking? Watching Dr . Kayoko Kifuji testify in Plymouth Superior Court this week, you have to wonder.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Sam Allis

  • To Plan B, or not to Plan B?

    Sam Allis
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:36 pm
    I don’t know about you, but I can count the cracks in the ceiling at 2 a.m. over a hangnail. A frozen drain spout, a run on Skippy Extra Crunchy - these things paralyze me.

  • His love affair with ‘Esmé’

    Sam Allis
    1 Feb 2010 | 12:29 am
    Upon learning that J.D. Salinger died last week, I immediately reread “For Esmé - With Love and Squalor,’’ his short story first published in The New Yorker in 1950 that later became perhaps the most beloved piece in his “Nine Stories.’’ I treasure it above everything else he wrote.

  • What it all means? We’ll see.

    Sam Allis
    24 Jan 2010 | 5:59 pm
    The white noise around What It All Means was deafening. It’s simply tiresome now. The bad news is it promises to be with us for months like a dry cough.

  • Where’s Winthrop?

    Sam Allis
    17 Jan 2010 | 6:57 pm
    I’ll tell you a story. It carries a bewitching blend of “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?’’ and “Where’s Waldo?’’ It’s about the ultimate Boston poobah John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a founder in 1630 of the First Church in Boston.
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    Boston Globe -- Joan Anderman

  • iPod shuffle

    Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:41 am
    Any music collection that spans Ren and Stimpy, William Shatner, and a jazz album by Jack Kevorkian titled “A Very Still Life’’ qualifies as winningly eclectic. And that’s but a wee sampling of the 9,703 tracks on Johnny Stump ’s iPod. Stump is the bassist for the Boston alt-country band Three Day Threshold, which just released a new CD, “Straight ...

  • Songs for Surrealists

    Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
    21 Jan 2010 | 10:05 am
    Even if you didn’t know it, you’ve probably played an Exquisite Corpse game, fashioned by the Surrealists in the 1920s to explore the mystique of chance and the power of the collective unconscious. In the basic word and drawing games, a player begins by writing part of a sentence or creating a section of a drawing on a piece of ...

  • iPod Shuffle

    Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
    24 Dec 2009 | 10:58 am
    As public relations director at First Night Boston, marketing maven for arts organizations from Commonwealth Shakespeare Company to the ICA, and founder of Ashmont Records (yes, she’s a proud Dorchester homegirl), Joyce Linehan is a platinum card-carrying member of local Boston culture. So while there are 8,751 songs on her iPod, of course Aerosmith pops up when she set her ...

  • Joan Anderman's top albums of 2009

    Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
    19 Dec 2009 | 9:56 am
    THE AVETT BROTHERS “I And Love And You’’ Instead of mucking up their major-label debut, the South Carolina sibs made a thing of beauty, replete with soul-searing ballads, mountain-punk rave-ups, and timeless country-rock.

  • Taking their shot

    Joan Anderman, Globe Staff
    14 Dec 2009 | 10:05 am
    While most of his classmates are holed up in dorm rooms cramming for finals, Eric Morrissey has been studying in the lobby of the Burbank Airport Marriott. In the middle of the night. With 7 a.m. wake-up calls to look forward to. Happily, he has company: 11 of his brethren in the Beelzebubs, Tufts University’s all-male a cappella group, who ...
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    Boston Globe -- Alex Beam

  • Salinger, the movie

    Alex Beam, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 5:42 pm
    By morbid coincidence, a Hollywood filmmaker completed a full-length documentary about the life of J.D. Salinger shortly before the reclusive writer’s death. As first reported by the website Deadline Hollywood, screenwriter Shane Salerno, credited with the movie “AVP: Aliens vs. Predator,’’ finished “Salinger’’ a few weeks ago.

  • His passion’s for the birds

    Alex Beam, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:40 am
    Theodore Cross, 85, is a proverbial man of many parts. He has been a successful lawyer, publisher, Nixon White House counselor, and guru on African-American economic development. His passion is photographing shorebirds.

  • Pick your poison

    Alex Beam, Globe Columnist
    2 Feb 2010 | 7:23 am
    I was reading the paper a few days ago and came upon a mammoth ad for Chantix, a drug that can supposedly help you stop smoking. Now, smoking is not good for your health. But what about Chantix? Let’s examine the not-so-fine print:

  • Quest for privacy didn’t outshine great works

    Alex Beam, Globe Staff
    28 Jan 2010 | 11:18 pm
    Born in Manhattan and published almost exclusively in The New Yorker, J.D. Salinger lived the life of the quintessential New Englander.

  • One top cookie

    Alex Beam, Globe Staff
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:57 am
    In March 2008, The New York Times reported on a “crisis’’ at Manhattan’s Century Association, a posh membership club. The venerable Century had lost its 60-year supplier of macaroons, which it serves to all guests at the end of both lunch and dinner. The search for the perfect macaroon had dragged on for six months and threatened to last forever.
 
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  • Still awaiting a miracle long overdue

    Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 7:44 pm
    I’ve never met Mark Palermo. I know his parents. I told their story last September.

  • Saving for vacation, then savoring the memories

    Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 6:26 pm
    This is how it was: Every day, after work, my father would put his quit-smoking money into a bank, which he kept on top of his dresser. He’d walk straight into his bedroom and empty his pockets. The bank was big, some kind of mongrel dog, a porcelain thing my mother shook her head at. On her dresser sat an ...

  • It’s called growing up, and growing together

    Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist
    23 Jan 2010 | 6:56 pm
    Our wedding picture has been on a wall or a desk or propped on a bookshelf somewhere, in plain sight, since 1968. We were both babies back then. My mother said so. His mother said so. I was 20 and my husband was 21, but we were in love and the Beach Boys were singing “Wouldn’t it be nice to ...

  • On the brother she never knew

    Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist
    16 Jan 2010 | 5:39 pm
    In the end, after a few hours, a few months, I dismiss these things. Chalk them up, as Ebenezer Scrooge did, to “an undigested piece of beef.”

  • For adults with disabilities, many friends

    Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist
    9 Jan 2010 | 7:05 pm
    The hall was basic, unadorned, in need of a makeover. Not like a hotel with plush chairs and soft lights. Not like a meeting room where business people gather.
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    Boston Globe -- Ty Burr

  • Frozen

    Ty Burr, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 11:07 am
    Who knew when the efficient little suspense film “Open Water’’ came out in 2003 that its concept - two scuba divers swept out to sea, with sharks circling - would become a template for every young filmmaker with a dollar and a dream? Last year’s woebegone “The Canyon’’ stranded two idiot hikers in the Grand Canyon, with wolves circling, and ...

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  • The Last Station

    Ty Burr, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am
    What Helen Mirren does in “The Last Station’’ can’t really be called overacting. It’s something bigger: emotional action painting, maybe, or symphonic installation art. If you’re uncomfortable with the grand gesture, her performance may make you look away in embarrassment, the way you do from a drunk at a party. Too much. Too, too much.

  • ‘Avatar,’ ‘Locker’ top Oscar nods

    Ty Burr, Globe Staff
    2 Feb 2010 | 5:51 pm
    “Avatar’’ and “The Hurt Locker,’’ two very different films directed by filmmakers once married to each other, dominated the nominations for the 82d annual Academy Awards yesterday, but the list of potential winners indicates there’s room for everyone in Oscar’s new big tent.

  • Eyes on the prize

    Ty Burr, Globe Staff
    29 Jan 2010 | 8:55 am
    PARK CITY, Utah - There’s something unreal about arriving midway through a film festival that has steadfastly refused to take off. Everyone seems to be walking around Sundance 2010 holding a party popper that won’t pop; the impatient are growing desperate and the philosophical are shrugging their shoulders and going to the documentaries, which are terrific as always.
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    Boston Globe -- Kevin Cullen

  • What goes around

    Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Last year, when the staff at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center agreed to give up raises and benefits so the hospital would not have to lay off its lowest-paid workers, the story went viral.

  • His nightmares have ended

    Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 8:59 pm
    The hardest part was knowing he had nightmares. Cathy Mayo was lying in bed in Jamaica Plain, and she knew that Delmace, the 3-year-old boy she was trying to adopt, was flailing in a bed in the hills above Port-au-Prince.

  • No safe haven for bullies

    Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist
    1 Feb 2010 | 10:08 pm
    The recent apparent suicide of a South Hadley freshman named Phoebe Prince, after persistent bullying in and out of school, has led some to believe that help rests somewhere under that Golden Dome on Beacon Hill.

  • Too little, too late against bully tactics

    Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 8:10 pm
    Back in September, the town of South Hadley brought in Barbara Coloroso to talk to parents, teachers, and administrators about how to combat bullying in the schools.

  • Unable to write a wrong

    Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist
    25 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm
    Bill O’Donnell is a Boston guy. He was born in Bay Village before it was called Bay Village. He lived in Boston for years. But his wife, Jean, is a Rhode Island girl, and so they live in Woonsocket.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Jeremy Eichler

  • Musical kindred spirits, conversing at the keyboard

    Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:09 pm
    Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss teamed up on Sunday for an unusual duo piano recital, presented by the Celebrity Series. Both are marvelous pianists as well as musical kindred spirits, despite being separated by a generation. Sunday afternoon was not the transcendent keyboard summit some may have hoped for, but these players gave vivid and engaging accounts of music by ...

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  • Critic's picks - classical music

    Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am
    CLASSICAL MUSIC BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA In a keenly anticipated upcoming program (Feb. 11-13), James Levine leads the BSO in a resonant grouping of works: Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra (Op. 6) alongside Strauss’s “Four Last Songs’’ with soprano Renée Fleming. Next month’s notable BSO event will be the premiere (March 25-30) of Peter Lieberson’s “Farewell Songs.’’ ...

  • Honey, please pass the melody

    Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am
    Like many married couples, Mira Wang and Jan Vogler deal with the stresses of maintaining two busy careers. But they also have some unique marital challenges, like for instance expanding the repertoire of double concertos written for the violin and cello. Because, you know, there are days when Brahms just won’t do.

  • A classical show with pop

    Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am
    The popular public radio show, “From the Top,’’ is in its 10th anniversary season of spotlighting kids, mostly teenagers, who are passionately devoted to classical music. The show returns this evening to its home in Jordan Hall for a performance taping that will feature several individual Boston-area students as well as 60 members of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing ...
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    Boston Globe -- Jan Freeman

  • Yeah, right

    Erin McKean
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:08 am
    Do we need a new punctuation mark?

  • Heated debate

    Jan Freeman
    30 Jan 2010 | 8:43 am
    Why shouldn’t a temperature be ‘warm’?

  • Sweet tooth fairies

    Erin McKean
    23 Jan 2010 | 8:39 am
    Have you ever met a sweet tooth fairy? A sweet tooth fairy isn’t an especially congenial version of the mythical childhood creature, nor is it an epithet for the actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who plays a kind of muscular lunk of a tooth fairy in a new movie. It’s a combination of two two-word phrases that, when overlapped, make ...

  • Horse sense

    Jan Freeman
    16 Jan 2010 | 8:35 am
    One animal’s amazing trail through the language

  • Phwoar!

    Erin McKean
    13 Nov 2009 | 11:45 am
    Oxford University Press has just published the third edition of “The F-Word” - 270 pages investigating every possible combination, situation, and divagation in which the most notorious expletive in English can be found. For a word that can’t be printed in most newspapers, it’s certainly leading a rich, full life.
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    Boston Globe -- Matthew Gilbert

  • Critic’s corner

    Matthew Gilbert
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:11 pm
    The Red Carpet Issue 9 p.m., Sundance We’re in the middle of awards season, and the red carpet has been in full swing. That long stroll past the paparazzi has become one of the best places for actors to promote their latest projects - and themselves. This documentary looks at how Hollywood’s entrance festivities have turned from private events into ...

  • Critic's corner

    Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
    6 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    By Matthew Gilbert Emma 9 p.m., Channel 2

  • Critic’s corner

    Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:39 am
    Puppy Bowl VI Tomorrow at 3 p.m., Animal Planet Yeah, yeah. The Super Bowl is on tomorrow night, with all the ads and the Who performing at halftime. But this annual aww-a-thon deserves attention, too, for being so darn cute. Animal shelter pups will take the field, hamsters will man the blimp that will provide aerial footage, and rabbits will ...

  • ‘Boss’ is on-the-job straining

    Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am
    CBS has decided to turn prime real estate - the post-Super Bowl slot, when tens of millions of Doritos-stuffed football fans are already on their couches - into a waste dump.

  • Critic’s corner

    Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:38 am
    Smallville 8 p.m., Channel 56 Pam Grier begins a multi-episode arc in tonight’s two-hour special episode of “Smallville’’ about the Justice Society of America. The blaxploitation icon will play a villian, Agent Amanda Waller. Let’s hope the writers treat her better than the “L Word’’ writers, who never quite seemed to know what to do with Grier’s character. Pictured: Tom ...
 
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    Boston Globe -- Derrick Z. Jackson

  • The double standard at CBS

    Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist
    5 Feb 2010 | 8:15 pm
    After rejecting a Super Bowl ad for a gay dating service, the network plans to air an anti-abortion ad during the game: now the "C" of CBS stands for "chicken."

  • The kings of trash talk

    Derrick Z. Jackson
    1 Feb 2010 | 5:51 pm
    Look no further than well-paid sports stars or loud talk show hosts for a reason why adolescents trash-talk each other.

  • Disaster is opportunity to do right in Haiti

    Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist
    15 Jan 2010 | 6:07 pm
    Decades of mismanagement and poor treatment of Haiti by the United States can be healed if we help rebuild.

  • State is too slow in banning texting while driving

    Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist
    11 Jan 2010 | 7:52 pm
    Legislatures need to quit debating over nuance and ban the use of all cell phones and texting devices while driving, period.
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  • The price of UMass law school

    Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    The merger will almost certainly cost Massachusetts taxpayers a small fortune.

  • Candidates, campaigns and New Coke

    Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 6:44 pm
    Denouncing the Supreme Court ruling on campaign contributions ignores one fact: Americans are perfectly capable of thinking for themselves.

  • Income angst? Not for public employees

    Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
    26 Jan 2010 | 5:42 pm
    Since the economic downturn began, wages of public employees have skyrocketed, and "double dip" pensions are costing taxpayers a lot of money.

  • A victory for free speech

    Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
    23 Jan 2010 | 1:42 pm
    Supreme Court ruling on campaign contributions simply extends to all corporations the same freedoms media corporations take for granted.

  • Blessing in disguise

    Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist
    19 Jan 2010 | 7:48 pm
    The President has much to learn from this rejection of ObamaCare.
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  • Give in, and enjoy it

    Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am
    The best parenting advice I ever received was a single word: Surrender. The woman who said it to me was a friend of a friend, and she was passing it on as something she’d heard and found useful, so perhaps part of its magic for me is that, unlike so much of the other information and opinion and instruction about ...

  • Big voice, big heart

    Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:18 am
    Nearly 30 years after the Broadway original and four years after Bill Condon’s movie version, a revamped “Dreamgirls’’ is back onstage where it belongs. The tour, which opened at Harlem’s Apollo Theater in November, plays the Colonial Theatre through Feb. 14 - and I am telling you, you’re going.

  • Combating cultural myopia

    Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
    8 Jan 2010 | 9:26 am
    A few years ago, when we had just started the Chinese paperwork for adopting our second child, I overheard our son, C.J., bickering with a friend. They were arguing over who had the greater right to play with an Irish coin they’d found.

  • Louise Kennedy's picks (Jan. - July)

    Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
    26 Dec 2009 | 9:51 am
    ENDGAME American Repertory Theater GALILEO Catalyst Collaborative @ MIT and Underground Railway Theater
 
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  • In search of home runs

    Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:23 pm
    Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, updated daily, visit www.boston.com/innovation .

  • Agency of change for region

    Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:45 pm
    If you are hiking in the woods of Waltham’s Prospect Hill Park and hear what sounds like the distant whine of an extra-loud chain saw, do not be alarmed. Head toward the noise, and you may encounter one of the world’s most sophisticated walking robots. Big Dog, a canine-like cargo-bot developed by Boston Dynamics Inc., occasionally tromps through the trees ...

  • High-tech nods to wanderers and would-be mayors

    Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent
    31 Jan 2010 | 6:59 pm
    Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, updated daily, visit www.boston.com/innovation.

  • Endeca founders steering search firm toward ‘business intelligence’ market

    Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 7:15 pm
    Steve Papa and Peter Bell hatched their idea for a company in Papa’s dorm room at Harvard Business School. Pals from their undergrad days at Princeton, Papa was in the home stretch of earning his MBA, and Bell was camping out on a futon in the small living room, helping to hone the idea that would become Endeca Technologies Inc.

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  • 44 Inch Chest

    Wesley Morris, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:49 am
    If an evening spent watching John Hurt say the most unprintable things sounds like an enticement, then by all means hurry to “44 Inch Chest,’’ where his mouth could use a bath. The title does promise a disreputable event. Is this a documentary about a porn professional? Or a gym rat? Neither. It’s a stagy, half-entertaining, half-tedious acting competition between ...

  • From Paris with Love

    Wesley Morris, Globe Staff
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:44 am
    John Travolta adores being John Travolta. He adores himself to smithereens. As if we needed any reminder of this, there’s “From Paris With Love,’’ a collection of explosions and shoot-outs duct-taped to a terrorism plot. This is the sort of asinine action exercise that needs a star to blow up cars and leap from rooftop to rooftop with gusto. So ...

  • To Save a Life

    Wesley Morris, Globe Staff
    31 Jan 2010 | 7:50 pm
    Guilt is a terrible thing. It can also produce lousy movies. “To Save a Life’’ is cheesy on matters of God and conscience. A hair-flipping basketball jock named Jake Taylor (Randy Wayne) rues the suicide of his baby-faced childhood friend. Jake spent years ignoring Roger (Robert Bailey Jr.), who walked with a limp after he threw himself in front of ...

  • At Sundance, a few gems among all the grousing

    Wesley Morris, Globe Staff
    28 Jan 2010 | 10:21 am
    PARK CITY, Utah - What on earth is happening? In all my years attending the Sundance Film Festival, I’ve never heard more grumbling. No one likes anything. (OK, not exactly true - I’m a fan of “Please Give,’’ “I Am Love,’’ “Night Watches Us,’’ and the lottery documentary “Lucky,’’ and I’ve heard great things about the docs “Catfish’’ and “Exit ...

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  • A program note on ‘biggest loser’

    Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist
    4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The New Jersey Nets are in town. If you have any sense of history, this is a game you don’t want to miss.

  • History teaches us some old lessons

    Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Kevin Garnett’s knees began to betray him last year. Paul Pierce keeps coming up with one owie after another. When is Ray Allen’s turn? Rasheed, too.

  • History teaches us some old lessons

    Bob Ryan
    3 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Kevin Garnett’s knees began to betray him last year. Paul Pierce keeps coming up with one owie after another. When is Ray Allen’s turn? Rasheed, too.

  • Hardly the sight for fans’ sore eyes

    Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist
    31 Jan 2010 | 10:15 pm
    The fans needed it. Not management. Not the coaching staff. Not the players. Not the media.

  • Peyton’s place: At the top

    Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 10:27 pm
    What’s this I hear? Some people are saying that Peyton Manning can’t make a claim to being the greatest quarterback in NFL history if he doesn’t get himself more than one championship ring?
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  • These e-mailers are writing about a wrong

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Whoops. OK, maybe I jumped the gun a little. I got caught up in the moment. On the eve of the Super Bowl, I wrote that Peyton Manning was better than Tom Brady. I was positively Peytonized. And as Rick Pitino once said, “that’s how I felt at the time.’’

  • Hardly easy, but victory sure was big

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Hop aboard the love train they call the City of New Orleans.

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  • Saints are now Arch’s enemies

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 11:35 pm
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Archie Manning is the New Orleans Saints. Starting in 1971, he played more than a decade at quarterback for them, then went into the broadcast booth and told fans about the Saints until 2007. He raised his family in the Garden District of New Orleans. Forty-four years after the birth of the franchise, he remains the ...

  • The torch has been passed

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Peyton Manning is better than Tom Brady. There. I said it. Call the cops. Have me arrested and sentenced to 10 years of hard time watching “Patriots All Access’’ and listening to programs called “Patriots Monday’’ and “Patriots Friday’’.
 
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  • A lot to prove

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:46 pm
    How big is CVS Caremark Corp., the pharmacy juggernaut from Rhode Island? The nation’s largest distributor of prescription drugs should generate over $100 billion in sales this year. CVS earned just over $1 billion in the latest quarter, more than the profits of the two largest public companies in Massachusetts combined. It filled or managed more than 1 billion prescriptions ...

  • The value of settling

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    1 Feb 2010 | 8:35 pm
    How many stents will Boston Scientific Corp. have to sell to pay for all its lawsuit settlements?

  • Nurturing the Gardner

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    28 Jan 2010 | 8:04 pm
    The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum put on a big show for more than 100 guests last week, unveiling architect Renzo Piano’s design for the $118 million, four-story wing under construction next to its famous original palazzo.

  • What about the jobless?

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    25 Jan 2010 | 8:16 pm
    President Obama will lavish lots of attention on middle-class voters and their financial anxieties in his State of the Union message tomorrow. You might have a hard time counting all the new tax and benefit plans on one hand.

  • Fidelity’s next step

    Steven Syre, Globe Columnist
    21 Jan 2010 | 7:33 pm
    It’s got to be now or never for Abby Johnson. Johnson, 48, has been a lot of things at Fidelity Investments over the years: Mutual fund manager, senior executive, largest shareholder, the boss’s daughter. But she’s never been the clear heir apparent to run Boston’s most important financial company. If not now, when?
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  • The blame game

    Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
    6 Feb 2010 | 4:52 pm
    Charlie Baker can't take credit for whatever good he thinks happened during 16 years of Republican governors without owning some of the bad stuff, such an increased spending and more bureaucracy.

  • Obama’s new realities

    Joan Vennochi
    3 Feb 2010 | 5:41 pm
    You don't sell hope and change to a country then just back away.

  • Time for Brown to take his seat

    Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    It's hard to argue with victory. Republican Scott Brown won a convincing one on Jan. 19. Now that Secretary of State William Galvin has officially certifed the vote, Brown should be quickly sworn in as United States Senator.

  • Brown and the Kennedys

    Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist
    30 Jan 2010 | 4:01 pm
    Kennedy members aren't mad about losing Ted Kennedy's seat. They're depressed about losing the cause of his life.

  • The hunk factor

    Joan Vennochi
    27 Jan 2010 | 8:53 pm
    With men, the taller, better-looking candidate usually wins.
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  • A just victory for law school

    Adrian Walker
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    For Robert V. Ward Jr., the dean of the Southern New England School of Law, the vindication that came last week was sweet.

  • Baker left facts behind

    Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist
    5 Feb 2010 | 10:25 pm
    On Thursday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker made an utterly breathtaking claim, telling reporters that Mitt Romney exited office leaving behind a $5 billion surplus.

  • Paralyzed by fear

    Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist
    31 Jan 2010 | 9:05 pm
    If you didn’t consider the Massachusetts Legislature a bastion of political courage before, here’s some sorry news: Things are about to get worse.

  • Unfinished business

    Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist
    29 Jan 2010 | 9:19 pm
    For Dr. Selwyn Rogers, there was a precise moment when the agony of Haiti crystallized.

  • Exceptional era ending

    Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist
    24 Jan 2010 | 8:57 pm
    That Elaine Ullian’s retirement this week is an unremarkable event says a great deal about the remarkable journey traveled by Ullian and her hospital.
 
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  • Lengthy deal for Beckett requires medical attention

    Nick Cafardo
    7 Feb 2010 | 12:22 am
    A five-year, $82.5 million deal for Josh Beckett - the same thing former Marlins teammate A.J. Burnett and current teammate John Lackey got - seems logical for the free-agent-to-be. Right now, it’s not going to happen in Boston.

  • Sox’ Vinik buys up NHL’s Lightning

    Associated Press
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Boston Red Sox minority owner Jeff Vinik agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning yesterday, taking on the challenge of turning around a franchise that has struggled since winning the Stanley Cup in 2004.

  • Kelly, Kalish headline Sox’ spring invitees

    Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
    5 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Several of the organization’s top prospects, including righthander Casey Kelly and outfielder Ryan Kalish, are among the 20 nonroster players invited to spring training by the Red Sox yesterday.

  • Red Sox sign 2, announce front office promotions

    3 Feb 2010 | 1:19 pm
    The Red Sox have signed journeyman reliever Joe Nelson and minor league catcher Gustavo Molina to minor league deals that include spring training invitations.
 
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  • 'Played Like an Absolute Dog'

    ssilva
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:48 am
    (BDD Photo Illustration / Meir Weinberg) So Much For All the He's-Better-Than-Mr.-Gisele Stories Photos: Poutin' Payton | Shaughnessy Writing About a Wrong (BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons)

  • Nomar Says It Ain't So

    ssilva
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:29 pm
    (BDD Photo Illustration / Chris R.) Reports Of Garciaparra's Demise Were Greatly Exaggerated... Or Not Retirement Report Update: Don't Hold Your Breath Waiting to See Old Nomar Garciaparra Stepping Into the On-Deck Circle But Lou Merloni Says Nomie's Not Ready to Hang 'Em UpThe Most Ironic Media Hire May Wait Before Joining MLB TVLet's Have More Cowbell Because Nomah's Calf Is Feeling GoodHey, He's Still a Legend Aroud These Parts... For Some

  • More Super Bowl Picks

    ssilva
    5 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pm
    (BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons) Hell's Got the Colts, Most Everyone Else Is Praying for the Saints Super Bowl XLIV Prediction Roundup | How the Colts-Saints Match UpMazz: Seeking Peyton's Place in HistoryThe Latest from Miami

  • Is Nomar Throwing in the Towel?

    ssilva
    4 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am
    (Jim Davis / Globe File) Report: Garciaparra Expected to Say Goodbye to Baseball "Nomar Garciaparra ... it's widely expected that he will retire, and while he has not announced that, he has not been linked to any teams this offseason." -- San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser In a Perfect World, He Coulda Been the Next Ted WilliamsAnd Nomie Wasn't All That Jacked in the SI Cover PhotoNomar Gets Emotional, Dreams of Finishing in BostonMazz: Nomar and the Two Bostons | Gallery: Nomar Through the YearsHaaaaaaaa ... Nomar Said He Didn't Want to Leave BostonMr. 'False Positives' on…

  • Sneak Preview

    ssilva
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:06 am
    (BDD Photo Illustration) Next Week on Lost, Captain Jason Varitek Finds Himself Back on the Island NESN.com: 'Tek Takes You Through a Workout, and His House Pedroia's Pumped and Jacked For the New Season (WEEI.com Video) Dustin's Working Out, and Bradford's In the House WEEI.com: A Day in the Life of Dustin PedroiaPedroia Mends Some Fences in WoodlandTATB: 20 Predictions for the 2010 Sox | Best Boston Sports Nicknames
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  • Yankees add Thames, finalize Winn

    Ronald Blum, AP Sports Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm
    Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options.

  • Winn and Yankees finalize $1.1M, 1-year contract

    8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm
    Randy Winn and the New York Yankees have finalized a $1.1 million, one-year contract. The outfielder can earn an additional $900,000 in performance bonuses based on plate appearances against left-handed pitchers. He would get $100,000 each for 50, 75 and 100, and $150,000 apiece for 125, 150, 175 and 200.

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  • Bob Melvin hired as scout by New York Mets

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:50 pm
    Former major league manager Bob Melvin has been hired as a professional scout by the New York Mets, who also brought back Mookie Wilson as their minor league outfield and base running coordinator.

  • Hall of Fame to hold 2nd annual Father's Day game

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:40 pm
    The Baseball Hall of Fame will hold a second annual Hall of Fame Classic on Father's Day this year.
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  • These e-mailers are writing about a wrong

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Whoops. OK, maybe I jumped the gun a little. I got caught up in the moment. On the eve of the Super Bowl, I wrote that Peyton Manning was better than Tom Brady . I was positively Peytonized. And as Rick Pitino once said, “that’s how I felt at the time.’’

  • Not kicking, screaming

    Monique Walker, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Adam Vinatieri pleaded his best case to the Colts coaches before the end of the regular season. As the knee in his kicking leg healed from surgery, he wanted to prove he could be the reliable performer who has converted clutch field goals most of his career.

  • Film study put Porter in picture

    Monique Walker, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The play unfolded like a scene in a movie seen a hundred times. Saints cornerback Tracy Porter watched enough film in the last two weeks to recognize what the Colts were trying to do on third down last night.

  • Gay rings up another

    Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Leading up to the NFC Championship game, Saints cornerback Randall Gay thought about his team’s roster and realized something. Almost none of his teammates had played in the Super Bowl before. Among those who had, only he had played in the game and won.

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  • Peppers doesn't want long-term deal with Panthers

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:40 am
    Julius Peppers no longer wants a long-term contract with Carolina, saying the Panthers have ignored him this offseason.

  • Saints are still in heaven

    Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Saints coach Sean Payton arrived at the convention center here at 8:30 yesterday morning, shirt wrinkled, eyes bleary, hair mussed, beads around his neck, and the Vince Lombardi Trophy in his hand. Payton looked like a man who’d had a long night but was feeling too good to feel bad.

  • These e-mailers are writing about a wrong

    Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Whoops. OK, maybe I jumped the gun a little. I got caught up in the moment. On the eve of the Super Bowl, I wrote that Peyton Manning was better than Tom Brady . I was positively Peytonized. And as Rick Pitino once said, “that’s how I felt at the time.’’

  • Game most-watched program in TV history

    David Bauder, Associated Press
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The New Orleans Saints’ victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M*A*S*H’’ to become the most-watched program in US television history, the Nielsen Co. said yesterday.

  • Conference call? NFC is the answer

    Albert R. Breer, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    February 3, 2008 will always be remembered in these parts as the day 19-0 died, and perhaps even the final stand of this era’s great Patriots dynasty.
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  • He takes uncomfortable seat

    Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Had events unfolded to Tim Thomas’s liking, the defending Vezina Trophy winner would be between the pipes tonight at HSBC Arena, staring down Ryan Miller, his primary competitor to the claim of Team USA’s No. 1 goalie.

  • Sabres thumbnails

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    ■ When, where: Tonight, 7, at HSBC Arena, Buffalo. ■ TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM (98.5).

  • Boy, was Boychuk lucky

    Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Johnny Boychuk , hammered in the face by a Mikael Samuelsson slap shot Saturday, will be sidelined only 7-10 days because of a fractured orbital bone, and will not return until after the Olympic break.

  • Rask puts a stop to Bruins’ losing ways

    Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    As expected, Year One of Tuukka Rask’s NHL career has been a tale of caution. With far too much evidence, starting from the early demise of Hannu Toivonen, of the woes that come from fast-tracking young goaltenders, the Bruins have practiced patience with Rask, feeding the 22-year-old just enough playing time to keep him from going soft.

  • Bruins beat Habs, snap 10-game losing streak

    7 Feb 2010 | 2:58 pm
    Tuukka Rask was pretty much all that stood between Boston and a blown lead. Not to mention a record the Bruins would have wanted no part of.
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  • Ducks snap Kings' nine-game winning streak

    Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:30 am
    Although the longest winning streak in the Los Angeles Kings' history finally was stopped by their closest rivals, they hope the momentum from that confidence-building run will extend all the way into the spring.

  • Ducks' Getzlaf sprains left ankle

    8 Feb 2010 | 10:30 pm
    Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf sprained his left ankle during the second period of Anaheim's game against the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night.

  • Ducks snap Kings' 9-game winning streak

    Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:40 pm
    Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory in the latest Freeway Faceoff on Monday night.

  • Lombardi's 2 goals help Coyotes rout Oilers 6-1

    Bob Baum, AP Sports Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:20 pm
    Matthew Lombardi had two goals and three assists for a career-high five points and the Phoenix Coyotes routed sputtering Edmonton 6-1 on Monday night for their 36th victory, matching their total from last season.

  • Stewart, Yip lead Avalanche over Blues 5-2

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:10 pm
    Brandon Yip scored two goals, Chris Stewart had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Monday night.
 
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    Boston.com -- Boston Celtics

  • They have hit a switch

    Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The first two months of the season indicated the Celtics were going to have a cakewalk to the playoffs. They won their first five games by an average margin of 21.6 points, including a season-opening 95-89 victory at Cleveland. Then, from Nov. 22-Dec. 25, the Celtics went 14-1, losing only to Philadelphia, 98-97, Dec. 18.

  • Celtics’ failure needs study in the third degree

    Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Third-quarter letdowns have been costly for the Celtics this season. But the Celtics took third-quarter lowlights to even greater depths in a 96-89 loss to the Orlando Magic yesterday.

  • Relaxing the cause of tension

    Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The days of the Celtics setting the tone after halftime are apparently long gone. Their 11-point production in the third quarter of a 96-89 loss to Orlando yesterday set a team season low for scoring in a quarter.

  • Their effort not hard to categorize

    Gary Washburn, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Elite teams don’t get outscored, 36-11, in a quarter. “The Celtics aren’t an elite team,’’ ESPN/ABC NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy said after Boston collapsed in the third quarter yesterday at TD Garden and dropped a 96-89 decision to the Orlando Magic.

  • Rivers won’t go with flow

    Julian Benbow, Globe Staff
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    They were words spoken when a team loses a game it should have won, and after blowing an 11-point halftime lead to the Magic yesterday at home, someone in the Celtics’ locker room said them.
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  • Ralston won’t be back

    Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
    29 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Midfielder Steve Ralston confirmed yesterday he will not return to the Revolution after eight seasons with the team. Ralston, who underwent offseason knee surgery, said he could return to the playing field in early May but has not decided whether to continue his career.

  • Brown, of Natick and BU, is happily Breakers-bound

    Marvin Pave
    23 Jan 2010 | 6:16 pm
    Casey Brown has starred as a shutdown back for the Boston University women’s soccer team, the first three-time Defensive Player of the Year in the America East Conference. Now the former Natick High standout and BU senior will give a soccer career her best shot close to home, with the Boston Breakers of the Women’s Professional Soccer League.

  • Revolution go get Gibbs from Colorado

    21 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm
    The Revolution have acquired former US national team defender Cory Gibbs in a four-player trade with the Colorado Rapids, a team source confirmed yesterday.

  • Witnessing South Africa evolve in person, onstage, and onscreen

    James F. Smith, Globe Staff
    16 Jan 2010 | 9:38 am
    When the curtain rises on the World Cup in stadiums around South Africa in June, people around the world will do more than tune in to watch soccer. They will also take the measure of 16 years of nation-building since Nelson Mandela was elected president of the rainbow nation.

  • Breakers bolster back line in WPS draft

    Globe Staff
    15 Jan 2010 | 10:27 pm
    The Boston Breakers went for offense with the second overall pick in yesterday’s Women’s Professional Soccer draft, selecting UCLA’s all-time leading scorer Lauren Cheney, then emphasized defense with their remaining picks.
 
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  • Latin quartet hits high note

    Braden Campbell, Globe Correspondent
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    At last weekend’s MSTCA Elite Meet, the Boston Latin 4 x 200 relay crew came close to making Massachusetts track history, winning in 1 minute 43.65 seconds, good for a new meet record but just shy of the top time in the state.

  • Boys’ basketball: Players of the week

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    TJ Jann, Westford - In a loss to Acton-Boxboro Friday, the Westford senior captain scored 23 points to pass the 1,000-point mark.

  • Girls’ basketball: Players of the week

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Christy Novembre, St. Clement - In a 39-10 victory over North Cambridge Catholic, the center posted her 1,000th career point during her 25-point effort. She is the first girl in school history to reach this milestone as a junior.

  • Mustangs turn it around

    Liz Torres, Globe Correspondent
    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    Norwood will be making its first appearance in the girls’ state hockey tournament this month, just one year after finishing last in the Bay State’s Herget Division standings.

  • Hockey: Players of the week

    7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm
    BOYS Derek Colucci, Catholic Memorial - In a 5-1 win over BC High that clinched the Catholic Conference title, the senior forward scored one goal and added an assist. He was named the game MVP and winner of the annual Edward Wright trophy for his performance.
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  • TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat

    Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am
    A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia.

  • Angelina Jolie to visit Haiti with UN refugee body

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:31 am
    The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.

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  • Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing

    Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case -- a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.

  • Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case

    Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 am
    Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony. His latest album, "Rebirth," was officially released Feb. 2.
 
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    Boston.com -- Music news

  • Jackson doctor out on bail, back for April hearing

    Linda Deutsch, AP Special Correspondent
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    Michael Jackson's doctor returns to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case -- a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.

  • Rapper Lil Wayne to be sentenced in NYC gun case

    Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 12:20 am
    Little more than a week ago, Lil Wayne was reinforcing his place in rap's pantheon with a commanding performance at the Grammy Awards ceremony. His latest album, "Rebirth," was officially released Feb. 2.

  • Ringo Starr honored with Walk of Fame star

    Derrik J. Lang, AP Entertainment Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:50 pm
    A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday evening during a whimsical ceremony that also marked the 50th anniversary of the sidewalk attraction's groundbreaking.

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  • Musical kindred spirits, conversing at the keyboard

    Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:09 pm
    Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss teamed up on Sunday for an unusual duo piano recital, presented by the Celebrity Series. Both are marvelous pianists as well as musical kindred spirits, despite being separated by a generation. Sunday afternoon was not the transcendent keyboard summit some may have hoped for, but these players gave vivid and engaging accounts of music by ...
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    Boston.com -- Theater and arts news

  • Party Lines

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:26 pm
    More than 300 guests attended the second annual ‘‘Evening for Bridget’’ at the Boston Harbor Hotel on Saturday. The event celebrates the life of Bridget Slotemaker, who died of cancer in 2008, and raised money for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and for her two daughters’ educations.

  • A Frank discussion with a lot of talk

    Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:09 pm
    NEW HAVEN - Anne Frank the person has by now been almost completely obscured by Anne Frank the icon: the pure, abstracted image onto which we project a slew of thoughts and feelings about the Holocaust and its slaughter of innocents. So it’s ingenious of Rinne Groff to represent Anne in her new play, “Compulsion,’’ not by a live actor ...

  • Stage smarts

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:05 pm
    Thanks to Diane Paulus, the award-winning opera and theater director, some shows around town have generated buzz and extended runs (’’Sleep No More’’ recently closed, but “The Donkey Show’’ is here for a while). Paulus, artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, will take center stage at tomorrow’s “Wicked Smart’’ with Diane Paulus. Janis A. Pryor, producer and host of ...

  • Forces of nature

    June Wulff, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:02 pm
    The Los Angeles Times has described Groovaloo performers as rippling like ocean waves, shaking like earthquake zones, and spinning like corkscrews. The award-winning troupe’s 14 members, who have appeared on “Superstars of Dance,’’ “So You Think You Can Dance,’’ “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,’’ and TV ads for iPod, GAP, and McDonald’s, bring their spoken-word poetry, emotional life stories, and freestyle ...

  • Hollywood stars vie for London theater awards

    Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am
    Hollywood heavyweights feature strongly in the race for Britain's 2010 Laurence Olivier theater awards, with Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, James Earl Jones and Keira Knightley among the nominees announced Monday.
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    Boston.com -- TV news

  • TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat

    Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer
    9 Feb 2010 | 5:50 am
    A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia.

  • Déjà vu drama in ‘Past Life’

    Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:10 pm
    ‘Past Life’’ is the latest TV crime procedural, and one that is actually not produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the “Medium’’-like Fox series, a team of researchers and a detective solve old cases with the assistance of people undergoing past-life regressions.

  • Andre Leon Talley to judge 'Top Model'

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:34 pm
    Andre Leon Talley will help crown "America's Next Top Model." The over-the-top 60-year-old Vogue editor-at-large will join Tyra Banks, photographer Nigel Barker and a weekly guest judge on the panel of the 14th season of the CW modeling competition (premiering March 10 at 8 p.m. EST), the network announced Monday. Previous "Top Model" judges have included runway coach J. Alexander ...

  • Super Bowl sets record with 48 minutes of ads

    Emily Fredrix, AP Marketing Writer
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am
    Think Sunday night's Super Bowl seemed like it had a lot of ads? You're right. Commercials took up nearly 48 minutes of the game -- the most for any Super Bowl.

  • Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever

    David Bauder
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:24 am
    The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S. television history, the Nielsen Co. said Monday.
 
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    Boston Globe -- Obituaries

  • John Murtha, 77; congressman became foe of Iraq war

    David Stout, New York Times
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:43 pm
    WASHINGTON - Representative John P. Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff former Marine who used his immense power in military spending to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to his hard-luck district and who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died yesterday. He was 77.

  • Bob Pickett; football coach at UMass for six seasons; 77

    Marvin Pave, Globe Correspondent
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:43 pm
    As his University of Massachusetts football team sat in the locker room before the 1978 national semifinal game at top-ranked and undefeated University of Nevada-Reno, head coach Bob Pickett decided to play the waiting game.

  • Carl Kaysen, 89, MIT professor, economist, and JFK adviser

    Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:43 pm
    Twenty years ago, as the crumbling of the Berlin Wall signaled the end of the Cold War, Carl Kaysen wrote an essay whose title asked: “Is War Obsolete?’’ Coming from someone else, the question might have seemed rhetorical or whimsical, but Dr. Kaysen’s career brought to his musings the force of history.

  • Physicist Geoffrey Burbidge, Big Bang theory skeptic; 84

    Dennis Overbye, New York Times
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:59 pm
    NEW YORK - Geoffrey Burbidge, an English physicist who became a towering figure in astronomy by helping to explain how people and everything else are made of stardust, died Jan. 26 in San Diego. He was 84.

  • Sir John Dankworth, at 82; jazz composer, saxophonist

    Associated Press
    7 Feb 2010 | 7:59 pm
    LONDON - Sir John Dankworth, the British jazz composer, saxophonist, and band leader, has died. He was 82.
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