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  21 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm

• Lawyer: Ex-Air Force nurse sped patients' deaths

  Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm

  A prosecutor has told a court martial that a former Air Force nurse killed three terminally ill patients with excessive medication because they were not dying quickly enough.

• 2 teens killed in Conn. car crash

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm

  Two Connecticut teens are dead after one lost control of the car they were inside and struck a tree in Shelton.

• Play 3 Day

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  The winning combination picked Saturday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 3 Day" drawing was:

• Play 4 Day

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  The winning combination picked Saturday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 4 Day" drawing was:

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• For islanders, this was The Game

  James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:17 pm

  For year-round residents of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, it was an eagerly anticipated rite of fall: On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, two proudly independent communities tussled for bragging rights in the season-ending high school football matchup.

• Catholic Church pushes, and some push back

  Susan Milligan, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:12 pm

  Representative Louise Slaughter has a consistent record advocating abortion rights. So the New York Democrat was stunned recently to receive, for the first time, a letter from a Catholic diocese in western New York, demanding that she explain her vote this month against a health care amendment prohibiting insurance companies from paying for abortions.

• Latinos, blacks take harder hit amid recession

  Joseph Williams, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm

  Latinos and African-Americans in Massachusetts and across the country are facing high unemployment rates that could spiral to levels not seen in decades as the jobless economic recovery drags on, analysts and urban community advocates say.

• Retailers brace for bleak sales season

  Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:41 pm

  Shoppers facing rising unemployment and tight credit are expected to keep their wallets shut tight as merchants prepare for another bruising holiday season.

• As Oprah heads to cable, will her golden touch go with her?

  Johnny Diaz and Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:40 pm

  There is no way to overstate the influence of Oprah on the life of 49-year-old Barbara Moulton of Boston.

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• China says 31 dead, 82 trapped in mine

  Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pm

  A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China today, killing 31 people and trapping another 82 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.

• Gates says US could withhold aid to Afghans

  Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pm

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan’s government accountable for corruption by withholding money for projects “where we control the flow of dollars.’’

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  20 Nov 2009 | 10:07 pm

• Researchers says she’s proved authenticity of Shroud of Turin

  Ariel David, Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:03 pm

  A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus.

• Privacy issue stalls efforts by US to win geologist’s release from China

  Charles Hutzler, Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:02 pm

  Sometime into his long detention by China’s feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show US consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where he says his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.

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• Carolina D leads Heels to 31-13 win over BC

  Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm

  Cam Thomas and Kendric Burney each had defensive touchdowns on Saturday as North Carolina scored three times in a span of 2 minutes, 19 seconds to open a 21-point lead and hold on to beat Boston College 31-13.

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  21 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm

• Mass. Mid-Day Numbers

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:29 am

  The winning numbers drawn Saturday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were: 4-0-2-7

• Mass. elderly driver bill stalls on Beacon Hill

  Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:29 am

  A bill that would require Massachusetts drivers age 75 or older to pass cognitive and physical exams every time they renew their licenses has stalled on Beacon Hill, and now a key lawmaker says the bill should eliminate age-based tests.

• Mass. launches blog outlining outdoor activities

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:29 am

  The Massachusetts government has a new outdoors blog. The Great Outdoors blog will tell readers about outdoor activities, wildlife and local farms. It will also offer suggestions for places to explore, hike, fish, hunt or boat.

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• Suspicious note and package found at Fort Benning

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm

  A Fort Benning spokesman says Army officials are investigating whether a suspicious note and package found at the west Georgia post is a viable threat.

• Lawyer: Ex-Air Force nurse sped patients' deaths

  Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:31 pm

  A prosecutor has told a court martial that a former Air Force nurse killed three terminally ill patients with excessive medication because they were not dying quickly enough.

• A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US

  Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:11 am

  Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

• More Americans expected to travel for Thanksgiving

  Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am

  The AAA auto club says a few more Americans will be traveling away from home for Thanksgiving this year, though most people are making their holiday treks by car.

• EPA: Uranium from polluted mine in Nev. wells

  Scott Sonner, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:11 am

  Peggy Pauly lives in a robin-egg blue, two-story house not far from acres of onion fields that make the northern Nevada air smell sweet at harvest time.

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  Boston.com -- Top Political News

• Where’s the poetry, Mr. President?

  Neil Swidey

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am

  Obama’s oratorical magic is oddly missing.

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  21 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am

• Landrieu to vote to move ahead on health care bill

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:01 am

  Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will vote "yes" on a crucial test vote on the health care bill.

• Terror trials differ in civilian, military courts

  Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 7:41 am

  The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee.

• Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to US economy

  Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 3:11 am

  President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.

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• Stanford investors to Antigua: Remove liquidator

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:45 am

  A group of investors is urging an Antiguan court to remove a British accounting firm appointed to collect assets of a Caribbean offshore bank at the center of an alleged Ponzi scheme by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.

• Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after attack

  Erika Kinetz, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am

  The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.

• Gaza militants agree to halt rocket fire

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am

  Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks.

• McCain links political correctness to shootings

  Rob Gillies, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am

  Sen. John McCain says he has no doubt that "political correctness" played a role in preventing concerns about the alleged Fort Hood gunman from reaching the right people.

• Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am

  Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia.

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  Boston Globe -- World News

• China says 31 dead, 82 trapped in mine

  Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:56 pm

  A gas explosion tore through a coal mine in northern China today, killing 31 people and trapping another 82 nearly a third of a mile under ground, central government authorities said.

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  Boston Globe -- Op-ed columns

• Quotes of note

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:27 pm

  “The only way you can read this employment report is as good news.’’ -- ALAN CLAYTON-MATTHEWS, an economics professor at Northeastern University, on the state’s jobless rate falling for the first time in two years, from 9.3 percent in September to 8.9 percent in October

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• Walking a tightrope on MGH’s training hours

  Andrew L. Warshaw

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:33 pm

  Teaching the delivery of high-quality, compassionate patient care is a complex and dynamic undertaking. We must find the elusive "sweet spot" that lies at the nexus of adequate rest, sufficient intensity and duration of training, and continuity of care.

• Drug firms’ tired song and dance on reform

  Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:32 pm

  In the summer, the drug companies offered $8 billion a year over 10 years in drug cost cuts. Big Pharma has taken the savings off the table. A new AARP analysis has found that drug companies raised their prices for prescription drugs by 9.3 percent over the last year, amounting to $10 billion in new revenues.

• Sarah Palin, the cynical mean girl

  Joanna Weiss, Globe Columnist

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:30 pm

  Sitting on the other side of Oprah Winfrey's skeptical glare, Palin looked too cynical and savvy to play the innocent. Instead, she reverted to the mean girl, the woman who charmed conservatives by slicing gleefully into her foes, whether they be oil barons or community organizers.

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  Boston.com -- Connecticut news

• 2 teens killed in Conn. car crash

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:09 pm

  Two Connecticut teens are dead after one lost control of the car they were inside and struck a tree in Shelton.

• Play 4 Day

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  The winning combination picked Saturday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 4 Day" drawing was:

• Play 3 Day

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  The winning combination picked Saturday in the Connecticut State Lottery's "Play 3 Day" drawing was:

• A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US

  Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am

  Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

• Report finds wide disparities in gifted education

  Dorie Turner, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am

  When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.

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  Boston.com -- Maine news

• Chief: teacher's aide should lose gun license

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:59 am

  Portland Police Chief James Craig says he will ask prosecutors to bring charges against a teacher's aide who brought a handgun into a school this week.

• Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am

  Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the day drawing of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: DAY DRAWING

• Inmate accused of biting Maine corrections officer

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:29 am

  Authorities say a Cumberland County jail inmate was Tasered after he bit a corrections officer and refused to let go.

• Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

  David Sharp, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am

  The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.

• USS Virginia heading to Portsmouth shipyard

  21 Nov 2009 | 6:09 am

  Senators from Maine and New Hampshire say the arrival of a new submarine at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will usher in a new era for the shipyard team.

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  Boston.com -- Massachusetts news

• Police deal with attacks in Boston, Springfield

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:09 pm

  Police on both ends of the state are dealing with separate, brutal attacks. In Boston, police say a 52-year-old man was attacked with a hatchet Friday after he argued with another man while they were drinking. Police said the victim was in stable condition at Boston Medical Center.

• Carolina D leads Heels to 31-13 win over BC

  Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:51 pm

  Cam Thomas and Kendric Burney each had defensive touchdowns on Saturday as North Carolina scored three times in a span of 2 minutes, 19 seconds to open a 21-point lead and hold on to beat Boston College 31-13.

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  21 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am

• Middleborough officials ponder plowing of private roads

  Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am

  MIDDLEBOROUGH - It is a conversation that should take place in the spring, not as cities and towns embark on another snowy New England winter.

• $2.4m going to Weymouth Landing for streetscape upgrades

  Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:47 am

  Weymouth Landing is getting an infusion of $2.4 million of state money to be used for streetscape improvements aimed at encouraging private investment in the business area.

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  Boston.com -- Rhode Island news

• RI "tall ship" to undergo steel, mechanical work

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:49 am

  Rhode Island's only Tall Ship will be towed from Newport to Providence next week for steel and mechanical work.

• RI gov asks for ornaments for Heroes' Tree

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am

  Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri (kuh-CHEHR'-ee) and his wife, Suzanne, are asking residents for help decorating a special " Heroes' Tree" at the Statehouse this holiday season.

• RI lawmaker-elect to fill seat held by late father

  21 Nov 2009 | 7:19 am

  A lawmaker-elect from Providence will be sworn in next week to fill a seat that his late father held for 15 years.

• Volunteers to assemble care packages for RI troops

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:09 am

  Volunteers including Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Roberts are assembling holiday care packages for Rhode Island troops stationed overseas.

• Mass. Daily

  20 Nov 2009 | 5:19 pm

  The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the "Massachusetts Daily Lottery" were: 6-7-0-1

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  Boston.com -- Vermont news

• A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US

  Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:09 am

  Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

• Pick 3, Pick 4 numbers

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:49 am

  Here are the winning numbers selected Saturday in the day drawing of the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: DAY DRAWING

• Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers

  Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:29 am

  Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.

• Ben & Jerry's names new flavor after Hannah Teter

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:39 am

  Ben & Jerry's has named its newest ice cream flavor after Vermont native and champion snowboarder Hannah Teter.

• Vt. church to sell Tiffany window to help homeless

  21 Nov 2009 | 6:39 am

  Here's a twist on the old saying, "When a door closes, a window opens." A Brattleboro, Vt., a church is removing a historic stained glass window, so it can open its doors to the homeless.

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  Boston.com -- Top business news

• Boston Scientific OK’d to market WallFlex stent

  Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:43 pm

  Boston Scientific Corp. has received regulatory approvals to market an esophageal stent in the United States and Europe, the company said yesterday.

• State jobless rate declines, bucking trend

  Robert Gavin, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 10:04 pm

  The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped last month for the first time in two years, and job losses slowed - signs the state’s beleaguered job market may be stabilizing.

• More college-bound students express willingness to help pay burgeoning costs

  Humberto Cruz

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:54 pm

  Listen up, parents, would-be parents, and grandparents who want to help: The best time to start saving for a child’s college education is as soon as Mommy is pregnant. The best way to do it is as a family, with the children contributing what they can.

• Microsoft-Pure alliance is no threat to the iPhone

  Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:09 pm

  Remember when Microsoft Corp. seemed unbeatable, like the New England Patriots with a 17-point lead?

• Weak home building a drag on economic recovery

  Alan Zibel and Martin Crutsinger, AP Business Writers

  18 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am

  WASHINGTON -- The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends.

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  Boston.com -- Personal finance

• Government abandons Bush-era 401(k) investment rule

  David Pitt, Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm

  The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.

• ALL BUSINESS: Economics 101, by way of toy hamster

  Rachel Beck, AP Business Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:02 am

  In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

• State jobless rate declines, bucking trend

  Robert Gavin, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 10:04 pm

  The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped last month for the first time in two years, and job losses slowed - signs the state’s beleaguered job market may be stabilizing.

• More college-bound students express willingness to help pay burgeoning costs

  Humberto Cruz

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:54 pm

  Listen up, parents, would-be parents, and grandparents who want to help: The best time to start saving for a child’s college education is as soon as Mommy is pregnant. The best way to do it is as a family, with the children contributing what they can.

• Argument for rate caps

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:34 pm

  Jack McCarthy opened his Citigroup credit card statement recently and read something that made him call the company with a pressing question.

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  Boston.com -- Latest celebrity headlines

• Sandra Bullock's private embarrassment

  21 Nov 2009 | 7:02 am

  Sandra Bullock flashed her private parts on the set of her latest film. The actress had to bare all in 'The Proposal' and although she had something to protect her modesty she ended up showing more of her body to the cast and crew than she meant to.

• John Mayer's sports car sadness

  21 Nov 2009 | 7:02 am

  John Mayer bought a Ferrari because he was sad. The 'All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye' singer admits his investment in the luxury sports car was "ridiculous", and represented a "ticket out of the game".

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  21 Nov 2009 | 3:31 am

• Travolta appears at fundraiser in Fla. hometown

  21 Nov 2009 | 3:31 am

  John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night.

• Jennifer Lopez's 'menacing' dog

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:03 am

  Jennifer Lopez's personal guard dog has been branded a "menace" for attacking a stewardess. A report produced for a lawsuit against Jennifer and her husband Marc Anthony by flight attendant Lisa Wilson - who says she was attacked by the dog, Floyd, on a jet in 2006 - concluded that the animal "consistently endangered humans".

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  Boston.com -- Education news

• Atheist student groups flower on college campuses

  Eric Gorski

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:11 am

  The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift down to a word many Americans rank down there with "socialist."

• A bad month in Afghanistan rippled across the US

  Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:11 am

  Every afternoon, seven days a week, Ed Epley has a 5 p.m. appointment with the war.

• Report finds wide disparities in gifted education

  Dorie Turner, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am

  When Liz Fitzgerald realized her son and daughter were forced to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.

• Scientist's love for birds leads to recognition

  Penelope Overton, Republican-American

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:39 am

  A childhood love of birds had blossomed into a prestigious career for Richard Prum, but a major hearing loss in his early 30s effectively ended his days of tracking rare birds in African and South American jungles.

• Planes ready to leave Brunswick, Maine Navy base

  David Sharp, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:09 am

  The rumble of Navy patrol aircraft flying overhead will soon be a thing of the past as the remaining P-3 Orions depart from Brunswick Naval Air Station.

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  Boston.com -- Health news

• Senate Democrats push crucial health vote

  Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:43 pm

  With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial test vote tonight on their sweeping health care bill, with wavering moderates appearing to be falling in line.

• Mass. adult and a child under age 4 die of swine flu

  Stephanie S. Daly, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:30 pm

  State public health officials announced yesterday the death of two people from swine flu, including a child under the age of 4, underscoring the vulnerability that young people appear to have to the unusual virus.

• Turkey, stuffing, and hand sanitizer

  Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm

  Going over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s house for the holidays is a cherished tradition in many families. This year, though, that trip is unlikely to be taken for granted, if taken at all.

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  20 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm

• Mom vs. mom

  Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm

  My voice trembled with uncertain gratitude. “So that’s all I have to do?’’ I asked the receptionist on the other end of the line. “Is it really over?’’

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  Boston.com -- News of the odd

• Officials: Man tied 15 lizards to chest at airport

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm

  Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

• Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:23 pm

  The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the ...

• Cops: Woman smuggled drugs to Pa. inmate with kiss

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm

  A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19.

• Eye doc may lose license after calling patient fat

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:23 pm

  A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported the North Carolina Medical Board will decide if Dr. Earl Sunderhaus of Asheville overstepped the bounds of professional decency.

• CA man allegedly paid teens to spit in his face

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:12 pm

  A 39-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face. The Ventura County Sheriff's Department says Charles Hersel was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation at a mall in Thousand Oaks. He's free from jail pending a court hearing.

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  Boston.com -- Real estate news

• Cabin fever

  Marni Elyse Katz

  14 Nov 2009 | 12:02 pm

  You can take the man out of the woods, but you can’t take the woods out of one South End man’s apartment.

• Landmark views

  Elizabeth Gehrman

  12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The Zakim Bridge and other gems can be seen from these windows.

• Major upgrade awaits housing project

  Casey Ross, Globe Staff

  5 Nov 2009 | 7:00 pm

  Owners of the 500-unit Castle Square housing project in the South End plan to rehabilitate apartments throughout the complex and build a new community center.

• First-time home buyer credit, jobless benefits both extended

  Associated Press

  5 Nov 2009 | 6:59 pm

  WASHINGTON - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you’re a first-time home buyer, get up to $8,000.

• 25-story tower planned for Fort Point

  Casey Ross, Globe Staff

  5 Nov 2009 | 6:58 pm

  A Boston developer wants to build what would be the tallest building in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood, a 25-story, 232-unit apartment building and parking garage on A Street.

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  Boston.com -- Science news

• Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

  David Stringer, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:31 am

  Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online -- stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change.

• 'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am

  Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.

• Ukraine's `hot air' bedevils global climate deal

  Arthur Max, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:41 am

  Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from the ruins of his old factory and selling them for a pittance.

• Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk of mission

  Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:21 am

  A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

• Bangladeshi mom wants twins to stay in Australia

  Julhas Alam, Associated Press Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:11 pm

  The mother who gave up conjoined Bangladeshi newborn twins for adoption said Saturday she is overjoyed the toddlers have been successfully separated and wants them to grow up in Australia.

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  Boston.com -- Today in History

• Today in History - Nov. 21

  The Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm

  Today is Saturday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2009. There are 40 days left in the year.

• Today in History - Nov. 20

  The Associated Press

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:12 pm

  Today is Friday, Nov. 20, the 324th day of 2009. There are 41 days left in the year.

• Today in History - Nov. 19

  The Associated Press

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:12 pm

  Today is Thursday, Nov. 19, the 323rd day of 2009. There are 42 days left in the year.

• Today in History - Nov. 18

  The Associated Press

  17 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm

  Today is Wednesday, Nov. 18, the 322nd day of 2009. There are 43 days left in the year.

• Today in History - Nov. 17

  The Associated Press

  16 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm

  Today is Tuesday, Nov. 17, the 321st day of 2009. There are 44 days left in the year.

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  Boston Globe -- Automotive

• Ford, Subaru, VW lead safe-cars list

  Associated Press

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:17 pm

  WASHINGTON - Ford, Subaru, and Volkswagen lead the insurance industry’s annual list of the safest new vehicles.

• Group asks US government to invest more in electric cars

  Ken Thomas, Associated Press

  16 Nov 2009 | 7:48 pm

  WASHINGTON - A group of businessmen launched a coalition yesterday to urge the federal government to make a major investment in electric transportation, pointing to electric cars as the best way to confront the nation’s dependence on imported oil.

• GM generates $3.3b in cash, plans to start repaying loans

  Katie Merx and Jeff Green, Bloomberg News

  16 Nov 2009 | 7:36 pm

  DETROIT - General Motors Co., signaling confidence in its recovery from bankruptcy, said yesterday that it generated $3.3 billion in cash in the third quarter and plans to start repaying government loans early.

• Accidents waiting to happen

  Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff

  14 Nov 2009 | 7:46 pm

  Brockton drivers know the busy intersection by the Westgate Mall all too well. They have to battle traffic coming off Route 24. There are cars trying to enter and exit the mall parking lot. Vehicles dart in and out of the nearby gas station on Pleasant Street, while others jockey for position to make the turn onto Route 27.

• Old GM, unions in retiree health deal

  Bloomberg News

  12 Nov 2009 | 7:32 pm

  NEW YORK - The former General Motors Corp. won approval of a settlement with five unions over retiree health care benefits, with the unions agreeing to share a $1 billion unsecured claim against the automaker’s bankruptcy estate.

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  Boston Globe -- Book reviews

• From a man’s mind come a girl’s thoughts

  Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:19 am

  It’s a little disconcerting, maybe even a little creepy, when a grown man pretends to get inside the head of a young girl. But such is the imaginative fantasy that literature can afford, and in “Mathilda Savitch,’’ poet-playwright Victor Lodato does a great job of conjuring the first-person voice of a feisty, precocious young teen dealing with the death of ...

• Following the trail of ‘Craigslist killer’

  Chuck Leddy

  19 Nov 2009 | 10:00 am

  Last April, a Las Vegas prostitute who had flown to Boston was robbed at gunpoint in her Copley Square hotel room. She had placed an ad on Craigslist seeking Boston clients, and a young man had responded. Four days later, on April 13, Julissa Brisman, 25, a New York model who specialized in “sensual massage,’’ traveled to Boston after placing ...

• Palin leads her own charge into the reality spotlight

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:58 am

  This week’s Sarah Palin TV tour has been like “Jon & Kate & Sarah & Todd & Bristol & Levi Plus Kids.’’ A 2012 presidential candidacy may not be on Palin’s “radar screen right now,’’ as she told both Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters in separate interviews, but her desire to remain a free-floating reality star on the American stage ...

• Shining new light on Opus Dei’s mission

  Erica Noonan, Globe Staff

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:07 pm

  Opus Dei means “work of God’’ in Latin. At the Montrose School in Medfield, it means educating girls to be leaders with “faith, character, and vision,’’ said the independent Catholic institution’s head, Karen E. Bohlin.

• Nitze, Kennan, and the Cold War

  Claude R. Marx, Globe Correspondent

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:54 am

  For many Americans, the Cold War is a distant memory, along with the enmity between the United States and Soviet Union and the threat of nuclear annihilation that characterized the period. While the dangerous world of today is quite different on many levels, reviewing the events of a previous era can help avoid repeating some of the mistakes of that ...

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• Woburn’s LogMeIn sinks after offering

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm

  Investors showed their displeasure with Woburn’s LogMeIn Inc. yesterday after the provider of Internet connectivity services that allow companies to do work on remote computers and other devices like smartphones said it priced 3.13 million shares at $18.50. LogMeIn boasts a variety of customers from 3M to Best Buy . Recently, the company said total revenue in third-quarter earnings reached ...

• Government abandons Bush-era 401(k) investment rule

  David Pitt, Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:04 pm

  The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.

• Folgers buy sweetens Smucker results

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:03 pm

  J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave the Ohio firm a jolt and lower commodity prices helped fatten profit margins. Smucker also raised its outlook for the year, lifting shares. Smucker, the maker of its jams and jellies and Pillsbury frosting, is benefiting from the downturn as consumers eat ...

• Drug maker gains limit slump in stocks

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm

  US stocks fell for a third straight day, joining a global retreat, as concern grew that European bank policy makers will phase out stimulus measures. The dollar rose and two-year Treasury yields fell as investors continued their retreat into safer assets. Declines however, were limited as Pfizer and Merck led gains in drug makers. Oil prices fell against the dollar’s ...

• Kirkland’s Inc.

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:02 pm

  Nashville-based Kirkland’s said it returned to a profit in the third quarter, helped in part by fewer markdowns and higher traffic. Kirkland’s earned $5.6 million, or 27 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1.5 million, or 7 cents per share, a year earlier. Profit was $4.6 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a loss last year. ...

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• Solemn ride

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:23 pm

• All in the family

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm

  Eight Massachusetts courthouses dedicated their dockets yesterday to finalizing the adoption of more than 200 foster children. Part of the 10th annual National Adoption Day, the event is aimed at raising awareness of the thousands of children who still need homes. These families were in Middlesex County Juvenile Court.

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• Zero-tolerance policies can turn students into dropouts

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:23 pm

  YOUR NOV. 15 editorial “ Raise dropout age to 18 ’’ cites favorably the recent report by the legislative commission on dropouts in Massachusetts. That report also recommends that schools consider the nexus between a student’s alleged misconduct and the welfare of the school before excluding a student, and that schools provide a written explanation to the Department of Elementary ...

• In these times, is it any wonder smoking is on the rise?

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm

  "Health officials claim to be disappointed, but I can't help but wonder how many of their colleagues on Capitol Hill are taking up daily smoking breaks themselves." -- Marie Keohane

• For love of libraries

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:16 pm

  THE RED Sox weren’t in the World Series this year, and the Bruins aren’t doing that well. And the Patriots? Well . . .

• Dismayed by shift over takeover of WCRB

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pm

  "If it is true that radio signals radiate outward from the transmitter, it is likely that inhabitants of Alpha Centauri will be enjoying the programming of the new all-classical station before I will." -- John Koot

• Precipitous moves by station leave listeners on edge

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:07 pm

  WE NEED to have a public discussion concerning the precipitous changes WGBH-FM is making to its programming and broadcasting (“ ’ GBH takeover of ’CRB alters more than letters ,’’ Business, Nov. 18). I have found that many people are upset with the prospects.

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• For a taste of early Thanksgiving, try Indian pudding on the table

  Ellen Albanese, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:10 pm

  It’s too late to book your Thanksgiving dinner at Plimoth Plantation, but you can add a taste of the first feast to your holiday table with the museum’s Indian pudding.

• Consumer group is sour on Ocean Spray labeling

  Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:36 pm

  A consumer advocacy group isn’t so sweet on the labeling of a new dried fruit cranberry product from Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.

• Martinis with history

  Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:45 am

  The idea of digging into the cocktail archives has become de rigueur in recent years. For Gargoyles owner James Conforti and bartender Paul Christie, that was the plan from the get-go when they opened in 1996. Back then, martini and cocktail culture wasn’t as prevalent as it is today. One of the easiest ways to get that concept on the ...

• Martinis with history

  Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:45 am

  The idea of digging into the cocktail archives has become de rigueur in recent years. For Gargoyles owner James Conforti and bartender Paul Christie, that was the plan from the get-go when they opened in 1996. Back then, martini and cocktail culture wasn’t as prevalent as it is today. One of the easiest ways to get that concept on the ...

• Straight outta Coolio

  17 Nov 2009 | 7:47 pm

  You know him as Coolio, the artist behind such mid-’90s hits as “Fantastic Voyage’’ and “Gangsta’s Paradise.’’ But recently he’s reinvented himself as the Ghetto Gourmet, with an online cooking show and now a new cookbook, “Cookin’ With Coolio,’’ full of recipes with names such as Chicken Lettuce Blunts and Cold Shrimpin’. We spoke with him about romance in the ...

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• Where’s the poetry, Mr. President?

  Neil Swidey

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am

  Obama’s oratorical magic is oddly missing.

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• The Butterball fix

  Charles P. Pierce

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am

  More turkeys today require more hot lines.

• Table for 10

  Elizabeth Gehrman

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am

  Give thanks! These homes’ dining rooms are ideal for entertaining.

• Saturday night blues

  Marianne Jacobbi

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:31 am

  When you’re divorced, one time of the week can make you feel especially alone.

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• The end zone

  18 Nov 2009 | 11:29 pm

  High 5 Blaise Branch, Cardinal Spellman: The Cardinals’ junior running back scored four touchdowns in a 40-14 Catholic Central Large win over St. Mary’s, three in the second half, including 63- and 45-yard runs.

• Globe South Best Bets

  18 Nov 2009 | 11:25 pm

  EVENTS Braintree: This Dickens Festival is a crafts fair with a twist. Featured are artisans, Victorian carolers, a lottery tree, raffle items, baked goods, and turkey sandwiches. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 196 Elm St. Free admission. 781-843-1388.

• New town accountant quits

  18 Nov 2009 | 11:23 pm

  BRIDGEWATER Just one month after hiring a new town accountant, Bridgewater is once again without one. John Kuzmiski started work in that position on Oct. 1, then gave his resignation notice on Oct. 28 and was gone two days later. The town has already been operating without a treasurer-collector since late summer, when longtime treasurer-collector Douglas Dorr retired. Moody’s Investors ...

• Quest to save nature’s beauty

  Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent

  18 Nov 2009 | 11:20 pm

  Jeff Corwin has reported on wildlife and conservation issues from all over the world, but his message to local audiences is to get to know what’s going on in the environmental mini-zone outside your door.

• The cardinal and the Holocaust survivor, forging unity

  Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent

  18 Nov 2009 | 11:16 pm

  The strains of a tender guitar solo strummed by Rabbi David Paskin filled the auditorium of the South Area Solomon Schechter Day School in Norwood last week as two friends walked shoulder to shoulder to the stage.

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• Feathers fly over man’s rescue of poisoned pigeons

  Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:08 pm

  In his native Iran, Edwin Alexanderian said, pigeons are considered pets. So about seven years ago, after seeing poisoned pigeons around his home in Brookline and along the street, Alexanderian decided to catch some of the birds and try to nurse them back to health.

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• Finding gaps in human services

  Megan McKee, Globe Correspondent

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:08 pm

  Municipal human services departments from Newton to Northborough are trying to keep up with a crush of people facing mental health crises, imminent homelessness, hunger, and the need for heat this winter.

• Families criticize state’s level of care

  Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff

  14 Nov 2009 | 5:43 pm

  The Fernald League for the Retarded has sent a scathing letter to Elin Howe, commissioner of the state’s Department of Developmental Services, complaining about conditions at the Fernald Developmental Center, which houses some of the most severely disabled people in the state.

• Exploring options for Fernald’s future

  Jessica Rudis, Globe Correspondent

  14 Nov 2009 | 5:42 pm

  A Waltham committee is suggesting several potential uses for the state’s massive Fernald Developmental Center property when it closes, including recreation space, a cemetery, housing, and a health care facility.

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• The indefensible Aztek

  Christopher Shea

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:40 am

  IF YOU HAD to come up with a parody of a contrarian story - “Turn that conventional wisdom right on its head! Zig when the others zag!” - you could not do better than this teaser from Slate: “How the Reviled Aztek Could Save GM.”

• Alternate endings

  Chris Wright

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:37 am

  Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ll be aware of the doomsday scenarios associated with Dec. 21, 2012. Or maybe you’ve been living in a cave because of these scenarios. Either way, according to an ever-widening circle of believers, the world is coming to an end on precisely that date. We know this because the Mayans told us, sort ...

• When to ‘whoomp’

  Jan Freeman

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:35 am

  WHO WOULD HAVE thought, with the old media giants keeling over like Disney’s overheated dinosaurs, that a journalistic inside joke would become the talk of the twitterverse? But so it is. A month after the Fake AP Stylebook began tweeting parody usage and style tips - “ ‘Teaspoon’ and ‘tablespoon’ measure volume. ‘Coffee spoon’ measures life” - it has thousands ...

• Squaresville, USA

  Joe Keohane

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:32 am

  WATCHING THE TEABAGGERS’ march on Washington earlier this month, it was hard not to find oneself wondering exactly what kind of district could be responsible for the manufacture of Representative Todd Akin (R-Mo.). Akin, among whose signature legislative items is something called the “Pledge Protection Act,” took the dais to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. “Let us ...

• Nonstop party

  Joshua Kurlantzick

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:29 am

  ARRIVING IN CHINA last week as part of his multi-country Asia trip, President Barack Obama echoed many of the same themes as George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush before him. He saluted China’s ancient and dynamic culture, touted the intricate links between American and Chinese businesses, and vowed that Washington and Beijing would work to prevent any ...

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• NU still has Friars’ number

  Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Northeastern continued its recent dominance over Providence last night with a 4-1 Hockey East victory at Matthews Arena in front of 3,414.

• Out of synch

  Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The Celtics had the Orlando Magic where they wanted them last night. Their big guns and newcomers were ready to go, not worn down by a long season, simply motivated to make up for last season’s Game 7 playoff loss - on their home court.

• Wallace is unable to zero in

  Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Rasheed Wallace gave a strong performance on the boards in relief of foul-prone Kendrick Perkins in the Celtics’ 83-78 loss to Orlando last night. But Wallace continued to struggle with his 3-point shooting.

• Bergeron’s tip lifts Bruins in OT

  Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  In a season full of missteps, miscues, and inconsistent offense, the Bruins took a second strong step forward in as many nights, pinning a 2-1 loss on the Sabres when Patrice Bergeron tipped home Zdeno Chara’s long-range wrister with 47 seconds gone in overtime at HSBC Arena last night.

• On cusp of history, Johnson is sitting pretty

  Michael Vega, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  With a historic fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship within his grasp, Jimmie Johnson drew one step closer to hoisting the hardware by winning the pole position for tomorrow’s Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

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• Vermont spa beckons, but first, to the kitchen

  Diane E. Foulds, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:34 am

  ESSEX, Vt. - French bistro. That’s what we would be tackling, a dinner starting with an appetizer of chardonnay-steamed mussels, then moving to steak au poivre, potatoes in truffle oil, sauteed chanterelles, and cherry tomatoes tossed in garlic and olive oil with tiny pattypan squash. The finale would be a fresh berry tart on a bed of lemon curd with ...

• Expats find provisions plum-pudding perfect

  Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Globe Correspondents

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:33 am

  NASHUA - When Denise and Gerry Pressinger launched The British Aisles 20 years ago, their dining room table was the warehouse and their living room was filled with fellow British expatriates every Saturday afternoon. “They’d come over to stock up on things they missed from home,’’ Denise recalls. “Silly things, really, like HP Sauce and Heinz beans, all the biscuits, ...

• An inland postcard from R.I. Route 102

  Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:32 am

  Route 102 may not be the state’s longest road (it’s fourth), but it is one of the prettiest. Besides some of the most picturesque landscape, it has rural Americana dining at its hilly northern end, a sleepy seaside village at its southern terminus, and in between some of the quirkiest history Rhode Island has to offer.

• Things we can be thankful for

  Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Globe Correspondents

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:31 am

  We feel a surge of regional chauvinism on Thanksgiving mornings when we shiver on the streets of Plymouth to bear witness to the Pilgrim Progress March. On a day dominated by football and gluttony, we’re thankful for the purity of this reenactment of the 1621 Thanksgiving service where the 51 surviving Pilgrims prayed for their dead and gave thanks for ...

• A WHO’S WHO SAYS WHERE TO GO

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:25 am

  Where will you take guests this holiday season and beyond? We asked some prominent New Englanders to share their favorite spots. Hopefully, their answers will inspire you.

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• The sound and fury of Rihanna

  Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:25 am

  “Rated R’’ is not just an album title - it’s a warning. On her fourth release, out today, pop star Rihanna unleashes a storm, and an umbrella is not going to cut it.

• Mayer gets intimate in ‘Battle Studies’

  Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff

  16 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am

  Heartbreak can be a songwriter’s best friend, and judging by the detailed and exquisite sadness radiating off of “Battle Studies,’’ John Mayer has clearly been getting acquainted.

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• Jones takes a fresh, cool turn

  James Reed, Globe Staff

  16 Nov 2009 | 11:25 am

  As the millennium’s first decade wraps up, the time is ripe to reflect on its influential pop musicians, regardless of whether you like their music. Norah Jones springs to mind as an emblematic artist who divided folks into two camps: “This is the soundtrack of my life!’’ versus “This makes me want to take my own life.’’

• Familiar territory for a spirited voice

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:40 pm

  Leona Lewis made history by having last year's biggest-selling single, "Bleeding Love," from her debut, "Spirit." It capped a remarkable year for the ingenue who won Britain's "The X Factor" talent show in 2006 with her surefooted contemporary R&B that reminded most everyone of early Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.

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• Questions swirl in Fort Hood

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:28 pm

  There are serious questions about why the FBI never alerted the military to Nidal Hasan's ties to a radical Yemeni cleric. Senator Joe Lieberman is to be commended for leading an investigation.

• McDonalds: A Direkt marketing plan

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:27 pm

  The fast-food chain unveiled a new Manhattan outlet with touches of Danish modern. What McDonalds needs to add some exotic allure to its business model is what has made Ikea so ubiquitous: Scandanavian names for its familiar products. A Bigga Mak, anyone?

• Congress should rein in spiraling credit card rates

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:26 pm

  The spiraling cost of credit-card borrowing is an unwelcome tax this Christmas season. The financial-services companies who lobbied against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders's bill to cap rates at 15 percent should work with Congress on a reasonable regulatory framework to determine fair and reasonable rates.

• Cuba’s isolation begets abuses

  19 Nov 2009 | 5:19 pm

  Congress should heed those who have argued that free movement between the United States and Cuba offers the best chance of spreading democratic values and emboldening dissidents in the island nation.

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• Zero-tolerance policies can turn students into dropouts

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:23 pm

  YOUR NOV. 15 editorial “ Raise dropout age to 18 ’’ cites favorably the recent report by the legislative commission on dropouts in Massachusetts. That report also recommends that schools consider the nexus between a student’s alleged misconduct and the welfare of the school before excluding a student, and that schools provide a written explanation to the Department of Elementary ...

• In these times, is it any wonder smoking is on the rise?

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:21 pm

  "Health officials claim to be disappointed, but I can't help but wonder how many of their colleagues on Capitol Hill are taking up daily smoking breaks themselves." -- Marie Keohane

• For love of libraries

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:16 pm

  THE RED Sox weren’t in the World Series this year, and the Bruins aren’t doing that well. And the Patriots? Well . . .

• Dismayed by shift over takeover of WCRB

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:14 pm

  "If it is true that radio signals radiate outward from the transmitter, it is likely that inhabitants of Alpha Centauri will be enjoying the programming of the new all-classical station before I will." -- John Koot

• Precipitous moves by station leave listeners on edge

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:07 pm

  WE NEED to have a public discussion concerning the precipitous changes WGBH-FM is making to its programming and broadcasting (“ ’ GBH takeover of ’CRB alters more than letters ,’’ Business, Nov. 18). I have found that many people are upset with the prospects.

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• Barnes & Noble reports reader device sold out

  Bloomberg News

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:42 pm

  Barnes & Noble Inc.’s Nook device for reading digital versions of books, introduced last month, is sold out and new orders won’t ship until after Christmas.

• Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

  Tali Arbel, AP Business Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 1:41 pm

  The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall's rebound in the market wasn't a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows that investors continue to be careful about where they place their bets.

• B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:46 pm

  Consumers who haven't yet ordered Barnes & Noble's electronic book reader, the Nook, won't see one before Christmas.

• Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup

  Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:40 pm

  This holiday season is a great time to buy a PC. There's a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here's a guide to what's fresh in PCs, ranging from "netbooks" to super-sized "all-in-one" desktop computers.

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• A reversal of fortune

  Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist

  17 Nov 2009 | 10:09 pm

  CAMBRIDGE - It’s about time state Senator Anthony Galluccio’s remarkable good luck finally ran dry.

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• Vacillating to victory

  Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 8:33 pm

  It’s been a big week in the race to succeed the late Ted Kennedy in the US Senate.

• Leave Ted out of it

  Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist

  10 Nov 2009 | 11:34 pm

  Let’s face it: Martha Coakley is no Ted Kennedy. Neither is Mike Capuano. Nor Alan Khazei. Nor Steve Pagliuca.

• Ideal role close to home

  Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 8:22 pm

  Ruth Ellen Fitch has traveled worlds beyond the Harrishof Street house in Roxbury where she grew up during the fifties and sixties.

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• Take that, food police

  Sam Allis, Globe columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 11:21 pm

  The Observer has always enjoyed the cavalcade of conflicting health reports that scuttle across the morning papers like dark clouds. It’s like the stock market, only scarier.

• Power-hungry pols beware

  Sam Allis, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 8:16 pm

  Of all the outcomes of political races across the country Tuesday, my favorite, hands down, was the one in the race for mayor of New York City. Despite spending upward of $90 million of his own money in the contest, two-term incumbent Michael Bloomberg came in with a humiliating 51 percent of the vote.

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• The cure for Halloween hangover

  Sam Allis, Globe Columnist

  31 Oct 2009 | 8:54 pm

  Rise and shine, campers. Welcome to The Day After Halloween, the second ugliest day of the year behind hangover central on New Year’s Day.

• The dangers of dabbling in a good cause

  Sam Allis, Globe Columnist

  25 Oct 2009 | 10:10 pm

  Gentle readers, I’ll bet you’ve never heard of the Secret Six. Neither had I until a few years ago.

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• NEC program aims to train but not pigeonhole

  Joan Anderman, Globe Staff

  14 Nov 2009 | 10:23 am

  New England Conservatory is renowned as a premier institution for classical and jazz musicians. But a training ground for singer-songwriters, bluegrass artists, and jam bands? NEC’s department of contemporary improvisation is developing a reputation as just that: a place where promising popular musicians come for rigorous training. Alumni like singer Aoife O’Donovan, fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger, keyboardist John Medeski, and clarinetist ...

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• The freshman

  Joan Anderman, Globe Staff

  14 Nov 2009 | 10:22 am

  PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE rarely lavished on the young, but Sarah Jarosz is downright gifted in the elusive art of waiting. Folks have been clamoring for an album from the mandolinist, clawhammer banjo player, and singer-songwriter since she began traveling the bluegrass festival circuit at the tender age of 12. Jarosz wouldn’t be rushed, biding her time until she had ...

• Coming around again

  Joan Anderman, Globe Staff

  24 Oct 2009 | 9:55 am

  TISBURY - “I have this brain machine. Would you like to try it? It’s so not scary.’’ With that tantalizing offer Carly Simon scales the hidden spiral staircase that bisects her beautiful, whimsical home and returns to the sofa with a Fisher-Wallace Cranial Stimulator. She straps the portable pulse generator to a visitor’s temples.

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• Attack ads to spice up Senate primary

  Alex Beam, Globe Columnist

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  People say that the Democratic primary race for Ted Kennedy's seat is boring, and they are right. There's not a doughnut's worth of difference among the pretenders. Each claims to be a super-liberal, eager to empty out the US Treasury to placate whatever interest group they happen to find themselves in front of.

• Endorsing early - and often

  Alex Beam, Globe Columnist

  17 Nov 2009 | 1:53 am

  Last week, Scott Evans endorsed US Representative Mike Capuano for the US Senate. Who is Scott Evans, you ask? He is a young actor who plays a closeted gay cop on the ABC soap opera “One Life to Live.’’ He is also Mike Capuano’s nephew. At the same event, when the better-known Kitty Dukakis also endorsed Capuano, Scott’s brother Chris ...

• What's working?

  Alex Beam, Globe Columnist

  16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Politicians and their outriders yap incessantly about the pivotal role of new media in modern campaigns. There have been undeniable successes: In 2004, Howard Dean emerged from nowhere with his innovative use of the Internet. In the 2008 election, Barack Obama put the fund-raising power of the Web, pioneered by Dean, to excellent use.

• Other people can take all the fun out of running for office

  Alex Beam, Globe Columnist

  11 Nov 2009 | 8:39 pm

  Hell is other people - French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre 1. If you are Scott Brown, Republican candidate for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, hell is someone named Jack E. Robinson.

• Why not pay to play in Senate chamber?

  Alex Beam, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 1:37 am

  Dear Steve, There comes a time in every political campaign to fish or cut bait. For you, that time is now.

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• Missing a father he never knew

  Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 8:23 pm

  This is what I know about my father’s father. His name was James Francis Curtin. He was born May 2, 1897, in Cambridge, to Mary Callan. He had a sister, Eleanor. They lived on Portsmouth Street. He enlisted in the Army Aug. 27, 1918. He was given one belt, one pair of gloves, a pair of underwear, one undershirt, one ...

• Missing a father he never knew

  Beverly Beckham, Globe Columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 6:47 pm

  This is what I know about my father’s father. His name was James Francis Curtin. He was born May 2, 1897, in Cambridge, to Mary Callan. He had a sister, Eleanor. They lived on Portsmouth Street. He enlisted in the Army Aug. 27, 1918. He was given one belt, one pair of gloves, a pair of underwear, one undershirt, one ...

• Preserved memories, in faded glory

  Beverly Beckham

  7 Nov 2009 | 7:35 pm

  My father used to say, “You don’t take care of things.’’ He’d look at my car and shake his head because it was always full of books and toys and empty bags of Goldfish and whatever else my kids were into at the time.

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• Seeing marigolds in a new light

  Beverly Beckham

  23 Oct 2009 | 5:35 pm

  They’re intrepid little flowers, dancing in the snow, lovely things - these orange and yellow marigolds that I have disparaged my whole life.

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• Bronson

  Ty Burr, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:54 am

  ‘Bronson’’ bills itself as the story of Britain’s most notorious living prisoner, Michael Peterson, who early on in his 35 years in jail - 30 of them in solitary confinement - gave himself the “fighting name’’ of Charles Bronson, after the Hollywood star of “Death Wish.’’ Really, though, “Bronson’’ isn’t a story in the traditional sense at all. It’s a ...

• Planet 51

  Ty Burr, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:51 am

  As a wise frog once remarked, it’s not easy being green. Not only are the emerald-colored extraterrestrials in “Planet 51’’ terrified by the appearance of a human astronaut on their home turf, they’re imprisoned in a cruddy, reductive version of “Happy Days’’ and forced to spout inane dialogue. Young children and adults with high pain thresholds will enjoy the movie ...

• The Twilight Saga: New Moon

  Ty Burr, Globe Staff

  18 Nov 2009 | 10:46 pm

  Sorry, girls: The thrill is gone. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’’ the second installment in Hollywood’s adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s mega-selling vampire romance series, is an anemic comedown after the full-blooded swoon of last year’s “Twilight.’’ Where the first film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into Meyer’s vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel ...

• Ten9Eight

  Ty Burr, Globe Staff

  12 Nov 2009 | 9:17 am

  The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship was founded 22 years ago by Bronx high-school teacher Steve Mariotti upon a few basic notions. Why do so many kids drop out of high school? Because they’re not learning what they need to know. What do they need to know? Business skills. NFTE thus teaches the fundamentals of entrepreneurship through a variety of programs ...

• Pirate Radio

  Ty Burr, Globe Staff

  12 Nov 2009 | 9:17 am

  Sometimes history just isn’t as much fun as it should be. “Pirate Radio,’’ a rowdy, mostly hilarious British comedy-drama about the offshore radio stations that blared rock ’n’ roll to a desperate young UK audience in the 1960s, would much rather show us a good time than stick to the facts. Writer-director Richard Curtis (“Love Actually’’) has made a party, ...

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• Abandoned to violence

  Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:44 pm

  Two weeks ago, Carolyn Henderson was parking on Westville Street in Dorchester, on her way to work at John Marshall Elementary School, when she heard a noise.

• When actions trump words

  Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist

  15 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Hyatt Hotels had a magnificent debut with its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange a couple of weeks ago. The Pritzker family that controls the hotel chain raked in a cool $950 million on the IPO, so maybe they can use some of the money to pay the hospital bill for Viola Joseph’s 5-year-old son.

• Veteran tells ‘their stories’

  Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist

  11 Nov 2009 | 8:27 pm

  Bill Durette grew up in the Bunker Hill projects in Charlestown, and when he was a kid he’d watch the parades go by and count the lines of men wearing ribbons and medals. It seemed like they went on for miles.

• A veteran battles back

  Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist

  8 Nov 2009 | 8:47 pm

  When he was 17 years old, Willmont (Bill) Griffin dropped out of high school and joined the Marines. Two years later, he was on a helicopter, a CH-53, just before Saigon fell and he pulled terrified people onboard and saw the end of a war and grew up pretty quick.

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• Janacek’s haunting final opera finally arrives at the Met

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm

  NEW YORK - Like the prisoners in the Dostoyevsky novel on which it is based, Janacek’s darkly transfixing final opera “From the House of the Dead’’ languished for too long in the operatic equivalent of Siberia. Introduced to the world in 1930, this remarkable score waited a full six decades for its first staged performances in this country, a 1990 ...

• BSO celebrates birthdays of Haitink and Galway

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:12 pm

  Reprinted from late editions of yesterday’s Globe The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s conductor emeritus Bernard Haitink is back on the podium this week. The conductor turned 80 in March, an occasion the orchestra is officially celebrating with these concerts. Thursday night in Symphony Hall, a stool on the podium, used only during breaks, seemed the one concession to Haitink’s ninth decade; ...

• BSO celebrates birthdays, Debussy

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:48 pm

  The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s conductor emeritus Bernard Haitink is back on the podium this week. The conductor turned 80 in March, an occasion the orchestra is officially celebrating with these concerts. Last night in Symphony Hall, a stool on the podium, used only during breaks, seemed the one concession to Haitink’s ninth decade; the conductor generally looked vital and as ...

• Berlin Philharmonic returns with Brahms, Schoenberg

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  16 Nov 2009 | 5:40 pm

  One of the most important unions in the orchestral world - Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic - is looking strong these days. After rumors of some marital bickering, orchestra and conductor have agreed to a partnership that will last until at least 2018. EMI Classics has also renewed their recording contract. And, most importantly, evidence of the musical chemistry ...

• A congress of noise convened in Jordan Hall

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  15 Nov 2009 | 6:39 pm

  The human desire to produce a loud noise by striking one object with another must be as old as communication itself, and like all histories, it has its high points and lows. The period between the two world wars, for instance, was a very good time for the art and science of banging. The Boston Modern Orchestra Project reminded us ...

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• 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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• Can you relate?

  Jan Freeman

  6 Nov 2009 | 8:38 am

  “RELATABLE - WHAT IS that?” demanded the subject line of Christina Thompson’s e-mail. The message itself took a calmer tone. Thompson, who edits the Harvard Review and teaches writing and editing, has been hearing the word more and more often, she said, to describe “something one can relate to, as in ‘it’s a very relatable book.’

• The rules

  Erin McKean

  30 Oct 2009 | 12:02 pm

  It’s nearly impossible to go through school in the United States without learning, at some point, the spelling mnemonic “i before e, except after c.” Generations of children have recited this under their breath during spelling bees and tests, clutching it like drowning victims to a lifeline, trusting it to save them.

• Seeing the future

  Jan Freeman

  26 Sep 2009 | 8:32 pm

  IN LAST WEEK’S NEWS, the United States was ”looking to move on” in its relations with Britain, Yahoo was looking to improve the search experience, Harrah’s was looking to dump debt, and Vladimir Sobotka was looking to make a big impression at the Bruins training camp.

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• Fine state of comedy

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:20 pm

  Massachusetts is a funny place. Or at least a lot of people originally from the state are currently at the forefront of TV comedy, including Conan O’Brien, Amy Poehler, and “Office’’ workers such as Steve Carell. Also on the list: Robert Carlock, executive producer and writer of “30 Rock,’’ who grew up in Weston and graduated from Harvard. I spoke ...

• Critic’s corner

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:23 am

  Saturday Night Live 11:30 p.m., Channel 7 Last week’s episode was a bummer, and not because the writing was so weak. I really expected January Jones to surprise the world with comic chops she’d been keeping hidden on “Mad Men.’’ Boy, was I wrong. She was so half-hearted about performing in the sketches, I felt sad for her. Tonight has ...

• Palin leads her own charge into the reality spotlight

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:58 am

  This week’s Sarah Palin TV tour has been like “Jon & Kate & Sarah & Todd & Bristol & Levi Plus Kids.’’ A 2012 presidential candidacy may not be on Palin’s “radar screen right now,’’ as she told both Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters in separate interviews, but her desire to remain a free-floating reality star on the American stage ...

• Critic’s corner

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:27 am

  Happily Ever Faster 10 p.m., TLC Most of the wedding shows on TV - and there are many of them - support the whole blow-many-thousands-of-dollars-on-a-spectacle model. But this new reality series tracks the goings on at a Las Vegas wedding chapel, which probably means a lot less money - and a lot more day-glo rice - gets thrown around. The ...

• Critic’s corner

  Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:52 am

  Grey’s Anatomy 9 p.m., Channel 5 It has been interesting watching “The Wire’’ cast show up - and, alas, not show up - on other TV series. A partial list of those we’ve seen includes Sonja Sohn (Kima) on “Brothers & Sisters,’’ Seth Gilliam (Carver) on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,’’ Michael K. Williams (Omar) on “The Philanthropist,’’ Tristan Wilds ...

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• Lipstick on a rogue

  Ellen Goodman

  19 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm

  Even women who are profoundly tired of the fact that we have to be overqualified to win are turned off by a celebrity pol who still will not admit she was wildly underqualified.

• A false choice in health care battle

  Ellen Goodman

  12 Nov 2009 | 6:21 pm

  Where exactly do you draw a line when the opposition keeps moving it? How do you compromise with those who are uncompromising? If prochoice Democrats turn back reproductive rights, it proves that they can be rolled by intransigent opposition. And once rolled, it's all downhill.

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• Afghanistan’s forgotten class

  Ellen Goodman

  5 Nov 2009 | 5:35 pm

  After the fall of the Taliban, many Afghan women shed their burqas, opened schools, entered Parliament. Equal rights were written into the constitution. But slowly, as America turned to the disastrous misadventure in Iraq, Afghan women's freedoms were casually traded in like chits for power.

• Women, if you’re happy and you know it ...

  Ellen Goodman

  29 Oct 2009 | 5:49 pm

  Feminism made me happy? Not, I assure you, in a permanent state of good cheer. It opened doors. It opened our eyes -- to everything including what still needs to be done.

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• Handyman on call

  Peter Hotton, Globe Staff

  11 Nov 2009 | 9:55 am

  Q. We discovered hairline cracks in the ceramic floor tiles in my 3-year-old house. The longest crack runs from the living room (eight tiles) in a straight line to the adjacent breakfast room (three) tiles. The grout is also cracked. If we replace the damaged tiles, will the new ones crack, too? (The house is built on a slab.)

• Handyman on call

  Peter Hotton, Globe Staff

  4 Nov 2009 | 9:20 am

  Q. We were told to caulk around doors and windows for energy efficiency. I found that there is no caulking outdoors, and I think it would look bad on my natural shingled Cape. Is it possible that I don’t need it?

• Handyman on Call

  Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent

  9 Sep 2009 | 9:45 am

  Q. When re-roofing, what should be done first: repointing the chimney where it comes through the roof, or putting on the new shingles?

• Handyman on call: some a/c advice, minus the tech-speak

  Peter Hotton, Globe Staff

  2 Sep 2009 | 10:11 am

  Q. We own a three-family house and occupy the first-floor apartment, which has its own forced hot air furnace; a separate furnace serves tenants on the second and third floors. Last fall our plumber replaced our 28-year-old gas furnace with an American Standard Freedom 95 gas furnace. He asked if we wanted him to install a coil that would allow ...

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• Drug firms’ tired song and dance on reform

  Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist

  20 Nov 2009 | 6:32 pm

  In the summer, the drug companies offered $8 billion a year over 10 years in drug cost cuts. Big Pharma has taken the savings off the table. A new AARP analysis has found that drug companies raised their prices for prescription drugs by 9.3 percent over the last year, amounting to $10 billion in new revenues.

• Changing the climate on Capitol Hill

  Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist

  16 Nov 2009 | 5:02 pm

  President Obama needs to shut down business as usual against climate change at home before he can make progress abroad.

• Give college athletes a cut of the action

  Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist

  13 Nov 2009 | 5:51 pm

  It is galling to have 25 universities, 23 of them public institutions, willing to pay $2 million or more for football coaches at this nadir of the economy, with soaring tuitions and slashed state budgets for faculty. But if colleges are that crazy to blow this money they should include the players.

• Taking a walk shouldn’t be a contact sport

  Derrick Z. Jackson

  9 Nov 2009 | 8:57 pm

  While the Boston area is ranked among the best places for pedestrians in the United States, there is much that could be done to improve safety and the outdoor experience for walkers and bike riders.

• College presidents are flunking the salary test

  Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist

  6 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm

  Compensation packages bear no resemblance to the world beneath college presidents. The American Dream is being fogged as parents drown in debt, students spend more time working to pay off campus fees rather than studying, and professors try to feed the brains of students with slashed resources.

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• In N.Y. trial, a treasure trove for terror

  Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist

  17 Nov 2009 | 5:32 pm

  By trying the masterminds of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in a federal courthouse, the United States is at risk of supplying key intelligence to terrorists.

• Obama’s swelling ego

  Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist

  13 Nov 2009 | 5:26 pm

  The president couldn't be troubled to visit Berlin to commemorate a momentous milestone in the history of human liberty. But he was glad to explain to those who were there why reflections on that milestone should inspire appreciation for the self-made "destiny" of his own rise to power.

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• Wedded to vitriol, backers of gay marriage stumble

  Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist

  10 Nov 2009 | 5:53 pm

  It's time for supporters of same-sex marriage to stop caricaturing opponents as the equivalent of Jim Crow-era segregationists.

• How to build a better House

  Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 7:34 pm

  Enlarge the House, and it would fill with new blood, new thinking, and new energy. Elections would be more competitive, since it would take fewer votes to win. The House would grow more diverse, more lively, more representative.

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• If you let them, big companies make you small

  Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent

  15 Nov 2009 | 7:19 pm

  Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, visit www.boston.com/innovation. The bad side of working for a big company. On the Boston innovation landscape, there are two kinds of people: those who draw a paycheck from small start-up ventures, and those who toil in the salt mines at big companies. The latter often fall prey to Big ...

• This new house

  Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 4:11 pm

  Inside a cavernous factory in Littleton, where the MBTA’s new fleet of Green Line trains was assembled, a crew of construction workers is now building houses. It’s the sort of vast space where the ceilings seem high enough to spawn their own weather systems.

• Clean energy is hot topic in Hub

  Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent

  8 Nov 2009 | 7:27 pm

  Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, visit www.boston.com/innovation. The clean tech hub. Copenhagen will be the place to be next month for the world’s policy makers, when the United Nations convenes its Climate Change Conference.

• To build up real business selling virtual goods, firms change tactics

  Scott Kirsner, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm

  Just after Labor Day last year, Pano Anthos flew out to San Francisco to unveil his new start-up, Hangout Industries Inc., at a major technology conclave, the TechCrunch50.

• ‘Shark Tank’ star led Learning Co. of Cambridge

  Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent

  1 Nov 2009 | 6:43 pm

  Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, visit www.boston.com/innovation . A shark in the Back Bay. Did you recognize one of those skeptical, skin-flinty investors from ABC’s reality show “Shark Tank’’ as a denizen of the Back Bay?

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• For Pagliuca, health reform trumps choice

  Scot Lehigh

  19 Nov 2009 | 5:36 pm

  The wealthy businessman believes the pressing need to bring coverage to the uninsured outweighs the abortion issue, putting him in stark contrast with his main Democratic opponents.

• Stand up, get mad, and be like Mike!

  Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist

  17 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm

  Michael Capuano, the candidate for US Senate, takes pride in his bare-knuckled populist image, and only a cynic would point to his assets of a mere $1.4 to $3.1 million.

• Education reform is in for a big test

  Scot Lehigh

  12 Nov 2009 | 6:18 pm

  We'll learn what's truly important to the Massachusetts Legislature: offering families more choices, catalyzing educational innovation, and tackling underperforming schools -- or placating the teachers unions.

• Political pirouettes in the Senate race

  Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist

  10 Nov 2009 | 5:22 pm

  Declarations, clarifications, and political acrobatics by candidates can confuse voters on their stances on the health care bill, but they can also bring the candidates themselves into sharper focus.

• Will the next Paul Tsongas please stand up

  Scot Lehigh

  5 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm

  In the race to replace Ted Kennedy, we need someone determined to confront the river of red ink flooding the nation's future.

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• Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

  Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 5:54 pm

  In “Precious,’’ Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) usually comes home from school and prepares dinner for her mother, Mary (Mo’Nique), in their Harlem apartment. Mary could probably make dinner herself. But it’s easier for her to throw the dinner out or at Claireece if she’s not the cook. Mary curses at Claireece, who is dark-skinned, overweight, and, at 16, having ...

• Black Dynamite

  Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:53 am

  In the spoof that bears his name, Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White) sports every outfit in the blaxploitation-look book. While investigating the murder of his junkie brother, he wears a cheap-looking suit with lapels that belong on a pterodactyl. He drops in on a warren of pimps in a leather trench coat, leather pants, and a turtleneck (all black). He ...

• The Blind Side

  Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:52 am

  It may be based on a true story, but “The Blind Side’’ delivers two heart-yanking hours of Hollywood physics. One kid’s bad existence gets better with the application of a great deal of upper-middle-class pressure. The movie recounts the story of how a tough-loving interior decorator named Leigh Anne Touhy (Sandra Bullock ) invited Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), an enormous, ...

• The Messenger

  Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am

  I’ve worried before that it might be too soon for movies about our current wars. They’re too fresh to get a dramatic grip on either the conflicts or what provoked them. What many filmmakers have produced were tracts that cast a skeptical eye. But, as it turns out, the proximity wasn’t the problem. It was the point of view. Americans ...

• Capturing a spirit of old Hollywood

  Wesley Morris, Globe Staff

  17 Nov 2009 | 10:08 am

  Kellan Lutz, who plays a vampire in the new “Twilight’’ movie, made an appearance at the Natick Collection last week. He signed posters for the 500 fans who persevered to earn that honor, and grinned heartily for the 75 fans anointed with the chance to be photographed at his side. Hundreds more - most of them girls, most of them ...

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• Disorganized from start, they need to regroup

  Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Seventy wins? How about beating a good team? The Celtics do not have one signature win in this early season, and don’t even think of counting that Opening Night gift in Cleveland, whose own coach said he wished he could have had three more weeks of practice.

• In NBA lore, Nelson never comes up short

  Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Mr. NBA was in town last night. Well, he is. This was career game No. 3,380 as a player and coach for Don Nelson, and that’s No. 1 on the all-time list. He has been a part of the NBA since 1962.

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• Lack of scoring strikes recently has been striking

  Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist

  5 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Patrice Bergeron has the quick hands. He swiped at a loose puck, sending it past Montreal netminder Carey Price. I believe they call that a goal. Been a long time, you know.

• Spaziani is handling things like an old pro

  Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist

  4 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Is there anybody not happy for Coach Spaz? I wouldn’t think so, even if he’s not about to apply the word to himself.

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• A few more observations from Bird’s nest

  Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Larry Bird was not in the house when Bill Belichick decided to go for it on fourth and 2 from his 28. Even though Bird works just a few blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium, he has never been to a game there.

• Little reason in some of these arguments

  Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist

  16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  It did not look any better in dawn’s early light. Groggy Patriot Nation woke up yesterday and wondered, “Did that really happen?’’ Perhaps it was some Ambien-induced hallucination. A bad dream. Hangover haze.

• Belichick gaffe unrivaled

  Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist

  15 Nov 2009 | 11:07 pm

  INDIANAPOLIS - Ghastly. This was as bad as anything the Red Sox ever did. Had it been a playoff game, it would be right up there with Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, Aaron Boone, and History Derailed in Glendale, Ariz.

• A night to choose sides

  Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist

  14 Nov 2009 | 9:55 pm

  INDIANAPOLIS - You are a Tom Brady Guy or you are a Peyton Manning Guy. There is nothing in between.

• Pro-style QB leads Holy Cross revival

  Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist

  12 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  It’s another boffo morning in the dusty, cramped football offices on the second floor of the Holy Cross Field House - a building that served as an airplane hangar in Davisville, R.I., during World War II.

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• On my list: an improved gift card

  Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:10 pm

  I have a love/hate relationship with gift cards. I love the concept and the fact that they make gift-buying so much easier. A gift card is a respectable way to give money - without looking as if you have no idea what to get a person, which, if we’re being honest, is often the case.

• Long overdue, new rules should help consumers avoid bite of overdraft fees

  Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

  14 Nov 2009 | 4:20 pm

  New rules by the Federal Reserve should help curb those expensive overdraft fees that have become an annoyance for many consumers.

• Congress whiffs on tax credit

  Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

  11 Nov 2009 | 7:10 pm

  It’s official, we have a new tax break for people who don’t need it, with money our government doesn’t have.

• FTC settlement emphasizes the need to be careful when wiring money

  Michelle Singletary, Washington Post

  7 Nov 2009 | 6:54 pm

  In one of the largest consumer payouts of its type, MoneyGram International Inc. has agreed to fork over $18 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it knowingly allowed its operation to be used by con artists to swindle US consumers out of millions of dollars.

• Do parents get a say on finances?

  Michelle Singletary

  4 Nov 2009 | 7:41 pm

  I’ll be the first to admit, I’m a hovering parent, especially when it comes to the money my children get and spend.

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• Argument for rate caps

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:34 pm

  Jack McCarthy opened his Citigroup credit card statement recently and read something that made him call the company with a pressing question.

• Private equity, public pain

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  16 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm

  Every politician knows one can’t-miss campaign strategy this year: Run against Wall Street and America’s big banks.

• Rising market tide fails to lift some Mass. firms

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  12 Nov 2009 | 7:28 pm

  It’s been hard to lose during the spectacular stock market boom of 2009. Hard, but not impossible.

• Stocks soar, but not jobs

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  9 Nov 2009 | 7:35 pm

  How long can the stock market and the job market keep heading in opposite directions?

• First step: Prevent crisis

  Steven Syre, Globe Columnist

  29 Oct 2009 | 7:31 pm

  Barney Frank is a busy guy. Frank is the chairman of the US House Financial Services Committee, which has been furiously pumping out legislative bills dealing with America’s financial system and the crisis it brought upon itself. The Massachusetts Democrat has won his share of fights and lost a few along the way.

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• Taking a hit on health care? Why, that’s women’s work

  Joan Vennochi

  18 Nov 2009 | 5:34 pm

  Whether it is losing abortion coverage in the health care reform package or putting coverage for routine mammograms at risk, it seems like women must always work to not get thrown under the political bus.

• Patrick Kennedy vs. the church

  Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist

  13 Nov 2009 | 5:28 pm

  The fight between Patrick Kennedy and the Providence bishop signals the start of another new day. The bishop has had no qualms about pointing out that Kennedy's views do not mirror church teachings.

• The ways of Washington

  Joan Vennochi

  12 Nov 2009 | 12:44 am

  Voting for a health care package that contains an antiabortion provision raises questions of principle for Senate candidates.

• The game plan according to Pagliuca

  Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist

  7 Nov 2009 | 7:35 pm

  Arguing that more than 600,000 out of 3.2 million Massachusetts workers can trace their jobs back to venture capital, he calls it "incontrovertible" that such investment increases jobs.

• In Legislature, the flocks tend their leaders

  Joan Vennochi

  4 Nov 2009 | 5:59 pm

  State legislative leaders come and go, but a tendency by rank-and-file lawmakers to follow them like sheep remains.

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• A charisma shortage

  Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

  19 Nov 2009 | 8:26 pm

  Martha Coakley strolled into a union hall in Dorchester Wednesday waving, a little stiffly, to the membership of the Service Employees International Union Local 1199.

• An agency in turmoil

  Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

  16 Nov 2009 | 11:05 pm

  Angelo McClain’s homecoming was not supposed to be this rocky. When the longtime social services director - who worked at a caseworker in Roxbury before making his name as a children services executive in New Jersey - was named commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, it was viewed as a happy occasion. But he is spending most of ...

• Alimony agony

  Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

  12 Nov 2009 | 8:49 pm

  Rudolph Pierce thought it was time to retire. But as a veteran member of the Massachusetts bar - and a former judge - he must have known that shedding the burden of alimony would never be so easy.

• Dichotomy of a poverty foe

  Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

  9 Nov 2009 | 11:01 pm

  Robert Coard’s funeral at Emmanuel Church yesterday drew a telling mix of the powerful and not-so-powerful - fitting for an antipoverty activist far more comfortable than most in the corridors of power.

• Lost Marine’s lasting gift

  Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist

  5 Nov 2009 | 9:57 pm

  Joan Jose Duran was a guy who was loved for his optimistic spirit. He once served as the punter for the undermanned Boston Latin School football team, and “he wasn’t actually a good punter,’’ said his teammate, Dan Weissman. “But he had this can-do attitude. I never heard him say he couldn’t do anything. He always believed he could get ...

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• Broadening horizons

  Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:46 am

  The Syfy cable network, formerly known as SciFi, drew its best October prime-time ratings in network history last month, fueled by shows like “Stargate Universe,’’ “Sanctuary,’’ and “Ghost Hunters,’’ and by its new identity as a home for “imagination-based entertainment.’’ We spoke to the network’s vice president and creative director, Michael Engleman - a Newton native and Tufts University graduate ...

• PBS can market its kids shows without selling out

  Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

  14 Nov 2009 | 10:22 am

  I’m ready for my Ruff Ruffman T-shirt. And my Ruff Ruffman backpack. And maybe a Ruff Ruffman flea collar, just for show. I want Ruff consumer-product overload.

• Critic’s corner

  Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

  9 Nov 2009 | 2:35 pm

  In the Spotlight With Robin Roberts: Bright Lights, Big Stars, All Access Nashville 10 p.m., Channel 5

• Critic’s corner

  Joanna Weiss

  8 Nov 2009 | 6:22 pm

  How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin 10 p.m., Channel 2 Revolution, indeed. Award-winning director Leslie Woodhead introduces us to Russians (above) who found their way to the Beatles’ outlawed music and drew hope and inspiration from the Fab Four.

• Critic’s corner

  Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

  7 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Mad Men 10 p.m., AMC Last week, the show caught up with the Kennedy assassination and Betty (January Jones, above) decided to change her life. In tonight’s season finale, we might - might - find out if she follows through.

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• Holmgren interested in meeting with Browns

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm

  Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren says he would be interested in working for the Cleveland Browns.

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  2064 BC-FBC--T25-Duke-Miami Stats No. 21 MIAMI 34, DUKE 16 Duke 3 10 3 0--16 Miami 3 7 3 21--34 First Quarter Duke--FG Snyderwine 30, 5:50. Mia--FG Bosher 33, 1:25. Second Quarter Duke--FG Snyderwine 49, 14:50. Mia--T.Johnson 5 pass from J.Harris (Bosher kick), 4:50. Duke--Varner 24 pass from Lewis (Snyderwine kick), 2:17. Third Quarter Duke--FG Snyderwine 26, 11:05. Mia--FG Bosher 20, ...

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• Richmond edges William & Mary 13-10

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:11 pm

  Andrew Howard's 48-yard field goal as time ran out lifted Richmond to a 13-10 win over William & Mary and a share of the Colonial Athletic Association championship on Saturday.

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• Consider this one a periodic credit report

  Chad Finn, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  On recent occasions in this space, we’ve made references to underrated, unsung, and unheralded media personalities, from ESPN’s Ryen Russillo to former Patriots tight end Christian Fauria, who is thriving on WEEI’s “NFL Sunday’’ program.

• Ortiz says Sox need to power up

  Peter Abraham, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  David Ortiz suggested around this time last year that the Red Sox needed more power in their lineup. As he recalled, the advice was not treated with sufficient respect.

• Bay is ready to play the field

  Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The talks have been going on all season. But suddenly, as of midnight, things are different. Now it’s not only the Red Sox who can discuss contract numbers with free agent left fielder Jason Bay - every team can.

• Some Red Sox tickets to rise up to $5 next season

  17 Nov 2009 | 9:41 am

  The Red Sox will raise some ticket prices as much as $5 next season after freezing all sections for 2009.

• Red Sox increase prices for some tickets

  Peter Abraham, Globe Staff

  16 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The Red Sox raised ticket prices for eight sections of Fenway Park including the popular infield grandstand seats and loge boxes by an average of $3.50.

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• Is He Holding All Our Cards Again?

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  21 Nov 2009 | 11:02 am

  (BDD / Jonathan Blazon Illustration) Herald: The Red Sox Have Discussed Outfielders Matt Holliday and Rick Ankiel, Reliever Mike Gonzalez, and 3B Adrian Beltre with You Know Who

• It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

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  20 Nov 2009 | 2:32 pm

  (BDD / Red Socks Diaries) Patriots Head Coach Bill Belichick Sings Your Favorite Christmas Carols!

• This Is Old News

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  19 Nov 2009 | 5:37 am

  (BDD Photo Illustration) Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia Are the Only Returning Red Sox Starting Players Under the Age of 30 ... And to Celebrate that Fact, Ellsbury Is Switching His Number from 46 to 2Speaking of 46 Going on 36, How's Mike Lowell Looking as Your Power-Hitting Third Baseman for Another Year?Another Kick in the Dentures: MLB Blows Off Fenway 100 and Picks Kansas City for 2012 All-Star Game (BDD / James MacLeod Cartoons) And When Exactly Is That Grand Jury Going to Throw the Book at the B12 and Lidocaine Abuser?And Will Roger Still Be Running from the Truth in 2012?

• Are You Sitting Down for This?

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  18 Nov 2009 | 7:26 am

  (Bill Greene / Boston Globe File) Because the Red Sox Are Still Trying to Reach Into Your Pockets They Sure Know How to Generate Revenue Down on Yawkey WayBut Did They Remember They Are Supposed to Spend It on the Baseball Team?It's the 2009 Fenway Seat Sale... a.k.a. Just Give Us Another $800 Bucks and Like It E-mail to Red Sox Season Ticket Holders: Dear Season Ticket Holder, While the home team is no longer playing, there is still much work to be done at Fenway Park as we approach another ambitious renovation schedule planned for this offseason. Each year since 2002 we have made offseason…

• Where's the Fire?

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  18 Nov 2009 | 5:26 am

  (BDD) No Theo Walkout, No Beckett Blockbuster, No A-Rod Hunt, No Matsuzaka Mania, No Manny Drama, No Teixeira Chase...This Promises to Be Boston's Coldest Hot Stove Season Ever The Free Agent Season Begins on Friday... The Burning Questions... Will the Sox Use Their $tockpile to Overpay for Jason Bay or Matt Holliday?With Alex Gonzalez Turning 50 and Jed Lowry Back in Pawtucket, Will They Sign Marco Scutaro or Miguel Tejada? Will Jeremy Hermida Make It As the Fourth Outfielder Next Year?Yo, Theo... How's Trying to Steal Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego Going?So When Exactly Does David Ortiz…

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• Nationals top pick Strasburg won't need surgery

  20 Nov 2009 | 4:51 pm

  The Nationals say No. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.

• Pricey gift: MLB offers Series film set for $2,229

  20 Nov 2009 | 3:45 pm

  Major League Baseball has the perfect gift to bust a budget in a recession. A 20-DVD set of World Series films can be bought for $2,299, and it contains authenticated autographs of 12 Hall of Famers, including Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt.

• St. Louis Cardinals announce season ticket pricing

  20 Nov 2009 | 2:41 pm

  St. Louis Cardinals season ticket prices are increasing an average of 3 percent next year.

• Grabow gets $7.5 million, 2-year deal from Cubs

  Rick Gano, AP Sports Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:02 pm

  Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Chicago Cubs.

• Giants ace Lincecum wins second straight Cy Young

  Janie McCauley, AP Baseball Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 12:21 am

  Tim Lincecum has been so dominant in his first two full major league seasons that even his top bosses don't know how he can get much better.

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• Morris may be in running

  Adam Kilgore and Monique Walker, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Running back Laurence Maroney is prone to fits of silliness for benefit of the media, and yesterday he engaged in one to make a point. Maroney compared the Patriots stable of running backs to Voltron, the cartoon character from the 1980s that, by connecting different vehicles together to form one robot, was capable of defending the universe.

• Stanback has landed on his feet with Patriots

  Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  On the day the Dallas Cowboys made final cuts this summer, Isaiah Stanback prepared himself for an uncomfortable prospect. He could wake up as an NFL wide receiver and by night be looking for his next team. “I was definitely aware,’’ Stanback said.

• Patriots come to the defense

  Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  At this time last year, Tedy Bruschi was a leader on the Patriots defense. This week, in an indirect way, he may have sped the passing of those duties to linebacker Jerod Mayo, already a captain in his second season.

• Consider this one a periodic credit report

  Chad Finn, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  On recent occasions in this space, we’ve made references to underrated, unsung, and unheralded media personalities, from ESPN’s Ryen Russillo to former Patriots tight end Christian Fauria, who is thriving on WEEI’s “NFL Sunday’’ program.

• Patriots had us covered

  Ed Ryan, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Why is everyone so upset about the Patriots’ loss Sunday night? They covered the number - lost by a point but were getting 3. That’s a win where I’m coming from, if you picked New England.

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• Belichick's gamble against Colts made sense

  Barry Wilner, AP Football Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:29 am

  "You play to win the game." That phrase has echoed throughout the NFL for years, ever since Herm Edwards uttered it while coaching the New York Jets. It's exactly what Bill Belichick was doing in Indianapolis last Sunday night. And as for delivering any message of distrust in his defense, maybe it was just the opposite.

• Bad time to be playing Patriots

  Barry Wilner, AP Football Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 10:21 am

  There's never really a good time for the New York Jets to face the Patriots. Since Bill Belichick became New England's coach in 2000, the Jets are 7-13 against their rivals from Foxborough.

• Bush, Ellis, not making trip to Tampa

  Brett Martel, AP Sports Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 8:21 am

  Running back Reggie Bush and defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis are not traveling with the New Orleans Saints for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay.

• Goodell’s concussion plan riles NFLPA

  Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell’s call for players to tell their teams’ medical staffs if they think a teammate shows symptoms of a concussion, saying that is not an adequate solution.

• Morris may be in running

  Adam Kilgore and Monique Walker, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Running back Laurence Maroney is prone to fits of silliness for benefit of the media, and yesterday he engaged in one to make a point. Maroney compared the Patriots stable of running backs to Voltron, the cartoon character from the 1980s that, by connecting different vehicles together to form one robot, was capable of defending the universe.

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• Bergeron’s tip lifts Bruins in OT

  Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  In a season full of missteps, miscues, and inconsistent offense, the Bruins took a second strong step forward in as many nights, pinning a 2-1 loss on the Sabres when Patrice Bergeron tipped home Zdeno Chara’s long-range wrister with 47 seconds gone in overtime at HSBC Arena last night.

• Bergeron scores in OT as Bruins beat Sabres 2-1

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:19 pm

  It had been over three years since Patrice Bergeron scored an overtime goal. The one he netted on Friday night could turn into a rallying point for the Boston Bruins.

• Savard skates, will wait

  Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  For the Bruins, yesterday’s morning skate at Philips Arena provided a much-needed sight: Marc Savard in line rushes, sneaking shots past his goalies, and winning faceoffs.

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• Bruins dig in, win in shootout

  Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  ATLANTA - The 2-0 second-period lead? Gone. The 3-2 advantage with less than a minute remaining in regulation? Wiped out, thanks to a Maxim Afinogenov goal at 19:18.

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• Heatley's hat trick leads Sharks past Flyers

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm

  Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night.

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• Canucks rally in 3rd period, beat Avalanche 5-2

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:52 pm

  Christian Ehrhoff's second goal got Vancouver even in the third period, and Henrik Sedin then netted the go-ahead tally as the Canucks rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Friday night.

• Nolan's 2 goals give Wild 3-2 win over Islanders

  Dave Campbell, AP Sports Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:09 pm

  In this transitional season, new Minnesota Wild coach Todd Richards and his staff have relied on veteran Owen Nolan more than any other player.

• Nolan's 2 goals give Wild 3-2 win over Islanders

  Dave Campbell, AP Sports Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:51 pm

  Owen Nolan's goal with 67 seconds remaining, his second of the game, sent the struggling Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night.

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• Finding combinations hasn’t been a lock

  Julian Benbow, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  It’s the curse of having too many options, too many players, too many possibilities. Before the season, when it seemed like Doc Rivers could pull a lineup out of a hat, Rasheed Wallace half-jokingly called the coach “The Mad Scientist.’’

• Out of synch

  Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The Celtics had the Orlando Magic where they wanted them last night. Their big guns and newcomers were ready to go, not worn down by a long season, simply motivated to make up for last season’s Game 7 playoff loss - on their home court.

• Disorganized from start, they need to regroup

  Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Seventy wins? How about beating a good team? The Celtics do not have one signature win in this early season, and don’t even think of counting that Opening Night gift in Cleveland, whose own coach said he wished he could have had three more weeks of practice.

• Wallace is unable to zero in

  Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Rasheed Wallace gave a strong performance on the boards in relief of foul-prone Kendrick Perkins in the Celtics’ 83-78 loss to Orlando last night. But Wallace continued to struggle with his 3-point shooting.

• Magic win 4th straight, beating Boston 83-78

  Jimmy Golen, AP Sports Writer

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm

  Kevin Garnett missed last season's playoff series against Orlando with a knee injury. Rasheed Wallace signed with Boston after it was over.

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• Nets drop to 0-13 in 98-91 loss to Knicks

  Brian Mahoney, AP Basketball Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:41 pm

  Al Harrington and Danilo Gallinari each scored 17 points, and the New York Knicks kept the New Jersey Nets winless with a 98-91 victory Saturday.

• Webb leads No. 7 LSU past Houston, 72-54

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:21 pm

  Freshman reserve Adrienne Webb lead No. 7 LSU with 17 points as the Lady Tigers defeated Houston 72-54 on Saturday.

• Butler leads Clips to 106-99 win over Nuggets

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:41 pm

  Reserve forward Rasual Butler scored 27 points, Al Thornton added 18 and the Los Angeles Clippers withstood an early scoring spree from Carmelo Anthony to beat the Denver Nuggets 106-99 on Friday night.

• Ellis leads Warriors over Blazers

  20 Nov 2009 | 10:12 pm

  Monta Ellis scored a season-high 34 points and had eight assists, Anthony Morrow added 23 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Portland Trail Blazers 108-94 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

• Clips' broadcasters suspended for Haddadi remarks

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:21 pm

  Clippers longtime play-by-play announcer Ralph Lawler and color analyst Michael Smith were suspended one game by the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network for their comments about Memphis center Hamed Haddadi.

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• Handing it to France

  Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff

  18 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  The Banshee is as good a place as any to have your heart broken. It is a fine, unpretentious pub on Dorchester Avenue, in Dorchester, and on Wednesday afternoon it was full of Irishmen, and they had their hearts broken.

• Revolution are in evaluation stage

  Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff

  17 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Striker Edgaras Jankauskas will not return to the Revolution next season unless he receives an offer comparable to his current contract, a source involved in the negotiations said yesterday.

• Robert Enke, 32, German soccer team goalie

  Nesha Starcevic, Associated Press

  10 Nov 2009 | 7:30 pm

  FRANKFURT - Robert Enke, a goalkeeper expected to play for Germany at the World Cup, died after being hit by a train in what police suspect is a suicide. He was 32.

• Again, no stopping the Fire

  Daniel I. Dorfman, Globe Correspondent

  8 Nov 2009 | 10:19 pm

  BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - The frustration of the season coming to an abrupt conclusion was etched on the face of Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis Saturday night, minutes after the Chicago Fire’s 2-0 victory.

• Revolution burned

  Daniel I. Dorfman, Globe Correspondent

  7 Nov 2009 | 10:49 pm

  BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - With much fanfare, the Chicago Fire brought in Mexican superstar Cuauhtemoc Blanco in 2007 to be the final piece of a championship puzzle. The Revolution paid the price for that last night, and it cost them their season.

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• A-B completes perfect season

  Jeff Schaible, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:19 pm

  A-B 3 Longmeadow 0 WORCESTER — The Acton-Boxboro field hockey team completed its undefeated season in typical fashion yesterday, a 3-0 shutout of Longmeadow in the Division 1 state championship at Worcester State’s John F. Coughlin Field.

• For islanders, this was The Game

  James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:17 pm

  For year-round residents of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, it was an eagerly anticipated rite of fall: On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, two proudly independent communities tussled for bragging rights in the season-ending high school football matchup.

• Margolius, A-B strike gold

  Charlie Peters, Globe Correspondent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  In a game rife with stars and story lines, the Division 1 girls’ EMass soccer final appeared to have little chance of living up to its hype. But Acton-Boxboro’s Marie Margolius showed a flair for the dramatic, scoring with less than a minute remaining in overtime to lift the nationally No. 1-ranked Colonials over Whitman-Hanson, 1-0, last night ...

• CM wins it in OT

  Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  All Catholic Memorial needed this time was one overtime. After beating Brockton on penalty kicks in the Division 1 South Sectional finals and defeating King Philip in two overtimes in the semifinals, the Knights (17-3-3) ended the Division 1 EMass final against Lexington a minute into overtime.

• Bird gives C-C the one that counts

  Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:00 pm

  Throughout the Division 2 EMass boys’ final, Concord-Carlisle was frustrated on offense. The Patriots failed to convert on scoring opportunities, thwarted again and again by the Sandwich defense.

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• Globe South community bulletin board

  Stephanie S. Daly, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:56 am

  EASTON PFLAG meeting: The Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Easton Area Chapter will hold a meeting on Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Unity Church. For more information, visit gbpflag.org.

• Globe South best bets

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:52 am

  EVENTS Carver: Christmas Festival of Lights features millions of lights and displays in a spectacular holiday celebration. Visitors can meet Santa, listen to carols, and ride a train past an explosion of holiday decorations. In addition, on Friday nights in December there will be fireworks shows. Through Jan. 3. Edaville USA, Pine Street, Route 58. $18, under 2 free. 877-edaville, ...

• Globe West best bets

  21 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am

  DANCE Arlington : Join high-energy zydeco band Slippery Sneakers for a post-Thanksgiving dance Saturday, 8-11 p.m., Elks Lodge, 56 Pond Lane. $15. 617-648-9868, www.bostonzydeco.com.

• 'Road' Warrior

  Lynda Gorov, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  LOS ANGELES - Viggo Mortensen is everything you’d want and expect him to be: shaggy-haired handsome, passionate, thoughtful, and smart. The actor-writer-poet-painter and jazz musician pretty much seems to be the Renaissance man in real life that he is on paper. Only then it happens.

• Something for everyone

  Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  You’ve got the obvious DVD picks on your shopping list. But if you could use another idea or two - or two dozen - consider these new titles, collections, and enhanced reissues.

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• 'Road' Warrior

  Lynda Gorov, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  LOS ANGELES - Viggo Mortensen is everything you’d want and expect him to be: shaggy-haired handsome, passionate, thoughtful, and smart. The actor-writer-poet-painter and jazz musician pretty much seems to be the Renaissance man in real life that he is on paper. Only then it happens.

• Something for everyone

  Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  You’ve got the obvious DVD picks on your shopping list. But if you could use another idea or two - or two dozen - consider these new titles, collections, and enhanced reissues.

• 'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am

  Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.

• Travolta appears at fundraiser in Fla. hometown

  21 Nov 2009 | 3:31 am

  John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night.

• 'New Moon' midnight showings earn record $26.3 mil

  20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am

  "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings. Summit Entertainment estimated Friday that it earned $26.3 million after opening early in the morning.

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• Holiday Preview: Classical Picks

  Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am

  Yes, Handel’s “Messiah’’ is back but there’s a lot more on the holiday classical calendar. Here is a brief roundup of a few notable local events.

• An interactive taste of Bulgarian folklore

  Lydia Rebac, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:30 am

  instead, you grab your beloved, run off, and get married.

• Holiday Preview: Music Picks

  James Reed and Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:29 am

  HOLLY COLE Dubbed “A Night Before Christmas,’’ the swellegant Cole and her quartet will make merry with jazzed up hymns and carols and a smattering of her normal repertoire of vocal pop standards. If that’s not Christmasy enough for you, she’s got Holly right there in her name. 8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 4. $25. Scullers. 866-468-7619. www.ticketweb.com

• Motown caps 50th anniversary with hometown gala

  Jeff Karoub, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 6:01 am

  Berry Gordy founded what would become Motown Records a half-century ago with an $800 loan. Today, that would get you two tickets with a bit to spare to the Motown 50 Golden Gala.

• Warrant: Drug in Jackson case came from Vegas firm

  Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 1:11 am

  A powerful anesthetic recovered from Michael Jackson's bedside after he died had been purchased in Nevada by his doctor who had it shipped to California, court documents show.

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• ‘Nutcracker’ inspires sibling revelry

  Lucy Barber, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  On the top floor of the Boston Ballet School, three students show off their one-handed cartwheels in a sun-filled studio. The girls are electric with energy from an afternoon of dance rehearsals and excitement over Boston Ballet’s upcoming production of “The Nutcracker,’’ which runs Friday through Dec. 27 at the Boston Opera House. Delia, Fiona, and Bronwyn Wada-Gill are not ...

• Holiday Preview: Dance Picks

  Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:32 am

  THE NUTCRACKER For many, the holiday season doesn’t officially begin until the Sugar Plums dance and the Flowers waltz. Boston Ballet’s beloved production of “The Nutcracker’’ combines first-rate dancing with live music and extravagant production values, from the lavish oversize Christmas tree to the balloon that carries Clara aloft to the Land of the Sweets. Nov. 27-Dec. 27. $35-$132. Boston ...

• Holiday shows’ various guises include off-color

  Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am

  There is no Santa Claus at the Ramrod. But starting next week, you’ll find the holiday spirit in a basement theater at this gay bar, where a gussied-up Ryan Landry and his Gold Dust Orphans bring back their camp-fueled comedy “All About Christmas Eve.’’

• Holiday Preview: Theater Picks

  Don Aucoin, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am

  RECKLESS In this dark comedy by Craig Lucas, a woman hits the road in a hurry and keeps going when she discovers on Christmas Eve that her husband has taken out a contract on her life. Subsequent holidays are no picnic, either. Through Dec. 12. SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. 617-933-8600, www.speakeasystage.com

• Many images show a singular approach

  Mark Feeney, Globe Staff

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:29 am

  It’s a pretty funny joke. Harry Callahan must have the most recognized name of any photographer in history - except it’s not because of his photography. It’s because he shares the name with Clint Eastwood’s most famous character.

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• Losing Winfrey would be big blow for Second City

  Don Babwin, Associated Press Writer

  21 Nov 2009 | 9:11 am

  Step outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that's been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it's easy to get a sense of what she's meant to Chicago.

• Maine governor: Cuts not pretty

  21 Nov 2009 | 5:09 am

  Gov. John Baldacci says nearly every department in state government will see further cuts in their programs.

• Guests for the Sunday TV news shows

  The Associated Press

  21 Nov 2009 | 12:11 am

  Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ------

• Parker-Broderick surrogacy case jury breaks

  20 Nov 2009 | 9:11 pm

  The jury in the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations Friday without a verdict.

• As Oprah heads to cable, will her golden touch go with her?

  Johnny Diaz and Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:40 pm

  There is no way to overstate the influence of Oprah on the life of 49-year-old Barbara Moulton of Boston.

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• For the record

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:01 pm

  Correction: Because of an editing error, a headline on an Oct. 26 obituary for Nathan O. Engebretson of West Springfield gave an incorrect age. He was 97.

• Herbert Miller Jr.; lawyer secured pardon for Nixon

  Matt Schudel, Washington Post

  20 Nov 2009 | 8:00 pm

  Herbert J. “Jack’’ Miller Jr., who led the US Justice Department’s war on organized crime in the 1960s and later brokered the pardon of former president Nixon and prevented the release of Nixon’s White House tapes after the Watergate scandal, died Nov. 14 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital in Rockville, Md.

• Stefanie Spielman, 42; wife of football star fought cancer

  Associated Press

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:59 pm

  Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with the disease. She was 42.

• John Crofton, 97, pioneer in the cure for tuberculosis

  Denise Gellene, New York Times

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:58 pm

  John Crofton, a pioneering clinician who demonstrated that antibiotics could be safely combined to cure tuberculosis, died on Nov. 3 at his home in Edinburgh. He was 97.

• Arnold Rosoff; advertising executive championed workplace diversity; at 93

  Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent

  20 Nov 2009 | 7:57 pm

  Arnold Z. Rosoff, a fiercely passionate visionary who used his exceptional branding skills to found one of Boston’s most successful advertising agencies, died yesterday morning at a nursing home in Newton after suffering complications of a broken hip. He was 93.