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• As jobs remain elusive, foreclosures rise again
• Economy showing signs of sustained growth

• Video The last Brigham's in Boston

• Photos Scott Brown on the campaign trail | Video
• Pagliuca takes on foes on health care
• Adrian Walker A charisma shortage
• Scot Lehigh For Pagliuca, health reform trumps choice
• Candidate profiles  |  More news on the Senate race

• State scraps plan to seek $147 million in stimulus money for bus line (By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff)
• Candidates for Senate | The Republican legislator Being the underdog never deters a driven Brown (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• Pagliuca’s health care challenge heats up tepid Senate campaign (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Patrick, lawmakers spar over shortfall (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• Baker narrows list of running mates in governor’s race (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
• New Bedford, Boston rowing group partner in new venture (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Adrian Walker A charisma shortage (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• Car may be tied to Lowell hit and run (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• Court offers reprieve for condemned dog (By L.E. Crowley, Globe Correspondent)
• Family seeks court order for 2d autopsy (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Highway toll foes fall short on signatures (Boston Globe)
• State ready to fill in Big Dig’s missing links (By Peter DeMarco, Globe Correspondent)
• Officials examine Milford Water Co. (By Kathleen Moore, Globe Correspondent)
• Faneuil Hall mall is where one wild thing is (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)
• Candidates for governor spar over local aid (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Gillette bridge gets OK for $9m (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• Funds for the home stretch (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)

• Barbara Elaine Maze, BU assistant dean (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Jeanne-Claude, 75, artist who cocreated ‘The Gates’ in NYC (By Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press)
• Roger J. Donahue, at 86; was Superior Court judge (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Stanley Wald, 84; founded group that takes pets to infirm (By Michaela Stanelun, Globe Correspondent)
• Edward Woodward, star in 'Breaker Morant,' 'Wicker Man' (Associated Press)
• Irving Kriesberg, painter of dreamlike landscapes; 90 (By Margalit Fox, New York Times)
• Sy Syms, 83; longtime retailer sold fashion at a discount (By Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post)

• Health bill would tax cosmetic procedures (By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press)
• Guidelines push back age for Pap exam (By New York Times, Boston Globe)
• Arkansas police officer who used stun gun on girl suspended (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Astronauts get extra work done in first spacewalk (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Bus company says driver in crash had aneurysm (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Senate confirms appeals court nominee (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Ancient, boar-like crocodile among 3 new species found (By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press)
• Southern obesity rates are highest (By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
• Court gives gay spouses benefits (By Michael Gormley, Associated Press)
• Grinched! US stops forwarding Santa letters to North Pole, Alaska (By Rachel D’oro, Associated Press)
• Political Notebook Both haves and have-nots as state dinner invitations sent (Boston Globe)
• House votes to ease Medicare cuts to doctors (By Erica Werner, Associated Press)
• US takes a second look at air defenses (New York Times)
• Gates donates $335m to schools (By Nick Anderson, Washington Post)
• Auditors criticize stimulus jobs data (By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post)
• Shooting spurs Pentagon review of personnel procedures (By Ann Scott Tyson and Ben Pershing, Washington Post)

• Karzai sets ambitious, reassuring goals in inaugural (By Alissa J. Rubin and Mark Landler, New York Times)
• Russia extends death penalty moratorium (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Sunni leader in Iraq sentenced to death (By New York Times, Boston Globe)
• Tokyo crowned new gourmet capital (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• French court acquits all in fatal blast (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• World powers considering new sanctions on Iran (By Charles Hutzler and Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press)
• Belgium’s prime minister to lead EU (By Edward Cody, The Washington Post)
• Lithuanian officials open new inquiry into secret CIA prisons (By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post)
• Iraqi lawmakers struggle over election law dispute (By Christopher Torchia, Associated Press)
• Islamic nations pressing UN panel for treaty that would ban blasphemy (By Frank Jordans, Associated Press)
• Clinton meets Karzai, demands reforms help Afghans (By Peter Baker and Mark Landler, New York Times)

• Globe Editorial Congress should rein in spiraling credit card rates
• Globe Editorial McDonalds: A Direkt marketing plan
• Globe Editorial Questions swirl in Fort Hood
• Joanna Weiss Sarah Palin, the cynical mean girl
• Derrick Z. Jackson Drug firms’ tired song and dance on reform
• Andrew L. Warshaw Walking a tightrope on MGH’s training hours
• Quotes of note

• Bruins 4, Thrashers 3 Bruins dig in, win in shootout (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Patriots come to the defense (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Ortiz says Sox need to power up (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
• Dan Shaughnessy A few more observations from Bird’s nest (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Medicine ball (By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)
• Red Sox’ Bay ready to play the field (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook Lincecum makes it two in a row (Associated Press)
• Sports Log Williams agrees to plea on shooting (Boston Globe)
• Johnson: NASCAR success not just fueled by format (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• NBA roundup Jazz finally make noise in San Antonio (Associated Press)
• Tough for Celtics not to believe in Magic (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Hurricanes complete frantic comeback (Associated Press)
• Bruins notebook Bruins’ Savard at skate but still will have to wait (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Sports Media Consider this one a periodic credit report (By Chad Finn, Globe Staff)
• This weekend on TV, radio (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook Jets coach Ryan in Revis’s corner (By Albert R. Breer and Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• Fantasy football Titan runs up the points (By Ed Ryan, Globe Staff)
• The Bettor's edge Patriots had us covered (By Ed Ryan, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Williams powers Dolphins past Panthers (Associated Press)
• Magic thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• Line is all straightened out (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• BC notebook It never really took off for returner Smith (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• National college football Rivalries weak (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Downs and distance (Boston Globe)
• Top 25 in action (Boston Globe)
• Reign over for Uga VII (Associated Press)
• College hockey notebook For Minutemen, time is right to make a move (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Act.-Boxboro 1, Whit.-Hanson 0 Margolius, A-B strike gold (By Charlie Peters, Globe Correspondent)
• C-C 1, Sandwich 0 Bird gives C-C the one that counts (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
• CM 2, Lexington 1 CM wins it in OT (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
• College roundup K-State eases by BU (Associated Press)

• Bay State’s jobless rate ebbs, bucking national trend (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Iconic ice-cream chain faces bankruptcy, anger (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• As jobs remain elusive, foreclosures rise again (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• New software will make YouTube videos accessible for hearing-impaired viewers (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Consumer group is sour on Ocean Spray labeling (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
• Primrose chain looks to open school in Hingham (By Dave Copeland, Globe Correspondent)
• Boston Capital Capping credit card rates would benefit banks and consumers (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Anger at Obama roils hearings on banking bills (By Brady Dennis and Zachary A. Goldfarb, Washington Post)
• Panel sets fees for large firms (By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press)
• Blackstone to pay $1.3b for Birds Eye (Bloomberg News)
• Bank resumes sales of mortgage debt (Bloomberg News)
• AOL will pare third of its workforce (Associated Press)
• JPMorgan to buy out UK brokerage (Bloomberg News)
• AROUND THE REGION Casual Male cuts losses in 3d quarter (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION MassMutual retools some operations (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Jordan Hospital forges ties with Tufts (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Economy showing signs of sustained growth (By Bob Willis, Bloomberg News)
• Beverly Hospital, site in Danvers losing jobs (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Dell profit sinks 54% in quarter (By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press)
• As firms’ pensions slid, executives got $350m (By Holly Rosenkrantz, Bloomberg)
• The Savings Game More college-bound students express willingness to help pay burgeoning costs (By Humberto Cruz, Boston Globe)
• MARKET MOVERS Despite sales gain, retailer’s shares fall (Boston Globe)
• Job, foreclosure reports depress stocks (Boston Globe)
• MASS. MOVERS American Superconductor up on outlook (Boston Globe)

• Swine flu is making some folks alter their holiday plans (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• OPERA REVIEW Janacek’s haunting ‘From the House of the Dead’ finally arrives at the Met (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Voices Anxiety fuels mom competition to score swine flu shots for their kids (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
• Names Is Aerosmith auditioning a singer? (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe staff)
• G FORCE | ROBERT CARLOCK Robert Carlock talks about the fine state of comedy (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Lambert’s full-concert appearance worth the wait (By Stuart Munro, Globe Correspondent)
• Local musicians pay tribute to the Band’s ‘Last Waltz’ (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW BSO celebrates birthdays, Debussy (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• BRING THE FAMILY Visiting Japanese House at Children’s Museum (By Hayley Kaufman, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW From a man’s mind come a girl’s thoughts in ‘Mathilda Savitch’ (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• Movie capsule reviews (Boston Globe)
• Event picks for kids this week (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Celebrity news Miley Cyrus’s driver killed in crash (Associated Press)
• Daily television guide (Boston Globe)
• TV critic’s picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
• Curtain comes down on ‘Jon & Kate’ drama (By Frazier Moore, Associated Press)
• Annie's Mailbox Co-worker’s actions equal harassment (Boston Globe)
• Chess Notes (By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff, Boston Globe)
• Reflection for the day &#153 (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Brickbottom opens up its studios (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Sonic Youth comes to the Wilbur Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Find inspiration with the Mystic Chorale (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Sara Tavares comes to Berklee (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Giving thanks at Old South Meeting House (By Milva DiDomizio, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW BSO celebrates birthdays, Debussy (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)

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