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Page one
Casino study backs Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick's promise of thousands of new jobs and billions of fresh dollars would come true if three state-licensed resort casinos are opened across Massachusetts, according to a long-awaited Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce study released yesterday that largely bolsters the governor's economic case. (By Matt Viser, Boston Globe)
Defaults soar on auto loans
in pattern likened to mortgage crisis
When lenders sent a tow truck to repossess his silver 2001 Lincoln LS last month, Myles Chilcot eagerly handed over the keys. (By Jenn Abelson, Boston Globe)
AG urges change of course for Caritas
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton should abandon its role as a top-level academic hospital treating complex cases, and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester should consider becoming a mental health center, says a report on the Archdiocese of Boston's hospital chain by Attorney General Martha Coakley. (By Jeffrey Krasner, Boston Globe)
Obama vies to push back, stay positive
As the Democratic primary race enters a new, critical phase, Senator Barack Obama's campaign is wrestling with how to respond forcefully to Hillary Clinton's recent attacks on his record without violating the positive, uplifting spirit at the core of his message. (By Scott Helman, Boston Globe)
More Political Coverage
- Casino study backs Patrick (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Murray cuts political ties to lobbyist (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- Nobel laureate retracts a study (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
- College loans see subprime fallout (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
- Odgren hearing focuses on Asperger's (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
- Adrian Walker A Southern transplant (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
- Mass. alters fishing regulations (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
- Arrest made in beating of woman, 87 (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- New England in brief 6-year-old dies of influenza, officials say (Boston Globe)
- Break-ins frustrate police in South Boston (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
- Young rider gives MBTA board an earful (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Lawyers attack credibility of Drumgold case witness (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- State board walkout halts mediation on firefighter contract (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
- Salem driving instructor is charged with DUI (By Steven Rosenberg, Globe Staff)
- Mary Riordan, mother of 7 who cared for others (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
- Boyd Coddington; hosted hot rod reality show (By Jeff Wilson, Associated Press)
- Barbara Seaman, central figure in women's health movement (By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post)
- Frederick Seitz; top physicist was skeptic on warming; 96 (By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times)
- Alloys Martin, 90, of Gloucester; expressed love for nature through silver work (By Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent)
- Blind guitarist Jeff Healey, 41; had hit album in 1988 (Boston Globe)
- In brief (Boston Globe)
- Military scrambles to retain troops (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
- Pentagon honors last American veteran of WWI (Boston Globe)
- Daily Briefing Spain seeks details on shipwreck (Boston Globe)
- US officials lean toward keeping Iraq report quiet (By Walter Pincus and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post)
- Blast shakes an icon, shocks a city (By Christine Hauser, New York Times News Service)
- Senate passes bill to overhaul system for product safety (By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times)
- Pipe bomb materials found at university (By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times)
- McCain brother stays out of spotlight (By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)
- Solution sought on Fla., Mich. delegates (By John M. Broder, New York Times News Service)
- Campaign Notebook Since triple win, Clinton campaign reports $4 million online boost (Boston Globe)
- Vaccine for strep type is pursued (By Maggie Fox, Reuters)
- New study revises age of Grand Canyon (By Joel Achenbach, Washington Post)
- For the record (Boston Globe)
- Gunman kills 8 at seminary in Jerusalem (By Steven Erlanger and Isabel Kershner, New York Times News Service)
- Norwegian appointed as UN's Afghanistan envoy (By Patrick Worsnip, Reuters)
- Daily Briefing Bill to overhaul trial system OK'd (Boston Globe)
- Colombian president defends raid (By Frank Bajak, Associated Press)
- Russian suspect arrested in Thailand after arms sale sting (By David Johnston and Seth Mydans, New York Times News Service)
- Back-to-back bombings leave 53 dead in Baghdad (By Anna Johnson, Associated Press)
- Kenyan Parliament begins power-sharing (By Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times News Service)
- NATO is at odds over expansion (By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post)
- As vote in Iran nears, rising inflation fears dominate debate (By Fredrik Dahl, Reuters)
- Dutch gird for release of anti-Koran film (By Emma Thomasson, Reuters)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial War profiteering by tax dodge
- Globe Editorial The Caritas dilemma
- Globe Editorial Casino study royale
- Scot Lehigh The darts are flying on Beacon Hill
- Hamilton Kahn Selling out the Provincetown Banner
- Ellen Goodman A primary fight worth having
- Governor faces big test in jobs plan (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
- Limits lifted on US-backed mortgages (By Binyamin Appelbaum, Globe Staff)
- Probe is not a clear loss for Fidelity (By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff)
- New job for your remote: Download to your computer (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
- Downtown Greenway sanity (By Steve Bailey, Globe Columnist)
- Economic woes lead consumers to discounters (Boston Globe)
- Oil prices hit another record as dollar slides (Boston Globe)
- Apple setting its sights on BlackBerry customers (Boston Globe)
- Circuit City extends return time for HD DVD owners (Boston Globe)
- Business in brief 11-year veteran named Herald business editor (Boston Globe)
- Firm named to study, fix tunnel ceiling (By Thomas C. Palmer Jr., Globe Staff)
- Maple Leafs 8, Bruins 2 Bruins take another pounding (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- 'Quiet Man' Ruiz punching time clock (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)
- Red Sox give Papelbon $775,000 (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Golf roundup Bryant overcomes shakiness (Boston Globe)
- Sports Media CBS gets in the mix with MMA (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- This weekend on TV, radio (Boston Globe)
- Sports Log Roddick wins match, loses coach (Boston Globe)
- Red Sox notebook It's different for Dodgers' Torre (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Baseball notebook A sober Allison rejoins Marlins (Boston Globe)
- Tactful Brown won't shoot down Bulls (By Marc J. Spears, Globe Staff)
- NBA roundup Rockets extend win streak to 17 (Boston Globe)
- Bulls thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- NHL roundup Rangers roll past Islanders (Boston Globe)
- Twisting in wind after blowout (By Barbara Matson, Globe Staff)
- Patriots notebook Secondary depth is getting a boost (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
- Bruins notebook Bruins' Thomas can't stop his slide (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- NFL notebook Emotional Favre says his goodbyes (Boston Globe)
- Bentley 78, Stonehill 69 Bentley survives Stallworth effort (By Craig Larson, Globe Staff)
- Roundup Eagles find comfort zone (By Jerry Higgins, Globe Correspondent)
- Ex-backcourt mates handle with care (By Craig Larson, Globe Staff)
- College roundup Efejuku leads Providence over UConn (Boston Globe)
- Allen stands guard over Northeastern basketball team (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- At the Races War Pass gets early nod among Derby hopefuls (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
- Top 10 Derby contenders (Boston Globe)
- School basketball Boxers advance to final (By Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent)
- Reading 5, CM 2 Reading Rockets have blast against CM (By James Schneider, Globe Correspondent)
- Xaverian 7, St. John's Prep 4 Xaverian rallies, outguns St. John's (By Jack McCluskey, Globe Correspondent)
- Hockey St. Mary's, Wakefield set for title game showdown (By Amanda Bruno, Globe Correspondent)
- Movie Review Yabba-dabba-don't (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review 'The Counterfeiters': A Holocaust tale of forgery and survival (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Raheem DeVaughn goes back to old school (By by Joan Anderman, Globe Staff)
- Radio Tracks Talking about Jerry Williams (By Clea Simon, Globe Correspondent)
- Comedy Notes He has plenty to say about politics (By Nick A. Zaino III, Globe Correspondent)
- Television Review In the end, 'The Wire' resists sentimentality (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- After the death of founder Craig Smith, Emmanuel Music looks to the future (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
- Who's afraid of 'Rachel Corrie'? (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
- BSO's Julian Kuerti conducts himself with aplomb (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
- Classical picks (By Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe)
- Television Review 'Runway' winner delivers high style, and drama, in finale (By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff)
- Stages John Ambrosino is pumped up about playing 'Flat Stanley' (By Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
- Music Review A young conductor debuts; an old master returns (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review Statham can't pull off 'Bank Job' (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review An unsettling development (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review 'Miss Pettigrew' is polished-looking, yet dull (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review 'Road Trip' winds up taking a wrong turn (By Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Correspondent)
- Carmen Consoli finds revolution in acoustic music (By Tristram Lozaw, Globe Correspondent)
- Jazz notes With this all-star lineup, everyone gets a turn (By Andrew Gilbert, Globe Correspondent)
- Picks of the week (By Joan Anderman & Kevin Lowenthal, Boston Globe)
- Rock Notes Local bands ready for a Texas-size party (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
- Music Review Playful, wistful, Sia shines on and on (By Marc Hirsh, Globe Correspondent)
- Music Review Crowes return with ragged rock intact (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
- Names Sporting advice (By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, Boston Globe)
- Celebrity News A Hilton faces DUI rap (Boston Globe)
Sidekick
- EXHIBIT Going up (Boston Globe)
- ROCK Synth-ronicity (By Luke O'Neil, Globe Correspondent)
- FESTIVAL Beer me (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- SHOPPING TIP OF THE DAY Urban cats (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- FILM Full of Grace (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- FAMILY THEATER Flat out (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- NIGHT IS YOUNG Room for everyone in Providence (By Elisabeth Donnelly, Globe Correspondent)
- classical Strings & things (Boston Globe)
- Theater 'The Clean House' (Boston Globe)
- Theater 'Shining City' (Boston Globe)
- Nightlife 'Color' (Boston Globe)
- Rock All-ages punk rock show (Boston Globe)
- Soul Jill Scott (Boston Globe)
- Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Hanging with... Rob Sheffield (By Elisabeth Donnelly, Globe Correspondent)
- Scene survey (By Courtney Hollands, Globe Staff)