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Firm gets big cut
of campaign donations

Charles A. Morse, a conservative Republican from Brookline, ran a brief write-in campaign to unseat US Representative Barney Frank in 2006. The political fund-raising firm that ran Morse's campaign finances reported that it raised more than $700,000 for his race, much of it from GOP contributors across the country eager to help defeat a Massachusetts liberal - and some of it donated well after Morse abandoned the race. (By Frank Phillips, Boston Globe)

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In more than two decades in Congress, Senator John McCain has earned a reputation as a leading defense hawk, using his perch on the powerful Armed Services Committee and his war-hero status to advocate for a stronger military. But in the plush office towers of some of America's leading defense companies, the presumptive Republican nominee for president has another label: persona non grata. (By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe)
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In connected world, camps can't cut cord

Little has changed at Camp Becket since the first boys came here by train 105 summers ago. The cabins, nestled into the woods, have no electricity. The photography classes are taught in a darkroom, not at a computer. And iPods are forbidden. For entertainment, the children sing songs together. (By Keith O'Brien, Boston Globe)

Civil rights trailblazer Atkins dies at 69

Thomas I. Atkins, a hard-driving champion of racial justice who rose from rural Indiana to become Boston's first black at-large city councilor and faced off against opponents of busing in the 1970s as an NAACP leader, has died at 69. (By Eric Moskowitz and Mark Feeney, Boston Globe)

For swimmers, new suit a stroke of genius

Swimmers using the new ultra-sleek full-length bodysuit have torn up the record book this year, producing 38 world marks in less than four months. Even more records are expected to be set by LZR users in the US trials, which begin today, and all of them could be wiped out at the Beijing Games in August. (By John Powers, Boston Globe)

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