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Clinton is choice for State Dept.

President-elect Barack Obama is all but certain to appoint former rival Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state, an Obama aide confirmed yesterday, and will reportedly name Timothy F. Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, as his Treasury secretary, the key Cabinet post responsible for confronting the surging economic crisis. (By Joseph Williams and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
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Turner arrested, charged
with accepting a bribe

The grainy surveillance pictures looked similar, but the subject within them had changed. The FBI swooped into Boston City Hall yesterday morning and charged Councilor Chuck Turner with accepting a bribe, marking the second high-profile arrest of a black politician in a month and triggering fresh questions over where the federal investigation goes from here. (By Jonathan Saltzman and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)

Anger, shock, and a call for new leaders

In a city where blacks have long struggled for power, a notoriously small corps of black political leaders was suddenly much smaller yesterday. In Roxbury, many seethed over what they said was the deliberate targeting of black politicians, while clergy and community activists began to talk of opportunities for a new generation of political leaders. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)

Miffed at BSO, famed maestro backs out

There is an eminent Russian conductor encamped at a private home in Brookline, and he is fuming. (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)

Just the right moves

"Wiggle your fingers at the ceiling," Naomi Goodman told her dance students as she stretched her arms skyward. "Shake your body loose like a wet noodle. Take off that shirt, and stretch that spine. Extend your arms like beautiful wings." (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)

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