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Daschle gives
up Cabinet bid

Tom Daschle, a powerful former senator and one of President Obama's confidants, withdrew his nomination for Health and Human Services secretary yesterday, a stunning reversal that could sidetrack Obama's push for healthcare reform. (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)

Obama to impose salary cap on executives at bailed-out firms

The Obama administration is expected to impose a cap of $500,000 for top executives at companies that receive large amounts of bailout money, according to people familiar with the plan. (By Edmund L. Andrews and Vikas Bajaj, New York Times)
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Patrick targets agency lobbyists

The governor is taking aim at a time-worn Beacon Hill practice that, on the surface, seems paradoxical: state government hiring expensive lobbyists to influence state government. (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)

$100m gift bolsters AIDS fight

Stunned by scenes of desperation he witnessed in HIV-ravaged South Africa, Phillip Terrence Ragon is spending a considerable chunk of his fortune to accelerate research for a vaccine that would slow the spread of the virus that causes AIDS. (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)

The Yaz family craft

The baseballs stop bouncing at North Andover's DB's Baseball and Softball Instructional Academy when the legendary Carl Yastrzemski shows up to give batting tips to his grandson, Mike Yastrzemski. (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)

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