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Pension insurer
shifted to stocks

Just months before the start of last year's stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided to put much of its $64 billion insurance fund into stocks. (By Michael Kranish, Globe Staff)

Cryptic talk, despair, then
an afternoon of horror

Milton police said Kerby Revelus stabbed two of his sisters to death and attacked a third in their family home late Saturday afternoon. The horrific nature of the crime, Milton Police Chief Richard G. Wells said, is likely to haunt investigators for years to come. (Globe Staff)
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Labor effort aimed at Hub health workers

Union canvassers in Boston are pursuing two urgent missions - organizing the city's big teaching hospitals and trying to rally support for federal legislation that could enhance the strength of unions nationwide. (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)

Harvard encourages
dusting off the classics

Although most Harvard students may deem certain subjects esoteric, such as Latin or Sanskrit, the bastion of liberal arts education has in recent years begun promoting learning for learning's sake as a worthy and enriching pursuit. (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)

For cadets, piracy echoes from afar

With the spate of ship hijackings posing a growing menace to global trade, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, whose mascot is a buccaneer, is expanding its security training to deter crime on the high seas. (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)

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