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Obama lays out
healthcare overhaul

Laying out in the clearest terms yet what he wants in a healthcare overhaul, President Obama told Congress yesterday that he strongly believes Americans should have the choice of a new public health insurance plan that would compete against private insurers. (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)

Scandal raises issues for Patrick

The corruption indictment of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi contains what critics are calling an unflattering behind-the-scenes look at Governor Deval Patrick's administration, depicting its officials as bowing to political pressure to award a $13 million computer software contract that was allegedly rigged. (By Andrea Estes and Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
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N.H. ties gay-marriage knot

New Hampshire became the fifth state in New England yesterday and the sixth in the country to allow same-sex marriage, as lawmakers approved and the governor signed revised legislation designed to balance personal and religious freedom. (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)

Biogen Idec's clash
with raider ends in chaos

A normally tranquil shareholders meeting turned into a dramatic standoff yesterday, pitting top executives of the state's second-largest biotechnology company against billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn, one of the nation's best-known corporate raiders. (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)

At Marina Bay, sound and fury

The waiting line is 40 yards long outside the packed WaterClub at Marina Bay, where bass-pounding music drowns out conversation on the adjacent boardwalk, and Diane Holbrook, standing on her condominium patio 100 yards away, shakes her head - and not in rhythm to the thumping. (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)

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