June 12, 2009

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Property tax hikes
winning support

In a baffling trend playing out against an abysmal economy, voters have approved property tax increases in at least 11 communities around Boston in recent weeks, reaching into their own pockets to preserve libraries, schools, and public safety services. (By Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff)

In rare slap, DiMasi's pension withheld

State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill ordered a halt yesterday to Salvatore F. DiMasi's $5,000-a-month state pension payments, acting aggressively against the indicted former House speaker with a punishment typically reserved for officials who have been convicted of crimes. (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)

Potential Globe buyers emerge

Three Boston businessmen - a Boston Celtics owner, a former advertising mogul, and a member of the family that ran the Globe for generations - have emerged as prominent potential buyers of the Globe, according to people knowledgeable about their interest in the city's leading daily. (By Keith O'Brien and Beth Healy, Globe Staff)

A movie boom's special effect

In "The Proposal," which opens next Friday, Sandra Bullock plays a high-powered executive who has to pretend she's engaged to her assistant. (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)

Wellesley to honor Albright with school

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright is offering to donate her papers to Wellesley College, inspiring the institution to create an international studies school in her honor to train a new generation of women for the world stage. (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)

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