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Big pitch by stores
before tax rises

Struggling retailers in Mass. are rolling out huge discounts and blasting e-mails and letters to consumers, urging them to make big purchases before the 5 percent sales tax increases to 6.25 percent on Aug. 1. (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)

Rekindling relations

Across Massachusetts aging immigrant associations, from Italian to Cuban, Irish to Chinese, are trying to attract younger members, fearing that their history and sacrifices are being forgotten by those who benefited from them most. (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)

No repeat of the New Deal jump-start

Seven decades after President Roosevelt ordered the immediate construction of the Bonneville Dam in 1933 as part of the New Deal, the Obama administration's drive to spark another job-creating energy revolution through stimulus spending is off to a slower start - as reflected in the latest round of aid for the federal agency that runs the aging dam. (By Alan Wirzbicki, Globe Correspondent)

Governors worried
by healthcare bill costs

The nation's governors, Democrats as well as Republicans, voiced deep concern yesterday about the shape of the healthcare bill emerging from Congress. (By Kevin Sack and Robert Pear, New York Times)

Turn on radio for new tunes?
Young listeners say iWon’t

Browsing through new releases at a downtown record store, Chet Mohr of Somerville admitted that commercial radio is far down his source list for finding new music. Where precisely does radio rank? Somewhere between irrelevant and are-you-kidding-me, Mohr indicated. (By Joseph P. Kahn and James Reed, Globe Staff)

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