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President shifts focus
to renting, not owning

The Obama administration, in a major shift on housing policy, is abandoning George W. Bush’s vision of creating an “ownership society’’ and instead plans to pump $4.25 billion of economic stimulus money into creating tens of thousands of federally subsidized rental units in American cities. (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)

A gritty problem

New Bedford built atop a former 101-acre dump where so much garbage and industrial waste were burned through the 1950s that it left ash 12 feet deep in places. But it wasn't until workers broke ground for a new middle school five years ago that testing began in earnest to map the dump’s footprint and the extent of toxic contamination. (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)

'You don't want to go to war with me'

A recent, strongly worded voicemail from a senior vice president for Caritas Christi Health Care, which has been circulating through Boston’s medical community, is highlighting the intense competition among health care providers in the Boston area to hire and retain established physicians. (By Robert Weisman and Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff)
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Sticker shock

The parking stickers layered on windshields by beachgoers have long been part of summertime on the Cape. The more stickers on the car, the greater the proof of longevity and belonging. So beach-lovers in Wellfleet have been pained and outraged this summer by the town’s decision to enforce a little-known rule outlawing old parking stickers on windshields. (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)

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