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• Video Local guy steps into big role at Boston Ballet

• Senate hopeful Pagliuca voted only third of the time
• Brown demands state end working with ACORN
• Kirk on key homeland security, armed services panels

• Iran admits building fortified nuclear site
• US to send 4,000 troops home from Iraq
• Afghan bus hits roadside bomb; 30 killed
• Militants determined to hit India again, officials say

• Powerful women line up for Coakley (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Kerry using his clout to shape Afghanistan strategy (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
• Flaherty-Yoon alliance jolts bid against Menino (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• Bars on books jar Harvard students (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Pagliuca voted only a third of the time (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• A dog is bashed; a family asks why (By David Cogger, Globe Correspondent)
• Again, surgery will pull maestro Levine off BSO stage (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
• Yvonne Abraham Anonymity, round two (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
• Stunning art theft has a Harvard link (By Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent)
• US probes rights violations in Dedham school (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent)
• New England in brief 2 children hurt in Hyde Park bus crash (Boston Globe)
• Registered sex offender held in assault on Ipswich jogger (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• Juvenile life-without-parole sentence too harsh, reports says (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Inmates hoping SJC will order return of Bristol sheriff’s fees (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Brown demands state end doing business with ACORN (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• City Hall continues to search for deleted e-mails (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• State seeks 2d look at Gloucester charter school (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
• Framingham teens posted fight video on Facebook; two charged (By Matt Rocheleau, Globe Correspondent)
• BHA awarded $22m for upgrades (By Joseph P. Williams, Globe Staff)

• James Carter, 61, drummer with Motown, local bands (By Melody N. Wright, Globe Correspondent)
• Daniel F. McCall, BU anthropology professor with enduring love of verse (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Lucy Vodden, inspiration for the Beatles' 'Lucy in the Sky' (By Gregory Katz, Associated Press)

• Pentagon airs criticism of ‘don’t ask’ (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
• Senate panel rejects public insurer option (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
• Don’t rush Afghan decision, Kerry cautions president (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
• Senate climate bill tougher now than House’s version (By John M. Broder, New York Times)
• 90% of high schoolers lack proper diet (Associated Press)
• Appeals court upholds dismissal of anthrax vaccine suit (Associated Press)
• Homeless Ga. sex offenders ordered to move from tent city (Associated Press)
• Relatives plead guilty to starving boy to death (Associated Press)
• Iran lets Swiss officials see detained Americans (Associated Press)
• Typhoon that lashed Manila kills dozens more in Vietnam (Bloomberg News)
• EPA seeks to limit chemical runoff from plane deicing (By Melanie E. Welte, Associate Press)
• UK says vaccine probably not lethal (By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press)
• US to send 4,000 troops home from Iraq (By Lara Jakes, Associated Press)
• US drops Marine’s murder charge (By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press)
• Terror threat over, NYC police say (By Tom Hays, Associated Press)
• Recession delivers a double blow to many charities (By David Crary, Associated Press)
• Colleges urged to fight gambling like drugs and alcohol (By Oskar Garcia, Associated Press)
• Factory crackdown ends in pink slips (By Julia Preston, New York Times)
• Kirk on key homeland security, armed services panels (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)
• GOP quickly bashes Obama move to fly off for Olympic bid (By GLOBE STAFF ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS, Boston Globe)
• Democratic fund-raiser sentenced (By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Islamist group suspected as 2 US soldiers are killed by land mine in Philippines (New York Times)
• Report predicts 25m more hungry children (Associated Press)
• Nero’s rotating hall unveiled in Rome (Associated Press)
• 507-carat diamond found in South Africa (Associated Press)
• Missile strikes kill 13 militants in Pakistan (Associated Press)
• Iran admits building 2d nuclear site fortified against attack (By Ali Akbar Dareini and George Jahn, Associated Press)
• Afghan bus hits roadside bomb; 30 killed (By Laura King, Los Angeles Times)
• Guinea death toll rises day after shooting of protesters (By Alhassan Sillah, Associated Press)
• Sudanese refugees face rape daily in Chad (By Tom Maliti, Associated Press)
• Britain kills bid to charge Israeli with war crimes (By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press)
• Polanski faces months in prison as he fights extradition (By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times)
• Stress virus is killing the koalas of Australia (By Tanalee Smith, Associated Press)
• China ramps up security for 60th anniversary gala (By Alexa Olesen, Associated Press)
• Militants determined to hit India again, officials say (By Lydia Polgreen and Souad Mekhennet, New York Times)

• Globe Editorial Flaherty plus Yoon - a ploy, or a plan for governing?
• Globe Editorial North Korea: If communism can’t make it there...
• Globe Editorial Tufts: Not in front of the roommates
• Globe Editorial Don’t roll up the sidewalks
• Jeff Jacoby Myth of the underpaid public employee
• Scot Lehigh The Flaherty-Yoon marriage
• Ed Siegel New heights for Burns and PBS
• John A. Hall Shutting down child sex tourism
• For the record

• Blue Jays 8, Red Sox 7 Party favor: Red Sox lose but win wild card thanks to Angels (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• On hockey Bruins next goal: Exceed expectations (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
• Full speed ahead for Garnett (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• Play of Patriots defense deserves a second look (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• On basketball Rondo embraces quiet role (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
• Celtics notebook Second unit not second best (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Rangers’ Hamilton is done for season (Boston Globe)
• Red Sox notebook Outlook of Red Sox’ Beckett is an optimistic one (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• How the runs scored (Boston Globe)
• Roundup Angels finish off Rangers (Associated Press)
• Notables (Boston Globe)
• Buchholz flat from the start (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
• Twins, 3-2; Tigers, 6-5 Tigers escape with a split (By Larry Lage, Associated Press)
• Bruins return with shutdown mentality (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Bruins notebook Kobasew prefers the reserved role (By Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent)
• Globe Staff picks (Boston Globe)
• North Attleboro police: Patriots’ Wilhite hurt running for help (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• Patriots notebook Defensive double-take: Ravens’ schemes familiar to Patriots (By Christopher L. Gasper and Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook With Pennington out, Miami gets QB Thigpen from Chiefs (Associated Press)
• School roundup Sandwich victory vs. Falmouth stuffed with positives (By Ryan Thomas, Globe Correspondent)

• Signs point to recovery in Mass. housing (By Robert Gavin and Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Survey Has the Massachusetts housing market hit bottom?
• Overdraft fees, loan practices targeted (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• In Haverhill, former mills churn out apartments (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Graphic Haverhill smart growth district
• Photos Haverhill complex rises out of decay
• Boston Scientific, J&J reach stent accord (By Susan Decker and Meg Tirrell, Bloomberg News)
• New health plan for immigrants limits network (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• Waterfront office tower sells for $106.2m (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Job worries still hold back confidence index (By Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press)
• Disney offers free passes to volunteers (Associated Press)
• High-speed Web for all could cost $350b (Bloomberg News)
• Starbucks rolls out Via instant coffee (Associated Press)
• Sears to pay $6m in disabilities suit (Bloomberg News)
• GM to stop selling cars through eBay (Associated Press)
• Rules would ban sudden credit card hikes (Associated Press)
• Around the Region Biogen Idec options trading soars (Bloomberg News)
• Around the Region Utility state criticized raises CEO pay (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• FDIC looks to banks to replenish deposit fund (By Stephen Labaton, New York Times)
• Judge stalls bid to wrest control of Super 88 (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Change urged so SEC can spot next Madoff (By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press)
• Boston OK’s more sightseeing permits (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)

• Boston Ballet to showcase a talent honed in the Hub (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
• Things to do ‘Giselle’ at the Boston Opera House (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Dining out  A swing and a miss for Big Papi’s Grille (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
• Names Star power for ‘Playground’ (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• Meredith Goldstein How do you explain a failed marraige? (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• G Force / Clotilde Dusoulier Clotilde Dusoulier knows how to cook (By Stephen Meuse, Globe Correspondent)
• Vongerichten’s latest venture has international flair, regional flavor (By Aaron Kagan, Globe Correspondent)
• Orchard to table Take your pick of this season’s apples (Boston Globe)
• Roasted Brussels sprouts with apples and pine nuts (Boston Globe)
• Pork chops with roasted apples and squash (Boston Globe)
• Open-faced apple-streusel tart (Boston Globe)
• Apple-cranberry crisp (Boston Globe)
• Gluten-free apple cranberry crisp recipe (Boston Globe)
• Sauteed apples recipe (Boston Globe)
• Take your pick of apple orchards (Boston Globe)
• Seasons Mussels in saffron broth (Boston Globe)
• Plonk of the month Plonk of the month from South Africa (By Stephen Meuse, Globe Correspondent)
• Cheap eats The magic of Morocco at South End Pita (By Sheryl Julian, Boston Globe)
• Galleries Perspectives in scale, irony, and light (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
• Television reviews Kelsey Grammer (‘Hank’) and Patricia Heaton (‘The Middle’) launch new sitcoms (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Stage review ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ is a howl (By Sandy MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
• Book review ‘Hound Dog’ documents Lieber and Stoller’s rise to greatness (By Steve Morse, Globe Correspondent)
• Making apple cider by hand in Harvard (Boston Globe)
• Engineering a great dish (Boston Globe)
• A chocolate-covered city (Boston Globe)
• Food and Travel Buoyed by owner’s blog, Contigo Kitchen + Cava grabs limelight (By Nina Simonds, Globe Correspondent)
• Food and Travel Clams ‘Cal Pep’ style (Boston Globe)
• Daily guide (Boston Globe)
• On-demand picks (Boston Globe)
• ‘Fringe’ welcomed back by viewers for a second season (By Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times)
• Annie’s mailbox Annie’s mailbox: Toughing out the teen years (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Mountain climbers chat about their African trek in Cambridge (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Eric Mintel’s tribute to Dave Brubeck at Regent Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do ‘The War on Kids’ in Cambridge (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Things to do ‘Stomp’ at Cutler Majestic Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Celebrity News Rather suit dismissed (Associated Press)
• ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’ role hits home for James Nesbitt (By Susan King, Los Angeles Times)

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