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• Track stimulus spending in Massachusetts

• Seal-watching tips

• First-time buyer tax credit primer

• Photos Self-sufficient politicians
• Capuano attacks front-runner Coakley in Senate race

• State lags badly on stimulus spending (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Gray seals haul out to New England waters again (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)
• Seal-watching tips (Boston Globe)
• In politics, money can’t always buy you love (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• September revenues fall $243m below state estimates (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Capuano attacks front-runner Coakley in Senate race (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• Blue Cross physicians warned of data breach (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• Taking the game far afield (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Correspondent)
• Slain dancer had said she worried for her safety (By John R. Ellement and Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• N.H. tax evader gets 35 years for standoff (By Holly Ramer, Associated Press)
• Second relative charged in killing (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Correspondent)
• 2 towns, 2 groups consider taking over Scituate lighthouse (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
• Ga. school bans Bible verses at games (Associated Press)
• Going solo, Menino has center stage to himself at show (By Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent)
• Correction officers’ union boss raps suit (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• State forest fire bureau bracing for cutback, layoffs (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Star Watch On moonless nights, look for the not-so-bright sights among stars (By Alan M. MacRobert, Globe Correspondent)

• Diane Hubbard, 71; helped preserve harpsichord's allure (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Maria Gulovich Liu; helped US, British agents in WWII (By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times)
• John J. Wild, 95; researcher advanced medical uses of ultrasound (By Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post)
• Donal McLaughlin Jr., helped design United Nations logo (By Lauren Wiseman, Washington Post)
• Douglas Watt, 95; shaped tastes as NYC theater critic (By Bruce Weber, New York Times)
• Pavel Popovich, 78, Soviet cosmonaut (Associated Press)
• Marek Edelman, 90, a leader of Warsaw ghetto uprising (By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press)
• Charles Houston, 96; climber led, learned from K-2 trip (By Douglas Martin, New York Times)

• Kerry, GOP senator tussle over Honduran trip (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
• Embezzler wins $96,000 lottery prize (Associated Press)
• Polanski was to pay assault victim $500,000 (By Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe)
• Mother in Montana fined for letting her 12-year-old drive (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Kidnapped newborn found safe in Ala. (Associated Press)
• Southern border deaths expected to rise (By associated press, Boston Globe)
• Rental firm fined over Khadafy tent (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Ga. school bans Bible verses at games (Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)
• Jindal says Republicans should offer own health plan (Associated Press)
• Chicago out as Obama’s Olympic pitch fails (By Hans Nichols and John McCormick, Bloomberg News)

• Bombing kills 2 US soldiers in Afghanistan (By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
• Mudslides flood Sicilian city, killing at least 20 (Associated Press)
• Protests in Paris denounce Armenia leader (Associated Press)
• Alleged Nazi guard from US to stand trial (Associated Press)
• Spanish trawler hijacked off Somalia (Associated Press)
• Montblanc’s Gandhi pen stirs controversy (Associated Press)
• Survivors of Indonesian quake found (By Irwan Firdaus and Eric Talmadge, Associated Press)
• EU treaty hinges on result of Irish vote (By Shawn Pogatchnik, Associated Press)
• Israel authenticates video showing kidnapped soldier (By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times)
• Military searches for bodies in Samoas (By Rod McGuirk and Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Chamber of overstated horrors
• Globe Editorial Human rights: Long, courageous struggle for justice
• Globe Editorial Letterman: How much apology is too much?
• Globe Editorial The CEO cult returns
• Derrick Z. Jackson The costly failure of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
• Scott Harshbarger Don’t throw away the key on all juvenile killers
• Edward L. Glaeser Rolling the dice on wasteful home subsidies
• Quotes of note

• Healthy dose of reality (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Power surge (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Chicago loses bid for 2016 Olympics (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• Thrill ride puts pedal to mettle (By Brion O’Connor, Globe Correspondent)
• Bruins notebook Bruins recuperating from blackout (By Brendan Hall, Globe Correspondent)
• Hurricanes thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• A big weight off Celtics’ Davis (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• Revolution at Rapids (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Martin gets another pole in Chase race (Boston Globe)
• Red Sox notebook Gonzalez injury could be a shortfall (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Roundup White Sox crush Tigers (Associated Press)
• Notables (Boston Globe)
• Gathright waiting for his stolen moment (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Horror story: Williams’s head abused (By Bob Baum, Associated Press)
• How the runs scored (Boston Globe)
• Patriots notebook Belichick comes to Moss’s defense (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook With Bulger out, Boller gets first start with Rams (Associated Press)
• BC seeks defining moment (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• BC notebook Spaziani tosses a throwback offering (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Bentley tackle Darryl LaForest just wants to win (By Craig Larson, Globe Staff)
• National college football Time for Miami, OU to settle identities (Associated Press)
• BYU 35, Utah St. 17 BYU too strong (Associated Press)
• Walpole 38, Wellesley 7 Izzo, Walpole overwhelm Wellesley (By Emily Wright, Globe Correspondent)
• School football roundup A little English goes long way (By Mike Carraggi, Globe Correspondent)
• NHL roundup Penguins ring in new (Associated Press)
• Billerica 28, Dracut 21 Billerica gets revenge by downing Dracut (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
• Falmouth 22, BC High 20 Falmouth trips up Eagles (By Lorenzo Recupero, Globe Correspondent)

• $8,000 tax credit has home buyers at war (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• First-time buyer tax credit primer (Boston Globe)
• Economy fragile, Hub Fed chief says (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Google draws attention and buyers to obscure books (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
• IST Energy of Waltham sets $1m deal with Defense Department (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Medical gear start-ups make pitch in Boston (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Medical device tax still part of health care bill (By Robert Weisman, Boston Globe)
• Bank of America forms CEO search committee (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Computer glitch plagues online banking clients (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Consumer bankruptcies top 1 million since Jan. (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• Trustee sues Madoff family for $199m (By Diana B. Henriques, New York Times)
• Agency missed its chance to stop scams (By Joshua Gallu and David Scheer, Bloomberg News)
• Toyota CEO apologizes for Calif. crash, losses (By Hiroko Tabuchi and Micheline Maynard, New York Times)
• Scott Burns Simple life annunity loses some attractiveness, especially for older investor (By Scott Burns, Boston Globe)

• Future sports broadcasters sign on to be schooled here as young as 10 (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• Music Review Self-indulging, Pink is at top of her form (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Don Aucoin The measure of a man (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• Local businessman creates an app for actors to reach fans (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• Television Review ‘Seinfeld’ reunion on ‘Curb’ is nothing short of brilliant (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Names Cruise in control (By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | LAURA SMITH For Laura Smith, an eco-conscious artform (By Thomasine Berg, Globe Staff)
• Photography Review Griffin Museum exhibits are weighed down by past burdens (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
• More celebrity news CBS producer in court (Boston Globe)
• Television Review ‘Three Rivers’ diagnosis: weak plot (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Book Review The mortgage meltdown, in personal, historical detail (By Chuck Leddy, Boston Globe)
• BRING THE FAMILY Adventure in the city (By Hayley Kaufman, Globe Staff )
• Movie Stars (Boston Globe)
• Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert , Globe Staff)
• Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
• On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
• ’60 Minutes’ works through changes (By Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times)
• T.R. Knight marches on with ‘Parade’ (By Michael Cidoni, Associated Press)
• TOMORROW From the Top at Jordan Hall (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TODAY Radius Ensemble true to its name (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TODAY ‘Little Black Dress’ at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TOMORROW ‘Wild Music: Sounds & Songs of Life’ at the Museum of Science (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TODAY Artists open their studios in Roxbury (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)

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