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BOSTON CAPITAL
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Page one

A stimulating vision
A $77 million federal stimulus grant given to Reveal Imaging Technologies Inc. last spring has radiated through the economy, saving and creating jobs at local firms. (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
Debate around meals tax heats up
Seven months after Massachusetts communities were given the ability to boost the local meals tax, groups that lobbied for the legislation are finding more resistance than they expected.
(By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
A candidate in search
of the common touch
Charles Baker, the Republican candidate for governor, is searching for the right way to connect with voters in his first run for high office. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
If the shoe fits, theyll copy it
Jeannie Suk, a Guggenheim fellow at Harvard Law School well-known for her teachings on feminism, has become a sought-after authority in a debate about knockoff clothing in the fashion world.
(By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
(By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)

Metro
- Debate around meals tax heats up (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Charles Baker is a candidate in search of the common touch (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Wilbraham man stops N.H. man from jumping off bridge (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- HAITIANS TURN TO THE CHURCH Haitians turn to churches for comfort (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
- A touch of wizardry to support her library (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Boston grand jury hears claims NY coach abused teen in ’70s (By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen A system that hurts us all (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Boston Massacre event gives youths new view of history (By Hannah McBride, Globe Correspondent)
- Starts & Stops MBTA getting set to buy long-needed locomotives for commuter rail (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Political Circuit Patrick courts girls soccer team at Cardinal Spellman High (Boston Globe)
- East Coast enjoys early fling with spring (By Sean Teehan, Globe Correspondent)
- New England in brief Two missing girls found safe in Everett (Boston Globe)

Regional editions
Globe North
- Towns seek to trim adult obesity rates (By Erica Noonan, Globe Staff)
Globe West
- At 58, he’s revved up for 2d NASCAR season (By Kathleen E. Moore, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- BRIDGEWATER Bridgewater zeroing in on party houses near college (By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent)

Obituaries
- Ray Smith, at 87; hosted ‘Jazz Decades’ on WGBH (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Ruth Kligman, 80; painter was a muse to many artists (By Randy Kennedy, New York Times)
- Modesto Cartagena, at 87; decorated Korean War hero (By Richard Goldstein, New York Times)
- Andrew Jaffe, 71; Adweek executive helped revive Clio Awards (By Stuart Elliott, New York Times)

Nation
- President’s closest aide feels sting of public’s disaffection (By Mark Leibovich, New York Times)
- Republicans face uphill battle in winning Hispanic vote (By Peter Slevin, Washington Post)
- Late-stage Obama push on health care (By Philip Elliott, Associated Press)
- Drone pilots rise on winds of change in Air Force (By Greg Jaffe, Washington Post)
- Navy fires unusually high number of top officers (By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post)
- San Francisco hires social worker for homeless library patrons (By Evelyn Nieves, Associated Press)
- The Nation Today Female condoms used in AIDS fight (Boston Globe)
- Late TV listings (Boston Globe)

World
- Today’s election key test for Iraq’s fledgling democracy (By Hamza Hendawi and Qassem Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
- US is still paying companies that defy its policy on Iran (By Jo Becker and Ron Nixon, New York Times)
- US hopes women in Marines win over rural Afghan women (By Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times)
- New leader for key Afghan region may have criminal history (By Joshua Partlow and Jabeen Bhatti, Washington Post)
- For Haiti, new possibilities lie in reconstruction effort (By Henri E. Cauvin, Washington Post)
- Chinese influence worries Australia (By John Pomfret, Washington Post)
- In India, business is booming for wedding detectives (By Tim Sullivan, Associated Press)
- The World Today Voters reject debt deal, results show (Boston Globe)
- Romanians to tax unhealthy fast foods (By Alison Mutler, Associated Press)
- Gay man tries to clear ’59 conviction (By Gregory Katz, Associated Press)

Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial State should require athletes to undergo heart checks
- Globe Editorial NFL: Socialism makes everyone rich
- Globe Editorial One college gains true diversity
- Peter S. Canellos Race relations: Sign of progress in ‘Precious’
- Dante Ramos Economy: Tolerating economic limbo in ‘Up in the Air’
- Jesse Singal Foreign policy: Diffusing arrogance in ‘Avatar’

Sports
- Bruins 3, Islanders 2 Bruins show bounce (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Daughter with rare illness gives Sox hopeful extra incentive to make team (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy Grapefruit juice seems a little bland (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- Northeastern 74, Hofstra 71 Huskies survive in double OT (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- On Second Thought No nod to winks from IOC (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe)
- American Cup US gymnasts are buoyed by a strong showing (By Barbara Matson, Globe Correspondent)
- Sports Log Bills receiver Reed to visit Patriots (Boston Globe)
- Basketball Notes No magic for Bird in Indiana (By Gary Washburn, Boston Globe)
- Streak gives lift to Celtics (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- NBA Roundup Nets the best of the worst (Associated Press)
- Other side’s view (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
- Hockey Notes ’14 return has pros and cons (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe)
- Bruins Notebook Ryder earns an early shower after penalty (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- NHL Roundup Kessel sparks Leafs (Associated Press)
- Baseball Notes Phillies are really getting into that Halladay spirit (By Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe)
- Red Sox Notebook Drew welcomes his new neighbor in Red Sox outfield (By Amalie Benjamin and Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- UConn eyes record (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- Women's basketball roundup N.C. State finishes BC’s run in ACC (Staff And Wire Reports)
- BU 87, Hartford 46 BU easily keeps Hartford at a distance (By David Heuschkel, Globe Correspondent)
- UMass 69, URI 67 Harris’s floater deflating to URI (By Marty Dobrow, Globe Correspondent)
- Top 25 Men's College Basketball Roundup Orange hauled down (Associated Press)
- Princeton 54, Harvard 51 Harvard hopes take hit (By Elliott Denman, Globe Correspondent)
- New England Men's basketball Roundup Lowell is toast of Northeast-10 (From Staff And Wire Reports)
- BU 4, Northeastern 3 Terriers shut the door (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- College Hockey Roundup Crimson pick up pace with sweep (From Staff And Wire Reports)
- Football Notes Merriman feels he’s getting legs back under him (By Albert R. Breer, Boston Globe)
- Division 2 Girls' Basketball Roundup Oliver Ames cashes in (By Brendan Hall and Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondents)
- Division 3 Girls' Basketball Roundup Bishops will meet Pentucket again (By Sarina Mathai and Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondents)
- Division 4 Girls' Basketball Roundup Cohasset, Hornets headed for Garden rematch (By Lorenzo Recupero and Seth Lakso, Globe Correspondents)
- Girls' Hockey Roundup St. Mary’s rallies to victory (By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff)
- Division 2 North Boys' Basketball Final Salem advances to the next level (By Michael Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
- Division 2 South Boys' Basketball Final Baptiste free throw carries Falmouth (By Ryan Thomas, Globe Correspondent)
- Division 3 Boys' Basketball Roundup Tavares leads Viking march (By Jake Seiner and Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondents)
- Division 4 Boys' Basketball Roundup Titans continue on mission (By Evan MacDonald and Charlie Peters, Globe Correspondents)
- School Roundup Arlington Catholic gains upper hand on Spartans (By Jeff Schaible, Globe Correspondent)
- Golf Roundup Strong finish keeps Villegas in control (Associated Press)

Business
- Firms feel ripple effect from stimulus funds (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
- Innovation Economy Five years into the future (By Scott Kirsner, Globe Staff)
- Is ‘new Vault’ too much like old one? (By Steven Syre, Globe Staff)
- Lawyers in waiting: Boston firms delay new associates’ start dates (By Kit Chellel, Globe Correspondent)
- Ray Ozzie at Microsoft (Boston Globe)
- Spending Smart All-in-one, evolved (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Job Doc COBRA still an option if you’re fired (By Patricia Hunt Sinacole, Globe Correspondent)
- Consumer Alert Here comes a scam: Don’t get taken when planning a wedding (By Mitch Lipka, Globe Correspondent)
- Etiquette At Work Worker’s belching may turn off clients as well as colleagues (By Peter Post, Globe Correspondent)
- On The Hot Seat For passengers, bad communications derail confidence (Boston Globe)
- Business letters Heartland Institute’s name raised a red flag (Boston Globe)
- How is a movie ad like a newspaper’s front page? (By Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times)
- Job report, takeovers lead market upward (Boston Globe)
- The Color of Money Financial skills and knowledge may help keep parolees from returning to crime (By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post)
- MASS. MOVERS News of $6b acquisition boosts Millipore (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS TiVo shares soar after court ruling (Boston Globe)
- AK Steel Holding Corp. (Boston Globe)
- Valmont Industries (Boston Globe)
- BJ’s Wholesale Club (Boston Globe)

Arts & Movies
- PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW Yezerski Gallery photography exhibit recalls the era of Boston’s Combat Zone (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- Taking a sidewalk stroll on the seedy side of the Combat Zone (By Sam Allis, Globe Staff)
- She’s the boss of all her houses (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Oscar oversights, past and present (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- With ‘Becky Shaw,’ a happy reunion for director, playwright (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
- Balkan night keeps focus on fun, tradition (By Lydia Rebac, Globe Staff)
- A fusion of African music and the world (By Siddhartha Mitter, Globe Staff)
- Architecture critic Robert Campbell looks at the Paramount Center at Emerson College (By Robert Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
- ART REVIEW Review of art exhibits in Western Massachusetts museums (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Critic's pick - classical music (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Academy Awards predictions (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Wesley Morris’s Oscar picks (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Critics' picks - visual art (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Critic's picks - theater (Boston Globe)
- Two Oscar nominess offer different pictures of race (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- America Ferrera looks to movies - acting in and producing them - as “Ugly Betty’’ winds up (By Lynda Gorov, Globe Correspondent)
- DVD Report: This week's new releases (March 7, 2010) (By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent)
- Letters to the Editor: G and Sunday Arts (Boston Globe)

Ideas
- Who's still biased? (By Drake Bennett, Boston Globe)
- Symphony in J flat (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Boston Globe)
- Let us now praise... Jet lag (By James Parker, Boston Globe)
- Q&A The other author of 'Don Quixote' (By Peter Terzian, Boston Globe)
- The Word Shades of gray (By Erin McKean, Boston Globe)
- Brainiac Honest, violent Abe (By Christopher Shea, Boston Globe)

Magazine
- Careers Issue Overworked? Here’s how to deal (By Alison Lobron, Boston Globe)
- Careers issue Chin up: The few, the proud, the holdouts (By Mark Pothier, Boston Globe)
- Careers Issue Powering up your resume (By Michael Fitzgerald, Boston Globe)
- Career Issue They’re hired! (By Kara Baskin, Boston Globe)
- Dispatch Don’t forget us, Oscar (By Joel Brown, Boston Globe)
- Coupling A mother’s tally (By Marianne Jacobbi, Boston Globe)
- First Person Power play (By Shira Springer, Boston Globe)
- Miss Conduct A present danger (By Robin Abrahams, Boston Globe)
- Cooking Pasta with clam sauce (By Adam Ried, Boston Globe)
- Pierced Take two (By Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe)
- Tales from the City Career goals (Boston Globe)
- On the Block For the modern Brady Bunch (By Elizabeth Gehrman, Boston Globe)
- Fashion Snapshot Lining up (By Tina Sutton, Boston Globe)
- Designing Living with less (By Marni Elyse Katz, Boston Globe)
- Dinner with Cupid Down east dreams (Boston Globe)
- Parenting Traps When in Rome (By Mark Pothier, Boston Globe)
- Letters Letters to the Magazine editor (Boston Globe)

Travel
- Desert salt, desert wind (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
- At the nexus of food, art, and soul (By Joe Ray, Globe Correspondent)
- Destinations Big screens and burlesque (Boston Globe)
- Currents Feel bilingual in a flash (Boston Globe)
- Rave See another world by Mexican artisans (Boston Globe)
- On the altiplano, a Massachusetts outpost (Boston Globe)
- Circling the world without wings still has its ups and downs (Boston Globe)
- Ten diners stamped 'Worcester' (By Patricia Harris and David Lyon, Globe Correspondents)
- Thousands of maps, each revealing its maker’s worldview (By Janet Mendelsohn, Globe Correspondent)
- Newport, R.I., trove of naval and war history (By Paul E. Kandarian, Globe Correspondent)

Books
- Three broken lives and the ties that bind in the aftermath of Korea (By John Dufresne, Globe Correspondent)
- On Sports Land of the free, home of some knaves (Boston Globe)
- Even in these early stories, ample helpings of Vonnegut’s wit (By Dan Wakefield, Globe Correspondent)
- Call for new kind of storytelling that’s not so new (By Alec Solomita, Globe Correspondent)
- Short Takes (By Amanda Heller, Globe Correspondent)
- Viewing Lewis Carroll as a likely pedophile may say more about us (By Christina Thompson, Globe Correspondent)
- Shelf Life Winner’s circle (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
- THE FIND Oh God! That’s one heck of a story. (Boston Globe)
- Bookings (By Judith Maas, Globe Correspondent)
- The Interview | with Brad Watson Using loss as a starting point (By Anna Mundow, Globe Correspondent)
- A Reading Life Humor in the human condition (By Katherine A. Powers, Globe Correspondent)
- On Children Cartoony cats, marvelous myths (By Liz Rosenberg, Globe Correspondent)

Homes
- Home of the Week A great place to entertain in Braintree (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Handyman on Call Smoke detector in a wall? How alarming! (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)

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