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Page one
Trucking of risky
material resuming
Starting Monday, trucks carrying hazardous materials will once again be allowed to rumble along crowded Boston streets at all hours. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
Church of many colors
Roxbury's Resurrection Lutheran, founded 136 years ago by a tightknit community of Swedish immigrants, is a study in the changing demographics of Christianity in Boston and throughout the world. (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
GOP targets nominee
to run health agency
Republicans have opened an assault on the nomination of Harvard professor Donald Berwick to lead the huge agency that runs Medicare and Medicaid, calling Berwick an advocate for “rationing’’ health care. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
Kagan backers cite intellect,
foes her slim written record
The extent of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's legal prowess is difficult to quantify because she has not been a judge and has authored relatively few scholarly articles. (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
State to force stores to post
graphic signs vs. smoking
Massachusetts is poised to become the first state in the nation to force retailers to prominently display graphic warnings about the perils of smoking right where cigarettes are sold. (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
Unopposed Coakley goes all out
Just two weeks after losing the Senate race, Attorney General Martha Coakley began attending a slew of Democratic caucuses to make a case for reelection and to face her critics head-on. (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
Metro
- Trucking of risky material resuming (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Church of many colors (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- State to force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
- Coakley changes tack on trail (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
- Regulators fear ban on BPA in bottles would make matters worse (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
- Student’s exclusion draws denial (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- Cohasset castle for sale; bring a king-size wallet (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
- Religious leaders vow to tackle violence (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
- GOP attacks sting Cahill in new poll (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- Yvonne Abraham Imprisoned by mandates (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Authorities apprehend teen who fled custody (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Ex-MSPCA worker indicted over fire (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
- Searchers know many places the lost water-main clamp isn’t (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)
- New England in brief Police step in after boy, 3, found on street (Boston Globe)
- FBI gives its effort to find fugitive Bulger a makeover (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
- PDF FBI ad in Plastic Surgery News
- Injured hockey player, buoyed by friends, returns to school (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Video Norwood hockey player back at school
- Kingston man, 19, drowns off Plymouth (By Milton J. Valencia and Shana Wickett, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
- Charge is now murder for 3d man in dorm killing (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Trapped herring freed from Weymouth tunnel (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
Regional editions
Globe West
- Wayland mosque opens a dialogue on what it means to be a Muslim in America (By Erica Noonan, Globe Staff)
Globe North
- Bulgarian Gordon student working hard to ensure his kids won’t have to (By Amanda C. Thompson, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- WEYMOUTH Weymouth Town Meeting to take up mayor’s plan for school cuts (By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Samuel Stevens Rogers; loved ‘creating opportunities’ (By Stefanie Geisler, Globe Correspondent)
- Victor A. Balchunas, 86; worked with disabled youth (By Ursula Munn, Globe Correspondent)
- David E. Apter, at 85; Yale professor wrote about nations in upheaval (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
- Doris Eaton Travis, at 106; was last of the Ziegfeld Follies Girls (By Douglas Martin, New York Times)
- Albert Barney, 89; presided over last Vt. execution case (Associated Press)
Nation
- GOP targets nominee to run health agency (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
- Kagan backers cite intellect, foes her slim written record (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- Hard fight ahead in Afghanistan, Obama says (By Scott Wilson, Washington Post)
- ACLU suit targets Pa. police over cursing citations (Associated Press)
- Judge had sent slain boy to live with mother (Associated Press)
- S.C. governor Sanford saw Argentine lover in Florida (Associated Press)
- Mothers of 3 Americans jailed in Iran get visas (Associated Press)
- 1 in 4 households has cell, no landline (Associated Press)
- A lot went wrong at oil rig, evidence shows (By Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post)
- LA votes to boycott Arizona businesses (By Christina Hoag, Associated Press)
- Political Notebook Tampa wins GOP nod to host 2012 convention (Associated Press)
- Under climate bill, states to have more say on drilling (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Clinton, Gates set to testify on weapons reduction treaty (Globe Staff and Wire Services)
- Senate OKs ban on costly-loan bonuses (By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press)
- Policing of health claims on food urged (By Molly Peterson, Bloomberg News)
- Md. bars release of tests to military (By Kathleen Miller, Associated Press)
- For the record (Boston Globe)
World
- British leaders promise changes (By Sarah Lyall, New York Times)
- Indonesia police kill 5 suspected militants (Associated Press)
- Spanish religious order accused of abuse (Associated Press)
- Israel vows to keep Jerusalem undivided (Associated Press)
- China focuses on security after 5th school attack (By Edward Wong, New York Times)
- Victories signal Marcos revival in Philippines (By Teresa Cerojano, Associated Press)
- Thailand suspends plan to cut water, electricity (By Grant Peck, Associated Press)
- European officials may ease fly-zone rules near volcano ash (By Slobodan Lekic, Associated Press)
- Dutch boy sole survivor in plane crash that kills 103 in Libya (By Khaled Al-Deeb and Kim Gamel, Associated Press)
- Pope prays at Fatima shrine, cites church ‘sufferings’ (By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
- US, Russia agree on adoptions (By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Though wind power isn’t free, benefits justify extra cost
- Globe Editorial Newton: Call off the parking dogs
- Globe Editorial A plea for stability in Britain
- Joan Vennochi For Coakley, a lonely reinvention
- Peter Funt Degrees of celebrity
- Joshua Green Nightmare for the left: Getting ‘soutered’ by Kagan
Sports
- Flyers 2, Bruins 1 Leveled (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy In this room, no room for panic (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 2 Red Sox' comeback bid falls short (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Garnett, James lead along different paths (By Jackie MacMullan, Globe Correspondent)
- On basketball Sixth sense about tonight (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
- Celtics notebook Perkins keeps goal in sharp focus (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- James is determined to eliminate doubts (By Duane Rankin, Globe Correspondent)
- Sports Log Cushing keeps Defensive Rookie award (Boston Globe)
- Canadiens 5, Penguins 2 Habs do it again (By Alan Robinson, Associated Press)
- Preakness notebook Baffert confident seven will be ‘Lucky’ post number (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
- On hockey Better, but still not good enough (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Nowhere to run as Game 7 looms (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Bruins notebook Whitfield chips in with some big hits (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Three and out? Flyers earn one final shot (By Ben Seal, Globe Correspondent)
- Julien’s plan going in was for players to give it their shot (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy City rivalry is far from brotherly (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- Baseball roundup Nationals surprise the Mets (Associated Press)
- Red Sox notebook Drew keeps at it, finds his rhythm again (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Call struck him the wrong way (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Golf notes Clippings from Sawgrass (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- PRO TOURS AT A GLANCE (Boston Globe)
- Keeping score around New England (Boston Globe)
- Still tasting success (By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff)
- Brady harps on leadership (Boston Globe)
- School roundup Newton South bounces back (By Liz Cohen, Globe Correspondent)
Business
- Mass. usury law a weak weapon vs. big lenders (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- Tech Lab Portable projectors let you take the show on the road (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Belmont Savings appoints new leader (By Steven Syre, Globe Staff)
- Health plan riles small businesses (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- Real estate firm, broker settle claims they threatened tenants (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
- Wal-Mart pledges to give food banks $2b over 5 years (By Emily Fredrix, Associated Press)
- Wal-Mart settles California class-action for $86m (By Karen Gullo, Bloomberg News)
- US trade gap widens as economy rebounds (By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg News)
- Summer gas prices likely to go down (Associated Press)
- Bank’s shares fall on report of probe (Associated Press)
- AIG reviewing deals with Goldman (Bloomberg News)
- AROUND THE REGION Bill would give small brewers a break (Associated Press)
- Around the Region CVS names a successor for its CEO (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Europe OK’s Boston Scientific stent (Associated Press)
- Around the Region Former hospital executive sentenced (By Mark Pothier, Globe Staff)
- SAP buying Sybase for $5.8b as rivalry with Oracle intensifies (By Jordan Robertson, Associated Press)
- Rebound erases losses of last week’s big plunge (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Profit makes Macy’s cautiously optimistic (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Uses expanded for Metababolix’s bioplastic (Boston Globe)
- Lionbridge (Boston Globe)
- Electronic Arts Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Achillion (Boston Globe)
- EU seeks tighter rules to staunch debt crisis (By Aoife White, Associated Press)
- Greek unions to strike over pensions (By Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press)
- Hub emergency network OK’d (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Walgreen won’t start sales of gene test in stores (Bloomberg News)
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Style/Arts |
- Why are so many moms smitten with today’s teen idols? (By Beth Teitell, Globe Correspondent)
- VOICES No shortage of fashion advice (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Her ‘Experiment’ in classic dress is a wrap (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Fashion photographer clicks with his subjects (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Stage Review Seth Rudetsky breaks down the good, the bad, and the laughable (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
- Book Review In ‘Theatre,’ David Mamet writes about what works, and what doesn’t, on stage (By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe)
- G FORCE | MEGHAN DAUM Meghan Daum’s obsession with her dream house (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
- Bargain Bin (By Ami Albernaz, Boston Globe)
- Handyman on call: adding attic insulation to a house from the 1960s (By Peter Hotton, Globe Staff)
- Names Big time award ceremony (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Celebrity News ‘Jersey Shore’ star in ‘non-incident’ (Boston Globe)
- Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Mark your calendar (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Music: the week ahead (Boston Globe)
- Arts: the week ahead (Boston Globe)
- Nightlife: the week ahead (Boston Globe)
- Events: the week ahead (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Event picks for kids this week (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY 'Hot Mikado' presented by New Repertory Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY Political dirty tricks and power plays in ‘Farragut North’ at BCA’s Plaza Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- SATURDAY Local neighborhood ensembles perform in City Spotlights at Shubert Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TOMORROW New England Aquarium to host Taste of the North End (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY ‘Pioneers of Modernism’ exhibit up at the International Poster Gallery (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
- On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
- Party Lines (Boston Globe)
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