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Education officials
may scrap MCAS test
Massachusetts education officials are quietly putting together a proposal to scrap the controversial MCAS exams in English and math and replace them with new tests they are developing with about two dozen other states. (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
GOP outsider surges in Conn. polls
With a strong anti-establishment mood sweeping the country, Republican Linda McMahon’s candidacy in Connecticut has gone from a curiosity to a genuine threat. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
- GOP, 2 Dems stall financial regulation bill in Senate
- Political notebook: Republicans stop science bill
City Council head
condemns Fire Dept. deal
Opposition began mounting on the City Council yesterday against an arbitration award for Boston firefighters, with Council President Michael P. Ross threatening to vote against the contract unless the union makes “meaningful concessions.’’ (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
Troops to weigh in on ‘don’t ask’ policy
The Defense Department authorized the hiring this week of an outside contractor to confidentially gather the views of troops and their families on the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ policy, several Pentagon officials privy to the deliberations said. (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
Harvard film student gets
his shot — at Cannes
Andrew Wesman’s film — a dark, brooding story about a 14-year-old who kills her parents — is one of only two accepted from this country at the renowned Cannes Film Festival in France. (By Linda Matchan, Globe Staff)
Metro
- Education officials may scrap MCAS test (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
- GOP outsider surges in Conn. polls (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
- City Council head condemns Fire Dept. deal (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
- O’Malley post cites ‘good of the child’ (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- Senate budget mirrors House (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- The rest is history (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)
- Barnstable police seek driver who killed woman in wheelchair (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Yvonne Abraham Road hazards (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Man jumps off bridge to save his friend (By John R. Ellement and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
- Group files complaint over water crisis (By Russell Contreras, Associated Press)
- New England in brief Police officer pleads not guilty to assault (Boston Globe)
- Coakley rebuffed by SJC in bid to prosecute nursing home firm (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Lacking enough signatures, Ross exits governor’s race (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Jury awards $4.3m to man hurt when snow pushed off bridge (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Education chief says 300,000 teachers could lose jobs (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
- Prisoner found dead at facility in Concord (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- R.I. man arrested on arms charge (By Mike Melia, Associated Press)
- R.I. court names receiver for struggling Central Falls (By Eric Tucker, Associated Press)
Regional editions
Globe West
- Concord events mark bicentennial of early feminist Margaret Fuller (By Nancy Shohet West, Globe Correspondent)
Globe North
- New clubhouse for Girls Inc. of Lynn offers strong home for sisterhood (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)
Globe South
- In Quincy, three Catholic schools close as one opens (By Molly A.K. Connors, Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Charlie Hughes, 70; boosted Eastern Mass. youth basketball (By Stephanie M. Peters, Globe Correspondent)
- Frances Alexander, 90; served 8 years as state representative (By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent)
- Moshe Greenberg, at 81; influential Bible scholar (Associated Press)
- John T. Lupton, 83; created Coca-Cola bottling empire (By Peter S. Goodman, New York Times)
- Hsiao Li Lindsay; risked life to fight Japanese in China (By Emily Langer, Washington Post)
- Maurice J. Williams, at 89; led UN World Food Council (By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post)
- O. López Arellano, former president of Honduras; at 89 (Associated Press)
Nation
- GOP outsider surges in Conn. polls (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
- Troops to weigh in on ‘don’t ask’ policy (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
- Obama pushes for federal fix to immigration problems (By Ben Feller, Associated Press)
- Bomb suspect pondered targets, official says (Associated Press)
- Mo. man admits to aiding Al Qaeda (Associated Press)
- Motorists help save children in LA school bus fire (Associated Press)
- Astronaut untangles boom so shuttle can be inspected (Associated Press)
- Suggestions to stop Gulf spill rolling in (By Michael Kunzelman and Mike Baker, Associated Press)
- GOP, 2 Democrats stall financial regulation bill in Senate (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Files reveal Kagan’s sense of humor, views (By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press)
- Political Notebook GOP stops science bill (Associated Press)
- Top US scientists urge carbon tax (By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press)
- For the record (Boston Globe)
World
- Chaos spreads after Thai crackdown (By Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans, New York Times)
- Somali pirate’s mother urges his release (Associated Press)
- Kyrgyzstan erupts in ethnic violence (Associated Press)
- Pakistan orders Internet block of Facebook (Associated Press)
- Mothers of detained US hikers arrive in Tehran (By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press)
- Iran aide says call for sanctions illegitimate (By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press)
- Chinese students attacked with knives in college dorm (By Cara Anna, Associated Press)
- N. Korea threatens war if punished (Associated Press)
- 2 passengers in cockpit, Polish plane crash investigation shows (By David Nowak, Associated Press)
- Women protest proposed veil ban (By Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)
- British leader vows to scale back surveillance of citizenry (By David Stringer, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Obama must get control of rogue oil regulators
- Globe Editorial Specter: Don’t cry for him, Pennsylvania
- Globe Editorial Lessons from Central Falls
- Joshua Green Kentucky primary hype: Tempest in a Tea Party
- Joan Vennochi Fragile dreams, small victories on mean streets
- Edward L. Glaeser What’s big, risky, and losing billions?
Sports
- Red Sox 3, Twins 2 Cool customer (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Beckett put on disabled list (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Celtics looking for KO (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Lawsuit is testing bat-safety center (By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)
- Celtics notebook It’s smooth sailing on road (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Magic line up for Carter (By Jarrod N. Rudolph, Globe Correspondent)
- Lakers 124, Suns 112 Lakers scorch Suns, take 2-0 series lead (By Greg Beacham, Associated Press)
- Sports Log Report: Landis admits using PEDs (Boston Globe)
- Trash talk on Twitter may not be the Truth (By Chad Finn, Globe Staff)
- Baseball roundup Rays clobber Yankees (Associated Press)
- Red Sox notebook Reliever Nelson’s patience is rewarded (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- ‘Tennis elbow’ slowing Scutaro (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Golf notes Fast action needed to deal with slow play (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- Pro tours at a glance (Boston Globe)
- Keeping score around New England (Boston Globe)
- NFL notebook Fan suit over Patriots filming tossed (Associated Press)
- Benfica 4, Revolution 0 Friendly fire in Foxborough (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- NHL notebook Canadiens won’t get Markov back (Associated Press)
- Bradley’s choices many for US team (By Ronald Blum, Associated Press)
- Delhomme starting over with Browns (By Tom Withers, Associated Press)
Business
- Life insurer SBLI pushes to end gender-neutral pricing (By Ted Siefer, Globe Correspondent)
- Chasing the news, earlier (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
- AG wants to review deal with Cape Wind (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- State Street pressed on pay, dividend (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
- At DHL, executives wear employees’ hats for a day (By Dave Copeland, Globe Correspondent)
- Film futures market hits snag (By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press)
- April inflation rises at slowest rate since ’60s (By Christine Hauser, New York Times)
- FDA plan would share drug rejections (Bloomberg News)
- Steering trouble prompts Lexus recall (Associated Press)
- Novartis is ordered to pay $250m (Bloomberg News)
- Wal-Mart pulls Cyrus jewelry brand (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Beth Israel, Anna Jaques in deal (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION Striking Shaw’s workers plan march (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION BJ’s net higher on food, clothing sales (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Abiomed reaches profit on stock sale (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Carney Hospital gets new president (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Fed in no rush to sell its mortgage assets (By Scott Lanman, Bloomberg News)
- Some doubt circuit breakers will prevent another ‘flash crash’ (By Stevenson Jacobs, Associated Press)
- In an uncertain world, traders dump stocks (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Amid safety debate, mine owner slips (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Earnings forecast lifts Analog Devices (Boston Globe)
- Chico's FAS Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Central European (Boston Globe)
- Culp Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Senate budget revives plan for state agency to buy power in bulk (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
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- Tech Lab Even modernized, an idea past its time (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- critic's notebook Point, shoot, take a risk (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Snapshot (Boston Globe)
- VOICES The other shoe drops: A dedicated Crocs-hater changes his stance. (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- HGTV is set to give away an energy-efficient home at the Pinehills in Plymouth (By Jaci Conry, Globe Correspondent)
- Dividing Hostas is a cheap and easy way to stock your shade garden (By Carol Stocker, Boston Globe)
- Book Review Parker’s ‘Devil’ is a smart, spare western (By Clea Simon, Boston Globe)
- Movie Review
A view of urban Boy Scouts as seen by a pair of them (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- G FORCE | STEFANE BARBEAU Stefane Barbeau discusses the closing of Vessel, and his design work with Duane Smith (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Bargain Bin (By Ami Albernaz, Boston Globe)
- Names Women's Fund honors royalty (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Celebrity News Travolta clan to grow (Boston Globe)
- CBS aggressively schedules changes for new season (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Handyman on call (By Peter Hotton, 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 Milva Didomizio, Globe Staff)
- Event picks for kids this week (By Milva Didomizio, Globe Staff)
- TODAY New exhibition at Copley Society of Art (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
- SATURDAY Boston Natural Areas Network holds its Spring Festival and Perennial Divide (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
- TODAY Harold Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’ at Boston Center for the Arts (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
- SATURDAY ‘The Year’s at the Spring’ event includes tour of the Shirley-Eustis House (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
- FRIDAY Anthology to perform at Church of St. John the Evangelist (By Milva Didomizio, Boston Globe)
- Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
- On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
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