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INNOVATION ECONOMY
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$27m lift for city’s schools
Several major philanthropic organizations in Boston will give $27 million to a new partnership, being announced today, that aims to greatly accelerate student achievement across the city, from “cradle to career.’’ (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
Library closings temporarily averted
Four Boston libraries targeted for closing at the end of the summer won a temporary reprieve and will remain open at least through the winter, the Menino administration announced. (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
Deflating credentials to land a job
As the tight job market forces the unemployed to apply for lower-level positions, more job seekers are “dumbing down” credentials, wiping graduate degrees and high-level experience off their resumes, recruiters say. (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
Nomination delaying tactic irks senators
A group of mostly Democratic senators is looking to end the practice of allowing any single senator to hold up bills or nominations anonymously. Senator Scott Brown is one of nine Republicans to join the group. (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
Kevin Cullen
A new turn for racial
history and a family’s pride
Margaret Sullivan, the Boston police archivist, found the existence of African-American Sergeant Horatio Julius Homer, appointed in 1878, buried deep in the files of the BPD and newspaper archives and the Boston Public Library. (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
Metro
- Nonprofits deliver $27m for schools, with challenges attached (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
- Library closings temporarily averted (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen A new turn for racial history and a family’s pride (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Training credits faked as favor to EMTs, instructors told Mass. officials (By Donovan Slack and Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
- Murder verdict is small comfort (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)
- Mass. may find US health care changes costly (By Patrick Lee, Globe Correspondent)
- Fall River lighthouse is back on the block after 2008 deal sours (By Alex Katz, Globe Correspondent)
- A new Arroyo blazes own path on council (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
- Other driver in trooper death gets bail (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Stoneham toddler nearly drowns in home pool (By Stefanie Geisler, Globe Correspondent)
- New England in brief 2d Reebok case tests negative for measles (Boston Globe)
- Lawrence family mourns son, 19, killed in Lowell shooting (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)
- Boston summer jobs program will have fewer jobs for teens (By June Q. Wu, Globe Correspondent)
- Balderas’s immigration reprieve will be indefinite (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
- 2d man expected to admit Springfield church arson (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- 17 Boston teachers, staff honored for excellence (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- State might withdraw $100m more from fund (By Jim O’Sullivan, Michael Norton, and Kyle Cheney, State House News Service)
Obituaries
- John Ferruggio of Milton, hero of 1970 Pan Am hijacking, dies at 84 (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Christina Mendes, 22; lived for learning, helping others (By Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent)
- Carlos Monsivais, 72; writer chronicled Mexican culture (By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press)
- Al Williamson, famed artist of comic book action heroes (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
Nation
- Senators want to end ‘secret holds’ that let nominees languish (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- Suddenly, guilty plea in plot to bomb Times Square (By Benjamin Weiser, New York Times)
- Police chief’s son, accused in deaths, is killed (Associated Press)
- Montana city surveys damage of tornado that hit arena (Associated Press)
- Neb. town backs illegal immigration rules (Associated Press)
- Another pair of life terms for slayings (Associated Press)
- Man says pressure to contribute to Blagojevich angered him (Associated Press)
- Ariz. crews work to save homes from wildfire (Associated Press)
- High court backs law barring advice to terrorist groups (By Robert Barnes, Washington Post)
- Political Notebook Kagan’s record on abortion stirs bipartisan unease (Boston Globe)
- Firms seek end to moratorium on new drilling (By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
World
- US military faulted over truck security in Afghanistan (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
- Iraqi electricity minister resigns over shortages (Associated Press)
- Charges sought in Congo leader’s death (Associated Press)
- Gunmen kill 3 peacekeepers in Darfur (Associated Press)
- Cardinal denies corruption allegations (Associated Press)
- India seeks former Union Carbide chief (Associated Press)
- Sweep of Uzbek village leaves 2 dead (By Sergei Grits, Associated Press)
- Afghan helicopter crash kills 1 American and 3 Australians (By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
- McChrystal apologizes for article (Associated Press)
- Another aid ship set to sail for Gaza (By Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
- Iran bans two UN nuclear inspectors for ‘false’ reports (By Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post)
- High radiation from North detected along South Korea border (By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Frank’s mixed views on F-35 show difficulty of cutting pork
- Globe Editorial Probation: Tighten reins on a rogue department
- Globe Editorial Drug crimes: An incentive for rehabilitation
- Globe Editorial Charter schools: The Senate makes mischief
- Paul Starobin Caught between friends
- Derrick Z. Jackson More offensive than the vuvuzela
- Edward W. Brooke The next civil rights battle
- VoxOp
Sports
- Red Sox’ Cameron aching to contribute (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Bud Collins The rise before Falla (By Bud Collins, Globe Correspondent)
- Bob Ryan Manute Bol had height, of course, but even more depth (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- IRL is returning to Loudon in 2011 (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Breakthrough game? (By Ronald Blum, Associated Press)
- Portugal 7, N. Korea 0 North Korea is blacked out (By Christopher Clarey, New York Times)
- Sports Log Panthers’ Smith catching flak for injury (Boston Globe)
- Notebook Domenech rips team (Associated Press)
- Roundup Villa gets Spain back on track (Associated Press)
- Red Sox notebook Red Sox excitement level high as they recall playing in Rockies (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Baseball roundup Early homers sink Burnett, Yankees (Associated Press)
- Rising Coyle is just getting warmed up (By Nate Taylor, Globe Correspondent)
- Local prospects (Boston Globe)
- Bruins notebook Lots to talk about, but discussions limited to the inner circle (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Celtics’ Rivers runs through it — his decision on coaching (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Venus remains sharp (By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press)
- Wimbledon at a glance (Boston Globe)
- Massachusetts Open Castle starts strong - 63 - at Massachusetts Open (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- Eastern Mass. All-Star game Great eighth for North in Eastern Mass. All-Star baseball game (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
- College World Series Clemson surprises Arizona State (Associated Press)
Business
- Job-seekers hope deflated resumes hold more appeal (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
- Developer close to picking Cape Wind builders (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Regulators looking into Jesup & Lamont Inc. 2008 stock deal (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
- Silversmiths fear end to their craft (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)
- Executive who lost his job at Fidelity suing over options (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- Progress on financial rules (By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press)
- Amid vulnerable recovery, Fed expected to keep rates at record lows (By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press)
- SEC charges manager with fraud (Associated Press)
- Short-term T bills hit three-week high (Associated Press)
- G-20 urged to enforce bank pay rule (Bloomberg News)
- Mortgage effort has high dropout rate (Associated Press)
- Nook price cut followed by Kindle cut (Associated Press)
- Around the Region Google facing investigation by states (Bloomberg News)
- Around the Region Electric Boat will buy site, expand (Associated Press)
- Fed raps bank pay practices (By Scott Lanman and Ian Katz, Bloomberg News)
- Some win and some lose in China’s decision to loosen yuan from US dollar (By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press)
- Excitement over China’s currency switch dims (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Corn Products declines on acquisition news (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Covidien will sell debt to finance deal (Boston Globe)
- Mastercard Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Affymax Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Calif. Pizza Kitchen (Boston Globe)
- Gasoline prices again on rise (By Mark Williams, Associated Press)
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Living/Arts |
- More college students are choosing classes over time at the beach (By Sam Allis, Globe Staff)
- Voices Cute dog stories aside, do you want to know what your pooch is really thinking? (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
- Movie Review
Cruise adds spark of anarchy to stylish and fun action-adventure film ‘Knight and Day’ (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Local scenes in 'Knight and Day' (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Frame by Frame Frame by Frame: Sebastian Smee examines ‘Shopping for Furs’ by Polly Thayer (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- BOOK REVIEW ‘The Climate War’ looks at the players behind the scenes of cap-and-trade legislation (By Aaron Wiener, Globe Correspondent)
- TELEVISION REVIEW TNT’s ‘Memphis Beat’ is caught up in standard police procedure (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Stage Review Skilled actors draw easy laughs from the comic complications in ‘Table Manners’ (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
- MUSIC REVIEW Electronics, distortion make for an electrifying Iditarod (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)
- G FORCE Pat Benatar discusses her new memoir (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- SPOKEN WORD Ethan Daniels to discuss ‘Under Cape Cod Waters’ at the Harvard Coop (By Alex Spanko, Globe Correspondent)
- Names Movie comedy grows into a winner (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More celebrity news Judge: starlet killed (Boston Globe)
- Things to do ‘Preserve’ exhibit features layered artworks at 13Forest Gallery (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble celebrates parent organization’s 40th anniversary at Jacob’s Pillow (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Jake Shimabukuro to perform at Firehouse Center in Newburyport (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Summer Soul at Boston Harbor Hotel (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Things to do Sinti Rhythm performs at Titus Sparrow Park (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TV critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
- Daily TV and radio guide (Boston Globe)
- DEAR MARGO Dear Margo: Dating’s over, but sharing house isn’t (Boston Globe)
- Chess Notes (By Steve Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
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