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• US says scientist gave data to China (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Sex-abuse case against rabbi raises larger issues (By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff)
• Calculus for primary is all new in N.H. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• Lobstermen fear days are numbered (By Patrick G. Lee, Globe Correspondent)
• Mass. judges build bridge to China through exchange program (By James F. Smith, Globe Staff)
• With tennis, Hub police get youths off city’s streets (By June Q. Wu, Globe Correspondent)
• Police ask to step up patrols on highways (By Peter Schworm and Marissa Lang, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
• Menino taps chef as city food policy director (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
• Hospital files with data of 800,000 are missing (By Martin Finucane and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• Kevin Cullen Silence is not golden (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
• Ex-boyfriend charged in Fitchburg woman’s killing (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief SJC overturns 2004 murder conviction (Boston Globe)
• Student at Tewksbury trade school drives car into building, police say (By Alex Katz, Globe Correspondent)
• Roxbury man held on $200,000 bail in shooting (By Vivian Ho, Globe Correspondent)
• Law bans ‘debarking’ of canines and cats (By L. Finch, Globe Correspondent)
• Open meetings law irks many (By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Defense tries to block death penalty in Vt. case (By John Curran, Associated Press)
• State panel wants to set limits on virtual public schools (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
• Ex-commissioners endorse national education standards (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
• Man accused of sticking officer with needle (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Officials try a less fiery approach to casino debate (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• Cape shooting victim is Conn. school counselor (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Central Massachusetts copes with flooding, fires caused by storm (By John M. Guilfoil and Sean Teehan, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
• Ex-Bridgeport, Conn., mayor ends 7-year term for graft (By John Christoffersen, Associated Press)
• N.J. man falls to death on N.H. hike (By Kathy McCormack, Associated Press)

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• Peabody’s Nicole Ellis aims to make US Olympics shooting team (By Brion O’Connor, Globe Correspondent)

• More Indian-American families celebrating a coming-of-age called ‘arangetram’ (By Erica Noonan, Globe Staff)

• In Duxbury, a cluster of families clings to The Ridge (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)

• Ernest Unhoi Do, at 66; teacher of Buddhism, biochemist (By L. Finch, Globe Correspondent)
• Charles Stearns, 90; geologist leaves legacy of mentoring (By Talia Whyte, Globe Correspondent)
• Paulo Moura, at 77; virtuoso of Brazil’s many forms of music (By Larry Rohter, New York Times)
• James Gammon, ‘Major League’ manager (Associated Press)
• Stephen Schneider, 65, Stanford expert on climate change (By Jason Dearen, Associated Press)
• Kenelmn W. Harris (Boston Globe)

• Calculus for primary is all new in N.H. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• BP considers procedure to seal well for good (By Henry Fountain, New York Times)
• Firefighters gain foothold against Wash. wildfire (Associated Press)
• Blagojevich defense team to call Emanuel (Associated Press)
• 1,200 Guard troops to be deployed to border (Associated Press)
• EMT accused of ignoring dying NYC woman is killed (Associated Press)
• 5 Great Lakes states sue over Asian carp (Associated Press)
• ICE chief Morton takes plenty of political heat (By Jerry Markon, Washington Post)
• White House wants council to oversee, protect marine resources (By Julie Pace, Associated Press)
• Calif. considers regulating pet insurance (By Cathy Bussewitz, Associated Press)
• New state laws target human trafficking (By Michael W. Savage, Washington Post)
• Political Notebook Obama exhorts GOP to back jobless benefits (Associated Press)
• Gun permit gives quick access to Texas Capitol (By Jay Root, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Afghanistan exit strategy under scrutiny (By Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times)
• Terrorists suspected in Greek journalist’s death (Associated Press)
• Sadr flexes his Iraqi political muscle (Associated Press)
• New powers given to Russia’s security agency (Associated Press)
• Suriname ex-dictator elected president (Associated Press)
• Rare Sri Lankan primate caught on camera (Associated Press)
• Gel helped women in study block HIV infection (By Celia W. Dugger, New York Times)
• AIDS conferees are urged to make their efforts more efficient (By Veronika Oleksyn, Associated Press)
• US, Pakistan agree to $1.5b aid plan (By Nicole Gaouette, Bloomberg News)
• US brings warship, top diplomatic guns to South Korea (By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press)
• India death toll rises to 61 after trains crash in station (By Bikas Das, Associated Press)
• Syria bans full-face veil on campuses (By Albert Aji, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial With help from Mass., feds devise sound school standards
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• Red Sox 2, Athletics 1 Matsuzaka, Red Sox shut down Athletics (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• On baseball Deadline decisions are on deck for Epstein, Red Sox (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Couple selling fabled field hopes it’s not living in a dream world (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)
• Olympic notebook IOC drops the baton (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• NHL notebook Kovalchuk stays with Devils for $102m (Associated Press)
• Sports Log Braves’ Venters, Cox suspended by MLB (Boston Globe)
• It’s one and done for Ralston (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• Cardinals 8, Phillies 4 Four-homer burst powers Cardinals (By R.B. Fallstrom, Associated Press)
• roundup Rays, Davis baffle Orioles (Associated Press)
• Notables (Boston Globe)
• Red Sox notebook Value of Cash to Red Sox so far has had its limits (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Tour de France Tempers rise as chain reaction puts Contador in yellow (By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)
• Lobsters 25, Aces 13 Vandeweghe helps Lobsters trip Aces (By Nate Taylor, Globe Correspondent)
• Serena might have to sit out Open (By Steven Wine, Associated Press)
• Texas teen raises $1 million (By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press)

• Boston condo sales pick up (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• As the mercury rises, so do sales (By Bonnie Kavoussi, Globe Correspondent)
• Cape Wind foes seek more time (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Dorchester dealer reclaims right to sell new Dodges (By Bonnie Kavoussi, Globe Correspondent)
• Boston Capital He wishes he hadn’t (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Motorola breakup closer with wireless network deal (By Peter Svensson, Associated Press)
• Ireland’s slide continues as Moody’s downgrades its credit rating (By Matthew Saltmarsh, International Herald Tribune)
• Problems cited at second J&J plant (Associated Press)
• Jennifer Convertibles files for Ch. 11 (Associated Press)
• Firm to replace 24,000 defibrillators (Associated Press)
• Chrysler produces its last PT Cruiser (San Antonio Express-News)
• Innkeepers USA seeks protection (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION Greenway offers free wireless service (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Proposals sought for industrial park (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Raytheon adding 300 jobs in Ala. (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION Japan OK’s Syneron’s laser system (Associated Press)
• H&R Block woes draw interest of a rival tax firm (Bloomberg News)
• Builders’ outlook gets even gloomier (By Alan Zibel, Associated Press)
• US equity firms could acquire Healthscope (Associated Press)
• Amazon says it sells more e-books than hardcovers (By Joseph Galante, Bloomberg News)
• Redbox plots expansion as online rental service (By Michael White, Bloomberg)
• Toyota settles dispute over patent for hybrids (By Dan Strumpf, Associated Press)
• Stores hang holiday tinsel early (By Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press)
• Goldman has settled with SEC, but Fabrice Tourre has not (By Louise Story, New York Times)
• Earnings roundup Expenses depress Interactive Data (Boston Globe)
• Insurer losses triggered most intervention in a decade (By Andrew Frye, Bloomberg News)
• Candice Choi Private student loans may be tempting, but federal offerings are less costly (By Candice Choi, Associated Press)
• Optimism over earnings gives markets a lift (Boston Globe)
• MARKET MOVERS Boeing puts in strong first day at airshow (Boston Globe)
• MASS. MOVERS Beacon Roofing extends Canadian reach (Boston Globe)
• ATC Technology Corp. (Boston Globe)
• Halliburton Co. (Boston Globe)
• PetMed Express Inc. (Boston Globe)

• ‘Micro-preemies’ on the road to good health (By Bella English, Globe Staff)
• Alex Beam Copping out in Canada (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• Environmental concerns motivating more residents to go solar (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | ZAC HANSON Hanson plays this week and Zac Hanson talks about the 13 years since the band’s debut (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• Spoken Word: Christopher Klein, Vendela Vida, and Howard Bryant discuss their books this week (By Sarah Mupo, Globe Correspondent)
• Frame by frame Cy Twombly’s painting: a scribble that speaks to wild nature of art (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
• STAGE REVIEW John Douglas Thompson embraces role of Richard III — body and soul (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• STAGE REVIEW ‘Grimm’ reworks old fairy tales as modern allegories (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• DANCE REVIEW Winokur, Troupe show flashes of brilliance (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• STAGE REVIEW Fun, free ‘Cyrano’ in Chelsea woos — and wins — its audience (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
• STAGE REVIEW ‘The Storytelling Ability of a Boy’ lands some punches at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Versatile Audra McDonald ranges far and wide in Tanglewood recital (By Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent)
• BOOK REVIEW Kevin Canty’s novel ‘Everything’ follows people at turning points in Big Sky Country (By Kevin O’Kelly, Boston Globe)
• Names Wedding bells by the sea for Pierce (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• More Celebrity News Botox not cosmetic, says teen singer’s rep (Boston Globe)
• TOMORROW Judy Collins performs at Salisbury Beach venue (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TODAY Howard Bryant to discuss his biography of Hank Aaron at Boston Public Library (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TODAY Shakespeare & Co. production of ‘Sea Marks’ at Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TOMORROW Jennifer Weiner to discuss and sign copies of ‘Fly Away Home’ at Brattle Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• TOMORROW A family’s financial worries are explored in ‘Tender’ at Gloucester Stage (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Dear Margo: Husband reneges on couple’s 5-year plan (Boston Globe)
• On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
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• Poker: Antonio ‘The Magician’ Esfandiari recalls a hand from 2009 (By Steve Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)

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