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Pentagon questions
drug study on troops
The Department of Defense is investigating whether 80 wounded American service members in Iraq were improperly used as subjects in a test of a possible treatment for brain injuries, according to the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
Frank warned colleague
not to aid troubled bank
Rep. Barney Frank had urged Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who faces ethics charges, to avoid a potential conflict of interest with Boston-based OneUnited bank. (By Susan Milligan and Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
Genzyme’s in play,
and it’s all about price
Executives at Genzyme Corp. and the French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA were locked in negotiations yesterday after Sanofi’s bid to buy the pioneering Cambridge company. (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
For DeLeo, much rides
on casino showdown
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo has put almost all of his political capital into a gambling proposal that is both deeply personal and economically significant to his district. (By Noah Bierman and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
- Gov. Patrick rescinds compromise offer on casinos
- Editorial: DeLeo's stubbornness puts Dems in bind
- Video The battle over slot machines | Survey | More
WikiLeaks case puts spotlight
on Boston's hacker culture
Now that a recent MIT graduate has acknowledged trading multiple e-mails with the Army private who stands accused of giving the whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, thousands of pages of classified war records, the hacker community is in the spotlight. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
Metro
- For DeLeo, much riding on battle over casino bill (By Noah Bierman and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
- MIT WikiLeaks case turns spotlight on hacker culture (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Patrick rescinds compromise offer on casinos (By Andrew Ryan and Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- 2 small planes crash off Cape Cod (By Marissa Lang and Travis Andersen, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff)
- Photos Small plane crashes off Mashpee
- Winthrop trek becomes an easy sail (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Congressman Lynch’s Democratic rival is banking on voter anger (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen Searching for closure (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Solar eruption sets stage for rare sight of northern lights (By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent)
- New England in brief Teen is denied bail in double shooting (Boston Globe)
- ACLU seeks records in Vermont racial profiling case (By Dave Gram, Associated Press)
- 14 communities report savings in insurance switch (By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff)
- SJC rules for access across old tidal lands (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- Brighton community center begins to take shape (By Sydney Lupkin, Globe Correspondent)
- Nantucket woman, 23, missing for nearly a week, DA says (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- MIT, NU lauded in annual college review (By David Beard, Globe Staff)
- Woman faces 2d alcohol charge (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
- Gun foes cheer bill to revamp CORI law (By Alex Katz, Globe Correspondent)
Regional editions
Globe North
- Nevada nonprofit helps Danvers, Methuen get rail trail projects done quickly, cheaply (By Katheleen Conti, Globe Staff)
Globe West
- At Marlborough school, well-off Chinese teens take a crash course to prepare for American higher education (By John Dyer, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- New surf camp in Hull appeals to ocean-going kids (By Constance Lindner, Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Dr. Thomas Peebles, at 89; WWII veteran isolated measles and built HMO (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Ann E. Ewing, journalist first reported black holes (By Emma Brown, Washington Post)
- Eugene Anderson; lawyer fought for illness claims (By Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times)
- Mitch Miller; orchestra leader, TV icon (By Karen Matthews, Associated Press)
- Eric Tindill, played, refereed championship rugby, cricket (By Huw Richards, International Herald Tribune)
- Sarah Carey Reilly; helped open trade between US, Russia (By Emma Brown, Washington Post)
- Service for Elizabeth Driscoll (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
Nation
- Use of wounded US troops in drug trial questioned (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- Frank warned colleague not to aid troubled bank (By Susan Milligan and Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
- Timeline of Rep. Waters's involvement with OneUnited (Boston Globe)
- Obama hails upcoming end of Iraq combat effort (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)
- NASA scrambles for urgent repair at space station (Associated Press)
- Brazen St. Louis robbers net millions (Associated Press)
- Va. legal opinion backs immigrant checks (Associated Press)
- Six teens drown in Louisiana river (Associated Press)
- Officials see $8b in Medicare savings (Associated Press)
- Low-carb diet beats low-fat in study (Associated Press)
- Justice report says child porn growing (Associated Press)
- Pumped-in mud mix may kill leak for good, BP says (By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press)
- Dispersants no more toxic than oil, EPA says (By Matthew Daly, Associate Press)
- 2 convicted in airport fuel tank plot (By Colleen Long, Associated Press)
- Health law challenge passes legal hurdle (By Michael Felberbaum, Associated Press)
World
- Israel will cooperate with UN inquiry on flotilla (By Mark Lavie, Associated Press)
- Kenya girds for vote on constitution (Associated Press)
- Suicide bomber kills 6 Afghan children (Associated Press)
- US affirms effort on greenhouse gases (Associated Press)
- Chechen rebel leader says he is retiring (Associated Press)
- 7 die protesting India’s Kashmir policy (Associated Press)
- US looks to ramp up pressure, sanctions against North Korea (By Chico Harlan, Washington Post)
- Bombs and shootings kill 12 in Iraq (By Hamid Ahmed, Associated Press)
- Risk of disease rises amid Pakistan’s worst flooding (By Chris Brummitt, Associated Press)
- 37 killed when assassination spurs violence (Associated Press)
- Flood-borne trash could block dam gates (Associated Press)
- 40 now dead as wildfires blacken swaths of Russia (Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial DeLeo’s stubbornness puts fellow Democrats in a bind
- Globe Editorial Black holes: Life outdoes art
- Globe Editorial Brazil’s humane offer
- Derrick Z. Jackson Repeal a tax cut no one can afford
- Peter Skerry The immigration vote
- H.D.S. Greenway Fighting language
- VoxOp
Sports
- Indians 6, Red Sox 5 Bad tidings as Red Sox fall to the lowly Indians (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy Situation with Red Sox’ Ellsbury is at critical mass (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- New Patriot Holt playing catch-up (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- Camping with Albert R. Breer Revis might not be on board here (Boston Globe)
- Auto racing notes Taking a swing at schedule (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Attorney: USADA deals targeting Armstrong (Associated Press)
- BU’s Parker recovering from heart bypass surgery (Boston Globe)
- Sports Log Major challenge in store for Showalter (Boston Globe)
- Soccer notes Long-distance assist for Spain (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- Blue Jays 8, Yankees 6 Blue Jays top Yankees (Associated Press)
- Roundup Rays top Twins, share East lead (Associated Press)
- Red Sox notebook Cameron goes back on the disabled list (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Kalish’s night turns on collision (By Nate Taylor, Globe Correspondent)
- Patriots notebbook Backup Hoyer returns well prepared (By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff)
- NFL notebook Irsay: Manning’s big payday only a matter of time (Associated Press)
- Olympic notes Excitement is already building for London (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
Business
- Genzyme, Sanofi locked in negotiations (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Tufts Health will rein in rate increases (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- New hope for Boston’s Downtown Crossing (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
- WINNERS, LOSERS ON BEACON HILL Mass. Right to Repair bill stalls, proponents to try again (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- WINNERS, LOSERS ON BEACON HILL Development bill is more than a tax holiday (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- WINNERS, LOSERS ON BEACON HILL Small businesses applaud new health care measure (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- AT&T, Verizon plan to take on credit cards (By Peter Eichenbaum and Margaret Collins, Bloomberg News)
- Manufacturing posts year of growth (By Tali Arbel and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press)
- Fed Chairman Bernanke sees long road back (Associated Press)
- GE, Intel form chronic care venture (Bloomberg News)
- Hispanics focus of P&G’s Gain launch (Associated Press)
- Countrywide to pay $600m to settle suits (Associated Press)
- Cadillac Escalade again tops most-stolen list (Associated Press)
- Times Co. offers digital publishing (Bloomberg News)
- Around the Region US contractor agrees to buy Reveal (Associated Press)
- Around the Region Fairmont Copley selling for $98.5m (Associated Press)
- Around the Region New president joins Azuki Systems (Globe Staff)
- Around the Region Momenta, others report earnings (Globe Wire Services)
- E-book pacts called anti-consumer (Associated Press)
- Children are focus of new ID theft (By Bill Draper, Associated Press)
- BlackBerry data ban has no exceptions (By Adam Schreck, Associated Press)
- 3-month Treasury bill rates highest in a month (Associated Press)
- John Dorfman Drop in US consumer confidence may be potential trigger for market rally (By John Dorfman, Bloomberg News)
- Good news on global front boosts markets (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Allergan up on extended Botox review (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Haemonetics slips, but beats estimates (Boston Globe)
- Humana Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Arena Pharmaceuticals (Boston Globe)
- PolyOne Corp. (Boston Globe)
- Hi-fi stereo pioneer will buy Newsweek (By Frank Ahrens, Washington Post)
- Oil tops $81, and jump in gas prices may follow (By Sandy Shore, Associated Press)
- Comcast, CBS negotiate a 10-year deal on fees (By Andrew Vanacore, Associated Press)
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- New show on animal hoarding examines when home is a zoo (By Bella English, Globe Staff)
- VOICES Alex Beam silences the death knell for his Generation 1 Prius (By Alex Beam, Globe Staff)
- Stage Review At Williamstown, the sunny side of ‘Our Town’ (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
- FRAME BY FRAME Sebastian Smee looks at ‘Automedon With the Horses of Achilles’ by Henri Regnault (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- Photography Review Review of ‘Seeing Is Believing,’ a photography show at the Concord Art Association (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- MUSIC REVIEW An afternoon of welcome guests and standout soloists at Tanglewood (By David Perkins, Globe Correspondent)
- Stage Review Double Edge Theatre’s ‘The Firebird’ is a midsummer night’s fantasy (By Sandy MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
- Book Review ‘Comedy in a Minor Key’ presents a darkly comic survivor’s tale, full of mourning (By Linda K. Wertheimer, Boston Globe)
- MUSIC REVIEW Arcade Fire spreads giddy energy on local tour stop (By Adam Conner-Simons, Globe Correspondent)
- MUSIC REVIEW Blues, soul, and indie attitude from the Black Keys (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
- G FORCE | NUNO BETTENCOURT Guitarist for Extreme backing up Rihanna on tour (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- Spoken Word: Space odysseys and oddities (By Alex Spanko, Globe Correspondent)
- Names Love doesn’t bloom locally (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More Celebrity News Lohan heads for rehab (Associated Press)
- Critic’s corner (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- TODAY Rufus Wainwright to perform at the Boston Opera House (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TOMORROW New England Light Opera performs Gilbert and Sullivan favorites (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY Penguin Power at the N.E. Aquarium (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY ‘Menopause The Musical’ in Lowell (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- TODAY Asana Summer Restaurant Week (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
- On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
- Dear Margo: Time to cut ties with the in-laws (Boston Globe)
- Poker: Mike Sowers recalls a hand from 2009 (By Steve Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)
- This day in history (Boston Globe)
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