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INNOVATION ECONOMY
Page one
2 big health
plans may merge
The state’s second- and third-largest health plans, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, are set to tell their employees that they are exploring a merger that would reshape the region’s health insurance landscape. (By Robert Weisman and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
Arctic blast leaves many frozen in place
The coldest weather to strike Boston in six years wreaked havoc on commuters yesterday, freezing car batteries across the region and leaving thousands shivering in the bitter cold on exposed platforms as they waited for MBTA trains that either broke down or were stalled behind those that did. (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
Cold pushes life to the extremes
Things change when it is minus 20 Fahrenheit. That was clear early yesterday in the Central Massachusetts town of Athol, 35 miles northwest of Worcester. With an overnight low of minus 22, Athol was at ground less-than-zero of the boreal blast that blew in from Canada. (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
- Video Boston Globe reporter tests out the cold in Athol
- Water leak forces evacuation of Chinatown high-rise
- World over, the temperatures seem topsy-turvy
- Photos City bundles up | How cold was it outside?
City draws Cambridge
drug firm to Fan Pier
In one of the largest office deals in recent Boston history, drug maker Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. will move into two new buildings in the Seaport District, catapulting the city’s effort to transform the waterfront into a neighborhood of technology companies, academic institutions, and medical firms. (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
Complaints grow from fed-up fliers
With airlines filling planes to capacity and canceled flights on the rise, passengers increasingly are expressing their dissatisfaction to federal authorities. (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
- Discuss | Photos Top complaints | Scariest airports
Metro
- Mass. in deep freeze, but warming on way (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Temperatures similar in Central Mass., Siberia (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
- New job for Jeff Perry: special sheriff (By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff)
- Senators file bill to tighten parole (By Michael Levenson and Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- Fire academy tests mind, muscle (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Video A fire academy recruit talks about the training
- Goldman Sachs fired ex-Cahill aide over outside activities (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen Big boots to fill (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Massachusetts Public Health Council voices support for head injury rules (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
- Bicyclist, 74, killed in South End collision (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
- BOSTON Flooding damages Athenaeum collections (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON State aide to monitor US nursing homes (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Some Mass., R.I. farmers may get loans (Associated Press)
- HARTFORD Counseling offered after 2 killed in crash (Associated Press)
- WARWICK, R.I. Trooper charged with drunken driving (Associated Press)
- ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. Woman accused of theft from library (Associated Press)
- Turner remains defiant ahead of sentencing (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
- Lynn man sentenced in MBTA attack case (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Tiered RI diploma plan discriminatory, critics say (Associated Press)
- Tufts settles suit against doctor in girl’s death for $2.5m (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
- MBTA terminates bus driver charged with drunken driving (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- EPA reverses course on Lake Champlain pollution plan (By John Curran, Associated Press)
- Patrick’s idea to make public defenders state workers draws fire (By Colleen Quinn, State House News Service)
- Leak forces evacuation of high-rise in Chinatown (By John M. Guilfoil and Neal J. Riley, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
Regional editions
Globe North
- A new way of looking at school lunches is bringing professional chefs into the mix (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)
Globe West
- DeCordova Museum in Lincoln retells photojournalist Lucien Aigner’s story (By Cindy Cantrell, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- Wind turbine debate heats up as projects multiply south of Boston (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)
Obituaries
- Martin Duffy, 70; Marathon fixture went extra mile (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Dagmar Wilson; galvanized a women’s peace movement (By Emma Brown, Washington Post)
- Reynolds Price, 77; novelist wrote about Southern life (By William Grimes, New York Times)
- Bishop Samuel Ruiz; defended rights of Indians in Chiapas (By Manuel De La Cruz, Associated Press)
Nation
- Suspect in Arizona shootings pleads not guilty (By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press)
- Planned Parenthood suspects hoax, tells FBI (Associated Press)
- Bills in 2 states target distracted pedestrians (Associated Press)
- Pipe break adds ice rink to D.C. Beltway (Associated Press)
- High court backs sexually assaulted inmate (Associated Press)
- Natural gas blast disrupts Ohio community (Associated Press)
- Obama faces uphill battle for big public works projects (By Michael Cooper, New York Times)
- Brown to cross aisle for presidential address (By Mark Arsenault and Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Shootout leaves two Fla. officers dead (Associated Press)
- POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Ill. court tosses Emanuel off Chicago’s mayoral ballot (Boston Globe)
- World over, temps seem topsy-turvy (By Justin Gillis, New York Times)
World
- Bomber kills 34 at Moscow airport; 168 hurt (By Ellen Barry, New York Times)
- At least 170 dead in week of Iraq bloodshed (Associated Press)
- Protests, strikes impede Tunisia’s struggle for stability (Associated Press)
- Hezbollah is poised to lead in Lebanon (By Leila Fadel, Washington Post)
- Karzai says he won’t stall Parliament (By Heidi Vogt, Associated Press)
- Report on concessions riles Palestinians (By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial New pension bill is laudable, but doesn’t go far enough
- Roderick L. Ireland Keep Probation in the judiciary
- Globe Editorial Olbermann: Requiem for a Foxy liberal
- Derrick Z. Jackson LaLanne’s legacy of fitness
- Joanna Weiss Who’s your date?
- VoxOp
Sports
- On football Yardsticks (By Greg A. Bedard, Globe Staff)
- Bob Ryan Steelers-Packers a fine Super Bowl matchup by any measure (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- Kings 2, Bruins 0 Bruins end road trip with shutout loss (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- BC walk-on Cahill getting a bit of a run (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Savard sidelined by another concussion (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Lester focusing on October (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Olympic notes On wrong side of the track (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
- Sports Log Crosby will skip All-Star festivities (Boston Globe)
- Celtics notebook Celtics still find themselves short on big men (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- Cavaliers thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- NHL roundup Rangers rally by Capitals (Associated Press)
- NBA roundup Cavaliers drop 17th straight (Associated Press)
- Patriots Brady (unanimously), Mayo, Mankins named All-Pros (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- NFL notebook Cutler has sprained knee (Associated Press)
- NU 70, William & Mary 67 A breakthrough for Smith, Northeastern (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- College basketball notebook Stubborn Irish take down Pitt (Associated Press)
- Australian Open Federer rolls along (By Dennis Passa, Associated Press)
- School roundup Sloan-Cullen gets her wish (By Jason Mastrodonato, Globe Correspondent)
Business
- Tufts, Harvard Pilgrim explore merger (By Robert Weisman and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- City draws Cambridge drug firm to Fan Pier (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
- Complaints grow from fed-up fliers (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
- Locally, public access to arrival areas won’t be curtailed (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
- Stalled Genzyme deal brews doubts (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Safeguarding gadgets when mercury drops (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Bill seeks more financial data from Harvard, other private colleges (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
- Boston Capital Picturing lower costs (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
- Bernanke plan faces skeptics (By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press)
- Top court allows job retaliation suit (Globe Wire Services)
- US to sell 465.1m Citigroup warrants (Associated Press)
- Oil prices slide on hint of supply rise (Associated Press)
- Google awards Schmidt $100m (Associated Press)
- BBC to cut 360 jobs, online services (Associated Press)
- RadioShack CEO to retire; shares fall (Bloomberg News)
- Chase ending debit rewards program (Associated Press)
- Short-term Treasury bill rates mixed (Associated Press)
- Facebook strikes German privacy deal (By Melissa Eddy, Associated Press)
- IRS plans another offshore amnesty (By Lynnley Browning, New York Times)
- Nutrition information aimed at package fronts (By Mae Anderson, Associated Press)
- Job outlook rises to 12-year high (By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg News)
- Music industry takes on iTunes (By Kristen Schweizer, Bloomberg News)
- Amgen buying Woburn company (By Marley Seaman, Associated Press)
- Hotel industry’s rebound apt to raise business travelers’ costs (By Martha C. White, New York Times)
- Dow closes at the highest since June ’08 (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Outfitter’s shares reach a 3-year high (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Clinical Data’s depression pill wins OK (Boston Globe)
- J.C. Penney Co. (Boston Globe)
- World Wrestling (Boston Globe)
- Assured Guaranty Ltd. (Boston Globe)
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Living/Arts |
- Cover Story Right Turn in Arlington helps performers get on track after addictions to drugs and alcohol (By Sam Allis, Globe Staff)
- Trouble for the tweet keepers? (By Alex Beam, Globe Staff)
- PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW Jeff Jacobson’s photographs are intriguing, unnerving (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- Panel to discuss the legacy of Shakespeare’s Shylock at Paramount Theatre (By Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff)
- STAGE REVIEW With glamorous abandon, ‘Nine’ overcomes flaws (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- MUSIC REVIEW Pianist Jeremy Denk in search of wild beauties in Boston concert (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- MUSIC REVIEW Winds take center stage at Jordan Hall (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
- BOOK REVIEW Maxine Hong Kingston resumes her memoir with verse and an interior focus (By Carmela Ciuraru, Boston Globe)
- TELEVISION REVIEW The artificial comes naturally to Rivers (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- ALBUM REVIEWS ‘Lorraine’ is Lori McKenna’s emotional release (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- ALBUM REVIEWS Destroyer: “Kaputt’’ (By Carrie Battan, Boston Globe)
- ALBUM REVIEWS Charles Bradley: “No Time for Dreaming’’ (By Stuart Munro, Boston Globe)
- ALBUM REVIEWS Iron and Wine: “Kiss Each Other Clean’’ (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
- ALBUM REVIEWS Gang of Four: “Content’’ (By Scott Mclennan, Boston Globe)
- Names Love at center ice (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names ‘Jersey’ breaks barrier (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names No more ‘Waiting’ (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Hitting Sundance (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Dad loves his kids (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Pudding for Leno (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Stand-up and read (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names PC to honor Flynn (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Banta-Cain’s offseason (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More celebrity news A ‘miracle’ for Oprah (Boston Globe)
- Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Daily guide to television and radio (Boston Globe)
- On Demand picks (Boston Globe)
- Dear Margo: Dad’s old affair still divides family (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
- Poker (Boston Globe)
- This day in history (Boston Globe)
- To do list (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
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