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Hope, disbelief, rage
President Hosni Mubarak told the Egyptian people late last night that he would delegate authority to Vice President Omar Suleiman but that he would not resign, enraging hundreds of thousands gathered to hail his departure and setting in motion a volatile new stage in the three-week uprising. (By Anthony Shadid and David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
- Timeline Mubarak's three decades in power
Egyptians in Mass. worry for homeland
Across Massachusetts yesterday, jubilation turned to dread among Egyptian immigrants after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dashed hopes that he was on the verge of resigning by declaring that he would stay until September, despite nearly three weeks of massive protests demanding an end to his 30-year regime. (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
- In Tahrir Square, swelling hopes of a dramatic change
- TEHRAN REACTION Iran confines a leading dissident
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Patrick listed as possible
witness in DiMasi trial
Federal prosecutors have included Governor Deval Patrick and three former aides on their list of potential witnesses for the upcoming corruption trial of former House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, setting the stage for a rare appearance of the state’s chief executive at a criminal trial. (By Andrea Estes and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
Boston Capital
Investment firm's secrets slip out
If it hadn’t been for a strange turn of events at the state’s highest court, sensitive details about the vast wealth of secretive Boston investment firm Wellington Management Co. might have never seen the light of day. (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
In Pacific discovery, traces
of Nantucket and ‘Moby-Dick’
Remains of an 1800s Nantucket whaling ship with a poignant tie to the book “Moby-Dick’’ have been discovered on a remote reef almost 600 miles northwest of Honolulu. (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)

Metro
- TURMOIL IN EGYPT Egyptians in Massachusetts worry for their homeland (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
- In Pacific discovery, traces of Nantucket and ‘Moby-Dick’ (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)
- Patrick listed as possible witness in DiMasi trial (By Andrea Estes and Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
- Mental health workers decry planned cuts (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Health insurers pushed to cut rates for lower-income residents (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- State regains letter written by Revolutionary War figure (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff) | Video Long-lost letter is recovered
- Court rescinds awards to kin of victims in ’82 Bulger killings (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
- Brian McGrory Right thing was easy (By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist)
- ’07 Dorchester killing tied to gang rift (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- Veterans are 12% of Mass. homeless (State House News Service)
- MONTPELIER Bus crash report cites driver’s heart woes (Boston Globe)
- MONTPELIER Population rises in 2 upcountry cities (Boston Globe)
- CARVER Police team arrests Maine arson suspect (Boston Globe)
- HALIFAX Bullet strikes home; boy, 10, to be charged (Boston Globe)
- WEYMOUTH Teacher allegedly assaults teenage student (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Man accused of groping woman on train (Boston Globe)
- Drug defendant retried on high court’s order is acquitted (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
- Brown opposes US cuts to heat aid (By Matt Murphy, Stae House News Service)
- Doctor convicted in fingerprint-scrambling scheme (By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent)

Regional editions
Globe West
- In Brookline, skateboarders push for space of their own (By Brock Parker, Globe Correspondent)
Globe North
- After assaults, soul-searching over Marblehead-Swampscott rivalry (By Steven Rosenberg, Globe Staff)
Globe South
- WALPOLE Former Walpole police officer’s new job surprises chief (By Matt Carroll, Globe Staff)

Obituaries
- James Spruill, 73; actor and founder of influential black theater company (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- Mark J. Hulkower, at 53; prosecuted CIA turncoat (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
- Emory Bellard, football coach; developed wishbone offense (By Schuyler Dixon, Associated Press)
- Trevor Bailey, at age 87; former England cricketer (Associated Press)
- R. Merrill, chief conservator of National Museum of Art (By Matt Schudel, Washington Post)
- Tony Malinosky, 101; oldest former Major League player (Associated Press)
- Alan B. Slifka, promoted Arab-Jewish harmony; 81 (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
- Wounded Mainer is granted last wish (Associated Press)

Nation
- Health care official stays cool amid GOP grilling (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
- US budget heads toward record deficit (Associated Press)
- Senators want radar on Canadian border (Associated Press)
- Nurse accused of using patient’s painkiller (Associated Press)
- 'Granddad Bandit’ pleads guilty in bank heists (Associated Press)
- NYC mayor, foot in mouth, offends Irish (New York Times)
- Board puts off ruling on ‘Octomom’ doctor’s license (Associated Press)
- Lots of red meat, but no main course (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Political Notebook Kyl is fifth senator to announce retirement (Boston Globe)
- GOP leaders offer $26b more in spending cuts (By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press)
- DA in Philadelphia charges priests, teacher with rape (Associated Press)
- Group wants license plate honoring KKK leader (By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)

World
- TURMOIL IN EGYPT Egypt’s Mubarak eases grip but won't step down (By Anthony Shadid and David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
- Bomber kills 31 Pakistani troops at training camp (By Riaz Khan, Associated Press)
- UK votes to keep disenfranchisement (Associated Press)
- 6 die in commuter plane crash in Ireland (Associated Press)
- Ivory Coast orders UN radio off air (Associated Press)
- India, Pakistan to renew peace talks (By Lydia Polgreen, New York Times)
- Investigators say hack attack on oil firms came from China (By Joe McDonald, Associated Press)
- TURMOIL IN EGYPT | AMID THE CROWDS In Tahrir Square, swelling hopes of a dramatic change collapse (By Ernesto Londono and Leila Fadel, Washington Post)
- TURMOIL IN EGYPT Mubarak's three decades in power (Boston Globe)
- TURMOIL IN EGYPT | TEHRAN REACTION Iran confines a leading dissident (By Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post)

Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial City should seek compromise on smoking in parks, beaches
- Globe Editorial Internet: A congressman loses his shirt
- Globe Editorial Tito Jackson’s upbeat message
- Glenn Rifkin The innovator
- Paul McMorrow As Filene’s developer sits, an opportunity may pass
- Scot Lehigh An AP jewel for Mass. education
- The angle

Sports
- Lakers 92, Celtics 86 Lakers ruin Allen’s party as Celtics fall (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Bob Ryan LA rounding into form (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- Rotation already shaping up well (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- McDonough still being heard from (By Chad Finn, Globe Staff)
- Baseball notebook Hamilton gets 2 years, $24m (Associated Press)
- Red Sox notebook Bard pleased with this bullpen setup (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Sports Log Crosby expects to return this season (Boston Globe)
- NFL notebook Sides cancel latest negotiating session (Associated Press)
- Golf roundup Fun day for all at Pro-Am (Associated Press)
- Sloan ends 23-year run in Utah (Associated Press)
- NHL roundup Montreal shot down for third straight loss (Associated Press)
- NBA roundup Afflalo lifts Denver at buzzer (Associated Press)
- Allen felt the connection (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- On hockey It was hate that made it great (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Red Wings thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- Squaring off (Boston Globe)
- This weekend on TV, radio (Boston Globe)
- College hockey notebook Eagle making name for himself (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- College basketball Terriers top Albany, throw Garden party (Staff And Wire Reports)
- On high school sports A fair question on playoff sites (By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff)
- School roundup Fontbonne drops Medfield (By Seth Lakso, Globe Correspondent)

Business
- Boston Capital A guarded fund firm’s veil slips off (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
- Harmonix confirms layoffs amid sales slump (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
- US funds give lift to Mass. clean tech (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Progressive granted 23.5 percent rate hike (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- New look, new faces emerge at NECN (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
- Longtime Cambridge stationer to close shop (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
- US to detail mortgage plans (By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press)
- Initial jobless claims fall to 2 1/2-year low (By Alex Kowalski, Bloomberg News)
- Impact of pay controls questioned (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
- Nokia, Microsoft reportedly near deal (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
- Foreclosure drop not all good news (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
- Former dead zones get the iPhone (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
- Airlines’ cancel-early tactic pays off (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
- Around the Region EnerNOC executive departs today (By Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe)
- Around the Region Forrester’s quarterly profit falls 29% (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
- Around the region Key executive quits struggling Talbots (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
- Key Bernanke adviser resigns from Fed board (By Scott Lanman, Bloomberg News)
- Akamai, Cisco hold the stock market back (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Whole Foods forecasts healthy profits (Boston Globe)
- Market Movers Service Corporation (Boston Globe)
- Market Movers Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Market Movers Select Comfort Corp. (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS IPG expects big jump in quarterly profit (Boston Globe)
- Businesses air grievances about regulations at House hearing (By Larry Margasak, Associated Press)

Living/Arts |
- Movie Review
‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ provides a little romance (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
Just go away: Latest Sandler film is a thorny take on "Cactus Flower' (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Photography Review In MFA’s Bank of America exhibit, photographs talk to the observer — and each other (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- Their art project is all-inclusive (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
- Scene & Heard It’s the vinyl countdown at Stereo Jack’s Records (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
- Alex Beam: Mr. Fussy tries to tackle NFL jargon (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
- The Tip The Tip: Fill up your tank at Cognac Bistro (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
- Stage Review 'Terminus' spins all-too-human tales of brutality (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- The grand experiment of B. Dolan’s Church of Love and Ruin Tour (By Luke O’Neil, Globe Correspondent)
- Movie Review
‘The Strange Case of Angélica’ looks at a heavenly kind of love (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
Documentary shorts are all worthy choices (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated’ considers a category limited only by the imagination (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
Guy films dominate in ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action’ (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' shows unknown's rise to hair icon (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
‘The Eagle’ follows Romans on a quest — grounded in camp (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Sci-fi festival invades Somerville Theatre (By Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Correspondent)
- Music Review Unsilent woods: BSO plays Unsuk Chin, Haydn, Dvorak, and Sibelius (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Noisy Neighbors: The new EP from Naked on Roller Skates (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
- Gary Cherone discusses five songwriters who have influenced him (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- Night Watch: Boston's club scene, one party at a time (By Michael Brodeur, Globe Staff)
- Book Review The American dream turns to crime in Dave Zeltserman’s latest, ‘Outsourced’ (By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe)
- TV critic’s picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- ‘Secretariat’ available on Comcast Movies: All Movies (Boston Globe)
- Daily TV and radio guide (Boston Globe)
- Dear Margo Dear Margo: Family issues add to pre-wedding stress (Boston Globe)
- Surfing the Net with kids: Grimm Fairy Tales (By Barbara Feldman, Boston Globe)
- This day in history (Boston Globe)
- Movie Stars (Boston Globe)
- Movies opening this week (Boston Globe)
- To do list (By Milva DiDomizio, Globe Staff)
- Names A night of stars (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names A good play (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Commanding presence (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Film fest honors local talent (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Game faces (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names It all worked out (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Latin Grammy winner to teach at Berklee (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names More Shaq magic (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Power players (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Staging a party (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Names Women watching (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
- Celebrity News Sheen divorce ruling (Boston Globe)
- Researchers refer to Oscar nominees to raise awareness of stroke risk (By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press)

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