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INNOVATION ECONOMY
Page one

Khadafy forces hit
key city, lose port
Each side of the nascent civil war in Libya pushed forward yesterday as militia forces loyal to Moammar Khadafy launched a second day of brutal attacks on the rebel-held city of Zawiya, just 30 miles west of the capital, and a ragtag rebel army moving from the east won its first ground battle to take the oil port of Ras Lanuf about midway down the Mediterranean coast. (By David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
- In Bahrain, opposition leader talks of compromise
- Egyptian military shows entrepreneurial side with funds
On the road to spring
Sure, it turned warm this weekend, but what true Bostonian believes it will last? Our winter-worn reporter went in search of other Bostons, where the sweet season we dream of is already here. (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
Children’s zeroes in on its costs
Tagged by the attorney general and insurers as one of the state’s most expensive hospitals, Children’s Hospital Boston is moving aggressively to cut health care costs while seeking to sustain its elite reputation for pediatric care. (By Liz Kowalczyk and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
Critic’s notebook
These are just a few
of their quirkiest things
A Gutenberg Bible, a taxidermy giraffe, a collection of glass flowers, scads of great paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, and Picasso: Harvard’s got them all, and the world knows it. What they don’t necessarily know is that there are millions of other, mostly forgotten objects in Harvard’s voluminous holdings. (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)

Metro
- On the road to springtime in Boston (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen Blue Cross at top of the heap, thanks to governor’s inaction (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Mass. to maintain curbs on protests (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
- Patrick’s trade mission companions (By Michael Levenson and Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Top politicians reach out to N.H. Tea Party locals (By Sarah Schweitzer, Globe Staff)
- Yvonne Abraham Odds tilting to Brown (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Man held in fatal crash had previous OUI charge (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)
- Starts & Stops Group still hopes for long-delayed Arborway plan (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Political Circuit Healey will remain Bay State resident as husband moves to Fla. (Globe Staff)
- LEOMINSTER Apartment building a total loss after fire (Boston Globe)
- TAUNTON Firefighters, officer honored for rescue (Boston Globe)
- QUINCY Stop & Shop recalls some jars of Skippy (Associated Press)
- BOSTON MBTA officer suspected of misconduct (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Bradford painting goes on auction block (Associated Press)
- ALFRED, MAINE Ice causes more than two dozen crashes (Associated Press)
- Region’s flirtation with spring-like weather expected to continue today (By Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent)

Regional editions
Globe North
- New resource in Newburyport aims to woo energy entrepreneurs (By Brenda J. Buote, Globe Correspondent)
Globe West
- Outgoing president defends tenure at Mass. Bay Community College (By Lisa Kocian, Globe Staff)
Globe South
- Diverse mix of riders on South Shore SAIL bus (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)

Obituaries
- Lee Bierly; designer blended function, style (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- K. Bhattarai, 87, former Nepali prime minister (Associated Press)
- Frank Chirkinian, 84, golf producer at CBS (By Dave Skretta, Associated Press)

Nation
- In N.H. visit, Romney takes Obama to task on economy (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Obama offers cuts to avoid shutdown (Boston Globe)
- States rethinking cutoff for trying teens as adults (By Mosi Secret, New York Times)
- US, state debts reach post-WWII level (By Steven Mufson, Washington Post)
- The Nation Today Nuts are recalled after E. coli reports (Associated Press)
- ‘Natural decrease’ cited as US counties’ deaths exceed births (By Hope Yen and John Raby, Associated Press)
- Late TV Listings (Boston Globe)
- For the record (Boston Globe)

World
- Khadafy forces batter rebel-held city, lose port (By David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
- China will boost spending, try to close income gap (By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press)
- Public volunteers help Britain battle deficit (By Anthony Faiola, Washington Post)
- With tuition barred, Afghan colleges struggle for funds (By Josh Boak, Washington Post)
- India tries to combat growing Islamic extremism (By Emily Wax, Washington Post)
- The World Today 300,000 attend gay mardi gras (Associated Press)
- In Bahrain, opposition leader talks of compromise (By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post)
- Egyptian military shows entrepreneurial side with US funds (By Aram Roston and David Rohde, New York Times)

Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Cambridge firm, Harvard profs put cash before conscience
- Globe Editorial Pakistan: A test for diplomatic immunity
- Globe Editorial Still a work in progress
- Joanna Weiss Sheen gives us just what we want
- Lawrence Harmon Silence in the courtroom
- Joan Vennochi The ‘insider-itis’ of the nonprofit world
- Jeff Jacoby Separation of Jesus and Congress
- Dan Wasserman Help wanted
- Paul Toner The myths about unions

Sports
- Penguins 3, Bruins 2 Bruins give it away in OT (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Arm angles and head games (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Bob Ryan Crimson do their part when needed (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- BC 4, UNH 3 Eagles crown Wildcats, take Hockey East (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- On second thought Her legacy is frozen in time (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Sports Log Howard hit with one-game suspension (Boston Globe)
- NFL has weekend off; talks resume tomorrow (By Howard Fendrich, Associated Press)
- Golf roundup Sabbatini cruising at Honda (Associated Press)
- Davis Cup roundup US gets lift from Bryans (Associated Press)
- Ford in driver’s seat for Las Vegas race (By Jenna Fryer, Associated Press)
- Sunday football notes Unnecessary roughness with Mankins, team (By Greg A. Bedard, Globe Staff)
- Sunday hockey notes Probert continues to put a scare into people (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Winter sports roundup Vonn adds a fourth downhill championship to her stash (Associated Press)
- Bruins notebook Kampfer says hit warranted a penalty (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
- Shift leaves him off center (By Barbara Matson, Globe Correspondent)
- Brooks gets back in the saddle again (By Murray Evans, Associated Press)
- NBA roundup Nets tip Raptors in triple overtime (Associated Press)
- NHL roundup Sabres top slumping Philadelphia (Associated Press)
- Sunday basketball notes Reason to be jazzed up in the smaller markets (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
- Celtics notebook Celtics bring in Arroyo for depth at point guard (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- Bucks thumbnails (Boston Globe)
- Plate appearances aiding bid of Linares with the Red Sox (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Red Sox notebook Some Red Sox pitchers not in the zone on this day (By Michael Vega and Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Sunday baseball notes Rays’ Hickey has a tall order rebuilding pen (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
- Harvard 79, Princeton 67 Harvard captures a share of Ivy title (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
- Men's basketball roundup Minutemen roughed up by Fordham (Staff And Wire Reports)
- Eagles vow to be awake for game against Demon Deacons (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
- BU 69, UNH 60 Free thinking works out well for Terriers (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- Women's roundup Familiar foes face off for ACC title (Staff And Wire Reports)
- National men's roundup Tar Heels secure ACC (Associated Press)
- College hockey roundup Huskies end skid at Agganis (Staff And Wire Reports)
- School hockey roundup Governor’s rolls on (By Liz Torres, Globe Correspondent)
- School roundup BC High holds CM at bay (By Anthony Gulizia, Globe Correspondent)
- New England wrestling championships Visconti brothers wear crowns (By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff)
- Weymouth 4, Hingham 3 Wildcats rally past Hingham (By Mike Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
- MC 4, CC 3 Malden Catholic breaks free in third (By Mike Grossi, Globe Correspondent)
- SJ Prep 4, Woburn 3 St. John’s survives in OT (By Jake Seiner, Globe Correspondent)
- BC High 2, Needham 0 Defense the difference as BC High shuts out Needham (By Jake Seiner, Globe Correspondent)
- Horse racing roundup Sutherland rides Game On Dude to historic win (Associated Press)

Business
- Children’s Hospital zeroes in on cutting its health care costs (By Liz Kowalczyk and Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Tips for building a better nest egg (By Gillian Rich, Globe Correspondent)
- Innovation Economy New tools put financial data at your fingertips (By Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent)
- Living better on less? It’s easier than you think — with a bit of planning (By Kathleen Pierce, Globe Correspondent)
- Product Reviews Money decisions to help your golden years go smoothly (Consumer Reports)
- CONSUMER ALERT Keep your wits about you when investing (By Mitch Lipka, Globe Correspondent)
- ON THE JOB He restores the craftsmanship of the past (By Cindy Atoji Keene, Globe Correspondent)
- Job Doc Take tough interview questions in stride (By Patricia Hunt Sinacole, Globe Correspondent)
- ETIQUETTE AT WORK Have a plan when asking for a raise (By Peter Post, Globe Correspondent)
- On the Hot Seat New commissioner’s job is keeping check on banks (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- Mutual funds Mutual funds seeing rebound in returns (By Mark Jewell, Associated Press)
- Diversify to minimize taxes after retirement (By Lynn Asinof, Globe Correspondent)
- Consumers put trust in savings accounts (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)
- It’s not impossible to pay off your consumer debt (By Sean Teehan, Globe Correspondent)
- Balance cost, coverage when buying insurance (By Allison Knothe, Globe Correspondent)
- Tips from Marianne Gries on living frugally, and fabulously (Boston Globe)
- The Color of Money GAO finds companies that manage 401(k) plans don’t always disclose conflicts (By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post)
- Dow on the upswing for the week (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Vertex gains on promising drug studies (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Analyst upgrades Boston Scientific stock (Boston Globe)
- C. European Dist. (Boston Globe)
- Weatherford Intl Ltd. (Boston Globe)
- JDS Uniphase Corp. (Boston Globe)
- Credit card issuers increasingly using rewards offers (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
- Online video can help save on cable bills (By Candice Choi, Associated Press)
- MONEY MAKEOVER Looking for a balance between college, retirement (By Lynn Asinof, Globe Correspondent)
- Rental sites make it easy and inexpensive to look red carpet ready (By Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press)

Arts & Movies
- Critic’s notebook Exhibit shows Harvard’s various, sundry oddities (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- MTV's 'The Real World' has influenced a generation of reality shows (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Director surprised at the sharp relevance of the play of 'Educating Rita' (By Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff)
- ART REVIEW MIT exhibit reclaims Stan VanDerBeek and his influence on visual semantics (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- CD Reviews CD reviews of classical releases (Boston Globe)
- Handel and Haydn details new season (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Classical music Classical music critic's picks (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- ART REVIEW R. Crumb's complex visuals detail Genesis stories with humanity, heart (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
- 'Burn the Floor' showcases ballroom dancing at full throttle (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
- TV critic's picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Topher Grace stars in 'Take Me Home Tonight' focusing on the 1980s (By Loren King, Globe Correspondent)
- The twisted mind behind Hollywood's sci-fi hits (By Saul Austerlitz, Globe Correspondent)
- At 21, filmmaker Xavier Dolan proves that he's no one-hit wonder (By Christopher Wallenberg, Globe Correspondent)
- Boston-area filmmakers roll out reel alternatives to big festivals (By David Wildman, Globe Correspondent)
- DVD Report: This week's new releases (March 6, 2011) (By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent)

Ideas
- The power of lonely (By Leon Neyfakh, Boston Globe)
- Q&A Info warrior (By Joshua Rothman, Boston Globe)
- Quoth the detective (By Paul Lewis, Boston Globe)
- Uncommon Knowledge Hope I pass out before I get old (By Kevin Lewis, Boston Globe)
- The word Plural trouble (By Erin McKean, Boston Globe)
- Brainiac Crowdsourcing the Eiffel Tower (By Joshua Rothman, Boston Globe)

Magazine
- Letters to Globe Magazine (Boston Globe)
- First Person Maple sugar farmer Arnold Coombs is tap happy about maple syrup (By Nancy Heiser, Boston Globe)
- Perspective Lessons to be learned on the job -- even when it's a dirty one (By Howard Mansfield, Boston Globe)
- Tales From the City Welcome to Friendly, Mass. (Boston Globe)
- Pierced Hissy fit on the MBTA (By Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe)
- On the block Hoof it with great walking communities (By Vanessa Parks, Boston Globe)
- Miss Conduct Advice on tipping, gifts for teen moms, and family fund-raising shakedowns (By Robin Abrahams, Boston Globe)
- Cooking A maple menu for the year's first crop (By Adam Ried, Boston Globe)
- Dinner With Cupid Catch of the day: a blind date (Boston Globe)
- Careers Why starting over in your career is so hard -- and necessary (By Alan Deutschman, Boston Globe)
- Careers Career advice from the bigshots (By Shannon Mullen, Boston Globe)
- Careers New FAQs about job hunting (By Amy Sutherland, Boston Globe)
- Careers A jobs data primer (By J.L. Johnson, Boston Globe)
- Careers Lessons from the front lines of a new job-hunting world (By Rebecca Dorr Sampson, Boston Globe)
- Coupling Can a spendthrift and a saver agree on what to toss? (By Jennifer Campaniolo, Boston Globe)

Travel
- Cities gone wild (By Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Staff)
- It’s always a tall order (By Joe Ray, Globe Correspondent)
- Destinations Spring and speed, poetry and LEGOs (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Trustworthy to house sit for free? Grab your passport (By Joseph A. Lieberman, Globe Correspondent)
- Currents Pedal west in a pack (By Kari Bodnarchuk, Globe Correspondent)
- Gearing up No room for anything but diapers? (By Kari Bodnarchuk, Globe Correspondent)
- Rave Williams’s humble start to stardom (By Necee Regis, Globe Correspondent)
- Where in the book (By Janet Mendelsohn, Globe Correspondent)
- Take a bite (or 10) out of March (By Jane Roy Brown, Globe Correspondent)

Books
- Chef Gabrielle Hamilton serves up savory bits on her life, career (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
- Bibliophiles Reading, not for pleasure, but for purpose (By Amanda Katz, Globe Correspondent)
- The Interview Fighting bigotry through the arts (By Anna Mundow, Globe Correspondent)
- After mother’s death, pilgrimage to Tibet (By Bob Shacochis, Globe Correspondent)
- On Sports Profiles in courage (By Bill Littlefield, Globe Correspondent)
- Hotly anticipated first novel blends myth, memory in Balkans (By Amanda Katz, Globe Correspondent)
- Shelf Life Merging stories (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
- THE FIND In search of that ‘Moonlight’ mile (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
- Bookings (Boston Globe)
- In artful debut, Fragoso chillingly details childhood of abuse (By Alice Gregory, Globe Correspondent)
- In limping satire, black Poe scholar treks to frozen dreamscape (By Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Correspondent)
- Short takes (By Amanda Heller, Globe Correspondent)

Homes
- Home of the Week Dramatic touches abound in renovated Victorian (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Correspondent)
- Photos Globe Home of the Week: Watertown
- Handyman on Call An old trick may clean stain off porcelain sink (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)

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