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BOSTON CAPITAL
INNOVATION ECONOMY
Page one

Activists prepare for
battle over districts
Voting rights activists, 10 years after the Massachusetts House enacted a redistricting plan that illegally diluted minority voting power, are dramatically revamping their strategy, pressuring the Legislature sooner and more aggressively than they have in past decades.
(By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
(By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
A wary Irish welcome
for O’Malley, the Visitor
Dispatched to Dublin to assess the clergy abuse crisis, Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley has won over many with his warm presence. The harder challenge is the church’s — retrieving the estranged.
(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
Adrift from the church they loved so well
Many people in this quintessentially Catholic nation have had their connection to the church frayed by the clergy sexual abuse crisis, a catastrophe of historic proportions that has exacerbated a growing rift between the church and contemporary Irish society.
(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
(By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
A deal with worrisome side effects
The last-minute deal struck in Congress to avert a government shutdown defused a crisis over spending but has also angered some Massachusetts lawmakers who see in the agreement a discouraging precedent for harder battles still to come. (By Theo Emery and Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Next round in budget wars: whether to raise debt ceiling
- Boston visitors gladdened by shutdown that wasn’t
Hearts still touched with fire
Stories of the men who served in a Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War still resonate with relatives, 150 years later. (By Sam Allis, Globe Staff)

Metro
- Voting activists plan to strike first on redistricting (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley gets a wary welcome in Ireland (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- In Westport, Ireland, adrift from church they loved so well (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- An interview with Dublin’s archbishop (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
- Mass. lawmakers say budget accord sets harsh precedent (By Theo Emery and Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Boston visitors gladdened by government shutdown that wasn’t (By Matt Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
- A quest to get Lawrence to clean up its act (By David Filipov, Globe Staff)
- Video Picking up the trash in Lawrence
- Silence pleases as quiet cars prove a success on T trains (By Shelley Murphy and Miriam Valverde, Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent)
- Yvonne Abraham A victim’s decision (By Yvonne Abraham, Globe Columnist)
- Kevin Cullen A Yank in search of the Sox (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Starts & Stops On Government Center project, T leaning toward 2-year closure (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Boston neighborhood recalls devastation of crack (By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff)
- EASTHAM Woman killed in one-car crash on Rte. 6 (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Grill suspected after fire displaces 10 (Boston Globe)
- MEDFORD Troopers say they were fired at on I-93 (Boston Globe)
- DEDHAM Incumbents reelected to selectmen seats (Boston Globe)
- EAST BRIDGEWATER Two Boston men accused in stabbing case (Boston Globe)
- FOXBOROUGH Police investigating cause of fatal crash (Boston Globe)
- SPRINGFIELD Closing arguments to begin in arson trial (Boston Globe)
- Everett motorist accused in fatal Connecticut crash (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Two groups cancel Gandhi book event (By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press)
- Political Circuit Murray leading a junket to explore greater Bay State trade with Finland (Boston Globe)
- Bird sightings (Boston Globe)

Regional editions
Globe North
- State aid turns into a cliffhanger for local officials trying to plan next year’s spending (By Brenda J. Buote, Globe Correspondent)
Globe West
- Groton musician and outreach worker honors memory of a son lost to drugs (By Nancy Shohet West, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- For drama and thrills, Holbrook auction house delivers the goods (By Emily Sweeney, Globe Staff)

Obituaries
- Sidney Lumet, 86, director of classic American films (By David B. Caruso and Bob Thomas, Associated Press)
- L.J. Davis, 70, magazine journalist and novelist (By Bruce Weber, New York Times)

Nation
- Mass. lawmakers say budget accord sets harsh precedent (By Theo Emery and Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
- Next round in budget wars: whether to raise debt ceiling (By Jackie Calmes, New York Times)
- The Nation Today Massive wildfire still out of control (Boston Globe)
- It’s not easy being green when it comes to lawns in Phoenix (By Marc Lacey, New York Times)

World
- Raid on Egypt protest camp fuels anger (By Maggie Michael, Associated Press)
- Israel pounds targets in Gaza after more rockets fired (By Ibrahim Barzak and Josef Federman, Associated Press)
- Forces loyal to Ivorian strongman gain ground (By Scott Sayare, New York Times)
- Iraqis protest US military’s presence (By Tim Arango and Khalid D. Ali, New York Times)
- Doctors being extorted by ‘fake sheiks’ in Iraq (By Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post)
- Temporary nuclear laborers paid little for taking big risk (By Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times)
- In Chernobyl, a hint of what the future may hold for Japan (By Will Englund, Washington Post)
- The World Today Gunman at mall kills 6, then himself (Associated Press)
- An interview with Dublin’s archbishop (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)

Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial As nuclear waste piles up, Obama must step up
- Globe Editorial Disney in Shanghai: Goofy and Daffy
- Globe Editorial Let Gandhi biographer explain
- Lawrence Harmon In East Boston, a path of most resistance
- Joanna Weiss Closing the gap
- Joan Vennochi Victims need more from Brown
- Jeff Jacoby Indispensable freedom of association

Sports
- Yankees 9, Red Sox 4 Deeply disappointing: Red Sox give up 4 HRs, fall to Yankees (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Dan Shaughnessy Red Sox a team badly in need of something, anything (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
- McIlroy on a soar, extends lead to four (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- All in stride (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
- On Second Thought Machine good for a belly laugh (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe)
- Sports Log Floyd cleared to remain at Notre Dame (Boston Globe)
- Bruins 3, Senators 1 Bruins finish home schedule in style (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Bruins Notebook Fight a tough one to watch (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Family who lost home treated to game by Julien (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- Hockey Notes Missing the playoffs a regular occurrence (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Boston Globe)
- Thomas saves thoughts of record for later date (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
- NHL Roundup Rangers secure postseason berth (Associated Press)
- NBA Roundup Wizards send Hawks to fourth straight loss (Associated Press)
- Basketball Notes Davis’s advice carries considerable weight (By Gary Washburn, Boston Globe)
- Heat is on Celtics to secure the No. 2 seed (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- On Basketball Miami needs to get on board (By Gary Washburn, Boston Globe)
- Real Salt Lake 2, Revolution 0 Revolution take 1st loss (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- Revolution Notebook Shuttleworth says he got crossed up early (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- Soccer Roundup Breakers get off on right foot (From Staff And Wire Reports)
- MLB Roundup Rangers, Orioles split two (Associated Press)
- Red Sox Notebook Calhoun goes the distance in pitch ceremony for Red Sox (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- On baseball A Red Sox staff with lots of stuff — going on (By Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe)
- Yankees catcher Martin makes the rounds against Red Sox (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
- Baseball Notes Matsuzaka’s Sox tenure a tale of two cultures (By Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe)
- After sizzle, Woods fizzles (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- Masters Notebook Mickelson’s hopes of repeating slide (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- Football Notes Again, there are big expectations in Big D (By Greg A. Bedard, Boston Globe)
- Tigers show power (By John Veneziano, Globe Correspondent)
- Minn. Duluth 3, Michigan 2 Minnesota Duluth tops Michigan in OT for NCAA title (By Dave Campbell, Associated Press)
- Shiffrin part of a new wave of US hopefuls (By Pat Graham, Associated Press)
- Kenseth wins to end drought (By Stephen Hawkins, Associated Press)
- McBride brought down by Adamek (Associated Press)
- Prep’s model pays dividends (By Zuri Berry, Globe Staff)
- School Roundup Catholic Memorial turns E’s into a W (By Ayoub Kourikchi, Globe Correspondent)
- WNBA is next stop for Moore (By Vin A. Cherwoo, Associated Press)
- Horse Racing Roundup Toby’s Corner upsets Uncle Mo in Wood Memorial (Associated Press)

Business
- Want good customer service? Push the right buttons (By Kathleen Pierce, Globe Correspondent)
- Putting banks’ customer service lines to the test (By Mitch Lipka, Globe Correspondent)
- 10 ways to get better customer service | Share your horror stories
- Innovation Economy At Kayak, the goal is seven days from recruit to employee (By Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent)
- Paul English’s rules for hiring top performers (Boston Globe)
- Product Reviews Latest 4G smartphones pack features into slim packages (Consumer Reports)
- Consumer Alert Don’t get lured by unnecessary tax services (By Mitch Lipka, Globe Correspondent)
- Job Doc Take time to assess skills after being fired (By Elaine Varelas, Globe Correspondent)
- On the Job There’s no offseason for summer camp directors (By Cindy Atoji Keene, Globe Correspondent)
- Etiquette at Work In all relationships, sincerity leads to trust (By Peter Post, Globe Correspondent)
- On the Hot Seat Food for thought — after a life in the family business (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
- Web companies face more scrutiny over privacy (By Cecilia Kang, Washington Post)
- Mutual Funds First quarter was déjà vu all over again for fund investors (By Mark Jewell, Associated Press)
- How to get treated like a person with customer service (Boston Globe)
- Boston banks’ approaches to customer service (Boston Globe)
- The Color of Money Sure, there’s no crying in baseball, but there’s plenty of it in the workplace (By Michelle Singletary, Washington Post)
- Oil, budget showdown hamper trading (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Sales of gas, food rise at BJ’s in March (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Southwest shares fall after 737 trouble (Boston Globe)
- Diamond Foods Inc. (Boston Globe)
- KB Home (Boston Globe)
- Lam Research Corp. (Boston Globe)

Arts & Movies
- Family entertainment Boston Cyberarts Festival illuminates virtual visions (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
- Video Boston Cyberarts Festival exhibit at the ICA
- Family entertainment 'Ice Age' team goes to 'Rio' with new film (By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent)
- Susanne Bier finds honesty 'In a Better World' (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
- Family entertainment Greyson Chance's YouTube discovery (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- Family entertainment In Wheelock's 'Aladdin,' a sprinkling of Gold Dust (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
- Family entertainment Cirque Éloize performers are off the wall in 'iD' (By Jeffrey Gantz, Globe Correspondent)
- Family entertainment New Philharmonia aims to strike the right chord with young listeners (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
- 'Scream' creator Wes Craven's blood flows with thrills, chills (By Lynda Gorov, Globe Correspondent)
- Scene Here | Local films, festivals, and faces 'Zombie' brings director Tom Caruso to Boston screen (By Loren King, Globe Correspondent)
- Family entertainment DVD Report: This week's new releases (April 10, 2011) (By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent)
- Family entertainment Pop music, classical music, theater, dance, and art critics' family entertainment picks (Boston Globe)
- Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy's on- and off-screen relationship retraced on DVDs (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- TV critic's picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)

Ideas
- The $100 million pond (By Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow, Boston Globe)
- Civil war lit (By Craig Fehrman, Boston Globe)
- Photos Notable books on war
- The Word I [heart] the OED (By Jan Freeman, Boston Globe)
- Brainiac Cranes not bombs (By Joshua Rothman, Boston Globe)
- Uncommon Knowledge You choose, you lose (By Kevin Lewis, Boston Globe)
- Q&A Deaf-world (By Margot Sanger-Katz, Boston Globe)

Magazine
- MIT physicist Samuel Ting's space odyssey (By Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe)
- Coupling A decade after he proposed, we're finally tying the knot (By Grace Talusan, Boston Globe)
- First Person New author Ashley Judd on Harvard and other inspirations (By Sharon Male, Boston Globe)
- Miss Conduct Leaving dinner for the computer, and why not to overpay your nanny (By Robin Abrahams, Boston Globe)
- Cooking A Rhode Island menu with quahogs, clam chowder, and coffee (By Adam Ried, Boston Globe)
- Pierced The play Hair should have been left in '60s memorabilia closet (By Charles P. Pierce, Boston Globe)
- Tales From the City Rough waters in New York for two Red Sox fans (Boston Globe)
- On the Block Former schoolhouses go on the market (By Vanessa Parks, Boston Globe)
- Style Watch Toasting fashions of the cocktail hour (By Tina Sutton, Boston Globe)
- Dinner With Cupid He aced Cupid once before, so why is this guy back for more? (Boston Globe)
- Letters to Globe Magazine (Boston Globe)

Travel
- Dutch treats (By Susie Woodhams, Globe Correspondent)
- The youngster’s universal: ‘What are we eating?’ (By Stephen Jermanok, Globe Correspondent)
- Jolly baby turns out to be just another carry-on (By Bonnie Tsui, Globe Correspondent)
- Inspired by curiosity, fueled by fun (By Shira Springer, Globe Correspondent)
- Especially at a child-hiker’s pace, these trails and their treats reward everyone (By Jeffrey Romano, Globe Correspondent)
- Destinations The lowdown on lineups at music fests (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
- Gearing up A safety measure that will stick with kids (By Kari Bodnarchuk, Globe Correspondent)
- Rave With wit and grit, travelogues capture cities' playful sides (By Christopher Klein, Globe Correspondent)
- Currents Colorado ranch corrals young wranglers (By Kari Bodnarchuk, Globe Correspondent)
- Essay Dreams of brisket, of kosher cows and tefillin, of old Denver (By Jonathan Levitt, Globe Correspondent)
- Barbadian wonders coax kids out of their shells (By Alexander Gelfand, Globe Correspondent)

Books
- David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel reminds us of his singular talent (By John Freeman, Globe Correspondent)
- Bibliophiles Salving the world’s ills through poetry (By Amanda Katz, Globe Correspondent)
- New & recommended (Boston Globe)
- Short takes (By Kate Tuttle, Globe Correspondent)
- The Word BU faculty readings (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
- Bookings (Boston Globe)
- The Find Vacationing at our national treasures (By Jan Gardner, Globe Correspondent)
- Untangling religious and geopolitical forces behind Crimean War (By Rebecca Steinitz, Globe Correspondent)
- Deval Patrick’s memoir offers a rich portrait of his rise from poverty (By Michael Jonas, Globe Correspondent)
- Film historian Richard Schickel chats with Martin Scorsese (By Saul Austerlitz, Globe Correspondent)

Homes
- Home of the Week Vaulted ceilings hide behind a Cape’s facade (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Correspondent)
- Photos Boston Globe Home of the Week: Natick
- Handyman on Call Wood panel door can be fixed with caulk, and some help (By Peter Hotton, Globe Correspondent)

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