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A peek inside
bin Laden’s world:
isolation, vanity, power

The most-wanted terrorist in the world lived his last five years imprisoned behind barbed wire and high walls, his days consumed by darkness and domesticity.
(By Elisabeth Bumiller and Carlotta Gall, New York Times)

Ambassador fends off
doubts about Pakistan’s role

Husain Haqqani, a Boston University professor who took leave to serve as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his career: convincing Americans that Pakistan is not to blame for harboring bin Laden. (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)

Coakley looks into treasury job offers

Attorney General Martha Coakley is investigating whether former state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill and former probation commissioner John O’Brien violated state ethics law by trading treasury jobs for campaign donations, according to several people briefed on the inquiry. (By Andrea Estes and Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff)
Getting In

An early education
in the meaning of ‘no’

In Boston, proximity to a school — even one just 33 child-size steps away — is no guarantee of admission. Students who live within a mile of an elementary school receive some preference, but much of the sorting of school requests is random. (By Jenna Russell, Globe Staff)

Collaboration: the mother of invention

It’s long been thought that proximity fosters fruitful encounters among researchers, but a recent paper showed just how powerful it can be: An analysis of a decade of Harvard biomedical research collaborations found that the closer the offices of key research partners, the more influential their joint papers were likely to be. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)

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