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DC group raises money, enlists volunteers to help Elizabeth Warren in possible Senate bid
The Washington–based group trying to draft Elizabeth Warren to run for US Senate said today that it had raised $100,000, including $75,000 that would be available in cash should the former Obama adviser decide to enter the Democratic primary to challenge Republican Scott Brown.
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Arroyo cleared
in fraud verdict
After deliberating less than four hours, a federal jury acquitted ex-Boston firefighter Albert Arroyo of fraud charges, which were brought after he participated in bodybuilding competitions and other strenuous activity while on disability leave. (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
Google acquiring Motorola Mobility
Google said that it will pay $12.5 billion for cellphone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., the biggest acquisition in the Internet search giant’s history and one designed to make it a more formidable competitor to Apple Inc. and its iPhone. (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
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Sovereign making Hub its home base
Sovereign Bank is formally moving its headquarters to Boston, the bank confirmed yesterday, making it the largest retail bank based in Massachusetts and ending a long streak of corporate headquarters leaving the region. (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
Dangerous diet regimen still on sale
Over-the-counter diet pills and tea that were banned from the market nearly two years ago because of contamination with dangerous chemicals remain widely available in Greater Boston and popular among Brazilian women seeking to shed pounds, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School researchers. (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
MFA asks early birds
to pay $200 to see ‘Clock’
The MFA is charging $200 for the chance to view the first complete Boston presentation by artist Christian Marclay of “The Clock,” a 24-hour film installation made up of hundreds of movie and television clips with references synched to real time. (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
Metro
- Former firefighter found not guilty of disability fraud (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
- Despite 2009 ban, popular diet regimen still on sale (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
- Dorchester pub banned minorities, Coakley’s office says (By Akilah Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Owners of Danvers factory to pay $1.3m over blast (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
- Court upholds race bias verdict (By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff)
- Mass. native goes long distance for hometown pizza (By Amanda Cedrone, Globe Correspondent)
- Kevin Cullen Sleeping with the enemy, again (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- Lantigua calls recall backers ‘sore losers’ (By Martine Powers, Globe Correspondent)
- WELLESLEY A reminder on security after break-ins (Boston Globe)
- WILMINGTON Man killed in I-93 tractor-trailer rollover (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON Police say man vandalized hotel kitchen (Boston Globe)
- WINTHROP Slaying victim was homeless man, 36 (Boston Globe)
- CHICOPEE Bridge closes for reconstruction work (Associated Press)
- OSSIPEE, N.H. Bear faulted in crash that hurt seven (Boston Globe)
- Driver pleads not guilty to DUI in fatal Burlington accident (By Laura J. Nelson, Globe Correspondent)
- Father, girl, 12, hurt in North Weymouth boat mishap (By Amanda Cedrone, Globe Correspondent)
- Man, 22, found shot dead in Reading home (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
- Coalition campaign will press Brown to hike taxes on wealthy (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
- $100,000 is raised for Warren Senate bid (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
- Civil unions in R.I. get few takers since being offered to gays (By David Klepper, Associated Press)
- State gets soaked; more to come (By Taylor M. Miles, Globe Correspondent)
Regional editions
Globe North
- Photographer documents Fast 14 Interstate 93 bridge project (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
Globe West
- Framingham’s ‘most spectacular house’ up for sale (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)
Globe South
- Finding truly local ice cream south of Boston takes some doing (By Jennette Barnes, Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Oldest survivor of Bataan Death March dies at 105 (By Jim Suhr, Associated Press)
- Donald M. Deware, funeral home proprietor, dies at 95 (By Derek Anderson, Globe Correspondent)
- Shammi Kapoor, at 79; versatile Bollywood actor (Associated Press)
- Patricia Baker, 55, Rhode Island gay marriage advocate (Associated Press)
- Boyce Greer, 55, Fidelity executive; on kayak trip (Bloomberg News)
Nation
- Obama takes message to Midwest on bus tour (By Mark Landler, New York Times)
- Record rains nearly drown pair trapped in New York elevator (Associated Press)
- Records show errors by Bay of Pigs unit (Associated Press)
- Man sentenced in Iran missile parts case (Associated Press)
- Radioactive sulfur reading called safe (Associated Press)
- Alaska teacher killed in plane crash is mourned (Associated Press)
- Romney says his business, political acumen gives him edge (By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Indiana mourns five who died in stage collapse (By Tom LoBianco, Associated Press)
- San Francisco transit agency blocked cellphone use (By Paul Elias, Associated Press)
World
- Daylong wave of violence in Iraq kills 89 (By Michael S. Schmidt and Yasir Ghazi, New York Times)
- Oil spill not expected to reach Scotland (Associated Press)
- Argentine president vows growth after vote (Associated Press)
- US believes Pakistan let China inspect craft (Associated Press)
- US acts to curb Afghan contract corruption (Washington Post)
- Turkey warns of ‘steps’ if Syria continues crackdown on protests (By Anthony Shadid, New York Times)
- Rebels poised to cut off Tripoli (By Karin Laub, Associated Press)
- Judge bans TV airing of Mubarak trial (By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press)
- Food for Somalia’s starving being stolen (By Katharine Houreld, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Verizon strike grows bitter, but not beyond repair
- Globe Editorial Keegan Bradley: Golf’s new savior?
- Globe Editorial Pawlenty ends campaign for the GOP presidential nomination
- Simon Waxman Poverty’s boiling point
- Joanna Weiss 'The Help': America pats itself on the back
- Tom Keane The folly of easy solutions
Sports
- Healthy Welker has a good feeling (By Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff)
- Patriots notebook Brady takes unexpected hit (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
- NFL notebook Leinart rescues Texans against Jets (Associated Press)
- Sports Log Winnipeg’s Rypien found dead at home (Boston Globe)
- Lackey has plenty of fans in Red Sox clubhouse (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Red Sox notebook Draft picks played beat the clock (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Baseball roundup Thome’s 600th powers Twins (Associated Press)
- Baseball notables (Boston Globe)
- On golf Keegan Bradley reaches a different kind of mountaintop (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
- College football notebook Regents OK Texas A&M move; Loftin ponders options (Associated Press)
- Ambrose wins at Glen (By John Kekis, Associated Press)
Business
- Google to pay $12.5b for phone maker Motorola Mobility (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Sovereign Bank making Boston its home base (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
- Evergreen Solar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Health insurers post strong quarterly earnings (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- While still hefty, pay for Boston hospital CEOs fell in 2009 (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Merger deals help bring wary relief to market (By Christine Hauser, New York Times)
- Sara Lee, Kraft trial on hot dog ads begins (By Michael Tarm, Associated Press)
- SEC reviewing S&P methods after downgrade of US credit rating (By Joshua Gallu, Bloomberg News)
- Foreigners lend less to US in June (Associated Press)
- Lowe’s reports flat quarterly profit (Associated Press)
- Oil at highest price in over a week (Associated Press)
- Treasury bill rates mixed at auction (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Boston, Chicago law firms to merge (By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION Nuance buying speech-tech firm (Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION Clean Harbors settles case for $1.7m (Associated Press)
- ECB springs for $32m in bond buying (By Greg Keller and Juergen Baetz, Associated Press)
- News mixed on July credit card defaults (By Mark Jewell, Associated Press)
- Industry, FDA spar on names for drugs (By Anna Edney, Bloomberg News)
- US home builders remain pessimistic in August (By Derek Kravitz, Associated Press)
- Buffett’s call for taxing ‘mega-rich’ hits chord with Obama (Associated Press)
- Dave Carpenter For some investors, cash is king - but don’t expect to live like royalty on the returns (By Dave Carpenter, Associated Press)
- Big merger deals lift the Street’s mood (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Estee Lauder’s 2012 forecast falls flat (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Hospital chain rises most since IPO (Boston Globe)
- InterDigital Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Impax Laboratories (Boston Globe)
- Zagg Inc. (Boston Globe)
- Bank of America sheds Canadian card unit (By Hugh Son and Sean B. Pasternak, Bloomberg News)
- Children’s games creator settles privacy violations (New York Times)
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- Cover Story Roxy’s Grilled Cheese food truck heats up Food Network reality show (By Jialu Chen, Globe Correspondent)
- My GPA is bigger than your GPA (By Alex Beam, Globe Staff)
- FRAME BY FRAME Effortful ease in Matisse ‘masterpiece’ (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
- STAGE REVIEW A question of authenticity in ‘Bakersfield Mist’ (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
- MUSIC REVIEW At Tanglewood, a Brahmsian TMC farewell (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
- Album Review Jeff Bridges shines in role of singer-songwriter on self-titled debut album (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
- Album Review ’80s influences with contemporary beat on the War on Drugs’ ‘Slave Ambient’ (By David Brusie, Boston Globe)
- Album Review Fine album from Giacomo Gates, with ‘The Revolution Will Be Jazz: The Songs of Gil Scott-Heron’ (By Steve Greenlee, Globe Staff)
- Album Review Various artists contribute to ‘Johnny Boy Would Love This . . . A Tribute to John Martyn’ (By Steve Morse, Boston Globe)
- Album Review Electronic beats on ‘Blue Songs’ by Hercules & Love Affair (By Luke O’Neil, Boston Globe)
- BOOK REVIEW Geoff Dyer’s ‘The Missing of the Somme’ says much about ‘futility of war’ (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)
- Names Obamas on the Rock (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names The party is on as Roxy's makes the cut (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names HBO for Perrotta (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Hayek joins team? (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Jacket's James happy to play, not talk (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Pianist plays in rain (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names A Stern welcome (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More celebrity news Celebs news (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: His wife is texting another man (Boston Globe)
- Reflection for the day (Boston Globe)
- Poker (By Steve Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)
- To do list (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
- Movie Stars (Boston Globe)
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