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• Firms expand in Mass. because of quality work force

• Photos The legacy of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’

• For islanders, this was The Game (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)
• Latinos, blacks take harder hit amid recession (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)
• Diane Patrick to endorse Capuano (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Hit-and-run driver was rushing to hair appointment (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)
• Galluccio stays silent on traffic accident (By John R. Ellement and Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
• Zoo looks to put teeth in fund-raising (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)
• Globe Watch Thoughts on crunch at South Station (By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent)
• Mass. labor secretary will campaign for state auditor (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief House leaders order furloughs for staff (Boston Globe)
• 2 in Mass. die from swine flu (By Stephanie S. Daly, Globe Correspondent)
• Former Stoughton detective charged with lying to FBI (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Roxbury woman testifies she found severed head in rain barrel (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Hero paratrooper mourned, remembered in Plymouth (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Judge delays burial of woman; family to argue for 2d autopsy (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Solemn ride (Boston Globe)
• All in the family (Boston Globe)

• Gene Ritvo, photographer and lover of antique cars, 74 (By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff)
• Arnold Rosoff; advertising executive championed workplace diversity; at 93 (By Abbie Ruzicka, Globe Correspondent)
• John Crofton, 97, pioneer in the cure for tuberculosis (By Denise Gellene, New York Times)
• Stefanie Spielman, 42; wife of football star fought cancer (Associated Press)
• Herbert Miller Jr.; lawyer secured pardon for Nixon (By Matt Schudel, Washington Post)

• Latinos, blacks take harder hit amid recession (By Joseph Williams, Globe Staff)
• Some lawmakers push back Catholic church on health care bill (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• Senate Democrats move on crucial health vote (By Erica Werner and David Espo, Associated Press)
• Blackwater guard’s case to be dropped (Associated Press)
• Couple admits to spying for Cuba (Washington Post)
• Diocese backs benefits for pedophiles (Associated Press)
• S.C. lawmakers to consider impeaching governor Sanford (Associated Press)
• Man convicted in death of father, 85 (Associated Press)
• Postal Service OK’s North Pole letters (Associated Press)
• Sears Tower plot ringleader sentenced (By Curt Anderson, Associated Press)
• Gates says US could withhold aid to Afghans (By Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times)
• Political Notebook Senate bill keeps a place for Mass. Connector (By , Boston Globe)

• Gates says US could withhold aid to Afghans (By Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times)
• China says 31 dead, 82 trapped in mine (Associated Press)
• Gorbachev ponders political comeback (Associated Press)
• Guatemala resuming adoptions (Associated Press)
• Palestinians to set new elections date (Associated Press)
• Scientists beam about collider’s restart (Associated Press)
• UK man cleared after strangling wife during nightmare (Associated Press)
• New sanctions weighed against Iran (By Steven Erlanger, New York Times)
• Pakistan fearful of US Afghan strategy (By Kim Gamel, Associated Press)
• Privacy issue stalls efforts by US to win geologist’s release from China (By Charles Hutzler, Associated Press)
• Researchers says she’s proved authenticity of Shroud of Turin (By Ariel David, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Congress should rein in spiraling credit card rates
• Globe Editorial McDonalds: A Direkt marketing plan
• Globe Editorial Questions swirl in Fort Hood
• Joanna Weiss Sarah Palin, the cynical mean girl
• Derrick Z. Jackson Drug firms’ tired song and dance on reform
• Andrew L. Warshaw Walking a tightrope on MGH’s training hours
• Quotes of note

• Magic 83, Celtics 78 Out of synch (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Disorganized from start, they need to regroup (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Stanback has landed on his feet with Patriots (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Bruins 2, Sabres 1 Bergeron’s tip lifts Bruins in OT (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
• Takamura ready for finals week (By Craig Larson, Globe Staff)
• Patriots notebook Morris may be in running (By Adam Kilgore and Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Goodell’s concussion plan riles NFLPA (Associated Press)
• Sports Log Gustafson closes in on Ochoa in rain (Boston Globe)
• Bruins notebook Lucic can’t find, so he pounds one in (By Kevin Paul Dupont, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook Red Sox add an arm in Manuel (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• NBA roundup Hawks finish strong (Associated Press)
• NHL roundup Canadiens able to hold off Capitals (Associated Press)
• Finding combinations hasn’t been a lock (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Knicks say Iverson’s not the answer (By Brian Mahoney, Associated Press)
• Celtics notebook Wallace is unable to zero in (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• NASCAR notebook Johnson claims pole at Miami-Homestead (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• College roundup BU takes down Indiana (Staff and Wire Reports)
• BC facing formidable foe in UNC (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• St. Joseph's 84, BC 80 BC cools at finish, falls to St. Joseph’s (Staff and Wire Services)
• Northeastern 4, Providence 1 NU still has Friars’ number (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• College hockey roundup UNH tames Terriers (Staff and Wire Reports)

• Massachusetts retailers expect poor sales this year (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• As Oprah heads to cable, will her golden touch go with her? (By Johnny Diaz and Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Massachusetts health care providers urge revamping payment system (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• The common wealth of Mass. (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Owners set rebuild pact in Fenway (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• Ironwood Pharmaceuticals plans IPO (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• Brigham’s chain owner vows to try to save jobs (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Ohio sues credit raters over retirement losses (New York Times)
• Barnes & Noble reports reader device sold out (Bloomberg News)
• Boston Scientific OK’d to market WallFlex stent (Globe Staff)
• Fed examines bank capital as risks rise (By Craig Torres and Michael McKee, Bloomberg News)
• Global raids target counterfeit drugs (Washington Post)
• Government abandons Bush-era 401(k) investment rule (By David Pitt, Associated Press)

• Swine flu is making some folks alter their holiday plans (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• OPERA REVIEW Janacek’s haunting ‘From the House of the Dead’ finally arrives at the Met (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Dance Review Idaho, yes; small potatoes, no (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• Voices Anxiety fuels mom competition to score swine flu shots for their kids (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
• Names Is Aerosmith auditioning a singer? (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe staff)
• G FORCE | ROBERT CARLOCK Robert Carlock talks about the fine state of comedy (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Lambert’s full-concert appearance worth the wait (By Stuart Munro, Globe Correspondent)
• Local musicians pay tribute to the Band’s ‘Last Waltz’ (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW BSO celebrates birthdays, Debussy (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• BRING THE FAMILY Visiting Japanese House at Children’s Museum (By Hayley Kaufman, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW From a man’s mind come a girl’s thoughts in ‘Mathilda Savitch’ (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• Movie capsule reviews (Boston Globe)
• Event picks for kids this week (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Celebrity news Miley Cyrus’s driver killed in crash (Associated Press)
• Daily television guide (Boston Globe)
• TV critic’s picks (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
• Curtain comes down on ‘Jon & Kate’ drama (By Frazier Moore, Associated Press)
• Things to do Brickbottom opens up its studios (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Sonic Youth comes to the Wilbur Theatre (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Find inspiration with the Mystic Chorale (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Sara Tavares comes to Berklee (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Giving thanks at Old South Meeting House (By Milva DiDomizio, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW BSO celebrates birthdays, Debussy (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)

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