Blogs
Obama taps Vicki Kennedy for arts post
In a batch of Friday evening appointments, President Obama said he is nominating Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, to the...
Canton volleyball team finds inspiration in Molly’s story
One senior captain, outside hitter Allie Jones, left the match with an ankle injury. The other, setter Colleen Healey, was hobbling on her ankle too...
Introducing Budget Blues, a new blog
We're launching a new blog, Budget Blues, to cover the financial struggles facing Massachusetts communities and their tax payers. We'll write about property tax overrides,...
2 more Mass. hospitals among the nation's best
The list we posted yesterday of the Leapfrog Group's top hospitals left off two Massachusetts community hospitals. Norwood Hospital and North Shore Medical Center -...
LOCAL NEWS
NH Pearl Harbor survivors approve of bridge plan
More than half of the 20 or so Pearl Harbor survivors who live in New Hampshire are expected to attend a Statehouse dedication service for a memorial bridge. (Associated Press Writer, 11:39 a.m.)
Maine wreaths to honor veterans at ceremonies
A wreath-laying ceremony on a bridge connecting Maine and Canada kicks off a week's worth of wreath-laying observances around the country to honor the nation's veterans. (AP, 11:39 a.m.)
Heckling by Dartmouth fans prompts complaints
Dartmouth College administrators are looking into allegations that student fans pelted visiting Harvard squash players with obscenities and insults, including what one parent of a visiting player interpreted as an anti-Semitic slur. (AP, 11:19 a.m.)
OTHER LOCAL HEADLINES
- NH Pearl Harbor survivors approve of bridge plan (AP, 11:39 a.m.)
- Maine wreaths to honor veterans at ceremonies (AP, 11:39 a.m.)
- N.E. Editorial Roundup (AP, 10:59 a.m.)
- Shotgun deer-hunting season starts Saturday in RI (AP, 10:59 a.m.)
- 'Buy local' movement takes off at Providence shops (AP, 10:49 a.m.)
NATION
"Climate Express" to Copenhagen lowers footprint
A train splashed with a green stripe carried 450 U.N. officials, delegates, climate activists and journalists from Brussels to the climate summit in Copenhagen on Saturday to symbolize efforts to reduce the convention's carbon footprint. (Associated Press Writer, 8:40 a.m.)
The nation's weather
Early season snow was expected across the Appalachians on Saturday as an intense, low-pressure system developed off the Eastern Seaboard. (For The Associated Press, 5:11 a.m.)
OTHER NATION HEADLINES
- Mom pleads no contest in quadriplegic girl's death (AP, 6:51 a.m.)
- Pawlenty, other aspirants travel for foreign cred (AP, 6:41 a.m.)
- Obama's stylish aide is under withering scrutiny (AP, 6:32 a.m.)
- Police search for Wis. father linked to 4 slayings (AP, 11:11 a.m.)
- Colorado State University bans guns on campus (AP, 6:41 a.m.)
WASHINGTON
CAPITAL CULTURE: When folks swarmed People's House
The folks who sneaked into the president's state dinner are part of a long tradition of people showing up as they please at the People's House. It's just that the tradition vanished ages ago. (Associated Press Writers, 11:31 a.m.)
Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan
The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan. (Associated Press Writer, 5:11 a.m.)
OTHER WASHINGTON HEADLINES
- At war, honored for peace: Obama's tricky moment (AP, 10:51 a.m.)
- Senate Roll Call: GOP effort to restore cuts (AP, 12/4/09)
- Kremlin agrees with US to maintain expiring pact (AP, 12/4/09)
- Obama's stylish aide is under withering scrutiny (AP, 12/4/09)
- GOP cautions Obama against climate commitment (AP, 12/4/09)
WORLD
GM Europe chief still hoping for German assistance
The new president of GM Europe said Saturday that he was still hoping for German government financial assistance to restructure Opel, but added that even if Berlin fails to come through it will not mean more layoffs in the country. (Associated Press Writer, 11:45 a.m.)
Italy: Mafia's No. 2 nabbed in Sicily
The Italian interior minister says police in Palermo have captured the Cosa Nostra's No. 2 in a raid in Palermo, Sicily. (AP, 11:11 a.m.)
OTHER WORLD HEADLINES
- Communist rebels gain strength in rural India (AP, 12:01 p.m.)
- China activist speaks out from inside 'black jail' (AP, 10:51 a.m.)
- Italy police seize secret stash of masterpieces (AP, 12:15 p.m.)
- Gunmen kill 3 peacekeepers in Darfur ambush (AP, 10:21 a.m.)
- A little background on Copenhagen talks (AP, 10:11 a.m.)
