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Today's Globe: face transplant, foundation future

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A woman who had suffered severe facial trauma got essentially a whole new face in a first-of-its-kind operation at the Cleveland Clinic, hospital officials said yesterday.

Boston's philanthropic Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, which lost nearly half of its assets to Wall Street financier Bernard L. Madoff, yesterday said it expects to continue supporting its beneficiaries, including healthcare, education, and arts organizations. But the foundation stopped short of saying it would fund all groups in the future at the same levels it has in the past.

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