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In Thanksgiving message, Obama promises jobs
President Obama, with a jobs refrain on the brain, uses the traditional Thanksgiving Day message to tell Americans that he feels their economic pain and...
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,...
'Engage with Grace,' again
Health care bloggers, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy and e-Patient Dave deBronkart, are urging people to talk to friends and family...
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FROM TODAY'S BOSTON GLOBE
Health pushes firms’ tax up
The Patrick administration intends to double a key tax on employers in an effort to save health insurance for thousands of laid-off Mass. workers, after a fund to help them has been drained by the highest unemployment rates in three decades. (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
For couple, precious reason for thanks
(David L. Ryan/ Globe Staff)
Born to a woman unable to cope, baby Jane Doe found new parents who thank the state's Safe Haven law for bringing her into their lives. Above, Irene, James, and Caitlyn Rose Kasper, after their adoption. (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
Cautious hope as
H1N1 cases fall statewide
The swine flu epidemic appears to be waning in Massachusetts, doctors and hospitals said yesterday, though state health officials are not yet ready to declare that the worst is over and specialists warned that the flu often comes in waves. (By Elizabeth Cooney and Stephen Smith, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff)
Touch may influence what we are hearing
Listening is more than a matter of being “all ears.’’ People can also hear with their skin, according to new research that deepens our understanding of the senses, showing they can work together but also override one another. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
More from City & Region:
- Man, city near deal in rights lawsuit (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
- When flu hits, health specialists urge passing up holiday meals (By Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff)
- Senate race foes denounce Pagliuca’s health care ad (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
- Green Beret killed in Afghan war mourned (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
- Kevin Cullen God’s work on the block (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
- For mother, baby, Thanksgiving’s time to go home (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- JCPenney sales associate charged with child rape (By Brian Lee, Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- What’s closed, open Thanksgiving Day (Boston Globe)
- Holiday travelers stall on Turnpike (By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent)
- Swansea family trio charged with kidnapping man in R.I. (By Michaela Stanelun, Globe Correspondent)
- Students vow boycott of Medford High cafeteria (By Travis Andersen, Globe Correspondent)
- Lynnfield man removed as executor of wife’s estate (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
- Rare butterfly species rediscovered in Maine (By Clarke Canfield, Associated Press)
- New England in brief 3 middle schoolers face poisoning charges (Boston Globe)
- Danvers man pulls crash victim from car (By Michaela Stanelun, Globe Correspondent)
- Globe Santa Globe Santa revs up for big challenge (By John C. Burke, Globe Santa Staff)
LATEST MASSACHUSETTS NEWS FROM AP
Mass. cemetery eyes help from Veterans Day rampage
A Kingston cemetery vandalized during a Veterans Day rampage is seeking private donations to repair 98 headstones overturned in the destruction. (AP, 11:29 a.m.)
Maine police take on excise tax evaders
Police in Kittery, Maine, are on the lookout for vehicles that are registered in New Hampshire and other states but are owned by people who live in Maine. (AP, 11:19 a.m.)
Mass. hoping to push locally grown Christmas trees
When it comes to finding that perfect Christmas tree, Massachusetts officials have two words for holiday revelers: shop local. (AP, 9:39 a.m.)
Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice
Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death paved his road to the Senate. Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy's successor that some worry he's hindering prospects for Kennedy's signal health care cause. (Associated Press Writer, 9:39 a.m.)
Mass. man, Boston near deal on civil rights suit
A Massachusetts man who served 30 years in a state prison before a judge threw out his conviction has tentatively settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Boston. (AP, 9:29 a.m.)
Indians plan Plymouth, Mass. Thanksgiving protest
American Indian activists are planning to mark Thanksgiving by holding a "Day of Mourning" in Plymouth. (AP, 8:59 a.m.)
Boston Globe Regional Editions
BusinessWeek ranks Quincy tops in state for families
For generations, Quincy has been known as the City of Presidents and the Birthplace of the American Dream, auspicious honors thanks to a couple of famous Adamses who were born and bred here. (By Michele Morgan Bolton, Globe Correspondent)
MassHort hosts first Festival of Trees at Elm Bank in Wellesley
WELLESLEY - With 36 acres of fields and meadows, streams and pools, forests, and formal gardens, the scenic landscape of the grounds at Elm Bank Reservation has long served as a peaceful getaway during the spring and summertime. (By Matt Rocheleau, Globe Correspondent)