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Catholic League accepts Hagee apology
The Rev. John Hagee -- who in some eyes threatened to become to John McCain what the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. became to Barack...
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Signature drive for Newton North funding referendum fails
NEWTON A group of Newton residents seeking to repeal $56...
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A roundup of override news from around the region
No, no, no. Seriously. No. That's the word in Shrewsbury,...
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Harvard's new food pyramid
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Massachusetts news
School van driver charged with child rape in Brookline
Brookline police have accused a school van driver of sexually assaulting an elementary school student. (AP, 1:21 p.m.)
Report: Lack of safeguards led to Danvers plant explosion
`Federal investigators have concluded that a lack of company safeguards such as alarms and automatic shutoffs led to a massive chemical plant explosion in Danvers. (AP, 11:59 a.m.)
Mass. lawmakers hear concerns about pharmaceuticals in water
Beacon Hill lawmakers are hearing testimony on steps the state is taking to protect its drinking water supply from pharmaceuticals. (AP, 11:59 a.m.)
Cape parishioners subdue would-be church robber
Police in Massachusetts say churchgoers in a Cape Cod town tackled a would-be robber who tried to steal a collection box during a service. (AP, 11:48 a.m.)
Quebec company to operate New England Irving stores
Hundreds of Irving Oil convenience stores will get a new name and a new look as part of a deal between Irving Oil and a Quebec-based company. (AP, 12:45 p.m.)
Parishioners subdue would-be church robber on Cape Cod
Bail has been set for a Cape Cod man who allegedly trying to rob a collection box during a special Mother's Day service. (AP, 1:38 p.m.)
One patient dies, second becomes ill from donated kidneys
State health officials say one patient died and another became critically ill after receiving kidneys at Boston hospitals from a donor who carried an undetected virus. (AP, 6:37 a.m.)
Injured dirt bike rider dies
A Massachusetts man who crashed his dirt bike in Derry, heading into a tree and then a pond, has died. (AP, 6:55 a.m.)
How life goes on under poverty's cloud
HUNGER IN the United States may be quieter than that portrayed in Third World media coverage, but it exists to an alarming degree (" Silver lining in gray clouds of 'poverty,' " Letters, May 8). Americans who live at poverty level ($20,600 or less in annual income for a family of four) may not be starving, but they do run ... (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Globe marks golden milestone
It was 50 years ago yesterday that The Boston Globe moved into its current plant in Dorchester, leaving its longtime headquarters on a crooked street downtown known for more than a century as Newspaper Row. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
A shrine, a shame
Outside the charred remains of a ruined home in South Boston, a makeshift shrine has sprung up. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Arson suspect 'loved the children'
Anger and pain were etched across Anna Reisopoulos's face yesterday as she sat in a South Boston courthouse looking at her former girlfriend, who was arraigned on charges of torching Reisopoulos's home and killing her two daughters. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
DiMasi fires back at ethics charges
House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi issued a broad and emotionally worded defense of his conduct in office yesterday, saying he was outraged by accounts that he backed legislation and a state software contract that benefited his friends. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Roommate ordered held in fatal stabbing
BOSTON A man was ordered held without bail yesterday in the fatal stabbing of his roommate in their Jamaica Plain home Sunday night, authorities said. Kim John Gaines, 52, was arrested at the scene when police arrived at 6:53 p.m. and was initially charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, said Jake Wark, a spokesman for the Suffolk ... (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Most Mass. doctors face lower cost for malpractice coverage
Despite assertions that high malpractice rates are driving them out of the state, Massachusetts doctors are paying less than they were in 1990, after adjusting for inflation, according to a Suffolk University Law School study. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Police say churchgoers foiled masked robber
A Hyannis man was in court yesterday, one day after members of a Hyannis congregation overwhelmed him and stopped his attempt to rob them masked and with a fake gun, according to Barnstable police. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
1 dies, 1 ill after receiving kidneys
A 70-year-old woman has died, and a 57-year-old man is critically ill in a Boston hospital after each received a kidney from a donor infected with a hard-to-detect virus, health authorities said yesterday. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Officials seek ban on waste from boats
State environmental regulators are asking federal officials to ban boats from discharging waste in Boston Harbor and Cape Cod Bay, as part of an effort by the Patrick administration to make the state's entire coastline off-limits to sewage. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)
Menino pedals for cycle-friendly city
Blue track suit billowing, Mayor Thomas M. Menino pedaled up Congress Street, legs churning against a stiff wind that turned a ceremonial half-mile ride into an exercise in perseverance. (Boston Globe, 12 a.m.)