Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z
An alphabetical list of today's Boston Globe stories
by Meghan E. Irons and John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:44pm
An explosion shook up an adult community in this quiet town, sending eight people to area hospitals yesterday, including one man who authorities say was gravely injured after being trapped under rubble and flames for an hour and a half.
Norfolk - England - Hospital - Oceania - Norfolk Island
by Sylvia Pagán Westphal
30 Jul 2010 at 10:08pm
All you do for hands-only CPR is get your hands together on the person’s chest and push deep and fast.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Cardiac arrest - Health - Public Health and Safety - First Aid
by Noah Bierman and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 11:03pm
After decades of debate and a month of contentious backroom haggling, key lawmakers agreed on a gambling bill yesterday that would authorize three Las Vegas-style casinos and a pair of slot parlors at the state’s racetracks. But even as the House and Senate prepared to vote on the measure today, Governor Deval Patrick has vowed to reject it.
Gambling - Deval Patrick - Casino - United States Senate - Games
by Bonnie Kavoussi, Globe Correspondent
31 Jul 2010 at 12:00am
Buca di Beppo, the Italian restaurant chain known for family-size portions of pasta, is expanding its reach into Massachusetts, opening four restaurants in Massachusetts in the fall.
Buca di Beppo - Massachusetts - Business - Italian cuisine - Chain store
30 Jul 2010 at 10:21pm
“In the cold, harsh light of reality, I wonder if I will ever see the inside of Fenway Park, in person or on TV, again.’’
— Jon Melick
Fenway Park - Boston Red Sox - Baseball - Sports - Television
30 Jul 2010 at 10:33pm
Acme Packet Inc. , the Burlington communications equipment firm, earned $9.7 million, or 14 cents per share, up from $1.7 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same quarter last year. Revenue grew to $53.3 million from $32.9 million. Analysts expected the company to earn 17 cents per share on revenue of $52.4 million. And Acme raised its full-year ...
Revenue - Company - Acme Packet - Business - Thomson Reuters
30 Jul 2010 at 10:33pm
by Beth Daley, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 11:04pm
The developers of the Cape Wind energy project in Nantucket Sound have agreed to reduce the price of its electricity by 10 percent, saving consumers at least $456 million over the 15-year span of a proposed contract with National Grid.
Cape Wind - Nantucket Sound - Energy - National Grid - Electricity
by Dennis Hevesi, New York Times
30 Jul 2010 at 10:58pm
Al Goodman — the soothing bass in the chart-topping rhythm-and-blues trio the Moments (later renamed Ray, Goodman & Brown), best known for the 1970 hit “Love on a Two-Way Street’’ — died Monday in Hackensack, N.J. He was 67 and lived in Englewood, N.J.
AlGoodman - Love on a Two-Way Street - Rhythm and blues - Singing - Englewood New Jersey
by Vivian Ho, Globe Correspondent
31 Jul 2010 at 1:47am
An animal advocacy group filed a complaint yesterday with the US Department of Agriculture after the death of a beloved 36-year-old elephant at the Southwick’s Zoo, according to officials from the organization.
Animal rights - Animal welfare - Elephant - United States Department of Agriculture - Zoo
30 Jul 2010 at 10:44pm
RE “ A shade cooler ’’ (Op-ed, July 20) by Aaron Bernstein: If the city required a permit and a valid reason for homeowners to cut down healthy trees on their property, we would have a much healthier, greener, cooler, and more beautiful city. Several homeowners on our street and on neighboring streets have gone wild cutting down their old-growth ...
Tree - Old-growth forest - Gardens - Biology - Dendrology
by Janine Parker, Globe Correspondent
30 Jul 2010 at 9:19pm
At Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival this week, Monica Bill Barnes & Company pull off several neat tricks. The very atmosphere seems to shift: Are we at a dance performance, a comedy club, a boxing match, a children’s party, the circus? They make good on their stated mission “to celebrate individuality, humor and the innate theatricality of everyday life.’’ ...
Dance - Comedy - Arts - Performing Arts - Humour
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:36pm
Wildlife officials euthanized a grizzly bear yesterday after DNA tests determined that the sow and her cubs were responsible for a triple mauling that killed a Michigan man and injured two other campers.
Bear - Grizzly Bear - DNA - Yellowstone National Park - Wildlife
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:37pm
A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House this week, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill would come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
World Trade Center - Settlement - House - September 11 2001 - United States federal courts
by Hugo Miller, Bloomberg News
31 Jul 2010 at 12:07am
Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, plans to introduce a tablet computer in November to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPad, according to two people familiar with the company’s plans.
Apple - Smartphone - Research In Motion - IPad - Tablets
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:56pm
Former Oklahoma State football star Bob Fenimore, who was the top pick in the 1947 NFL draft, has died in Stillwater. He was 84.
Bob Fenimore - Oklahoma State Cowboys football - NFL - Stillwater Oklahoma - Football
by Shalise Manza Young, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:24am
Tom Brady is an icon, a brand unto himself, which happens when you have three Super Bowl rings and a league most valuable player award in your trophy case.
Super Bowl - Tom Brady - Sports - NFL - Most Valuable Player
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:37pm
A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles yesterday, destroying several buildings, and racing toward hundreds of houses.
Los Angeles - California - High Desert - United States - Counties
by Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:48pm
The lawyer for one of two admitted Russian spies from Cambridge said yesterday that numerous media outlets want to interview his client, who was deported to Moscow three weeks ago, but the spy is not talking.
Cambridge - Moscow - Russia - England - Cambridgeshire
by Todd Wallack, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 12:00am
Facing a revolt from angry shareholders, Charles River Laboratories International Inc. has scuttled plans to buy a Chinese drug research firm for $1.6 billion, a deal that would have been the biggest in the Wilmington company’s 63-year history.
Charles River Laboratories - Company - Shareholder - WuXi PharmaTech - Charles River Laboratories International
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 12:05am
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. said it returned to profit in the fiscal third quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, on strong revenue growth linked to recovering demand for computer chips.
Varian Semiconductor - Revenue - Integrated circuit - Semiconductor - Business
by Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 9:32pm
Actress Kate Bosworth , who hails from Cohasset, was at Fenway Park last night, and shared a few laughs with Sox skipper Terry Francona before the game. (If her boyfriend, Alexander Skarsgard , was there, we didn’t see him.) A few years ago, Bosworth spent several weeks in town shooting “21.’’
Kate Bosworth - Fenway Park - Terry Francona - alexanderskarsgard - Cohasset
30 Jul 2010 at 10:34pm
The owner of the Redbox movie rental kiosks fell as delayed access to some new DVD releases caused second-quarter revenue to come in below analysts’ estimates. Sales rose 35 percent to $342.4 million, the company said. That was less than the $381.3 million average. DVD sales rose less than anticipated because of pacts with studios that delayed Redbox’s access to ...
Redbox - DVD - Coinstar - Renting - Revenue
by Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist
30 Jul 2010 at 10:45pm
Sometimes the emotion that comes with victory falls closer to relief than exultation. So when five years of advocating for reforming the state’s criminal offender records laws came to an end early last evening, Horace Small of the Union of Minority Neighborhoods was exhaling, not celebrating.
Crime - Union - Law - Win–loss record - Piano
by Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:48pm
The killing of a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel in a raid on his hide-out has dealt the biggest blow yet to Mexico’s most powerful drug gang since President Felipe Calderón launched a military offensive against organized crime in 2006.
Mexico - Organized crime - Sinaloa Cartel - Offensive - Crime
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:57pm
A German newspaper says that former Nazi SS officer Erich Steidtmann, suspected but never convicted of involvement in World War II massacres, has died at age 95.
World War II - Nazism - Schutzstaffel - History - Twentieth Century
by Bloomberg News
31 Jul 2010 at 12:04am
Facebook Inc. will probably put off its initial public offering until 2012, giving chief executive Mark Zuckerberg more time to gain users and boost sales, three people familiar with the matter said.
Facebook - Mark Zuckerberg - Initial public offering - Chief executive officer - Bloomberg L.P.
by Washington Post
30 Jul 2010 at 11:43pm
France’s highest constitutional court ordered yesterday that French police be stripped of their power to arrest ordinary suspects and interrogate them for 48 hours without bringing charges or reading them their rights.
France - National Police - Villers-au-Tertre - Law - Paris
30 Jul 2010 at 9:59pm
The agreement reached by House and Senate leaders authorizes too much gambling and came at too high a cost to the legislative process. Governor Patrick should reject it.
United States Senate - Senate - Veto - Legislature - United States
by Sydney Lupkin, Globe Correspondent
30 Jul 2010 at 10:51pm
Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill yesterday that will change the way Massachusetts public school students eat, by banning the use of fryolators and requiring the sale of fresh fruits and non-fried vegetables wherever food is sold.
Massachusetts - Deval Patrick - United States - Business - Health
by Harry R. Weber, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:41pm
BP’s new boss says it’s time for a “scale back’’ in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East Coast. And fishing areas are starting to reopen.
Gulf of Mexico - Oil spill - BP - Fishing - Environment
by Matt Viser, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 11:38pm
The House yesterday responded to the worst oil spill in the nation’s history by narrowly approving legislation that imposes new safeguards on oil rigs and could enable the federal government to recoup as much as $53 billion from companies that obtained royalty-free oil leases.
Oil spill - Federal government of the United States - Environment - Energy - Petroleum in the Environment
30 Jul 2010 at 11:40pm
The subcommittee that charged Representative Charles Rangel with 13 counts of ethical misdeeds recommended that the New York Democrat receive a relatively mild rebuke by the full House, one of the investigators said yesterday.
New York - Democratic - Charles B. Rangel - United States - Politics
by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:39pm
The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.
United States - Immigration - Illegal immigration - Presidency of Barack Obama - Law
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:38pm
An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded yesterday, killing a man who was electrocuted by a downed power line and critically injuring a man who was hurled across the street, officials said.
South Los Angeles - Los Angeles - Explosion - Electric power transmission - United States
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 12:03am
The Walt Disney Co. is selling Miramax Films to a group of investors for $660 million, marking a new phase for a studio that helped launch the career of Quentin Tarantino and push independent movies into the mainstream.
Miramax Films - Walt Disney Company - Quentin Tarantino - Film - Arts
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:57pm
Jim Cole, a Montana man who recently published a book about surviving two attacks by grizzly bears, died July 22 at the age of 60.
Grizzly Bear - Bear - Yellowstone National Park - Recreation - Wildlife
by Linda Deutsch, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:00pm
John R. Branca, brother of famed Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca and father of prominent entertainment lawyer John Branca, who is co-executor of Michael Jackson’s estate, has died, his family said Thursday.
Ralph Branca - Michael Jackson - History of the Brooklyn Dodgers - John Branca - Lawyer
by Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:56pm
Several stops into a career that took him from the state attorney general’s office to the executive branch of state government, from the Boston Municipal Research Bureau to directing public affairs for Bank of Boston, Jack Delaney sounded like the young lawyer he once was, thrilled at the chance to make life better for others.
John Delaney - Boston - Politics - Attorney general - Executive
30 Jul 2010 at 10:00pm
Docking a yacht in Rhode Island isn’t as grave an offense as, say, selling the Continental Army out to the British. But it was Kerry himself who applied the label “Benedict Arnold’’ to those who take advantage of tax loopholes, so the charges of hypocrisy stick.
Rhode Island - Benedict Arnold - Continental Army - United States - British Army
by David Abel, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:46pm
For more than a month, Mary Madeleine Araujo sat in a sofa recliner. Her daughter, son-in-law, and three adult grandchildren came and went while the ailing 80-year-old woman developed infected cold sores, her toenails curled to the soles of her feet, and she sat in urine and feces, police said.
Feces - Police - Herpes simplex - Urine - Affinity
by Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:54pm
Despite their protracted negotiations on expanded gambling, lawmakers announced yesterday that they had hammered out deals on a number of other issues, including a sales tax holiday, a measure that would help the state locate new wind farms, and a bill that would limit many employers’ access to criminal records.
Tax - Sales tax - United States - Business - Accounting
by Bloomberg News
30 Jul 2010 at 11:44pm
Mayor Boris Johnson is spending $218 million to encourage more Londoners to get on two wheels with a cycle-hire program that sprinkles the capital with as many as 5,000 bikes.
London - Boris Johnson - Bicycle - England - Government
by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:40am
With his five-game rehab assignment behind him, Mike Lowell once again occupied a place in the Red Sox clubhouse. He did not, however, occupy a place on the roster.
Boston Red Sox - Mike Lowell - Sports - Baseball - Major League
30 Jul 2010 at 10:33pm
First Solar Inc. slumped as the world’s biggest maker of solar power modules said second-quarter profit fell as it held panels for use on its own projects, reducing sales to customers, and as the euro fell against the dollar. Net income fell to $159 million, or $1.84 a share, from $180.6 million, or $2.11 a share, a year earlier. In ...
First Solar - Energy - Solar power - Business - Solar
by Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:45pm
The man accused of fatally shooting Jaewon Martin on a basketball court in Jamaica Plain in May was involved in a gang feud that the 14-year-old honors student unwittingly stepped into, prosecutors said during the alleged gunman’s arraignment yesterday in Roxbury District Court.
Jamaica Plain Boston - Honors student - Basketball - Jaewon Martin - Boston
30 Jul 2010 at 10:32pm
Stocks were mixed after Commerce said gross domestic product grew at an annual pace of 2.4 percent in the second quarter, less than the 2.5 percent forecast, but enough to temper investor concern. Helping to keep stocks afloat was a report that business spending on equipment and software jumped in the period by the biggest amount in 13 years.
Business - Gross domestic product - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities
30 Jul 2010 at 10:33pm
McAfee rose with a second-quarter profit of 63 cents per share that topped estimates of 60 cents. The results contrasted with those of bigger rival Symantec Corp. , which forecast sales and profit that missed predictions. McAfee’s business is “beginning to show signs of stabilization and improvement heading into’’ the second half, one analyst wrote.
Business - McAfee - Symantec - Business Services - Hewlett-Packard
by Shalise Manza Young and Monique Walker, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:29am
After missing his entire rookie season to injury, Tyrone McKenzie’s name has been mentioned this spring as a contributor and potential starter at inside linebacker.
Linebacker - Tyrone McKenzie - Rookie - Television - NFL
by Margalit Fox, New York Times
30 Jul 2010 at 10:58pm
Michael Batterberry, a food writer and historian who with his wife founded two enduring, influential magazines, Food & Wine and Food Arts, died Wednesday in Manhattan.
Magazine - Food & Wine - Writer - Food - Wine
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 12:04am
Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., which licenses fonts to designers and manufacturers, said its second-quarter net income declined slightly from a year ago, but that it sees growth ahead.
Monotype Corporation - Monotype Imaging Holdings - Graphics - Fonts - Times Roman
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:45pm
Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan yesterday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929.
Pakistan - Flood - Government - Asia - Helicopter
30 Jul 2010 at 10:42pm
AS AN organization sharing Our Place’s mission of serving young homeless children, we certainly hope that the story reported last Saturday has a happy ending, and that Our Place can continue its important work serving homeless children and their families (“ Day-care center for homeless may be forced to shut doors ,’’ Metro).
Homelessness - Homeless - Youth - Philanthropy - Poverty
by Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:46am
Nearly a month after slumping near the bottom of the MLS standings, the Revolution appear to have found a formula for salvaging their season. Their recent success has resulted from a defensive revival, as the Revolution offense has been stunted by injuries.
Major League Soccer - History - Russia - Eighteenth Century - American Revolution
30 Jul 2010 at 10:34pm
NutriSystem, the provider of prepared meals to help clients lose weight, fell after forecasting third-quarter earnings that trailed estimates. Finance chief David Clark said revenue may decline slightly. Profit may drop to 23 cents to 26 cents a share, from 27 cents a year earlier. The average estimate was 34 cents. CEO Joseph Redling said a slump in consumer confidence ...
Nutrisystem - Health - Weight loss - Business - Support Groups
by Michael D. Shear and Peter Whoriskey, The Washington Post
31 Jul 2010 at 12:07am
The government’s bailout of the American auto industry last year sparked political hand-wringing about the end of capitalism and allegations that President Obama aspired to be CEO of what critics dubbed “Government Motors.’’
BarackObama - United States - General Motors - Automotive industry crisis of 2008–2010 - President
by Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 10:47pm
It’s a sultry summer night, and the collision of wooden bats and hurtling baseballs echoes around the cozy grass amphitheater of Fallon Field in Roslindale.
Sports - Shopping - Baseball - Recreation - Organizations
by Monique Walker, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:27am
Derrick Burgess was welcomed to Foxborough last August as the potential answer for the Patriots’ pass rush.
Derrick Burgess - New England Patriots - NFL - Foxborough Massachusetts - Sports
31 Jul 2010 at 2:37am
Colleges Rick Pitino never said a woman who claimed the Louisville basketball coach got her pregnant after a one-night stand had to get an abortion but did advise she “go out of town’’ to get medical care, his longtime aide told a jury in Louisville yesterday. The aide, Tim Sypher , was testifying against the woman, his ex-wife Karen Cunagin ...
Rick Pitino - Coach - Abortion - sport - Basketball
30 Jul 2010 at 10:18pm
“As one who worked in a state mental hospital inpatient unit, I know what it is like to be attacked by people who are enraged and psychotic. However, I am alarmed at the number of incidents that result in disturbed people being shot, and often killed, by police.’’
— Ben Tousley
Police - Psychiatric hospital - Law Enforcement - Law - United States
30 Jul 2010 at 10:07pm
“Can I get out of here, please?’’ — Senator JOHN KERRY , to reporters trying to ask him about the yacht he keeps docked in Rhode Island, potentially saving him hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes.
JOHN KERRY - Rhode Island - United States - Government - President
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 2:38am
Wade Davis shrugged off a rocky start to pitch seven innings and Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer last night to lead the surging Tampa Bay Rays over the New York Yankees , 3-2, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
New York Yankees - Tampa Bay Rays - Matt Joyce - St. Petersburg Florida - sport
by Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:25am
Mike Cameron pulled up a chair in front of his locker, and sat down heavily. His left leg was encased in ice, held by an ace bandage. His abdomen was covered in ice, giving him a slightly bloated look as he sat, looking expectantly at the media.
Mike Cameron - Boston Red Sox - Abdomen - Sports - Baseball
by Casey Ross, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 12:02am
The state’s highest court has upheld a tax break for a Bedford start-up in a long-running dispute whose outcome could help reduce costs for companies seeking to design and launch new products in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts - New Bedford Massachusetts - Business - United States - England
by David Nowak, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:48pm
Vast sections of Russia were under a state of emergency yesterday as more than 10,000 firefighters battled to save villages and forests from being reduced to ash and ember during the country’s hottest summer on record.
Russia - State of emergency - Nizhny Novgorod - United States - Wildfire
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:45pm
President Dmitry Medvedev’s human rights adviser resigned yesterday after a Kremlin-backed youth organization threatened her with a libel suit for her harsh criticism.
Dmitry Medvedev - Russia - Human rights - Human Rights and Liberties - Advocacy Organizations
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 2:28am
Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum will be together at least five more years, hoping to deliver the New York Jets a Super Bowl.
New York Jets - Rex Ryan - Super Bowl - Mike Tannenbaum - NFL
by Brian Steinberg, Globe Correspondent
31 Jul 2010 at 12:03am
After a sojourn abroad, Samsonite luggage is advertising at home again. From 2005 to 2008, ads for Samsonite were crafted in London and featured celebrities such as Isabella Rossellini, Richard Branson, and Danica Patrick. The ads focused on the Mansfield company’s luxurious “black label’’ line. Then, with the economy in free fall, the company cut back on marketing, perhaps leaving ...
Samsonite - Richard Branson - London - Mansfield - Travel
by Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent
30 Jul 2010 at 10:51pm
Town officials closed South Beach for swimming indefinitely yesterday after a spotter plane located at least five great white sharks off the coast.
Great white shark - Cape Cod - South Beach - United States - Massachusetts
30 Jul 2010 at 10:41pm
YOUR STORY on toning shoes cited what we believe is one deeply flawed study dismissing the effectiveness of the shoes, yet made only passing reference to other studies that confirm the benefits of toning shoes (“ Soaring sales, wary words for toning shoes ,’’ Page A1, July 23). The American Council on Exercise has no validity to support any claim ...
Clothing - Footwear - Shopping - Shoe - Women's
30 Jul 2010 at 9:25pm
Snooki — a.k.a. Nicole Polizzi — was arrested yesterday on the beach in Seaside Heights, N.J., on a charge of disorderly conduct, according to celebrity website TMZ.com. There was no immediate word on what the star of MTV’s “Jersey Shore’’ was doing to get herself in police custody.
Jersey Shore - TMZ.com - MTV - Seaside Heights New Jersey - Disorderly conduct
by Derrick Z. Jackson, Globe Columnist
30 Jul 2010 at 10:11pm
President Obama can make Shirley Sherrod’s firing a teachable moment.
President of the United States - Barack Obama - President - United States - History
by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 1:44am
The Massachusetts economy expanded more than twice as fast as the nation’s during the second quarter of the year, boosted by federal stimulus spending, demand for technology products, and the strongest job growth since the so-called miracle years of the 1980s, the University of Massachusetts said yesterday.
Massachusetts - United States - Employment - University of Massachusetts - 1980s
by Janine Parker, Globe Correspondent
30 Jul 2010 at 9:33pm
After 20 years at the helm, Nacho Duato, founder and artistic director of Spain’s Compañía Nacional de Danza and its “junior’’ company commonly known as CND2, will be stepping down from his position this year. CND2’s performances this week at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival mark the last under Duato’s command, so the occasion has about it both expectancy ...
Nacho Duato - Dance - Spain - Arts - Performing Arts
by Larry Neumeister, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:34pm
The owners of the New York Mets should be held accountable for letting their workers put more than $16 million in 401(k) assets into accounts controlled by jailed financier Bernard L. Madoff, a widow said in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
Bernard Madoff - New York - Lawsuit - United States - Irving Picard
by Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times
31 Jul 2010 at 1:02am
Army investigators are broadening their inquiry into the recent disclosure of classified military information to include friends and associates who may have helped the person they suspect was the leaker, Private First Class Bradley Manning, people with knowledge of the investigation said yesterday.
British Army - United States - Boston - Private First Class - Wikileaks
by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:48pm
The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, once bitter rivals, made an unprecedented show of cooperation yesterday, traveling together to Lebanon in hopes of preventing any violence if members of a militant group are indicted in the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister.
Saudi Arabia - Lebanon - Syria - Middle East - Prime minister
by Renée Loth
30 Jul 2010 at 10:14pm
Watching “We Are America,’’ even opponents of immigration reform might appreciate how hard it is to comply with a system that has collapsed into dysfunction.
Immigration reform - Immigration - United States - Law - Anti-Immigration
by Bella English, Globe Staff
30 Jul 2010 at 11:02pm
In 1990, Janet Fisher was giving blood in her small English town 250 miles north of London. The blood bank was also asking people to register as bone marrow donors. Fisher signed up and then forgot about it. Fifteen years later she got a phone call from the donor bank: Fisher was a perfect match for someone who desperately needed her marrow. Would she do it?
Bone marrow - Blood bank - Blood donation - Health - Medicine
30 Jul 2010 at 10:01pm
Police unions claim civilian flaggers don’t save money, but hard numbers prove them wrong.
Home - Personal Finance - Money Management - Police - Law Enforcement
by Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist
31 Jul 2010 at 2:25am
The following is an unpaid political plea: Pay the man.
Politics - United States - Apple - Law - IPad
31 Jul 2010 at 1:48am
One person was killed in a crash involving a tow truck yesterday afternoon in Lynn, State Police said. The crash, reported at 4:32 p.m., happened on the southbound side of the Lynnway at the Harding Street red light, State Police said in a statement. The tow truck, a flatbed owned by G and J Towing of Revere, rear-ended a ...
Truck - Tow truck - Business - Transportation and Logistics - Towing and Recovery
by Associated Press
31 Jul 2010 at 2:52am
Yani Tseng certainly is consistent. The 21-year-old from Taiwan shot her second consecutive 4-under-par 68 yesterday, taking a four-shot lead after the second round of the Women’s British Open at Southport, England. Brittany Lincicome and Christie Kerr joined Amy Young in the chase entering the weekend.
England - Southport - The Open Championship - Yani Tseng - Cristie Kerr
by Robert H. Reid, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:46pm
NATO announced yesterday that six more US troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month’s record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly nine-year-old war.
Afghanistan - NATO - United States armed forces - War in Afghanistan - Death
by Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 11:47pm
China’s worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago — and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster, an American specialist said yesterday.
Exxon Valdez - Oil spill - United States - Exxon Valdez oil spill - China
by Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff
31 Jul 2010 at 2:53am
There weren’t many anxious moments for Frank Vana Jr., yesterday, but standing on the 17th tee, nursing a three-shot lead, and waiting to see if his drive was in bounds certainly qualified.
Arts - Movies - Health - United States - Education
by Dave Gram, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:51pm
Vermont’s utilities and Hydro-Quebec will not make today’s deadline for completing a new long-term power-purchase contract, but officials said yesterday they are confident a deal is close and an announcement will happen soon.
Vermont - Quebec - United States - Hydro-Québec - Hydro-Quebec
by Nate Taylor, Globe Correspondent
31 Jul 2010 at 2:42am
Johnny Damon stood in front of his locker inside the visitor’s clubhouse at Fenway Park searching for the right words. He knew what it meant to be a visitor who was hated by most Red Sox fans, but he also knew the circumstances this time were different.
Fenway Park - Boston Red Sox - Johnny Damon - Sports - Baseball
by John Curran, Associated Press
30 Jul 2010 at 10:52pm
Citing public anger and death threats, lawyers for a man charged with killing his 12-year-old niece say in a new court filing that it’s impossible for him to get a fair trial in Vermont.
Vermont - Lawyer - Right to a fair trial - United States - Law
30 Jul 2010 at 10:39pm
RE “ DA investigates police shooting of woman ’’ (Metro, July 25): I am responding to your article regarding the tragedy that resulted in three officers being wounded and one woman being fatally shot shortly following her release from Cambridge Hospital.
Police - England - Recreation - Guns - Recreation and Sports