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An alphabetical list of today's Boston Globe stories
by Beth Healy, Globe Staff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:31pm
Bain Capital’s venture capital group raised a $525 million fund at the end of last year, the firm says, its first new fund since 2007.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:41pm
James Cameron ’s sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theaters over Super Bowl weekend. “Dear John’’ debuted as the top movie with $32.4 million, knocking off “Avatar’’ after seven weekends in first place, according to studio estimates yesterday. “Avatar’’ slipped to No. 2 with $23.6 million, ...
7 Feb 2010 at 9:34pm
Can you imagine a reality-TV show where a group of loud and obnoxious misfits competes to break the curse that turned the prince into a beast? No thanks, we’ll stay with “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’’ and the adorable dancing cutlery and human candelabra. Can the Beast learn to love and be loved? If you believe, clap your hands . ...
by Jeannie Nuss and Jenna Russell, Globe Correspondent | Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:48am
WARWICK, R.I - Neighbors of the house where a fire killed five young people Saturday morning, including a 7-month-old baby, described a brutal and emotional scene in its aftermath, as firefighters carried bodies from the building and the sole survivor stood, shoeless, on the lawn watching the stretchers pass until his knees buckled.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:48pm
RE “ OBAMA’S education plan errs in abandoning ‘proficiency’ goal ’’ (Editorial, Feb. 3): The words startled me as I read, “And teachers work harder knowing what’s at stake for their students.’’ I remembered the 5,580 days of my career as a teacher and what goals inspired me to “work harder.’’
by Adrian Walker
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
For Robert V. Ward Jr., the dean of the Southern New England School of Law, the vindication that came last week was sweet.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 10:48pm
BOULDER CITY, Nev. - Less than a mile downstream from one of the nation’s best-known engineering marvels, the Hoover Dam, a second is taking shape.
8 Feb 2010 at 4:20am
Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert chatted with readers last Thursday on Boston.com. Here are excerpts.
by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
About two hours before the Super Bowl kicked off last night, Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney stood on a goal line with two trainers and lowered himself into a three-point stance. One trainer snapped a ball, and Freeney bolted off the line and exploded past the other trainer.
by Matthew Guerrieri, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:40pm
The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, all members of that august orchestra, made their Boston debut on Friday with a Celebrity Series concert at Jordan Hall. The wind quintet is, tonally speaking, a fractious bunch; only the oboe and bassoon can claim any true family resemblance, the rest a miscellany of timbres and shades.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:44pm
7 Feb 2010 at 10:44pm
7 Feb 2010 at 10:21pm
Q. My boyfriend, “Michael,’’ has been irritating me for the past month. He breaks his promises, bosses me around like crazy, and gets angry and aggressive about everything. He no longer seems fazed if we don’t get to hang out or talk on the phone at night. It appears he doesn’t care anymore, but he claims to be madly in ...
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
TJ Jann, Westford - In a loss to Acton-Boxboro Friday, the Westford senior captain scored 23 points to pass the 1,000-point mark.
by Peter Martin, Globe Correspondent
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
When Norwood forward Matt Brown went into the boards in a Jan. 23 game against Weymouth, it looked like a typical play - but when the dust settled, Matt had fractured his fourth and fifth vertebrae and was paralyzed from the chest down.
by Emma Stickgold, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:57pm
He grew up on the ice, wore skates at 3, and hung out in the locker rooms of National Hockey League teams. Brendan Burke’s life revolved around hockey, the sport of his father, Brian.
by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
As expected, Year One of Tuukka Rask’s NHL career has been a tale of caution. With far too much evidence, starting from the early demise of Hannu Toivonen, of the woes that come from fast-tracking young goaltenders, the Bruins have practiced patience with Rask, feeding the 22-year-old just enough playing time to keep him from going soft.
by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Johnny Boychuk , hammered in the face by a Mikael Samuelsson slap shot Saturday, will be sidelined only 7-10 days because of a fractured orbital bone, and will not return until after the Olympic break.
by Courtney Humphries
7 Feb 2010 at 10:35pm
Q. I have been getting spontaneous nosebleeds. What are some of the causes, and what can be done to prevent them?
by Julian Benbow, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
They were words spoken when a team loses a game it should have won, and after blowing an 11-point halftime lead to the Magic yesterday at home, someone in the Celtics’ locker room said them.
by Gary Washburn, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Elite teams don’t get outscored, 36-11, in a quarter. “The Celtics aren’t an elite team,’’ ESPN/ABC NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy said after Boston collapsed in the third quarter yesterday at TD Garden and dropped a 96-89 decision to the Orlando Magic.
by David Weininger, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 8:42pm
One of the benefits of concerts by the intrepid Chameleon Arts Ensemble is its performance venue. Most of its concerts take place at the Goethe-Institut, in what must have once been an oversized living room. The intimacy of the space makes it possible to experience the music in the kind of proximity that the term “chamber music’’ used to imply.
by Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:19pm
All eyes this week were on the Corus chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, which had about everything one could hope for: drama, contention, star players, and great chess. The event’s sponsor, Corus, is a steel manufacturing and construction company, which was recently acquired by Tate Steel, India’s second largest privately held company. This corporation is a sponsor ...
by Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:31am
LONDONDERRY, Vt. - At Magic Mountain, children slide down the slopes on cafeteria trays and play video games in the lodge while their parents ski. Most of the 375 season-pass holders, many of whom grew up gliding down the mountain, are on a first-name basis.
by Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 10:48pm
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Clouds prevented space shuttle Endeavour from blasting off yesterday on the last planned nighttime shuttle launch, delaying its trip for at least a day.
by John M. Guilfoil and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:52am
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - A massive gas explosion rocked a nearly-completed power plant on the banks of the Connecticut River here yesterday, killing at least five people and injuring at least 12 in a blast that shattered windows, cracked walls, and damaged roofs a mile away.
by David B. Caruso, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:07pm
NEW YORK - As the first cases in a battle over illnesses linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks move closer to trial, an Associated Press investigation has found that several of the initial 30 suits contain inconsistent or exaggerated claims about how the workers got sick or how much time they spent at ground zero.
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
WOBURN - Prosecutors in the case of a teenager charged with fatally stabbing another student at a high school are asking a judge to allow them to use jailhouse recordings of the teen’s conversations with his parents at his upcoming trial. John Odgren’s lawyers contend he was legally insane when he randomly chose a victim at Lincoln-Sudbury High School and ...
7 Feb 2010 at 10:13pm
ON NECN CEO Corner 8:30 p.m. NECN Host Maryanne Kane talks with Mayor Tom Menino and IBEW’s Mike Monahan about the future of Boston.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:53pm
ABANDONING NO Child Left Behind’s impossible goal of 100 percent proficiency by 2014 would be a refreshing first step toward reality, and a needed overhaul of the destructive and despised federal No Child Left Behind law. Once that happens, the question is whether Congress will design a law that supports real improvement instead of forcing schools to spend more time ...
by Kara Miller
7 Feb 2010 at 9:01pm
Despite higher average SAT scores than whites, Asian-American applicants are turned away from colleges in disproportionate numbers.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:35pm
Dr. Christian Arbelaez, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, left last week for Haiti, where he is working in the port city of St. Marc with Partners in Health for about two weeks to help victims of last month’s earthquake. Born in Colombia, he came to the United States when he was 10, knowing no English. After hardship ...
by Shana Wickett, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:58pm
Dr. Priscilla Schaffer, a longtime Harvard Medical School professor whose research opened doors to understanding herpesviruses, died Nov. 18 at Oro Valley Hospital in Arizona of complications of Parkinson’s disease. The former Holliston resident was 67.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:55pm
THE US indictment of Guatemala’s former president, Alfonso Portillo, for money laundering demonstrates our ability to influence accountability for crimes against the public committed by Guatemala’s leaders. However, if the United States is genuinely concerned with ending political corruption, and hopes to make any meaningful impact on the proliferation of drug-trafficking, it must address the roots of impunity in Guatemala.
by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Leading up to the NFC Championship game, Saints cornerback Randall Gay thought about his team’s roster and realized something. Almost none of his teammates had played in the Super Bowl before. Among those who had, only he had played in the game and won.
by Monique Walker, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The play unfolded like a scene in a movie seen a hundred times. Saints cornerback Tracy Porter watched enough film in the last two weeks to recognize what the Colts were trying to do on third down last night.
by Karen Shepard
7 Feb 2010 at 8:58pm
Trudy Ames has taught at Mount Greylock in Williamstown for 20 years, and makes a difference for students every day.
by Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The days of the Celtics setting the tone after halftime are apparently long gone. Their 11-point production in the third quarter of a 96-89 loss to Orlando yesterday set a team season low for scoring in a quarter.
by Beth Daley, Globe Staff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:28pm
Excerpts from the Globe’s environmental blog. It’s no secret that when public meetings are held on controversial topics - wind farm anyone? - both sides try to fill the room with advocates for their point of view.
by Bloomberg News
7 Feb 2010 at 10:28pm
WASHINGTON - The United States is in no danger of losing its Aaa debt rating, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said yesterday, even though the Obama administration has predicted a $1.6 trillion budget deficit in 2010.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:38pm
The first album in 16 years from troubled genius Gil Scott-Heron is dark and eerie, full of mysterious electronic effects, clanging percussions, and ominous chords. On the surface, it’s nothing like Scott-Heron’s classic work from the 1970s and ’80s, which cloaked searing messages of social liberation in some of the funkiest soul-jazz ever made, with musical partner Brian Jackson and ...
by Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondent
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Coach Greg Berry boasted his own version of the Big Three last season, with Bianca Flores, Myesha Reynolds, and Nyiesha Kelley acting as the driving offensive force for New Mission.
by Dave Copeland, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:22pm
Adam Cote served in Bosnia and Iraq, so he knows what it is like to be around death and destruction. But the former Army officer says those experiences did not prepare him for the carnage and mass destruction he saw in Haiti last month after the earthquake.
by Sandra Chereb, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:07pm
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada’s budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red. The economic downturn has hit so hard that prisons might be closed, entire colleges shuttered and thousands left without jobs.
by Bloomberg News
7 Feb 2010 at 10:29pm
WASHINGTON - Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said yesterday that it is “very difficult’’ to envision the unemployment rate falling soon and that an economic recovery is “going to be a slow, trudging thing.’’
by Frank Bajak, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:05pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - As many as 1 in 5 Haiti earthquake victims have suffered trauma so great with the multiple shock of lost homes, jobs, and loved ones that they won’t be able to cope without professional help, doctors say.
by Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein
7 Feb 2010 at 8:40pm
Roxbury-bred occasional reality-star Bobby Brown celebrated his 41st birthday at XO in Stoughton on Saturday night. Joining the New Edition singer for the festivities were pal Michael Green , Brown’s brother-in-law Rick Shands , Brown’s daughter LaPrincia Brown , Brown’s son Landon Brown (who was romantically linked to Lindsay Lohan a few years ago), and a friend who goes by ...
by Kevin O’Kelly, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:40pm
Award-winning short-story writer Eric Puchner’s debut novel is about nothing less than the conflicts at the heart of American life: the pursuit of all too-often illusory prosperity and what happens when people in a culture that tells them they make their own fate confront the brutal realities of chance.
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
BOYS Derek Colucci, Catholic Memorial - In a 5-1 win over BC High that clinched the Catholic Conference title, the senior forward scored one goal and added an assist. He was named the game MVP and winner of the annual Edward Wright trophy for his performance.
by Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The ringing telephone jarred the early evening in the Cambridge apartment. It was Patrick St. Fleur, calling from the ravaged Haitian capital, urging relatives in Massachusetts to send money - and fast.
by Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The coronation of Peyton Manning was canceled last night at exactly 9:29. The lasting image of him was supposed to come much later, Manning standing on a podium and accepting his second Lombardi Trophy. It arrived early, Manning thrashed to the ground and watching his legacy run by.
by Kay Lazar, Globe Staff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:34pm
Roughly 8 percent of Americans ages 50 to 59 had used an illicit drug in the past year, according to a recent survey by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Marijuana was the most commonly used, but close behind was abuse of prescription drugs, such as anti-anxiety medications, painkillers, and sleeping pills.
by Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 10:30pm
NEW YORK - Betty White plays football, babies talk about “milkaholics,’’ and a house made of Bud Light cans slowly falls apart. It must be the Super Bowl - or at least the advertising showcase that entertains amid the gridiron action.
by Michael Slackman, New York Times
7 Feb 2010 at 10:55pm
CAIRO - Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ordered the nation’s atomic energy agency yesterday to begin producing a special form of uranium that can be used to power a medical reactor in Tehran, but that could eventually also move the country much closer to possessing fuel for nuclear weapons.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 11:01pm
BAGHDAD - Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein’s Ba’ath Party yesterday as tensions soared over the decision to blacklist suspected Baathists from next month’s election.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 10:56pm
JERUSALEM - Israel’s prime minister attempted to end a war of words with Syria yesterday, saying his country is open to peace talks with its longtime enemy.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:56pm
"What bad experience did the editors of the Globe have with teachers when they were younger?" -- David Cohen
7 Feb 2010 at 10:39pm
Jaheim’s new soulful record, his fifth, shows off his mature vocal styling that harkens back to classic R&B while still sounding thoroughly contemporary. This is a very solid set that places its emphasis on the vocalist’s smooth, rich tone and effortless phrasing. At 32, Jaheim is smart enough to know that he can’t play the horn-dog role so many of ...
by Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent
7 Feb 2010 at 10:23pm
Highlights from Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog. For the full blog, updated daily, visit www.boston.com/innovation .
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 11:00pm
BEIRUT - Lebanon’s marine commandos recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said yesterday in a statement.
by Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:00pm
EVOLENE, Switzerland - A skier was buried beneath an avalanche for 17 hours in the Swiss Alps before being pulled from the snow with only mild hypothermia, police said yesterday.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:39pm
Fans of Massive Attack have not waited in vain. Seven years after their last album, 2003’s “100th Window,’’ the British trip-hop masters are back with another marvelously moody missive. With a rotating roster of vocalists, as is the band’s signature, “Heligoland’’ offers a starry cast of collaborators. TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe kicks things off riding a tumbling groove ...
by Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 10:47pm
WASHINGTON - Planes were grounded, trains stood still and Greyhound buses weren’t rolling in the Mid-Atlantic yesterday, leaving stranded travelers wondering when they would be able to escape the icy, gray mess created by a major snowstorm.
7 Feb 2010 at 9:29pm
Lebanese folk music, Arabic classical music, and Turkish Gypsy fusion (traditional mixed with contemporary jazz and Western grooves and harmonies) warm up the Berklee Performance Center tonight at the Berklee Middle Eastern Festival . Turkish clarinetist Hüsnü Senlendirici (below), the New York Gypsy All-Stars, and the Berklee Middle Eastern Fusion Ensemble make up the program that features music by Senlendirici. ...
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 10:49pm
LOS ANGELES - A Korean-American missionary who defiantly crossed a frozen river into North Korea intent on urging a change in its leadership has reunited with his overjoyed family, after 43 days in the communist nation’s custody.
by Liz Torres, Globe Correspondent
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Norwood will be making its first appearance in the girls’ state hockey tournament this month, just one year after finishing last in the Bay State’s Herget Division standings.
by Noor Khan, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:04pm
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints yesterday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 10:53pm
NEW ORLEANS - In electing Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu to succeed Mayor Ray Nagin, voters turned to a scion of a prominent Louisiana political family to speed up the city’s recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
by Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:50am
CAMBRIDGE - More than three months have passed since November’s election, but Cambridge is still without a mayor.
by Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Hop aboard the love train they call the City of New Orleans.
by Charles Babington, Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:05pm
WASHINGTON - In the first major step to revive his health care agenda after his party’s loss of a filibuster-proof Senate majority, President Obama yesterday invited Republican and Democratic leaders to discuss possible compromises in a televised gathering later this month.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:17pm
NIM’S ISLAND (HBO on Comcast ) An engaging if overcooked fantasy about a castaway-island girl (Abigail Breslin, above) and the agoraphobic San Francisco novelist (Jodie Foster) who comes to her rescue. Foster lets her hair down in a rare comedy role, and the island critters (heavily abetted by CGI) are cute; kids will enjoy it wholeheartedly. With Gerard Butler as ...
by James Reed, Globe Staff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:37pm
Just like her songs, Sade tends to take her time. She’s not in a hurry because she doesn’t have to be. In a career going on 26 years (yes, “Smooth Operator’’ really came out in 1984), the impossibly sophisticated singer and her band have released only five studio albums. And that’s been enough to transfix fans who hang on every ...
by Philip P. Pan, Washington Post
7 Feb 2010 at 11:03pm
MOSCOW - The party boss who was accused of election fraud and ousted by Ukraine’s peaceful Orange Revolution appeared on the verge of pulling off a remarkable comeback yesterday, with exit polls suggesting that he had prevailed in a bitter presidential race and won the office denied him by mass protests five years ago.
by Associated Press
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
Three goals from Alex Ovechkin. Two feet of snow on the ground. One big comeback against a detested rival, with punches and name-calling added for good measure.
by Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 10:59pm
KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces have seized a key Taliban stronghold in a northwestern area that the government had declared free of militants a year ago after a military offensive but has experienced periodic violence since then.
by Andrea Estes and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:24am
Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray plan to propose this week several ways to improve the Bay State’s business climate, saying they need to be more aggressive in steering the region out of its economic malaise.
by Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff
7 Feb 2010 at 10:56pm
While contemplating stepping down in 1987 as the state banking commissioner, Paul E. Bulman wanted everyone to know why his four-year tenure was smooth and successful.
by Emma Rose Johnson, Globe Correspondent
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
An extensive search was underway yesterday for a 15-year-old from Dorchester whom police accused of stabbing his mother, sister, and three others in two attacks since Wednesday.
by James Carroll
7 Feb 2010 at 9:02pm
There are three things wrong with the National Prayer Breakfast: the past, the present, and the future.
7 Feb 2010 at 8:46pm
To hold down health care costs, it's not enough to shift away from fee-for-service payments.
7 Feb 2010 at 10:36pm
Experiencing frequent racial discrimination, from signs of disrespect to outright harassment, has been linked to poor health. A new study pinpoints one protein that may be involved in higher rates of cardiovascular disease among people facing racial bias.
by Associated Press
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
The Sacramento Kings picked a bad time to blink. Chris Bosh had 36 points and 11 rebounds and Andrea Bargnani scored 22 points as the Toronto Raptors rallied to beat the Kings, 115-104, yesterday, extending Sacramento’s losing streak to six games.
7 Feb 2010 at 9:33pm
It’s the late ’70s and Miranda is a sixth grader in New York City. Her best friend doesn’t give her the time of day; her mother is training to be on a game show, and Miranda gets a note: “I am coming to save your friend’s life, and my own.’’ Curious? Rebecca Stead won a 2010 Newbery Medal for “When ...
7 Feb 2010 at 10:24pm
All things turn in a preferred direction. Robert Ornstein
by Susan Haigh, Associated Press
8 Feb 2010 at 12:00am
HARTFORD - Faced with a nagging budget deficit problem, Governor M. Jodi Rell is gambling again on Keno as a way to raise revenues in Connecticut.
by Associated Press
7 Feb 2010 at 11:03pm
ANCHORAGE - Something is holding down the herring population of Prince William Sound, and marine scientists are tailing some rather large suspects: humpback whales.
by ASSOCIATED PRESS
7 Feb 2010 at 10:51pm
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - Residents of foothill communities deluged by mudslides north of Los Angeles have been allowed to return home.
by Jenna Russell, Globe Staff
8 Feb 2010 at 1:45am
Every Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and once or twice in between, Brian Athearn and his two young sons walk a narrow, grassy path to a tiny, half-forgotten Martha’s Vineyard cemetery. There, the boys salute before a lone veteran’s grave, and their father - the veterans’ graves officer for the town of West Tisbury, and a descendant of one of ...
7 Feb 2010 at 8:45pm
Stalin's image on a new brand of soda says a lot about what's wrong with today's Russia.