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• Mass. officials, service groups brace for large budget cuts
• Firm to liquidate 15 funds after one 'broke the buck'
• Company delistings on NYSE increase
• Fed, Congress consider 2d stimulus program
• 30-year mortgage rates fall below 6%
• Wells Fargo to get Wachovia; rival walks
• Initial unemployment claims drop from 7-year high
• AIG ends spending for offsite meetings
• Retailers' numbers evidence of a slump
• Treasury plan fails to stem carnage

• Bogus donors raise questions
• McCain hammers away at Obama's Ayers connection
• Candidates step up battle over mortgage crisis
• Republicans try to tie Obama to vote fraud cases

• Scot Lehigh The new Old Gipper
• Ellen Goodman What don't they know?

• DiMasi's friends got $1.8m more than reported (By Andrea Estes and Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Correspondent)
• Mass. officials, service groups brace for large budget cuts (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Lobstermen trapped by faltering economy (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Thar she goes: Bill honoring 'Moby-Dick' advances (Boston Globe)
• Adrian Walker It's a question of mistrust (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• Man charged with abducting boy, 13 (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• Coach is charged with raping baby sitter (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Groups plan rescue of injured manatee (By Bina Venkataraman, Globe Correspondent)
• New England in brief Five students slightly injured in bus crash (Boston Globe)
• Romney sits for gubernatorial portrait (Boston Globe)
• Rival charged with killing teen passenger on T bus (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Degree rate stalls for young adults (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Limits urged on new arrivals (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
• VIDEO Mark Krikorian on guest worker programs
• Author of fabricated Holocaust memoir wins legal fight (By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
• Ex-lawmaker agrees to pay $488k in restitution to turbine customers (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
• Push to register voters makes impact at Pine St. Inn (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• MBTA hopes to raise $350 million with sale of bonds (By Jim O'Sullivan, State House News Service)

• Thomas Buckley, 73; priest served many parishes (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)
• Bruce Dal Canton; knuckleball pitcher became a coach for the Braves; at 66 (Boston Globe)
• J.B. Jeyaretnam, Singapore opposition figure (By Seth Mydans, New York Times News Service)
• Charles Wright, 76; NYC novelist wrote of black street life (By Bruce Weber, New York Times News Service)
• Donald Blakeslee, 90; one of WWII's top fighter pilots, flew nearly 500 missions (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times News Service)
• Aaron Katz, 92, tenaciously sought exoneration of Rosenbergs (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times News Service)
• Charlotte Kohler, at 99; was Va. Quarterly Review editor (By Matt Schudel, Washington Post)
• Elizabeth Bennett Rice, 55; started a cancer foundation (By Casey Ramsdell, Globe Correspondent)
• In brief Angela Pirrone (Boston Globe)

• In shift, Obama lauds Clinton era (By Scott Helman, Globe Staff)
• Survey tracks cancer vaccine (By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
• In shark tank, an asexual birth (By Steve Szkotak, Associated Press)
• Study finds culture a factor in female math achievement (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
• Another big airlift for WWII veterans (By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post)
• Daily Briefing Inmate not too fat to be executed (Boston Globe)
• Inouye attests to Stevens's honesty (By Tom Hays and Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press)
• Bogus donors raise questions (By Michael Luo and Griff Palmer, New York Times News Service)
• Campaign Notebook McCain hammers away at Obama's Ayers connection (Boston Globe)
• Republicans try to tie Obama to vote fraud cases (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)
• Candidates step up battle over mortgage crisis, ailing economy (By Foon Rhee, Globe Staff)
• Voices of the Holocaust dying away (By Maria L. LaGanga, Los Angeles Times)
• In California, gay rights activists mark progress one step at a time (By Maura Dolan and Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times)
• Among rights protected in the state (Boston Globe)
• Libya paying terror victims (By Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
• Tropical species, mammals under threat, studies find (By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press)
• Groups protest W.Va. chemical piles (By Tom Breen, Associated Press)
• Colleges offer students a chance to launch Hollywood careers (By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times)
• Amid crisis, pockets of prosperity (By Daniel Wagner, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)

• Militants strike Pakistan's antiterror police (By Laura King, Los Angeles Times)
• Dalai Lama scheduled to undergo gallstone surgery today (Boston Globe)
• Daily Briefing Clashes erupt in northern city (Boston Globe)
• Two US journalists released in Syria (By Albert Aji, Associated Press)
• Frenchman gets Nobel Prize for literature (By Matt Moore, Associated Press)
• France bans burqas in language classes (By Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press)
• Thailand drops treason charges against nine (By Thomas Fuller, International Herald Tribune)
• United States appears poised to take N. Korea off terror list (By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post)
• Iran suspends tax after strike (By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press)
• Amid tighter safety requirements, Chinese dairy farmers struggling (By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times)
• Gates: Target heroin trade in Taliban fight (By Peter Finn, Washington Post)
• Serbia's neighbors recognize Kosovo (By Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
• Bombing with 'sticky IEDs' rises in Iraq (By Ernesto Londono, Washington Post)
• Bombing kills Shi'ite politician in Baghdad (By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
• US looks to militias in new Afghan plan (By Julian E. Barnes, Los Angeles Times)
• UAE investors, looking to make statements, aren't seeking bargains (By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times)
• Calcutta's 'neighborhood of books' (By Emily Wax, Washington Post)

• Globe Editorial Keep reaching out to uninsured
• Globe Editorial Sense, not jokes, in Gloucester
• Globe Editorial Poetry has its pros
• Scot Lehigh The new Old Gipper
• Ellen Goodman What don't they know?
• VoxOp

• Analysis No halting market's avalanche (By Steven Syre, Globe Staff)
• Treasury plan fails to stem carnage (By Robert Gavin and Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• CD yields rise, luring the jittery (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Shuttle service hit by downdraft (By Nicole C. Wong, Globe Staff)
• Price drop leads OPEC to meet (Boston Globe)
• Retailers' numbers evidence of a slump (Boston Globe)
• AIG ends spending for offsite meetings (Boston Globe)
• Initial unemployment claims drop from 7-year high (Boston Globe)
• Business in brief Mass. might end appeals of insurance surcharges (Boston Globe)
• Price drop leads OPEC to meet (Boston Globe)
• Retailers' numbers evidence of a slump (Boston Globe)
• AIG borrows 57 percent of government loan: report (Reuters)
• Initial unemployment claims drop from 7-year high (Boston Globe)
• Auction of takeoff, landing 'slots' set (Boston Globe)
• 30-year mortgage rates fall below 6% (Boston Globe)
• Wells Fargo to get Wachovia; rival walks (Boston Globe)
• Fed, Congress consider 2d stimulus program (By Louis Uchitelle, New York Times News Service)
• Company delistings on NYSE increase (Boston Globe)
• Firm to liquidate 15 funds after one 'broke the buck' (Boston Globe)
• In tumultuous financial times, credit unions might be an option to consider (Boston Globe)

• Francona sets standard for managers (By Tony Massarotti, Globe Staff)
• Bruins 5, Avalanche 4 Bruins kick off with win (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• March lion (By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff)
• Patriot Bruschi has reunion with college coach (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Celtics' Walker has feet on ground (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Youth, movement (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• Bruins notebook Colborne a bigger man on campus (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Leafs spoil Red Wings' banner day (Boston Globe)
• Sports Log Cowboys clear Jones to play Sunday (Boston Globe)
• Dan Shaughnessy Tradition in Tampa? We're on thin ice (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Red Sox notebook Timlin is relieved to get back in the game (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Rays found the right mix to build (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Is Maroney's shoulder a burden (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Consensus: There's no place like dome (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Fantasy corner (Boston Globe)
• He's taking a big turn (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Playing the matchups (Boston Globe)
• Pro picks He's out of lineup, but never out of touch (By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff)
• NFL games on TV (Boston Globe)
• Phillies 3, Dodgers 2 Phillies turn on power (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Top 25 games (Boston Globe)
• NLCS notebook Manny mantra: What, me worry? (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• On college football Willingham, Robinson on hot seat (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Rays notebook Direction changed by beating the East (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• College football roundup Skinner drives Demon Deacons (Boston Globe)
• This weekend's N.E. games (Boston Globe)
• Boston College O-line is getting A's (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Atlantic preview Falcons expected to be a force in Atlantic Hockey (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• School roundup Cardinal Spellman wins battle of unbeatens (By Ryan Thomas, Globe Correspondent)
• Hockey East preview Terriers hopeful net result is more victories (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• ECAC preview Harvard two men down at the start (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• National outlook Sauer, Wolverines hungry for more (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Sports media Sox-Rays to be compelling tale (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• School football preview Everett visits proving ground (By Jon Raymond, Globe Correspondent)
• This week's picks (Boston Globe)
• This weekend on TV, radio (Boston Globe)

• Comic Mike Birbiglia takes a chance with 'Sleepwalk' (By Nick A. Zaino III, Globe Correspondent)
• Movie Review 'Rachel Getting Married' benefits from expert planning (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Critic's Notebook Does that sound familiar? Blame it on John Mayer. (By Joan Anderman, Globe Staff)
• Thar she goes: Bill honoring 'Moby-Dick' advances (Boston Globe)
• Music Review After 6 years, Maxwell returns, thrill intact (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Music Review LaMontagne embraces the 'Grain' (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Television Review 'SNL' cranks up political humor mill (By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff)
• Art Review Delight in detail (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
• Author of fabricated Holocaust memoir wins legal fight (By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
• Circus Review Lions, tigers, and dares (By Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
• Stages He's laughing all the way to the Oval Office (By Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
• Critics' picks Theater (Boston Globe)
• Classical notes A pianist poised between technique and poetry (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
• Classical picks (By Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe)
• Movie Review In 'City of Ember,' doomsday has a ray of hope (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review Italian romance tugs at the apron strings (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review A tale of spies, cells, and pulp thrills (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review 'The Greatest' show of Earth (By Janice Page, Globe Correspondent)
• Movie Review 'Express' doesn't stray from safe playbook (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• British soul singer Jamie Lidell takes flight with something new, something old (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• Simon Shaheen is an ambassador for traditional Arabic music (By Siddhartha Mitter, Globe Correspondent)
• Take 5 (By Sarah Rodman, Boston Globe)
• Decades on, they're still feeling the music (By James Sullivan, Globe Correspondent)
• Music Review Williams rumbles in night of surprises (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• Names A jewel of a celebrity boutique (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Boston Globe)
• Celebrity News Release date set (Boston Globe)

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