Apr. 11, 2011
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President Obama will call for new curbs on Medicare and Medicaid spending, an aide said, while a top House Republican predicted that a bipartisan deal to cut Social Security costs is possible this summer. (Globe)
Dan Shaughnessy > Red Sox 4, Yankees 0

On this night, Beckett was total package

Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett (Jim Rogash/ Getty Images)
So there is hope, after all. The Sox just took a series from the Yankees and Josh Beckett looks like he might be better than your average No. 4 starter. (Boston Globe)

Summers thrives in return to Harvard

Economics guru and controversial former university president Lawrence Summers appears most at ease in front of the classroom as a professor. (Boston Globe)
Ben Keefe, 3, watched rays pass by in the New England Aquarium's new touch tank

Ben Keefe, 3, watched rays pass by in the New England Aquarium’s new touch tank, in which visitors can dip their hands to make contact with sharks and rays. (Boston Globe)

DeLeo rejects early disclosure of donors

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo declined to release the names of those attending a political fund-raiser he held last week, choosing to wait until July. (Boston Globe)

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