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Special ed director
said to siphon $10m
The former director of the Merrimack Special Education Collaborative is facing allegations that he fleeced the publicly funded organization, set up to provide education services to special needs children, of more than $10 million while paying himself, a former girlfriend, and a handful of top staff extravagant salaries and bonuses. (By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff)
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Kerry, McCain push role in Libya
Senators John F. Kerry and John McCain, seeking to defuse a contentious debate over funding for US military operations in Libya, proposed a resolution yesterday offering congressional support for President Obama’s policy in the North African country. (By Theo Emery, Globe Staff)
Panel backs $2b
convention center expansion
A state panel yesterday recommended a $2 billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center that would nearly double the size of the Seaport District complex but require tax increases and public subsidies to finance it. (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
Complaint tally grows
at Carney psych unit
The firing of 29 nurses and mental health counselors at Carney Hospital last month followed five complaints of abuse or neglect on the adolescent psychiatry unit — not one as initially disclosed by the hospital — according to state officials. (By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff)
Files link Cahill to lottery’s ’10 ad blitz
Former state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill was directly involved in the state lottery’s decision to launch a $1.65 million taxpayer-funded advertising blitz seen as benefiting his campaign for governor last year, according to e-mails and other documents obtained by the Globe. (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
Metro
- $10m in special education funds diverted, inspector general says (By Michael Rezendes, Globe Staff)
- Complaint tally grows at Carney psych unit (By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff)
- Cahill led lottery advertising blitz during his run for governor (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
- FDA unveils graphic cigarette warning labels (By Deborah Kotz and Neena Satija, Globe Staff And Globe Correspondent)
- Lawyers seek to revitalize Boston police board (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
- Late activist remembered for shaping Orchard Gardens (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
- Video Orchard Park renamed for beloved activist
- The officer and the champion golfer (By Brian McGrory, Globe Staff)
- Brian McGrory Waterfront hits its stride (By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist)
- FBI gets rash of calls about Bulger, Greig (By Ben Wolford, Globe Correspondent)
- BOSTON Female researcher wins suit over firing (Boston Globe)
- BOSTON More budgeted for community centers (Boston Globe)
- MELROSE 3 injured when car crashes into pharmacy (Boston Globe)
- MASHPEE Coast Guard searches for missing boater (Boston Globe)
- WESTON Plan approved to clean up Charles River (Boston Globe)
- QUINCY Man shot woman through floor, police say (Boston Globe)
- Bourne removes lifeguard positions (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
- Lowell detective fires after suspects ram cruiser (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
- North Quincy High set to reopen after scare (By Jessica Bartlett, Globe Correspondent)
- Advocates push mandate for cancer screening (By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service)
- Groups trained to use visas to protect trafficking victims (By Russell Contreras, Associated Press)
- Gun control measures called misguided at hearing (By Kyle Cheney, State House News Service)
Regional editions
Globe North
- The old ball game (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
Globe West
- Bay Circuit Trail undergoes course correction in Medfield (By James O’Brien, Globe Correspondent)
Globe South
- Cohasset police make a case to get their own canine unit (By Johanna Seltz, | Globe Correspondent)
Obituaries
- Roger Gentilhomme; athlete who continued to compete after hitting 100 (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
- A. Whitney Ellsworth; first publisher of New York Review (By William Grimes, New York Times)
- Maria Valentim, said to be world’s oldest human at 114 (Associated Press)
- Edith R. Wyden; researcher was mother of US senator (By Terrence Petty, Associated Press)
Nation
- Kerry, McCain push Senate resolution to support US role in Libya (By Theo Emery, Globe Staff)
- Much at stake in Obama speech on Afghan pullout (By Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post)
- 11,000 told to leave as North Dakota river swells (Associated Press)
- Drivers’ use of phones called a deadly risk (Associated Press)
- New scrutiny for Philadelphia friskings (Associated Press)
- Memphis saves 500 jobs MLK backed (Associated Press)
- Wildfire battle in north Florida claims lives of 2 rangers (Associated Press)
- N.Y. says mother killed boy over broken TV (Associated Press)
- 11 defendants settle with Texas bus crash victims (Associated Press)
- Giffords has memoir deal; Kelly retires from NASA (By Hillel Italie, Associated Press)
- Medicaid for middle class? Yes, for now (By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
- Huntsman seeks to define candidacy in N.H. primary (By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent)
- Political Notebook Panetta a 100-0 pick for Pentagon (Associated Press)
World
- Pakistan holds army officer suspected of extremist link (By Salman Masood, New York Times)
- Violin sold for $16m for Japan relief (Associated Press)
- Egypt puts a presidential poll on Facebook (Associated Press)
- Haiti leader’s pick for PM is rebuffed (Associated Press)
- UN chief gets unanimous nod for 2d term (Associated Press)
- Wrong turn lands penguin in New Zealand (Associated Press)
- Confidence vote buoys Berlusconi (Associated Press)
- Paired car bombs kill 24 in Iraq (By Aziz Alwan and Tim Craig, Washington Post)
- Syria stages rallies by loyalists (By Anthony Shadid, New York Times)
- NATO helicopter downed in Libya (By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post)
- Greek leader survives vote of confidence (By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)
Editorial and opinion
- Globe Editorial Tornado that struck Springfield needn’t wreck its finances, too
- Globe Editorial Bulger’s girlfriend: Fight crime with gossip
- Globe Editorial NATO dysfunction is a two-way street
- Jeff Jacoby The world’s best policeman
- Scot Lehigh Did you hear the one about...
- Carlo Rotella In this corner
Sports
- Padres 5, Red Sox 4 Sox go belly up in loss (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Bob Ryan Hoping to fill some gaps in baseball (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
- Special teamers (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)
- NBA Draft Pace is picking up for UConn’s Walker (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
- Bud Collins Tears pave comeback road (By Bud Collins, Globe Correspondent)
- Sports Log Report: Spurs dangling Parker for pick (Boston Globe)
- Rematch comes up way short (By Danielle Rossingh, Bloomberg News)
- On baseball Reddick’s time is right now (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
- Red Sox notebook Stomach bug bites Beckett (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
- Baseball roundup Giant pounding for Twins (Associated Press)
- Soccer notes One foot out the door in Brazil? (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
- NBA owners now offering players ‘flex cap’ (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
- NFL labor talks shifting to Boston (By Barry Wilner, Associated Press)
- Bruins Chara and Thomas up for honors at NHL Awards in Las Vegas (By KevinPaul Dupont, Globe Staff)
- South 12, North 7 Molta shines for South (By Juan Rivera, Globe Correspondent)
Business
- Panel backs $2b plan to expand convention center (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
- Photos History of the Boston Convention Center
- Biotech firms want drug approval hastened (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
- Multiple wedding services under one roof in Andover (By Taryn Luna, Globe Correspondent)
- New addresses won’t be big change for Internet users (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
- Raytheon wins a $1.7b Saudi defense contract (By Taryn Luna, Globe Correspondent)
- Fallon Clinic, Atrius accept extra scrutiny to merge (By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff)
- Fight not over for Wal-Mart (By Karen Gullo, Margaret Cronin Fisk, and Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News)
- Comcast rolls out plan to shorten wait times for repairs, installation (By Alex Sherman, Bloomberg News)
- Gannett laying off 700 more (Associated Press)
- Walgreen falls as contract doesn’t renew (Bloomberg News)
- Nokia dials up new phones in Asia (Bloomberg News)
- Bookseller’s loss larger than expected (Associated Press)
- JetBlue plans large Airbus order (Associated Press)
- Agency left possible fraud unchecked (New York Times)
- AROUND THE REGION For-profit schools face new scrutiny (Associated Press)
- AROUND THE REGION Tesaro gains $101m in financing (Globe Staff)
- AROUND THE REGION Airline plans nonstop Chicago route (By Katie Johnston, Globe Staff)
- Staples resold devices holding consumer data (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
- JPMorgan to settle fraud case (By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press)
- New rules to speed union elections (By Sam Hananel, Associated Press)
- Teen held in Sony hacking (By Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press)
- Airfares stacked against consumers as carriers score low on satisfaction index (Globe Wire Services)
- Stocks head higher on optimism for Greece (Boston Globe)
- MARKET MOVERS Grocer climbs on executive’s comments (Boston Globe)
- MASS. MOVERS Revenue estimate sparks Acme Packet (Boston Globe)
- F5 Networks (Boston Globe)
- Sears Holdings Corp. (Boston Globe)
- Tower Bancorp Inc. (Boston Globe)
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- Dining Out
Locke-Ober is back, slightly updated but with iconic charm intact (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
- Cambridge chef demonstrates cooking well in a galley-size kitchen space (By Bridget Samburg, Globe Correspondent)
- Recipe for fluke with salsa verde (Boston Globe)
- Recipe for mackerel with Vietnamese cucumber salad (Boston Globe)
- Cheap Eats Pronti wraps up breakfast, lunch, and dinner (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Correspondent)
- Sunday Supper & More The virtues of white fish in baked dish and salad (By Sheryl Julian, Globe Staff)
- Sunday Supper & More Sunday Supper shopping list (Boston Globe)
- Sunday Supper & More Roast hake with sauteed cherry tomatoes and mini peppers (Boston Globe)
- Sunday Supper & More Fish rolls (Boston Globe)
- Food | Travel Arab-Americans in Dearborn, Mich., display a cuisine both familiar and popular (By Ted Weesner Jr., Globe Correspondent)
- Namoura (Boston Globe)
- Movie Review ‘Armadillo’ follows the Danes to war (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
- Movie Review
‘Queen of the Sun’ documentary is a real bee movie (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
- Galleries Pavlisko, Wetzel, Khaki exhibits in Boston and Wellesley (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
- A true taste of Pakistan at Punjabi Grill in Framingham (By Jennifer Wolcott, Globe Correspondent)
- Chicken Karahi (Boston Globe)
- Food historians Keith Stavely and Kathleen Fitzgerald blow the lid off traditional New England cookery (By Jane Dornbusch, Globe Correspondent)
- New England Baked Beans, from 1881 (Boston Globe)
- Beans and bacon, from 1747 (Boston Globe)
- ‘Diamond Dishes’ serves up baseball stars talking about their favorite foods (By Jane Dornbusch, Globe Correspondent)
- Guacamole Gonzalez (Boston Globe)
- A Tank Away Spend a little time in fair territory in New Britain, Conn. (By Ellen Albanese, Globe Correspondent)
- G Force Claudia Roden’s new cookbook, ‘The Food of Spain,’ offers food from the Canary Islands to Catalonia (By Jialu Chen, Globe Staff)
- Short Orders Coffee to perfection, and more at Fazenda (By Clara Silverstein, Globe Correspondent)
- Short Orders Smart cookie (By Rachel Travers, Globe Correspondent)
- Short Orders Using your NoOodle (By Debra Samuels, Globe Correspondent)
- Book Review Curious characters bend crime fiction’s rules in Ruth Rendell’s ‘Tigerlily’s Orchids’ (By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe)
- Music Review Loggins, Pops celebrate sounds of summer (By Marc Hirsh, Globe Correspondent)
- TELEVISION REVIEW Olbermann comes out swinging as ‘Countdown’ returns (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- Names A world of possibility (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Geils bassist Klein joins Fluties (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Fenway concerts permit reportedly in place (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Shire to Tanglewood (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Stepping out in town (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Shepherding a bill (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names FDR book buy (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Lambton joins Quahog Day in Hyannis (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Meester on the set of ‘Dad’ (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names ‘Citizen USA’ screens at JFK (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- Names Natick family gets a visit from Celtics (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
- More celebrity news Fugitive arrested (Associated Press)
- Critic’s Corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
- ‘The Transporter’ available on Max on Comcast (Boston Globe)
- Daily radio and TV guide for Greater Boston (Boston Globe)
- Annie's Mailbox Annie’s Mailbox (Boston Globe)
- Bird sightings on Cape Cod (Boston Globe)
- This day in history (Boston Globe)
- To do list (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
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