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C's offer Rasheed Wallace a contract
An NBA source said that the Celtics made the Pistons free agent the offer during a meeting today.
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Bringing it home
The Red Sox play 10 more games before the All-Star break. All of them will take place at Fenway. Clearly, now is not the time for Boston to let up.
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Jobless rates rise
Unemployment rates rose in all the largest US metropolitan areas for the fifth straight month in May.
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Ferraris in Hartford
This Connecticut gathering of classic and late-model Ferraris is a rare treat.
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When lowball offers fail
Take the seller's position into account when you formulate your offer, or be prepared to lose out on a home.
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Your patriotic pets
Is your puppy or kittie a Yankee Doodle Dandy? Take a look at some readers' patriotic pets!
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11 Boston police officers in steroid scandal disciplined
The officers were disciplined for a scandal that humiliated the department and resulted in prison time for four patrolmen. (Boston Globe, 6:40 p.m.)
Like his predecessor Manny Ramírez, the Canadian native has long played the American pastime and is now an American citizen. Above, Bay with his wife, Kristen, at today's Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony.
Boston Globe arts reporter Geoff Edgers goes off on the endless rain.
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Judge queries Wilkerson, Turner photo releases
Prosecutors were ordered to explain why photographs were released following the arrests of the Boston politicians last year. (AP, 4:21 p.m.)

Chief of staff to Patrick
to step down this month
Doug Rubin, left, is leaving the post to help manage the governor's 2010 campaign. (Boston Globe, 12:39 p.m.)
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- Prosecutor: Bank robbers had been under surveillance
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- Study: New flu inefficient in attacking people
- Obama speaks on Putin, Michael Jackson, and more
- Unemployment hits 9.5 percent, 467K jobs cut in June
- Wasserman's Out of Line: Politicians offer remorse
- Everett & Grogan: The recession is making us sick
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Madoff's seized assets
US Marshals today took possession of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff's Manhattan penthouse (left). See what other possessions he's lost.
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What Jackson meant
One week after Michael Jackson's death, we reflect on his music, style, sex appeal, celebrity, and the many faces of the pop icon.
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Here's What I Don't Get
I saw on Facebook a quiz (one of the singularly stupidest things about Facebook) to measure one's "Jewishness"... This is not the first time my Jewishness has been called into question.









