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Palin abused power, trooper probe says
Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, abused her power as Alaska governor by seeking to get a state trooper fired, says an investigative report...
Tank near Needham elementary school is breached
Needham parents, already concerned about air quality at their local elementary school, learned Friday an underground fuel tank at the school may have a breach....
NYT: Feds should help out Massachusetts, other states
State Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill's recent plea to the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston drew the attention of the New York...
Today's Globe: math and culture, cervical cancer vaccine, Brockton suit, rheumaotid arthritis drug, schizophrenia drug, uninsured outreach, Elizabeth Bennett Rice
Small nations that nurtured female mathematicians often produced more top competitors than far larger and wealthier nations, according to a study in next month's Notices...
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Experts accelerate plan to rescue manatee on Cape
Wildlife officials are speeding up a plan to rescue a lost manatee from chilly Cape Cod waters and move it to Florida because its health appears be deteriorating. (AP, 7 p.m.)
Media stocks fall and Viacom, CBS warn profit down
Entertainment media stocks dropped Friday as Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. slashed profit forecasts, and Sumner Redstone's theater chain announced it would sell Viacom and CBS shares to pay down debt. (AP, 5:55 p.m.)
Mass. commuter rail to get WiFi on all trains
Wireless Internet access will soon be available on every coach traveling on the MBTA's commuter rail lines. (AP, 4:32 p.m.)
Kerry rival accuses him of -- gasp -- Yankee insult
Republican Jeff Beatty is accusing Democrat John Kerry of leveling the worst possible insult in their U.S. Senate race. (AP, 4:30 p.m.)
One dead, another injured in Mass. lift collapse
One construction worker has been killed and another seriously injured in the collapse of a hydraulic lift platform in Waltham. (AP, 3:37 p.m.)
Boston Scientific shares fall to 52-week low
Shares of medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. hit a new 52-week low Friday as markets continued to tumble, extending a week of huge losses in equities. (AP, 3:20 p.m.)
From today's Boston Globe
DiMasi's friends got $1.8m more than reported
Three of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi's closest friends and business associates received more than $1.8 million in previously undisclosed payments from a computer software company and its sales agent, according to the state inspector general, in a secretive lobbying effort that coincided with the award of multimillion-dollar contracts from the state. (By Andrea Estes and Stephen Kurkjian, Globe Correspondent)
Rival charged with killing teen on T bus
Stuck in late-afternoon traffic near a major Dorchester crossroad, the MBTA bus was under attack by a furious group of teens, pounding on its side as they exchanged insults with Dwayne Graham and several friends, authorities said. (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
Thar she goes: Bill honoring 'Moby-Dick' advances
Call me Speranzo. The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill - sponsored by Representative Christopher N. Speranzo - that would make "Moby-Dick" the official "epic novel" of Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)
Adrian Walker | Globe Columnist
It's a question of mistrust
Mimi Ramos runs political campaigns for a living. But the battle to defeat Question 1 - the ballot question that would wipe out the state's income tax - poses a distinct challenge.
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Romney sits for gubernatorial portrait (Boston Globe)
Man charged with abducting boy, 13 (By Jeannie M. Nuss, Globe Correspondent)
Author of fabricated Holocaust memoir wins legal fight (By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
Limits urged on new arrivals (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
Degree rate stalls for young adults (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
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)
Boston Globe Regional Editions
After years of squabbling, a native son remembered
The words "Port Norfolk Remembers" are etched into a granite stone placed on a triangle of grass that memorializes Daniel Emmett O'Connor, a son of Dorchester and a State Department diplomat. (By Michele McPhee, Globe Correspondent)
Preservation of Round Top land again disputed in Boxford
For the second time in three years, a 4.3-acre wooded property off Round Top Road has become a focus of contention in Boxford. (By John Laidler, Globe Correspondent)
Daniel Webster College in Nashua joins number offering studies in homeland security
Parker Moore was in sixth grade when the planes flew into buildings on a brilliantly sunny September morning, and he remembers well what happened next: The police and fire departments were virtually unable to communicate with each other as they rushed to help. (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)
Raynham-Taunton owner in a race against ballot question that would shutter dog track
With less than four weeks until election day, Raynham-Taunton Greyhound Park owner George Carney is launching a counterattack against a state ballot question that would shut down his race track by January 2010. (By Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent)
Weather conditions will allow fall foliage to show true colors
Financial market meltdowns. Painfully high gas and food prices. Tom Brady's knee. OK, maybe it won't be a perfect autumn, but at least you won't be able to blame Mother Nature. (By Ralph Ranalli, Globe Staff)