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Obama speaks on Putin, Jackson, and more
Before he heads off for the July Fourth holiday, then a major foreign trip headlined by his first Russia summit, President Obama sat down today...
Forecasters predict downpours of up to 4 inches of rain, warn of floods
By Globe Staff The National Weather Service is warning this afternoon of possible flash flooding in areas in central and eastern Massachusetts, with some areas...
Recount affirms Walpole vote for library tax increase
By Christine Legere Globe Correspondent It was definitely a cliff-hanger, but a hand tally of over 5,000 election ballots on Monday night essentially supported the...
Today's Globe: doctors via robots, chelation study, swine flu in Britain
The robot glides past the beeping heart monitor, past a row of patients supine on their electric beds, past the beehive of the nurses’ station....
SPECIALS
From today's Boston Globe
To cut costs, Registry
closing 11 branches
Customers should expect longer wait times for driver’s licenses, license plates, and registrations as the state Registry of Motor Vehicles closes 11 branch offices to cope with a $13 million hit in this year’s state budget, Registry officials said yesterday. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
(David L Ryan / Globe Staff)Pyrotechnics poised,
Boston ready to rumble
A dozen shells are set to go screaming 700 feet over the Charles River tonight, starting one of the most tightly synchronized fireworks shows ever produced here. Above, preparations aboard the fireworks barge. (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
Driver, 83, crashes car into
Natick storefront, injuring clerk
Lately, Debra Blenkhorn hadn’t felt comfortable working behind the cash register at Fannon’s Liquor Store. (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
Report says tax breaks help
Hollywood, do little for Massachusetts
More than three years into a state program that awards lucrative tax incentives to lure filmmakers to Massachusetts, a new report by Governor Deval Patrick’s administration concludes that taxpayers are not getting their money’s worth. (By Frank Phillips, Globe Staff)
More from City & Region:
At Kelleher Rose Garden, dreary days dim, dull flowers’ bloom (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
Lawmakers tout budget work (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
Youth arraigned in New Bedford fatal shooting (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
Pope approves Mass. miracle, sets stage for a cardinal’s beatification (By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
MBTA cracking down on fare jumpers (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
Sail back aboard ‘Old Ironsides’ (By Tara Ballenger, Globe Correspondent)
State traffic deaths fall 16%, following US trend (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
TenPoint Coalition, MBTA launch effort to stem summer violence (By Jazmine Ulloa, Globe Correspondent)
Star Watch Scorpius and Sagittarius creep low but bright in summer sky (By Alan MacRobert, Globe Correspondent)
LATEST MASSACHUSETTS NEWS
FROM AP AND REUTERS
Mass. Rep. wants travel sites to offer safety info
Massachusetts Rep. Ed Markey has announced legislation intended to force Web sites that sell international travel to Americans to offer information about the health and safety conditions at their destinations. (AP, 11:58 a.m.)
8 killed in 4 Independence Day crashes in Mass.
Eight people are dead after four separate Independence Day crashes in eastern Massachusetts. Two of the accidents were triple fatalities, including a single-car crash at about 1 a.m. in Walpole and a rollover on Route 95 in Attleboro at about 2:45 a.m. that killed three men. (AP, 11:08 a.m.)
Mass. weighs tax credits for video game makers
Massachusetts is weighing a bill to extend the state's motion picture tax credits to video game makers. (AP, 11:08 a.m.)
Mass.: Movie incentives not moneymaker
A new report says Massachusetts taxpayers are not getting their money's worth from an incentive program to boost filmmaking in the state. (AP, 7:18 a.m.)
Mass Cash
The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the $100,000 Mass Cash game were: 3-11-16-17-24 (AP, 7/3/09)
Mega Millions winning numbers
Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Mega Millions lottery: 5-6-7-11-25 (AP, 7/3/09)
Boston Globe Regional Editions
Quincy buys Howard Johnson’s site off I-93
Quincy officials have agreed to buy a 7-acre site along Interstate 93 that once housed a popular Howard Johnson’s roadside restaurant when the highway opened 50 years ago. (By Robert Knox, Globe Correspondent)
Newton survey getting more scrutiny in an election year
Despite fears that Newton’s reputation as a well-run city may be slipping, this year’s citywide survey suggests residents are about as happy with schools and public safety as they were five years ago. (By Calvin Hennick, Globe Correspondent)