National special reports
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Finding the fallen
During World War II, more than 2,000 American pilots and crew members were lost over Papua New Guinea. Now a Pentagon team is trying to bring them home. (May 2008) |
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The Papal Visit
Coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's six-day, two-city visit to the United States, a nation enamored of his predecessor but largely unsure what to make of the new pontiff. (April 2008) |
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Virginia Tech shooting
A gunman identified as Seung-Hui Cho, 23, massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history. (April 2007) |
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Boston Globe wins 2007 Pulitzer Prize
Charlie Savage (left), a reporter for The Boston Globe's Washington, D.C., bureau, was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his work on presidential signing statements. Read the series here. (April 2007) |
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A promise to keep
Veterans Affairs is a vast agency that makes a vast promise: "To Care for Him Who Shall Have Borne the Battle and for His Widow, and His Orphan." But the VA is straining, and, many Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans say, often failing to live up to those words.(March 2007) Includes audio slideshows, audio, and information for veterans.
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25 New Englanders to Watch in Washington
Here are a few New Englanders, presented in no particular order, who may make a difference in Washington this year. Many of them come with questions attached -- on their effectiveness, on their agendas, on their ability to deliver to country and constituents. (March 2007) |
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Gerald R. Ford, 1913-2006
Gerald R. Ford Jr., the 38th president of the United States, whose earnest manner and manifest personal decency helped restore the confidence of a nation traumatized by the Watergate scandal, died Dec. 26. Includes photo galleries, NECN Video, and message boards
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The war after the war
They were an Army of Three. And when the bomb went off outside Baghdad, killing N.H.'s Jeremy Regnier, the survivors of the squad found their lives upended. (October 2006) Photos 'Welcome to Hell'
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AIDS at 25
A history of the disease seen through the eyes of its victims, the researchers who study it, and the activists who fight its spread. (June 2006)
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The science of evolution
Recent discoveries about how genes interact are changing the way we think about evolution. (March 2006) Read the series |
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Portraits in powerA three-part series Profiles of three leaders who represent the changing face of America's evangelical movement. (October 2005) 
Social Security on the front burnerA three-part series President Bush made Social Security reform the centerpiece of his second-term agenda. This series examines the economic and political stakes involved. (January - February 2005)
The stem cell debateThis Pulitzer Prize-winning series of articles by Globe health and science writer Gareth Cook details the complex medical and ethical dimensions of stem-cell research. (April - December 2004) 
Nursing homes show uneven gainsTwo years after the Bush administration began grading nursing homes, a Globe analysis of records indicates progress in some areas of patient care, but no gains in others. (December 2004)
chart Mass. nursing homes
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Deals, but no debate in CongressWith one party controlling the White House and Congress, the House leadership is changing the way laws are made in America, favoring secrecy and speed over open debate and negotiation. (October 2004) Includes graphics 
Ronald Reagan: 1911-2004An archive of coverage of the life, death, and legacy of President Ronald Reagan, who died on June 5, 2004, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. (June 2004)  A life in pictures
Includes photo galleries, timelines, and video
PHOTO GALLERY: Bush in the National Guard
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Charity begins at homeA Globe investigation found scores of private charitable foundations whose tax returns show charity officers are the principal beneficiaries of assets. (October - December 2003) Includes graphics
September 11: One year afterSeptember 11, 2002, passed quietly, a national requiem that found citizens and leaders grasping for words to describe the hellish events of the year before. (September 2002) timeline Major events since Sept. 11
Security, buildings, cities after 9/11Planners and architects are devising new ways to make structures ranging from office building to national landmarks safer in the post-Sept. 11 world. (July 2002)
Common-sense guide to keeping safeMost Americans are experiencing the symptoms of an epidemic: fear. (November 2001) Includes graphics 
New day of infamyTerrorists hijacked four passenger jets and turned them into guided missiles on Sept. 11, 2001, in choreographed attacks that left thousands dead and shredded the nation's sense of security. (September 2001) Photo galleries
Includes graphics, timelines, Globe front pages
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