The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2007:
Homeowners come first
Sep 01, 2007 ... PRESIDENT BUSH opened a dialogue with Congress yesterday to devisea bipartisan plan to help people with mortgage difficulties keeptheir homes. The final package cannot be expected to protecteverybody with poor credit ratings who took out a mortgage, norshould it shield investors who ...
Crisp didn't take crash as exit sign
Sep 01, 2007; ... Coco Crisp slumped over in center field in the sixth inning lastnight after careening into the wall on a Miguel Tejada double.Another injured Red Sox player? It seemed almost fitting. The injuries are spreading almost by the hour for Boston. Beforetheir 9-8 loss to the Orioles, ...
QUICK PICKS
Sep 01, 2007; ... Back to school In honor of the new school year, which for many starts next week,Artbeat is hosting a class today for kids preparing to get back tobusiness. From 3 to 6 p.m., children over the age of 4 (includingcollege students who like pretty school supplies) can drop in andmake ...
A Bloomberg's love affair with faith
Sep 01, 2007; ... SPIRITUAL LIFE Though a dedicated member of her Medford synagogue for 60 years,when it came time for her son's bar mitzvah, 98-year-old CharlotteBloomberg went elsewhere. "Michael [that's Michael, the self-made billionaire and mayor ofNew York] had his bar mitzvah at Temple ...
As summer's end approaches, constellations trade places
Sep 01, 2007; ... STAR WATCH It is still officially summer for three more weeks, but summer isdoomed. The Labor Day weekend signals the end. Astronomically, summer is defined as lasting until the fallequinox, when the sun crosses the equator heading south for the year.That will happen at 5:51 ...
Fish lets Robredo get off the hook; Up a break in 5th, American falters
Sep 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - It was impossible not to glance upward, to the top rowof the 23,737-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium. There, beyond the largelyunoccupied rows that comprise the oft-maligned nosebleed section,some 100 people were standing, leaning over the railing, looking oneway and then the ...
US looking to book trip; Victory punches ticket for Beijing
Sep 01, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS - Today is The Day. By the time the Wilson sisters ofHeart take the stage at the Las Vegas Hilton and Penn & Teller bringout their woodchopper, the United States men's basketball team willknow if it has punched a ticket to China. It appears to be prettymuch a foregone ...
He put on putting clinic; Villegas sinks eight birdies to grab lead
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORTON - In 62 PGA Tour events, Camilo Villegas has earned threesecond-place finishes and two thirds. The 25-year-old native ofColombia has yet to break into the victory column, but yesterday hedisplayed some outstanding putting on his way to an 8-under-par 63. That put him alone ...
AIDS TEST CONSENT AT ISSUE IN MASS. Federal push to ease rules could cost state
Sep 01, 2007; ... Massachusetts is resisting a year-old push by federal healthauthorities to make getting an HIV test as easy as being screened forcholesterol or diabetes, arguing that AIDS remains so freighted withsocial stigma that a test should not be done without a patient'sspecific written ...
A love revolution, Goldwater-style
Sep 01, 2007; ... SO FAR IN Campaign 2008, the one contender who seems to havegenerated the most grassroots excitement isn't really a contender atall. Ron Paul, the Republican congressman from Texas, doesn't havemuch chance of winning. When the mainstream media have noticed Paul at all, they ...
Richardson is running, he's not an also-ran
Sep 01, 2007 ... MARCELLA BOMBARDIERI might have dug deeper in her analysis ofuniversities' contributions to the presidential campaign ("Academiahas '08 cash clout," Page A1, Aug. 23). The Tufts figure of nearly$50,000, all to the Democratic Party, reflects to a considerabledegree our affection for one ...
Where's Opus?
Sep 01, 2007 ... I OBJECT to your decision not to print last Sunday's Opus comicstrip, in which one of the characters tries on radical Islam as the"hot new fad." I can only guess at your motives, since you chose to substitute anearlier strip without any explanation to your readers. However, ...
EMERSON MAKES RESTROOMS GENDER NEUTRAL; Joins other schools after student pleas
Sep 01, 2007; ... On the inside, a set of bathrooms at Emerson College looks likestandard fare. On the outside, there are newfangled signs to ease theconcerns of students who prefer not to signal that they are enteringa men's or women's bathroom. The symbols are gender-neutral, a picture of a man ...
Eagles' Raji can't play today; Academic problem must first be resolved
Sep 01, 2007; ... Boston College will open its season today against Wake Forestwithout starting right defensive tackle B.J. Raji, who has beendeclared ineligible because of an academic issue. It's possible hecould be finished for the season because of a discrepancy in thenumber of credits he has accrued ...
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2007 ... THE REGION British drug maker might not build in Lexington Drug maker Shire PLC said its $210 million expansion plan for twonew buildings on Patriot Way in Lexington is on hold. SpokesmanMatthew Cabrey said the British company might build its manufacturingand technical ...
`Our Game' traces the ups and downs of basketball in New England
Sep 01, 2007; ... BOOK REVIEW Remember "Swisher" Mitchell, "Porky" Vieira, or Jack "The Shot"Foley? In "Our Game," a short, affectionate general history of NewEngland college and amateur basketball, Providence Journal columnistBill Reynolds recovers the exploits of such forgotten hoopsters,quirky ...
Despite some opposition, Botsford is confirmed to SJC; Critics call her sentences lenient
Sep 01, 2007; ... Superior Court Judge Margot G. Botsford was confirmed to a seat onthe Supreme Judicial Court yesterday, despite renewed complaints fromsome members of the Governor's Council that her sentences were toolenient and her political connections too deep. In a 5-to-3 vote, the council ...
W. MASS. TOWNS UNITE IN MOURNING SOLDIER'S DEATH; Middlefield corporal's love of family and pranks recalled
Sep 01, 2007; ... AGAWAM - If it takes a village to raise a child, the same canapply when it comes time to mourn one. Almost 1,000 people from small hilltop communities in WesternMassachusetts came to honor the life of Corporal Jeremy PaulBouffard, 21, of Middlefield, one of 14 soldiers killed Aug ....
Two charged in 2005 slayings Victims found slain in bunker
Sep 01, 2007; ... Two men were arrested and charged with murder yesterday in the2005 killings of two homeless men found in an old military bunkerjust outside a Hingham park. Eric J. Snow, 25, of Bridgewater, and James S. Winquist, 23, ofWeymouth, are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Hingham ...
A Cadillac that pumps out power; High performance, price for the XLR- V sports car
Sep 01, 2007; ... Can any Cadillac, especially a sports car sprung from a long lineof big steel sedans, be worth $100,000? That's the question we hope to answer by flogging today's testcar, the 2007 Cadillac XLR-V. Before venomous mail arrives asking whyI'm reviewing a $100,000 car that few people ...
NAMES
Sep 01, 2007; ... Starstruck Walpole Little Leaguer Tim Sullivan was wowed to meet coach BillBelichick before the Pats' final preseason game Thursday at GilletteStadium. (Stars in their own right, Sullivan and his Walpole pals didus proud in the Little League World Series.) "I just couldn't ...
Disaster relief needed for manufacturing
Sep 01, 2007; ... A TOOL and hardware plant closes in Massachusetts; a knitting millshuts down in North Carolina; workers are laid off at an aircraftfactory in Connecticut - the decades-long decline of manufacturing inAmerica keeps producing one sad story after another. Many of theoperations that remain, ...
CHESS NOTES
Sep 01, 2007; ... This game between Nick de Firmian and Even Thingstad is from theArctic Chess Challenge held in Norway at the Arctic Circle and won byAlexander Moiseenko of the Ukraine. It is a long game which precludesmuch commentary. But it is well worth playing over: It proves that arated-A player can ...
Hear, hear for marathon men; Djokovic survives cramps, Stepanek
Sep 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Noise. It was noise that might have shattered the sound barrier at 3:49yesterday afternoon, and it lasted well beyond a minute. Excited,joyful, happy, appreciative noise - an explosion of cheers andapplause and yelling of the names of the two men who had assaultedeach ...
She drew on the Red Sox for coloring-book inspiration
Sep 01, 2007; ... In 2004, Peg Connery-Boyd of Mystic, Conn., was looking forsomething to keep her three young sons busy on a road trip that wouldtake them to Cape Cod, New Hampshire, and Boston, where they wouldcatch a Red Sox game. "I was sick of the Game Boys," said Connery-Boyd, a native of ...
Correction
Sep 01, 2007 ... Correction: An op-ed Friday incorrectly described plans forproperty next to the former summer house of artist Edward Hopper ...
Critic's corner
Sep 01, 2007; ... Flight of the Conchords Tomorrow at 10:35 p.m., HBO The sad news: Bret (right) and Jemaine (left), New Zealand's ownfolk-parody duo, are wrapping up their first season tomorrow night.They stole my heart with their sweet stupidity and their search forminor fame in New York. The good ...
Kenneth Dawson, child psychiatrist; at 59
Sep 01, 2007; ... Psychiatrist Kenneth R. Dawson was a lifeline to scores of Bostonarea children for 25 years, sticking by some of the most troubledyoung souls and their families. "He was very patient, unflappable, and thoughtful," said Dr.Joseph McCabe, who worked with Dr. Dawson at Harvard ...
GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY; Something for everyone on an eventful first day
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORTON - For openers, the good golf was very good. And the badgolf? Well, that was pretty good stuff, too, at least so far asentertainment value goes, because the story lines were plentiful inthe group of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Vijay Singh inyesterday's opening round of the ...
Choi forced to back out; He'll rest before final two events
Sep 01, 2007; ... DEUTSCHE BANK NOTEBOOK NORTON - No doubt, the bogey-bogey finish hurt his spirits. But itwas the pain in his back that forced K.J. Choi to withdraw afteryesterday's first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPCBoston. "The pain wasn't severe, but he didn't want to ...
Duff, and her tunes, are all dolled up
Sep 01, 2007; ... Music Review / Hilary Duff With the Click Five At: Bank of America Pavilion,Thursday If Barbie were a pop star, she would be Hilary Duff. Duff came toBoston on Thursday, and Barbie was in the house: sparkly gold shorts,pretty plastic voice, devoted little girls, ...
Turkey's historical amnesia
Sep 01, 2007 ... NINETY-TWO years ago, the legal term "genocide" had yet to beadopted, but foreign missionaries and diplomats knew that a campaignof unprecedented savagery was destroying the Armenians of easternAnatolia, in what was then the Ottoman empire. "The ultimateobjective of the actions against ...
INMATES HOME ON FARM; Plymouth program a tourist draw
Sep 01, 2007; ... PLYMOUTH - Aaron Fernandes works on a farm and nursery in Plymouthseven days a week, rising just after dawn to feed and exercise thehorses and goats, haul bales of hay, and tend to the greenhouses. But what makes Fernandes different from the traditional farmer isthat after a long ...
COUNCILORS URGE TOUGHER RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS; After fire, Menino defends city's system
Sep 01, 2007; ... City councilors called for tougher inspections of city restaurantsyesterday following a grease-fueled fire that exploded at a Chineserestaurant in West Roxbury Wednesday, killing two firefighters andtriggering a debate about whether greater city vigilance could haveaverted the ...
Reworked No. 4 draws mixed reviews; Players finding thatchallenges abound
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORTON - The ever-changing terrain of TPC Boston, featuring aslimmed-down and seductive par-4 fourth hole this year, yesterdaycame up against the face of golf, Tiger Woods, and not so politelypopped him in the nose. Woods, the defending champion of the Deutsche Bank ...
MAKING WAVES; Controversial celebrity newsman Geraldo Rivera is no stranger to rough weather, on land and at sea
Sep 01, 2007; ... MARION - Carrying a cup of coffee, French bread, and a change ofclothes, Geraldo Rivera debarks from Belle, a 36-foot Hinckleypowerboat named for one of his daughters, and pads down the dock in apair of Uggs. "I've worn these in Tora Bora and Somalia," he says, admiring thesuede ...
`Halloween' remake is a suspense killer
Sep 01, 2007; ... Movie Review / Halloween / * Written and directed by: Rob Zombie Starring: Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch,andTyler Mane At: Boston Common, Fenway, Boston, and suburbs Running time: 97 minutes Rated: R (strong brutal bloody violence and ...
CANDIDATES HOPE TO CLICK WITH KEYWORDS; Search engine ads link to campaigns
Sep 01, 2007; ... Do a Google search for "POW," and besides links to advocacy groupsand databases, an ad appears that links to Republican John McCain'spresidential campaign website. A Yahoo search for "Iowa caucus" turns up a similar ad forDemocrat Barack Obama. And a Yahoo search for "Iraq war" ...
US takes steps to ease housing crisis; Bush, Bernanke aim to calm shaky markets
Sep 01, 2007; ... President Bush and Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernankeyesterday took small, but symbolic steps aimed at easing thespreading housing and foreclosure crisis, and calming jitteryfinancial markets. Bush, at a White House briefing, revealed a plan that would makeit easier for an ...
Round a recipe for disaster
Sep 01, 2007; ... NORTON - You have been privileged to be invited to a gourmetdinner hosted by three of the world's finest chefs. You arrive ripewith anticipation, fully expecting to be delighted by delicacies thatreflect the unique talents and signature touches of the best at theirprofession. You ...
The call of the wild
Sep 01, 2007; ... YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. SO NICE of the black bear to join me for sunrise. Well, actually, this fur ball, tinted in dusty cinnamon and blond,was thankfully not interested in me for a formal date. It walkedright past me in the parking lot at Glacier Point, the ...
Vacancies down and rents up in Boston
Sep 01, 2007; ... After several years of upward movement, second-quarter activity inBoston's office market was "almost at the peak achieved in 2000,"according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle, a Chicago realestate money management and services firm with a big presence inBoston. Rents and ...
An exit from the halls of Justice
Sep 01, 2007 ... RE "GONZALES quits; probes go on" (Page A1, Aug. 28): Who knew?Well, the Senate knew, or should have known, that Alberto Gonzales'schief claim to confirmation was his puppylike pandering to thepresident. Loyalty to a political team may be acceptable, but a submissiveand ...
Location scouting in Connecticut
Sep 01, 2007 ... WHILE IT may seem to folks like film director Sam Weisman("Action," Living/Arts, Aug. 25) that there are no cities inConnecticut, he has really missed the boat (or the Amtrak). Hartford may have fewer citizens than Dorchester, but it's a realcity, struggling to deal with crime and ...
Toll hikes? How about accountability?
Sep 01, 2007 ... WHEN THE former Artery Business Committee, a.k.a. "A Better City,"expounds on turnpike tolling and fiduciary responsibility ("Ins andouts of toll revenues," Letters, Aug. 28), turn to the Globe comicspage. The tolls on the Metropolitan Highway System and the reservesplaced at the ...
Hot market for office space; Beacon Capital to pay $390m for half of One Financial
Sep 01, 2007; ... Beacon Capital Partners LLC, which had sold most of its Boston-area real estate, is jumping back in as a buyer despite record highprices for commercial properties, agreeing to acquire half of OneFinancial Center for a reported $390 million. The Boston private real estate investment ...
She marched with the Rev. Vernon Carter
Sep 01, 2007 ... I WAS saddened to read of the Rev. Vernon Carter's death(Obituaries, Aug. 25). He was an intelligent, caring, andcompassionate man who tried to make right many of the social ills inthis city. He put his body on the line many times to accomplish theseimportant tasks. I had the ...
The weather in the war zones
Sep 01, 2007 ... I SEE the Globe is finally including temperatures in Baghdad andKabul on its weather page. It has bothered me for years that withwars being waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, there has been a glaringomission of the extreme temperatures our troops have to endure inaddition to all the other ...
One Gilson, one goal
Sep 01, 2007; ... SCHOOL FOOTBALL / DIVISION 2 It happened all of a sudden, but in reality, the Gilson brothershad been preparing their whole lives for coach Mike Redding'sdecision. Tom was to relinquish his job as Mansfield's starting quarterbackto his younger brother Mark. Tom had ...
Skills transfer well; Unwanted at Illinois, Mele finds home at NU
Sep 01, 2007; ... BROOKLINE - It was just one outstanding highlight on a tape fullof them. But that's all it took to convince Northeastern footballcoach Rocky Hager that Joe Mele, then a redshirt freshman linebackerwho was looking to transfer from Illinois after Ron Zook replaced thefired Ron Turner, ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2007 ... BOSTON US appeals court reinstates tobacco suit A federal appeals court yesterday vacated a lower-court rulingthat threw out a lawsuit by three Maine residents asserting there hasbeen deceptive and unfair advertising by makers of so-called lightcigarettes. Lori Spellman, ...
TONIGHT'S TOP STORY: TV NEWS FANATICS; Young bloggers obsess over local TV news ; Young bloggers obsess over local coverage
Sep 01, 2007; ... Every night, Rob Mignogna records every 6 p.m. newscast in Bostonand studies how each station covers the day's stories. Then hewrites about them on his blog. "I am more into news than I am into sports. I am hopelesslyaddicted to anything related to the Boston news scene," ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Sep 01, 2007 ... BOSTON Authorities seek missing swimmer, 80 Boston police and firefighters searched last night for an 80-year-old man who went missing from the L Street Bathhouse on ColumbiaRoad. John Finn went for a swim in the midafternoon and did notreturn, police said. Police were called ...
Romney cites Iowa case in defending antigay stance
Sep 01, 2007 ... CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK Mitt Romney, already leading the Republican pack in Iowa, istrying to capitalize on the gay marriage issue bubbling up in thefirst caucus state. After a judge on Thursday struck down Iowa's law banning same-sexmarriage, Romney quickly condemned the ruling ...
Ex-worker loses bid for share of Putnam deal
Sep 01, 2007; ... A state Appeals Court panel yesterday upheld a decision that aformer employee of Putnam Investments isn't entitled to a share ofthe millions of dollars the Boston company paid to settle charges itallowed improper trades in its mutual funds. The employee, Peter Scannell, was a key ...
BEARDS OF A FEATHER
Sep 01, 2007 ... STORY IN CAPTION With the movie "Bachelor No. 2" filming in Boston, an emergencycasting call went out for an extra to play a rabbi. Based on theirphotos, four men were ...
IMMIGRATION AGENCY RAID CAPTURES 36; Officials say they all have ties to MS-13 street gang
Sep 01, 2007; ... Federal immigration officials said yesterday that they captured 36alleged members or associates of the MS-13 street gang in a three-day sweep of Greater Boston this week, including one accused ofmurder. Speaking for the first time since they launched the raids Tuesday,triggering ...
Randolph teenager arraigned in fatal shooting
Sep 01, 2007; ... QUINCY - A 17-year-old Randolph man was arraigned yesterday on afirst-degree murder charge, stemming from a July 4 shooting inRandolph that prosecutors believe was retaliation for a 2004 Bostonhomicide. Prosecutors charged Jeanmarie F. Thebaud with shooting and killingJohn S ....
PAINFUL DEFEAT FOR SOX; Drew exits after Wakefield scratched
Sep 01, 2007; ... Orioles 9, Red Sox 8 For an instant, the ball that blasted off Miguel Tejada's batfound its way into the glove of Coco Crisp, who had raced to thedepths of center field to make the play. But once Crisp ran full speed into the wall, the ball squirtedfrom his glove, giving the ...
ROCKET MEN
Sep 01, 2007 ... STORY IN CAPTION During launch day of a rocket-building summer camp for Boston highschool students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology baseballfield, sponsored by Machine Science of ...
NFL SUSPENDS HARRISON; League says Patriots safety used a performance- enhancing substance
Sep 01, 2007; ... Patriots safety Rodney Harrison is used to delivering crushingblows, but this time he delivered one to his own team. The NFL announced last night that Harrison has been suspendedwithout pay for the first four games of the season for violating theleague's policy on ...
PAVED WITH GOOD INTENT; In drivers' eyes,Bristol improved
Sep 01, 2007; ... AUTO RACING NOTES When Bristol Motor Speedway resurfaced its .533-mile track inpreparation for last Saturday's Sharpie 500, Jeff Byrd, the track'spresident and general manager, cautioned his minions to be preparedto face a backlash. "When we first started the whole process, ...
Francona gets encouraging news on Ramirez; Severity of injury to be determined
Sep 01, 2007; ... RED SOX NOTEBOOK The most-watched oblique muscle in town was put under examinationyesterday, and the results seem to be positive. Manny Ramirez, out since Tuesday because of a strained leftoblique, underwent an MRI to determine the severity of the injury. "The amount of ...
Last-minute casting call turns out hairy [Corrected 09/05/07]
Sep 01, 2007; ... It was an emergency. Or, as much an emergency as a casting callcan be. With the filming of "Bachelor No. 2," a romantic comedy starringDane Cook and Kate Hudson, in full swing in Boston, there was direneed for an actor who could step into scenes of a Jewish wedding.Casting ...
Sports, at any cost [Corrected 09/12/07] School fees wide-ranging, and a growing burden for athletic directors
Sep 02, 2007; ... GLOBE NORTH 1 Peter Shanahan, director of athletics at Haverhill High, spokefrom the heart during a recent public hearing on athletic fees. "I remember exactly what I said: `If I knew I was going to be atax collector, I never would have taken the job."' Frustrated by ...