The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from December 2007:
Eagles can't be ignored [Corrected 12/05/07]
Dec 01, 2007; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One of the first things I learned when Iarrived in Boston as a freshman college student 43 years ago wasthat when the subject was Boston College, very few people wereneutral. It was pretty much a love 'em or hate 'em deal, and so itremains. Neither the BC ...
Lawyers seek evidence in Salem explosion; Judge orders a halt to power plant cleanup
Dec 01, 2007; ... Attorneys representing the families of three Salem Harbor power-plant workers scalded to death in a steam-pipe explosion there lastmonth obtained a temporary restraining order in court halting plantcleanup efforts until they can gather evidence for a near-certainwrongful death ...
Benjamin Santosuosso; coach, lottery winner
Dec 01, 2007; ... Benjamin M. Santosuosso of North Quincy led a multifaceted life,working in retail, coaching a football team, and even winning amillion-dollar lottery prize. "Benny was the type of worker who gave his all to the job and wasproud of whatever he did," said his brother Ernest of ...
Lawyers seek evidence in Salem explosion; Judge orders a halt to power plant cleanup
Dec 01, 2007; ... Attorneys representing the families of three Salem Harbor power-plant workers scalded to death in a steam-pipe explosion there lastmonth obtained a temporary restraining order in court, halting plantcleanup efforts until they can gather evidence for a near-certainwrongful death ...
Logano gets taste of victory
Dec 01, 2007; ... AUTO RACING NOTES NEW YORK - Joey Logano sat among the large crowd gathered forNASCAR's awards luncheon Thursday afternoon and watched in awe assponsor after sponsor stuffed envelopes containing $100,000 checksinto the pockets of repeat Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson. It ...
Signing statement is president's first since 2006; Had used tactic often before power shift in Congress
Dec 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - President Bush this month issued his first signingstatement since the Democratic takeover of Congress, reserving theright to bypass 11 provisions in a military appropriations billunder his executive powers. In the statement, which the White House filed in the ...
When distance is in question, answers are not always in the stars
Dec 01, 2007; ... STAR WATCH Look in the eastern sky after dinnertime during December, andthere you'll see a bright, yellow-orange object staring back at you.It's the planet Mars, closer to Earth now than it has been since2005 or will be until 2016. It's the brightest star-like object ofthe ...
Gambling had role in religious history
Dec 01, 2007; ... SPIRITUAL LIFE With Hanukkah beginning Tuesday night, Jews can look forward tothe annual rituals of menorah-lighting, blessings, gift-giving - andgambling. In some Jewish homes, not only do children risk a stash ofchocolate or goodies spinning the dreidel, but their parents ...
TJX agrees to reimburse banks; $40.9m will cover losses from fraud, reissuing of Visas
Dec 01, 2007; ... Framingham retailer TJX Cos. agreed to reimburse banks up to$40.9 million as a result of the largest data breach in history,which compromised as many as 100 million credit and debit cardaccounts before it was discovered at the end of last year. TJX, the parent of discount chains ...
Tavares led police to body in 2000; Ex-DA says he was never charged; Suspect held in Wash. slayings
Dec 01, 2007; ... Seven years before he was released from a Massachusetts prisonand then allegedly killed a couple in Washington state, Daniel T.Tavares Jr. led authorities to the skeletal remains of a woman inFall River but was never charged in her slaying, a former Bristoldistrict attorney said ...
Subprime mortgage rates could be frozen for some; Lenders pressured to forgo increases for owners not in arrears
Dec 01, 2007; ... The nation's largest financial institutions, under mountingpressure from federal officials, might soon disclose a plan tosuspend scheduled increases in the monthly payments for manyborrowers with subprime loans. The plan would freeze the interest rates on subprime loans ...
Veteran state trooper indicted; He pleads not guilty to distributing cocaine
Dec 01, 2007; ... A veteran Massachusetts state trooper last night pleaded notguilty to federal charges that he sold cocaine out of his Saugushome, an allegation the State Police commander called"disheartening." Trooper John T. Foley wore a long-sleeve gray T-shirt, blacksweat pants, flip-flops - ...
PUNCH LINES; Headlines with a twist of . . . only 39 days left 'til primary season
Dec 01, 2007; ... Study says college students don't shun healthy lunches They also don't shun partying, hooking up, and acting like dopes.No study needed. Israeli-Palestinian summit held in Annapolis You know what they say, "937th time's the charm!" MBTA to test realtime alert ...
GUILTY PLEASURES
Dec 01, 2007 ... OURS Will Smith Remember when movie stars kept their dysfunctions to themselves?I don't. But I'm told there was a time when families would gatherround the AM transistor after a long day of working the fields andtake in news items about the (relatively) graceful exploits ...
Road test for UMass; Salukis provide playoff obstacle
Dec 01, 2007; ... Home may be where the heart is for the University ofMassachusetts football team, which is undefeated over the last twoyears at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. But the road is where the Minutemen must show their heart - nevermore so than this afternoon (3:15 p.m., NESN) in Carbondale, ...
Walchhofer wins, US's streak ends
Dec 01, 2007; ... World Cup skiing BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - On the day that four years of United Statesdomination ended on the Birds of Prey downhill course, the ski teamstill had plenty to cheer about with the emergence of two youngerracers into the top 10, one in second place. Weather ranged ...
THE iPOD SHUFFLE
Dec 01, 2007; ... Put someone's music on random, and you never know what might popup Steve Lacy Weekend anchor for WCVB-TV's EyeOpener news "I use my iTunes in my computer in the shuffle mode when I'm inmy apartment. It's pretty much my home stereo system." Angry Chair Alice in ...
Dress rehearsal
Dec 01, 2007; ... ON THE SCENE Congratulations - you made it through the Thanksgiving holiday.No more disapproving looks from Mom about still being single, nomore Uncle Marty playing "pull my finger" at the table, no more dryleftovers or midnight pumpkin pie. All that food and drink may haveadded ...
How to control healthcare costs
Dec 01, 2007; ... THE HEALTHCARE reform law has done a great job of expandingaccess to healthcare, and Massachusetts is well on its way tomeeting the goal of ensuring healthcare coverage for every resident.Over 200,000 individuals who were uninsured at the beginning of thisyear have health insurance ...
QUICK PICKS
Dec 01, 2007; ... Family Dave Eggers, known for his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work ofStaggering Genius," is also known for 826 Valencia, his nonprofitwriting center for kids in San Francisco. Local kids now have theirown place to write thanks to Eggers. The 826 Boston office inEgleston Square ...
SIDEKICK STEALS
Dec 01, 2007; ... There's a party going on Cleaning up after a party usually just means picking up dirtydishes. But when you host product parties, you'll also clean up onfree goodies. The company consultants selling cookware, jewelry,clothing, and accessories do all the work. All you have to do ...
Sex offenders among us
Dec 01, 2007 ... WHILE THE courts and lawmakers debate how far from childrenconvicted sex offenders may live ("Ga. court rejects sex offenderlaw," Page A28, Nov. 22), we need to keep in mind that only 10percent of abuse cases are perpetrated by strangers. In addition,most offenders have no previous ...
Vigilance and setbacks in the AIDS fight
Dec 01, 2007; ... SELDOM HAS the prospect of containing the AIDS epidemic looked sodiscouraging. The best strategies for preventing the spread of the disease havealways been the creation of a preventive vaccine or a gel able tokill the AIDS virus when applied before sexual intercourse. These ...
Bush seeks added $30b in AIDS fight ; For global effort over five years
Dec 01, 2007; ... MOUNT AIRY, Md. - President Bush yesterday urged Congress toapprove an additional $30 billion for the global fight against AIDSover the next five years, and announced that he would visit Africaearly next year to further highlight the need and hisadministration's efforts. "We ...
A thriller that could put viewers to sleep
Dec 01, 2007; ... Movie Review / Awake / * Written and directed by: Joby Harold Starring: Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, andLena Olin At: Boston Common, Fenway, suburbs Running time: 84 minutes Rated: R (language, an intense disturbing situation, and ...
Eagles get jump on Terriers
Dec 01, 2007; ... BC 6 BU 2 Last Saturday, Boston University scored three times in the firstperiod on the way to beating Cornell at Madison Square Garden. Lastnight, the Terriers gave up three goals in the opening 20 minutesand it cost them the game as they lost to rival Boston College, 6-2, in ...
BC to take its best shot; Hokies stand in way of ACC championship
Dec 01, 2007; ... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Friday morning routine has been the samefor all but two weeks this season. Up early and head to the golfcourse for some competition and relaxation. So it was yesterday morning for Jeff Jagodzinski and GeneDeFilippo as they headed out to the TPC at Sawgrass ...
Title game is far from a big seller
Dec 01, 2007; ... BC NOTEBOOK JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Who's got tickets? Apparently BostonCollege, whose ticket sales for today's Atlantic Coast Conferencechampionship were lagging below 4,000 yesterday. The conference iscommitted to the city of Jacksonville to each school selling 10,000tickets ....
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE REGION Catastrophe fund backed to insure coastal homes A special legislative commission called for the creation of astate-run catastrophic event fund to help reduce the cost of homeinsurance in Massachusetts. Few details were provided in the report,but the fund would be ...
Capote's essays show his talent for bringing his subjects to life
Dec 01, 2007; ... BOOK REVIEW After the movies "Capote" and "Infamous," most of us are likelyto think of Truman Capote as a back-stabbing user, a man whoruthlessly mined the people he knew for good copy. Those with longermemories will recall the outrage provoked by the publication of "LaCote ...
As fourth-line center, Kessel stepped forth
Dec 01, 2007; ... BRUINS NOTEBOOK TAMPA - For the first two periods of the Bruins' 4-3 win over theFlorida Panthers Thursday, Vladimir Sobotka did all the littlethings that make coaches smile. Grind along the wall. Play strong on the puck. Enter cornerswithout hesitation. Outmuscle opponents ...
Mortimer Buckley, MGH cardiac surgery chief
Dec 01, 2007; ... The famous found their way to Dr. Mortimer J. Buckley, whorepaired their ailing hearts. He replaced an aortic valve for actor John Wayne in 1978. Fouryears later Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state,underwent a bypass operation. Red Auerbach, the Boston ...
Roddick, Blake forge lead; Russians in 2-0 hole in final of Davis Cup
Dec 01, 2007; ... PORTLAND, Ore. - In an earlier time, the tangle of Russia and theUnited States was known as the Cold War. But these days, it's ahotshot duel on a tennis court, and by nightfall yesterday Russiawas falling in the homestretch of the chase for the Davis Cup. "I'm too young to remember ...
Topping off the Mini Cooper; BMW refines a gem with S convertible
Dec 01, 2007; ... My friend Don Bergstrom wanted to buy a Mini Cooper in the 1960s,but he knew an `S' version was soon coming out. So he was patientand waited. Ask him about that car today, and he'll say it was worththe wait. Back then, he raved about its wide-track stability, go-kart-style ...
NAMES
Dec 01, 2007; ... Brown back in town When Bobby Brown takes the stage tonight at the Boston MusicAwards, he'll be backed by a band of Berklee students, kids from thesame inner-city neighborhood Brown used to call home. "I can't waitto perform with them," the Roxbury-bred singer told us ...
Miami vise; Celtics grab lead, then refuse to let go
Dec 01, 2007; ... CELTICS 95 HEAT 85 MIAMI - Temperatures here were in the 80s yesterday. And insideair-conditioned American Airlines Arena, it got even hotter for theCeltics last night when they cooled off in the fourth quarter. After leading by as many as 25 points, the Celtics overcame ...
Miami vise; Celtics grab lead, then refuse to let go
Dec 01, 2007; ... CELTICS 95 HEAT 85 MIAMI - Temperatures were in the 80s yesterday. Inside air-conditioned AmericanAirlines Arena, things got even hotter for theCeltics last night as they cooled off dramatically in the fourthquarter. After being up by as many as 28 points, the Celtics ...
Chess Notes
Dec 01, 2007; ... To honor John Curdo's 800th exclusive or shared first place, hereis a recent win of his played at the Worcester chess club. Itcertainly belongs in a further "Chess Caviar" if John chooses towrite another such volume. In this game, against Predrag Cicovacki,White invites adventure by ...
Recycling chips completes circuit; New IBM process scrubs wafers clean allowing reuse; silicon to be salvaged
Dec 01, 2007; ... IBM Corp.'s electronic chip-making plant in Burlington, Vt., usedto destroy its leftover silicon wafers. Now the plant is turningthem into clean solar-generated electricity. Engineers at the planthave devised a process that scrubs used wafers clean, without theuse of corrosive chemicals ....
In day of crisis, Clinton rivals offer support
Dec 01, 2007; ... The hostage situation at Hillary Clinton's campaign office inRochester, N.H., cast a pall over the Democratic presidentialcampaign yesterday, muting political differences and unifying rivalsin support of Clinton and her staff. Clinton said that in the tense hours before the ...
Taylor's death haunting; Pruitt recalls a similar incident
Dec 01, 2007; ... CELTICS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - The murder of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylorbrought back terrible memories for Celtics rookie guard Gabe Pruitt. Pruitt was a teammate of Southern Cal guard Ryan Francis, who wasshot and killed last year while riding in a car in Louisiana ....
Taylor's death haunting; Pruitt recalls a similar incident
Dec 01, 2007; ... CELTICS NOTEBOOK MIAMI - The murder of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylorbrought back terrible memories for Celtics rookie guard Gabe Pruitt. Pruitt was a teammate of Southern Cal guard Ryan Francis, who wasshot and killed last year while riding in a car in Louisiana ....
Murphy, Swords lead Eagles' rout
Dec 01, 2007 ... The Boston College women's basketball team was throwing a shutoutagainst Wagner with less than 10 minutes to play in the first halflast night. By the time the Seahawks finally scored, the Eagles had an 18-0lead en route to a 75-54 blowout in the first round of the ...
For the record
Dec 01, 2007 ... Correction: Because of a reporting error, a New England in briefitem in yesterday's City & Region section incorrectly reported thatCarol Ducey, 61, of Wareham, had died as a result of a car accidenton Thursday. Ducey was injured in the crash and was transported toMassachusetts General ...
Taylor troupe delivers sharp, vibrant program
Dec 01, 2007; ... Dance Review / Paul Taylor Dance Company Presented by: Celebrity Series of Boston. At: Shubert Theatre, last night. Program repeats tonight andtomorrow. Paul Taylor may be the most ambidextrous of all choreographers.After 50-plus years of dance making, he continues to ...
Candidates offer lively speeches to energize attendees at DNC meeting
Dec 01, 2007; ... VIENNA, Va. - Before Hillary Clinton canceled her appearanceyesterday at the Democratic National Committee meeting because of ahostage situation at one of her campaign offices in New Hampshire,her two strongest challengers offered lively speeches to energizeparty insiders. Former ...
AIDS in the world, 2007
Dec 01, 2007 ... LAST WEEK, the lead United Nations agency in the fight againstAIDS announced that for several years it had been overestimating thenumber of people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Thenumber of new infections, officials at UNAIDS declared, likelypeaked around 1999. This news ...
College finds its angel; Emmanuel soars with aid of drug maker
Dec 01, 2007; ... Eight years ago, Emmanuel College's future looked bleak. Cash-strapped, with fewer than 500 students, the small school in Boston'sFenway neighborhood stood at a precarious crossroad. But Emmanuel held a trump card, a coveted acre of its campus nearthe burgeoning Longwood Medical ...
Theatre as classroom
Dec 01, 2007 ... IT'S A one-second trip from Cambridge to the Bronx at theAmerican Repertory Theatre, where Nilaja Sun's one-woman play, "NoChild," tells a story about a visiting artist who tries to turn aclass of unruly students at Malcolm X High School into "thespians"who put on a play about putting on ...
Jail officers pay final tribute to colleague; He waved pellet gun, was shot by police
Dec 01, 2007; ... They wore black bands over their badges, more than a hundredstone-faced sheriff's deputies in their powder-blue shirts and whitegloves. They stopped traffic in Roxbury yesterday as fellow jail officerscarried the body of Marquis J. Barker into St. John MissionaryBaptist Church ...
Team has made major strides; Gonzaga proves it belongs in elite
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Gonzaga men's basketball team shuffled onto the parquet at TDBanknorth Garden yesterday, wearing a week's worth of travel andabout a day's worth of sleep. The Bulldogs lost about 30 minutes of practice time because theycouldn't get through the gate at the Garden, and when they ...
They're older, but still fighting for a cause
Dec 01, 2007; ... CANTON - Debora Sherman, 78-year-old mother of two andgrandmother of two, was making guacamole the other day when an itemon the radio stopped her short. A young Iraqi was complaining thatAmericans no longer care about the war in his homeland, complainingthat stories of car bomb after car ...
A `difficult day' ends peacefully ; Hostages taken at Clinton's office in N.H.
Dec 01, 2007; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. - A man wearing what looked like a bomb beneathhis sweater and tie walked into Hillary Clinton's campaign officeyesterday, taking three staff members, a volunteer, and an infanthostage, forcing the closure of the senator's campaign officesthroughout Iowa and New ...
ANCHORED; After an adventurous youth as the daughter of a Hollywood star, Gretchen Hayden has found her grounding passion in Indian dance
Dec 01, 2007; ... MEDFORD - A jazz soprano saxophone riff moaned and echoed,started and stopped, inside the otherwise dark and quiet hallways atSpringstep studios last Sunday afternoon. The music, mellow andsmooth, was accompanied by the rapid clap of bare feet slapping hardand fast against the wood ...
A `difficult day' ends peacefully; Hostages taken at a Clinton office in N.H.
Dec 01, 2007; ... ROCHESTER, N.H. - A man wearing what looked like a bomb beneathhis sweater and tie walked into Hillary Clinton's campaign officeyesterday, taking three staff members, a volunteer, and an infanthostage, forcing the closure of the senator's campaign officesthroughout Iowa and New ...
A warm-hearted journey home
Dec 01, 2007; ... Television Review / Pictures of Hollis Woods Starring: Sissy Spacek, Jodelle Ferland,Alfre Woodard, JamesTupper, Judith Ivey On: CBS, Channel 4 Time: Tomorrow night, 9-11 When you look at people, do you see the best in them? Do youbelieve that underneath all the ...
A judge asks the tough questions
Dec 01, 2007; ... US DISTRICT JUDGE Nancy Gertner joked that she worried about aheadline that could have read, "Limousine liberal lets crack dealeroff." This was for setting free 37-year-old Myles Haynes last weekafter 13 months in jail for selling a small amount of crack cocainein a Boston housing ...
Two top Mass. justices speak out against `vilification' of Tuttman
Dec 01, 2007; ... Two of the state's highest justices yesterday deplored the"public vilification" of Superior Court Judge Kathe M. Tuttman forhaving released convicted murderer Daniel T. Tavares, saying theattacks undermine the Massachusetts judicial system by ignoring thefacts and the law involved in the ...
Advisory offered on CT scans
Dec 01, 2007 ... IN HER article, "Radiation risk: Doctors concerned about theexploding use of CT scanners" (Health/Science, Nov. 26), LizKowalczyk failed to mention the increasing use of computedtomography scans in dentistry, particularly for patients undergoingevaluation for dental ...
GOP field took queries from YouTube, and YouWrote
Dec 01, 2007 ... JEFF JACOBY implies that the GOP base has only "one angrysegment" regarding immigration ("Fate of the Know-Nothings," Op-ed,Nov. 28). The truth is that the entire Republican base, not just a"segment," consists of angry people. Immigration is merely thelatest in a long list of ...
The Mideast peace talks, and their tricky path to hope
Dec 01, 2007 ... I FOLLOWED the Globe's coverage of the Annapolis conference onMiddle East peace with interest this week, and wonder whether itwill be different from previous failed attempts at peace in theregion. Of course, the three issues at the root of the conflict remainunaddressed: Will ...
SPORTS LOG
Dec 01, 2007 ... Colleges Bowden will extend stay at Florida St. Bobby Bowden and Florida State are finalizing a deal that wouldkeep him on the Seminoles' sideline next year, and maybe longer.Bowden's attorney, Russ Campbell, confirmed yesterday the universityand his client have a deal ....
A question is conveyed
Dec 01, 2007 ... WHEN THE up escalator is being repaired at an MBTA station, whynot reverse the direction of ...
An MIT education is now just a click away
Dec 01, 2007; ... Ever wanted to delve a bit deeper into matrix theory, especiallyvector spaces and the misunderstood twin enigmas of linear algebraknown as eigenvalues and eigenvectors? As sure as every square matrix has a determinant, you are notalone. Now there is a kind of cerebral ...
On the nice list; Good Samaritan gives police envelope stuffed with cash lost by shopper
Dec 01, 2007; ... MANSFIELD - A widow goes out Christmas shopping and stumbles ontoan envelope stuffed with $770 cash. Briefly, she considers buying an HDTV. But no. She turns the money over to police. "We're all sitting around here saying `Jeepers Crow!"' said JohnReilly, a police ...