The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from July 2008:
McCain's agenda on Amtrak
Jul 01, 2008; ... TRAIN TRAVEL is finally becoming a third rail of politics. Thefirst one to fry over it might be John McCain. For years, McCain, in the comfort of cheap gasoline for autos andairplanes, made Amtrak a personal whipping boy. Despite the factthat governments in Western Europe and Asia ...
Businesses help put 500 teens to work
Jul 01, 2008; ... In a surging Boston nightclub, Keenan Cooks learned the rhythm ofhip-hop as a 5-year-old. "Dance was all I knew," said Cooks, now 17,whose mother would sneak him into the clubs where she worked. But turning his inner beat into bucks has not been easy. In aslow economy and a city ...
A fishing story ; Author examines Gloucester's fate
Jul 01, 2008; ... The colorful and compact city of Gloucester has a way of gettingthe nation's attention. In 1997 it was Sebastian Junger's best-selling book about a lost fishing trawler, "The Perfect Storm." Inrecent weeks, national media has rushed to the city of 30,000 aftera Time magazine story (since ...
Stocks close out their worst month in 6 years
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS The Dow rose slightly, but most stocks fell for a third day,ending the market's worst month in six years, on concern that mortgagelosses will force more banks to cut ...
Battered diet company's shares slip again
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS / MARKET MOVERS NutriSystem Inc.'s shares shed value after the Horsham, Pa., diet company's stock was cut from the Russell 1000 index of large-cap stocks and moved to the Russell 2000 index. NutriSystem's ...
Wachovia Corp.
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS The fourth-largest US bank's shares fell to their lowest sincethe company was formed in 2001 after an analyst cited risk of ...
New products will lift Teradyne, analyst says
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS / MASS. MOVERS Teradyne Inc. shares rose after a Piper Jaffray analyst upgradedthe North Reading chip testing company's stock to "buy" from"neutral," saying new products will give Teradyne a lift in 2009.Auguste P. Richard said sales of ...
Helping vets with hidden wounds left by US wars ; Mass. is seeking to boost services
Jul 01, 2008; ... State lawmakers will convene the first of a series of meetingstoday to consider how to improve mental health services and programsfor thousands of veterans returning to Massachusetts from Iraq andAfghanistan. The committee will review how the state can supplement ...
Legislators to discuss Mass. mental health services for veterans
Jul 01, 2008; ... State lawmakers will convene the first of a series of meetingstoday to consider how to improve mental health services and programsfor thousands of veterans returning to Massachusetts from Iraq andAfghanistan. The committee will review how the state can supplement ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Jul 01, 2008 ... BOSTON Verdict is guilty in one of two slayings A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Terry L. Gray yesterdayof first-degree murder in a 2005 shooting, but was stilldeliberating on a second murder charge facing the 40-year-old Bostonman. The jury found Gray guilty of ...
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Jul 01, 2008 ... BOSTON Bill would lift mental health care limits The House overwhelmingly approved a proposal yesterday that wouldrequire Massachusetts health insurers to cover mental health andsubstance abuse disorders in the same way they treat other medicalconditions. The legislation ...
Obama decries attacks on his love of country
Jul 01, 2008 ... Campaign Notebook INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Flanked by American flags, Barack Obamaforcefully defended his patriotism yesterday against anyone whowould challenge it, declaring he wouldn't stand for persistentrumors questioning his loyalty and aimed at sinking his ...
Crude expected to continue climb
Jul 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK - The price of crude oil hit yet another record on thelast day of a tumultuous first half, spurting past $143 a barrelbefore ending lower on demand fears and a resilient dollar. Crudehas shot up nearly 50 percent since the start of the year, in largepart on the dollar's ...
Don't expect Bruins to make big splash
Jul 01, 2008; ... On hockey Marian Hossa a Bruin? NHL free agency begins today, at high noon,and as every dreamer knows, anything's possible. But Hossa landingin the Hub was a stretch to begin with, and now that Tampa Bay hassigned up Ryan Malone for seven years and $31.5 million, the biddingat ...
Olympic spot only fuels his desire
Jul 01, 2008; ... On swimming OMAHA - Brendan Hansen began thinking about Beijing as soon as hepulled himself out of the pool in Athens. Three unsatisfying minuteshad provided enough motivational fuel for another four years. "WhenI left, I felt like I had a little bit of a chip on my ...
New Day's shining stars
Jul 01, 2008 ... Party Lines About 750 guests attended the second-annual New Day Gala hostedlast week by The Partnership Inc. at the Hynes Convention Center.The Partnership ...
SIGN OF CONFLICT ; California film moguls' addition to Plymouth has town's war memorial advocates up in arms
Jul 01, 2008; ... PLYMOUTH - This town's historic district, home to Plymouth Rock,some of the oldest houses in the country, and the Mayflower II,sprouted a flashy new feature last week: a 50-foot-long "HollywoodEast" sign spanning the lawn of the Plymouth County Courthouse. Erected by a group of ...
Red-hot Rays knock Sox down a peg
Jul 01, 2008; ... Rays 5 Red Sox 4 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There were no warnings from the umpires("Not a word," umpiring supervisor Jim McKean said), and nohistrionics from either side. Before the game, Red Sox manager Terry Francona, when he wasn'tdodging questions about Manny ...
Red-hot Rays knock Sox down a peg
Jul 01, 2008; ... Rays 5 Red Sox 4 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - There were no warnings from the umpires("Not a word," umpiring supervisor Jim McKean said), and nohistrionics from either side. Before the game, Red Sox manager Terry Francona, when he wasn'tstonewalling questions about Manny ...
Sharks put a bit of bite into Aquarium's ads
Jul 01, 2008; ... Make way for sharks. To promote an exhibit of sharks and rays that opens today, NewEngland Aquarium is using billboards, posters, and signs thatincorporate shark themes and some of Boston's most recognizablesites. They are being featured on taxis and in subway stations, ...
Boy shot while playing outside ; Two other people hit by gunfire
Jul 01, 2008; ... A 12-year-old boy playing kickball near his school was hit by astray bullet last night in a shooting that sent children scramblingand shocked neighbors who struggled to believe that a youngstercould fall victim to the violence plaguing their Roxburyneighborhood. At least two other men ...
Security is beefed up in wake of threats
Jul 01, 2008; ... RED SOX NOTEBOOK ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Major League Baseball and law enforcementofficials were monitoring the man who wrote threatening letters thattargeted Red Sox players Manny Ramirez and Coco Crisp, and as aprecaution, both the team and the league sent extra security ...
`Everyone was saying, "Some kid got shot"' ; Boy, 7, caught in burst of bullets while playing outside in Roxbury
Jul 01, 2008; ... A 7-year-old boy playing kickball near his school was hit by astray bullet last night in a shooting that sent children scramblingand shocked neighbors who struggled to believe that a youngstercould fall victim to the violence plaguing their Roxburyneighborhood. At least two other men ...
QUICK PICKS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Festival Much like every other holiday, the Fourth of July has now beenlengthened to an entire week. That's fine by us; all the more excuseto honor the birth of our nation the best way we know how: by eatingand drinking. Today the Boston Harborfest, a celebration of ...
SLICK MOVES
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MOMMY CRUNCH TIME
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US could be used as late substitute
Jul 01, 2008; ... Soccer notes FOXBOROUGH - The United States could be a part of FIFA'scontingency plan for the 2010 World Cup, should South Africa bedeclared unable to host the event. "I would be a very negligent president if I didn't have a Plan Bready for the 2010 World Cup," FIFA president ...
Program gets techno-generation moving ; GoKids receives national praise
Jul 01, 2008; ... A gaggle of elementary school girls stomped on pads that lit upto the beat of a dance-remix version of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor. In another room, two girls rode stationary bikes,while the LCD screens before them showed the pair racing each otheralong city streets. All ...
Teacher's aide is accused of enticing girl
Jul 01, 2008; ... A teacher's aide at a middle school in Winchester was chargedyesterday with using online conversations in a failed effort toentice a 13-year-old female student into having sex, said Winchesterpolice and Middlesex prosecutors. The aide was identified by police as Christopher M ....
The Air This Week
Jul 01, 2008; ... Throughout the week Midnight-5 a.m. Jazz with Bob Parlocha (Mon.-Thurs.) (WGBH: 89.7, wgbh.org) ... 5 a.m.-1 p.m. Jazz (daily) (WHRB:95.3 whrb.org) ... 7 a.m. In Performance (Mon.-Fri.) (ABC ClassicFM: abc.net.au/classic) ... 9 a.m.-noon Classics in the Morning/Cathy Fuller (Mon.-Fri.) ...
In `Secret Life,' stereotypical teenagers talk about sex
Jul 01, 2008; ... Television Review The Secret Lifeof the American Teenager On: ABC Family Time: premieres tonight, 8-9 Just ask the girls in Gloucester, or the management team foractress Ellen Page: Teen pregnancy has been so glamorized, analyzed,and magnified in pop culture ...
Legislators near trimming tax loopholes
Jul 01, 2008; ... Massachusetts lawmakers have struck a deal to raise taxes oncorporations by as much as $500 million a year by eliminating taxloopholes and preventing businesses from shifting profits to theirout-of-state operations. After weeks of contentious talks, negotiators from the House ...
`Tip' is an affectionate portrait of a local icon
Jul 01, 2008; ... Stage Review According to Tip Play by Dick Flavin Directed by: Rick Lombardo.Set, Janie E. Howland.Costumes,Frances Nelson McSherry.Lights, Franklin Meissner Jr. Sound,Lombardo. Props, Larry Vigus.Music supervision, Todd C.Gordon.Presented by: New Repertory ...
SPLASHING TO FREEDOM
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Myriad Genetics Inc.
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS Myriad's shares fell after the Salt Lake City company said it will end development of Flurizan, a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. It proved no better than a placebo in a ...
Logan will install body scanners ; TSA has adjusted devices to ease privacy concerns
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Transportation Security Administration said yesterday it willbeef up screening at Boston's Logan International Airport withbetter X-ray machines to check carry-on bags and full-body scannersthat can see through clothing to detect whether travelers areconcealing objects. The ...
H & R Block Inc.
Jul 01, 2008 ... MONEY & MARKETS The biggest US tax preparer reported its first quarterly profit in two years. Block boosted its dividend and said it will repurchase $2 billion worth of its shares. Fourth-quarter net income was $543.6 million, or $1.66 a ...
Overcoming hurdles on and off track ; Decathlete Abdur-Rahim keeps faith, but Olympics a long shot
Jul 01, 2008; ... EUGENE, Ore. - Practicing at South Eugene High School last week,Mustafa Abdur-Rahim easily cleared a row of three hurdles as he fine-tuned his technique and tested a sore hamstring. His muscular, 5-foot-9-inch frame appeared a model of efficiency. That was the goal.The Brookline-raised ...
Overcoming hurdles on and off track ; Decathlete Abdur-Rahim keeps faith, but Olympics out of reach
Jul 01, 2008; ... EUGENE, Ore. - Exhausted and disappointed, Mustafa Abdur-Rahimbarely managed to lean across the line in the 1,500 meters,finishing fourth in a personal-best 4 minutes 21.34 seconds in thefinal decathlon event at Hayward Field. But he did not have thetriumphant finish at the US Olympic ...
Davis says officers didn't use excessive force in man's death ; Family urges US investigation
Jul 01, 2008; ... Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis, standing alone andsolemn at police headquarters, said yesterday it did not appearofficers used excessive force on the night of the Celticschampionship victory when they arrested a 22-year-old Brookline manwho stopped breathing while in police ...
VOX OP / LETTERS
Jul 01, 2008 ... MCCAIN'S OVERSEAS TRAVELS "Senator John McCain has successfully attacked Senator BarackObama's lack of foreign policy experience. McCain frequently citesthe last time Obama was in Iraq at his public appearances by listingoff the number of days since his last trip. The Republican ...
Ashland soldier drowns in accident in Afghanistan ; Vehicle rolled into riverbed
Jul 01, 2008; ... A soldier from Ashland drowned in a noncombat accident inAfghanistan Saturday along with two others, according to a statementfrom the US Army Special Forces Command. Master Sergeant Shawn E. Simmons, 38, who was with the SpecialForces Operational Detachment-Alpha team, drowned ...
Patriots' Andrews arrested, faces weapons charges
Jul 01, 2008; ... Patriots defensive back Willie Andrews has been arrested for asecond time this offseason, this time on a charge of brandishing agun at his girlfriend during an argument at his Mansfield apartment. Andrews - who was arrested in Lowell in February, two days afterthe Patriots' 17-14 ...
So-so day at the beach
Jul 01, 2008; ... On a recent afternoon, Ursula Giroux and her parents stretchedout between clumps of seaweed, discarded plastic cups, rusted bottlecaps, abandoned cutlery, and other refuse left on Revere Beach. Afew days before, they had found a syringe in the sand, and thewater, they said, sometimes has ...
So-so day at the beach
Jul 01, 2008; ... On a recent afternoon, Ursula Giroux and her parents stretchedout between clumps of seaweed, discarded plastic cups, rusted bottlecaps, abandoned cutlery, and other refuse left on Revere Beach. Afew days before, they had found a syringe in the sand, and thewater, they said, sometimes has ...
BUSINESS IN BRIEF
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE REGION Mass. home foreclosures more than double in May Home foreclosure deeds more than doubled in Massachusetts in May,although a new state law has yielded a temporary decline inforeclosure petitions, the first step in the process. Boston-basedpublisher of real ...
To remember her by
Jul 01, 2008 ... If Kurt Cobain was Seattle's tragic figure in the early 1990s,Mia Zapata was its senseless victim. The Gits singer (above right)was young, charismatic, and full of boundless punk-rock energy andpromise, all of which came to a horrific end when she was raped andmurdered in the summer of ...
NAMES
Jul 01, 2008; ... It's a guys thing In 2006, two guys came together to create "The Guy From Boston,"a trash-talking, cigar-waving uber-Bostonian who promoted cigars forthe one guy's shop (David Garofalo owns Two Guys Smoke Shop inSalem, N.H.) and gave local rant-aholic Joe Ligotti an outlet forhis ...
The return of the black helicopters
Jul 01, 2008; ... My friend, the critic Katherine Powers, has spotted aninteresting theme in books flowing across her desk for review -paranoia. Coming this fall: John Demos's "The Enemy Within: 2,000Years of Witch-hunting in the Western World." Demos is a Bancroftaward-winning historian emeritus at the ...
Posey is Celtics' top target
Jul 01, 2008; ... For the NBA champion Celtics, free agency begins today with JamesPosey as the primary focus. All other personnel matters will behandled after Posey's situation is settled. The Celtics have a number of other free agents, including forward-center P.J. Brown, guards Eddie House, Sam ...
Posey is Celtics' top target
Jul 01, 2008; ... For the NBA champion Celtics, free agency begins today with JamesPosey as the primary focus. Most other personnel matters will behandled after Posey's situation is settled. One situation was settled last night when the franchise failed tomake Tony Allen a qualifying offer, thus ...
Tracking a sea change in a nascent nation and its navy
Jul 01, 2008; ... Book Review If by Sea: The Forging of the American Navy - From the Revolutionto the War of 1812. By George C. Daughan Basic Books, 536 pp., illustrated, maps, $30 Addressing the somewhat cryptic title of "If by Sea," George C.Daughan's provocative account of the ...
Mass. stocks struggle so far
Jul 01, 2008; ... Boston Capital The stock market closed the books on the first half of the yearyesterday and the news from Massachusetts wasn't pretty. Let's get the headline out of the way first: Roughly one in fourMassachusetts stocks has lost at least a third of its value so farthis year ....
Bay State's $28b fiscal plan faces setback ; Taxes, healthcare are main sticking points
Jul 01, 2008; ... It's July 1. Do you know where your state budget is? In what has become an annual ritual, Massachusetts lawmakers areblowing the deadline on the start of the new fiscal year, engagingin extra-inning negotiations, and passing a stopgap budget to keepstate government running while ...
State's $28b budget delayed ; Taxes, healthcare are sticking points
Jul 01, 2008; ... It's July 1. Do you know where your state budget is? In what has become an annual ritual, Massachusetts lawmakers areblowing the deadline on the start of the new fiscal year, engagingin extra-inning negotiations, and passing a stopgap budget to keepstate government running while ...
When it comes to retirement, investments may be less important than you think ; SCOTT BURNS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Allow me to introduce the power of nonfinancial thinking. Itinvolves none of the thinking preferred by those on Wall Street whomake their living selling us the next financial cure-all. It alsoacknowledges something the financial services industry doesn't wantus to know. When push ...
No deal as school bus drivers pact ends
Jul 01, 2008; ... The city of Boston's contract with its 800 school bus driversexpired yesterday as the sides failed to reach an agreement at alast-minute meeting at City Hall. Without a deal, the threat of a strike, which could affectthousands of Boston schoolchildren if it is timed to coincide ...
Obama-Clinton contest revealed limits of racism, sexism
Jul 01, 2008; ... National Perspective WASHINGTON - To hear some of Hillary Clinton's disappointedsupporters tell it, half of America just told her to "Iron myshirt." In fact, two guys did, at a Clinton rally in New Hampshire inJanuary, in what seems to have been a prank to draw attention ...
Baby steps toward mainstream
Jul 01, 2008 ... CHOICE An Icelandic band that refuses interviews and sings in the made-up language of "Hopelandic" would hardly be considered mainstream.And yet, Sigur Ros' "Me[eth]su[eth]i eyrum vi[eth] spilum endalaust"("With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly") has been heralded asthe ...
Proving violation by firm is difficult ; It kept most funds raised for clients
Jul 01, 2008; ... Despite calls for an investigation, specialists in campaignfinance rules said it would be difficult to prove that a direct-mail firm violated federal rules by keeping most of the hundreds ofthousands of dollars it raised on behalf of little-known GOPcandidates running nearly invisible ...
Sisters survive Court 2 ; Williamses move on astop seeds fall
Jul 01, 2008; ... LONDON - An obit for the obit-maker. After a long and unhappiness-clad life that inspired countlessmaudlin headlines and funeral notices, the renowned Wimbledongraveyard - Court 2 - is about to be shoveled under itself. Sing no dirges for the obituary maker. The grassy plot ...
SOUND CHECK NEW ALBUM REVIEWS
Jul 01, 2008 ... They're back, but why?These scientists need to think lessGive him a beatBurke sets `Fire' to his latestNice and slow, easy on theears HIP-HOP G-Unit Terminate on Sight (G-Unit/Interscope) Whether it was Tony Yayo being locked up, the Game being ...
$13m software deal is called unnecessary ; Ethics investigation set; state's rush is unexplained
Jul 01, 2008; ... Governor Deval Patrick's administration overspent by millions ofdollars when it rushed to sign a $13 million computer softwarecontract that has since been canceled and is now the subject of astate ethics investigation, according to technology analysts. In making the purchase last ...
Posey is Celtics' top target
Jul 01, 2008; ... For the NBA champion Celtics, free agency begins today with JamesPosey as the primary focus. Most other personnel matters will behandled after Posey's situation is settled. One move was made last night when the franchise failed to makeTony Allen a qualifying offer, thus making the ...
This time, Manny being Manny is unacceptable
Jul 01, 2008; ... What's up with Manny? Is the goofy slugger in need of some angermanagement? And why won't the Red Sox publicly sanction their starwhen he pushes a 64-year-old club executive to the ground? These are questions swirling around the ball club in theaftermath of a regrettable Saturday ...