The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from January 2009:
NEW ENGLAND IN BRIEF
Jan 01, 2009 ... DEDHAM Accused coach gets bail cut to $7,500 A judge has reduced bail to $7,500 for the Walpole High Schoolfootball coach who is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl. NorfolkSuperior Court Judge Barbara Dortch-Okara set the new bail forDaniel Villa at a hearing yesterday, ...
State panel to examine payments to Partners
Jan 01, 2009; ... SPOTLIGHT FOLLOW-UP Governor Deval Patrick will convene a panel of top stateofficials Monday to look into whether a recently disclosed, eight-year-old agreement between Partners HealthCare System Inc. and BlueCross Blue Shield of Massachusetts drove up healthcare costs, makingit ...
REVELERS GET A SKY FULL - For many, joy this time is in ringing out the old
Jan 01, 2009; ... Berjica Valdez prepared for New Year's Eve yesterday by buyingcat food and snacks at her local Stop & Shop. She planned tocelebrate the end of 2008 by watching movies at home in Milton. That just about sums up what last year meant to the 25-year-oldpurchasing assistant. No frills ....
2008 BIZ QUIZ - How closely did you follow local business news last year? We'll test your knowledge of some of the biggest news, events, and people in our annual quiz.
Jan 01, 2009 ... THE FIRST three readers to answer these 20 questions correctlywill get a Globe prize. You can further challenge your businessknowledge with five more questions on www.boston. com/business. E-mail your answers and contact information to business@globe.com byJan. 12 at 5 p.m. Winners will ...
Shaping up as the winter of our content
Jan 01, 2009; ... They have given us our wintah back. We basically slogged through the first decade of the 21st centurywithout a professional wintah sports season, and who needed it? Wehad baseball from "Pitchers and Catchers" in the middle of Februarytill, usually, well into October, at which point ...
THE HAZY SHADES OF WINTER
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Closing time
Jan 01, 2009 ... EXHIBIT This weekend is your last chance to catch a number of well-reviewed art exhibitions around town. One is Tara Donovan's displayat the Institute of Contemporary Art. The show includes her etherealceiling display made of Styrofoam (above). Also closing this weekendis "Drawn ...
SCENE SURVEY
Jan 01, 2009 ... Hardy latke lovers braved the wintry weather on a recent Saturdayafternoon to take part in the second annual Everyone Loves LatkesParty in Harvard Square, featuring area restaurants' takes on thetraditional Hanukkah treat: sweet potato latkes from b. good,scallion ...
In Liberia, lawmaker finds a rank upgrade
Jan 01, 2009; ... As other politicians in his district were lobbying for keylegislation on Beacon Hill earlier this month, state RepresentativeBenjamin Swan was in Liberia expounding on US policy, being referredto as a US congressman, and accusing Washington of being involved inLiberia's ...
Big 3 console makers offer slew of extras for broadband users
Jan 01, 2009; ... Tech Lab It's one week later, and by now the initial buzz of yourChristmas gifts has begun to fade. Even the thrill of that new videogame console has lost its edge. Perhaps you should spend less time blasting bad guys and moretime hanging out online. The three top video game ...
Walk this way
Jan 01, 2009 ... FAMILY There are two walks tomorrow morning designed for kids who arestill on winter break. At the South Shore Natural Science Center,there's a guided family walk that will have children looking foranimal tracks. Meanwhile, at Gore Place (above), families can signup for Take a ...
Faking it
Jan 01, 2009 ... ROCK Boston will be under the covers for much of the weekend. OnFriday night, Led Zeppelin cover band Kashmir plays Bill's Bar. OnSaturday night, the Hard Rock Cafe hosts Pearl Jam cover bandBackseat Lover (above) and the Journey tribute act Captured. Thesemusicians may ...
Roots music
Jan 01, 2009 ... ROCK Dephonic, a funky pop-rock band from Philadelphia, has decided toplay one of its first gigs of 2009 in Boston on Saturday night. Theact, which is led by a guy who calls himself Drew-ish, featuressoulful vocals, trumpet toots, and danceable percussion. The ...
String things
Jan 01, 2009 ... FOLK What happens at fiddle camp doesn't always stay at fiddle camp.Fireside, a group of musicians who met at a fiddle camp in Maine in2007, stayed together and still shares its love of Celtic,bluegrass, Scandinavian, and old-time fiddle tunes with ...
Jay Veevers, marketing director at Chestnut Hill mall, world traveler
Jan 01, 2009; ... Jay Veevers liked to tell the tale of how she decided to work inpublic relations after paging through a book, the phone book, thatis. "The story she told me was that after she graduated from ColbyCollege, she took the train to Boston from her home in Lowell, andwent into a ...
US ends oversight of Boston elections State seeks pledge that voter reforms will be maintained
Jan 01, 2009; ... The US Justice Department will stop monitoring Boston's electionsthree years after it sued the city for failing to accommodate voterswith limited English skills, removing a layer of scrutiny of adepartment beset by criticism. But Secretary of State William F. Galvin said yesterday ...
WBZ-AM lays off sports reporter
Jan 01, 2009; ... WBZ-AM (1030) sports reporter Tom Cuddy has been laid off in anew round of personnel cuts at the Boston radio station. Cuddy confirmed last night that he was let go from the stationTuesday morning, due to budgetary constraints that are causingcutbacks at radio and TV stations ...
The skate outdoors Chicago's venerable Wrigley Field hosts NHL showcase
Jan 01, 2009; ... CHICAGO - The NHL is back at it, staging its outdoor game in thegreat outdoors for a third time, and the setting this New Year's Dayis Wrigley Field. When the clock strikes noon here today (Channel 7,1 p.m., in the Hub of Hockey), the much-improved Blackhawks and Cup-defending Red Wings ...
Youth, 16, dies after stabbing on bus Victim is city's 64th homicide
Jan 01, 2009; ... A 16-year-old Roxbury male died last night after being stabbed inthe neck while riding an MBTA bus in Mattapan, authorities said. The teenager was stabbed around 9:30 p.m. during an altercationaboard a Route 28 bus, according to Joseph O'Connor of the transitpolice. After the ...
Giving life and joy midflight Girl is delivered on plane to Logan
Jan 01, 2009; ... It seems fair to say that the passengers who boarded NorthwestAirlines Flight 59 in Amsterdam yesterday did not expect that by thetime they landed in Boston seven hours later they would have newfaith in themselves, and almost certainly not in the state ofhumanity. But as they jubilantly ...
The unkindest cut
Jan 01, 2009; ... STYLE History, naturally, will remember 2008 as a year that was filledwith events of epic scope - the election of our first African-American president, an economic collapse of Brobdingnagianproportions, auto makers asking Washington for money the way ateenager grovels for an ...
`Are we human, or are we dancer?' Huh?
Jan 01, 2009; ... MUSIC Once upon a time, rock lyrics weren't supposed to mean anything -"Tutti Frutti" ring any bells? But then the Beatles came along andruined the party for everyone. Today's pop stars can still make a handsome living dumbing usdown one "baby, baby" at a time, but we expect ...
Blues Music Commodores put a stop to Eagles' bowl winning streak
Jan 01, 2009; ... Vanderbilt 16 BC 14 NASHVILLE - So, this is the way it ended for Boston College. Notwith a bang, nor a whimper, but with a pair of uncharacteristicdefensive penalties, with a punt that bounced off safety PaulAnderson and ended up as a Vanderbilt touchdown, and with ...
Culture note for refugees: Happy New Year birthday
Jan 01, 2009; ... Nearly 500 Somalis living in the Boston area are turning one yearolder today. It is not a statistical quirk, nor a bizarre proliferation of NewYear babies, but a side effect of the global crises that have drivenrefugees from Somalia, Laos, Bhutan, and other countries to seekhaven ...
A fractured family seeks sense of hope
Jan 01, 2009; ... BOOK REVIEW FRIENDLY FIRE By A.B. Yehoshua, translated by Stuart Schoffman Harcourt, 386 pp., $26 Over the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, an Israeli couple spends aweek apart: the husband at home, tending to his elevator business,his children, and his ...
BROOKLINE HOUSE FIRE
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WHY IS CHANGE SO HARD? - Eat healthier. Exercise twice a week. Read more books. Lose weight. We make the same resolutions every year, but why is following through such a challenge, even for Oprah?
Jan 01, 2009; ... If Jim Novetta could change something in his life, he'd stopsmoking. He's tried several times but failed. "After doing it so long, you look forward to your nextcigarette," said the 42-year-old Everett man. The longest he'slasted without a cigarette? Three days. "My challenge is ...
Citigroup limits executive pay
Jan 01, 2009 ... CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The recipient of $45 billion from the federalgovernment, Citigroup Inc. yesterday said it would place strictlimits on management's compensation, including no severance for itstop five executives. Under pressure from lawmakers, chief executive Vikram Pandit ...
Dane Cook relative is charged with thefts Accused of stealing $10m from comedian
Jan 01, 2009; ... WOBURN - The half-brother of entertainer Dane Cook allegedlyembezzled more than $10 million from the comedian in a series ofthefts that included cashing a forged $3 million check as he wasbeing ousted as Cook's business manager, prosecutors said yesterday. Darryl McCauley, 43, who ...
Critic's corner
Jan 01, 2009; ... 120th Tournament of Roses Parade 11 a.m. Channels 5 and 7, HGTV Hot off her show-stealing turn on "Dancing With the Stars,"Cloris Leachman (above) has been anointed Grand Marshall of theannual New Year's Day procession. This year's theme is "Hats Off toEntertainment," which means ...
A final farewell to many who graced the world's stage
Jan 01, 2009; ... "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play thehand." Computer scientist Randy Pausch faced terminal cancer when hespoke these words in a "Last Lecture" that inspired millions ofInternet downloads and a best-selling book. In reflecting upon hisown life, Pausch, who died in ...
ON DEMAND PICKS
Jan 01, 2009; ... ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND *** (Comcast Pay-Per-View) The latest cinematic mind-bender fromwriter Charlie Kaufman isn't up there with "Being John Malkovich"and "Adaptation," but it's deranged in interesting and affectingways. Jim Carrey plays a sad sack who pays to have ...
An economic clothes call Dry cleaners say their business slowdown mirrors the nation's
Jan 01, 2009; ... STYLE Three months ago, Arthur C. Anton, Jr., chief operating officerof one of the largest dry cleaning firms in Massachusetts, Anton'sCleaners, began noticing a change in the condition of the garmentscoming into his stores. "They're more wrinkled," he said. As a ...
Patrick's education plan faces setbacks Economy tempers goals, report says
Jan 01, 2009; ... Given the state's poor financial health, Governor Deval Patrick'sambitious education overhaul proposal will have to be scaled backfor now to instead find ways to maintain the current level ofquality in the state's schools, according to a report releasedyesterday by a special ...
Neighbors save 2 from blazing house Screams alert Savin Hill men
Jan 01, 2009; ... The couple screamed for help from the third-floor porch of aDorchester three-decker yesterday morning as flames and smokeengulfed the building. And as the smoke grew darker and thicker, bystanders said, thecouple, in their 30s, looked trapped and ready to jump. "We told them ...
Storm puts a damper on some festivities
Jan 01, 2009; ... The year 2008 - soured by economic recession, governmentscandals, and a losing football team - left a nasty snowstorm as itsfinal mark, but nothing could deter determined First Night revelersacross the state from celebrating the arrival of the new year. "The show must go on," said ...
GALVIN OPENS LOBBYING INQUIRY - Treasurer's friend being investigated
Jan 01, 2009; ... Secretary of State William F. Galvin opened an investigationyesterday into the work that a close friend and political confidantof state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill performed for a Rhode Islandgaming company that is seeking to land lucrative contracts with theMassachusetts ...
Full (fashion) plate
Jan 01, 2009; ... G FORCE|ASHLEY OLSEN Actress and designer Ashley Olsen, best known as the tween mogulturned fashionista, made a brief stop in Boston earlier this monthto participate in an Institute of Contemporary Art fund-raiser.Before rabid fans grabbed the 22-year-old to pose for pictures, ...
Icicles on the roof; water pipe leaks
Jan 01, 2009; ... HANDYMAN ON CALL Q. The last storms loaded my gutters with icicles. Some were bigand fat and 2 feet long, and a potential hazard. In places wherethere are no gutters at all, I still got icicles. There were noicicles on the garage. What can I do? BOB MULVEY, Weston A ....
Man badly burned by space heater dies Worcester resident hurt in ice storm
Jan 01, 2009; ... WORCESTER - A 91-year-old man, injured Dec. 13 after his clothescaught fire from a propane space heater being used inside his homein the aftermath of the ice storm, died Christmas Eve. George A. Bergan died at UMass Memorial Medical Center, accordingto a death certificate filed ...
Pamela Jean Keefe; at 59; a mother of three in Scituate
Jan 01, 2009; ... Pamela Jean Keefe of Scituate, a mother of three who thrived inhelping her children navigate life's choices, died Monday at homeafter a long battle with appendiceal cancer. She was 59. Mrs. Keefe was born and raised in Cloquet, Minn., where sheattended Cloquet High School and ...
Police could lay off 200 Budget cut likely for Boston force
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Boston Police Department could be forced to lay off as manyas 200 police officers because of cuts in state funding, wiping outhiring efforts that strengthened the force after homicides hit a 10-year high in 2005, according to two officials. It would be the first time in 27 ...
WEEK AHEAD
Jan 01, 2009 ... POP & ROCK DADA This trio made its only big commercial splash with a dittycalled "Dizz Knee Land" back in 1992. But the Cali pop-rockerscontinue to make ear-catching records and put on strong shows. WithSix Day Slide and Matt Lowell. 9 p.m. Jan. 2. $17. Hard Rock ...
A running start to 2009 Man ushering in year on Boston Marathon course
Jan 01, 2009; ... At 6 a.m. every New Year's Day, Gary Allen toes a faded startingline in Hopkinton in deserted darkness, the hallowed Boston Marathoncourse silently stretching before him and him alone. With a beep ofhis watch he is off, the first runner in the new year to embark onthe long road to ...
By any account, a year for the history books
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR Stocks rose yesterday, but '08 was still the market's worst yearsince the Great Depression, with plenty to feed the fear: Themortgage and housing implosion continued ....
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Jan 01, 2009; ... JANUARY 2 Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson at Johnny D's.www.johnnyds.com JANUARY 8 "The Cherry Orchard" opens at Central Square Theater.www.centralsquare theater.org JANUARY 9 "ARTiculation" starts at Boston Playwrights' Theatre.www.bostonplaywrights .org Boston Celtic ...
Momenta shows momentum
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR / MASS. MOVERS The Bay State's banking on biotech. No surprise. There are plentyof reasons to hope for breakthroughs at numerous life-sciencesplayers - and a half-dozen or so of them saw their shares risesubstantially in 2008, despite the year's chaos. Shares of ...
Can't hold Mayo Patriot defensive rookie of the year
Jan 01, 2009; ... Usually, when Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo sets his sights onsomething or someone, he tackles it. The NFL Defensive Rookie of theYear Award proved no different. After he was drafted in April, Mayo referenced that one of hisgoals was to be the Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie ...
Evergreen Solar Inc.
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR The sun didn't shine on Evergreen as much as it had hoped.Alternative-energy stocks were battered by commodity prices, globalrecession, and tight credit ....
Abercrombie & Fitch
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR Dec. 26 was a busy shopping day that let retailers likeAbercrombie & Fitch Co. clear out inventory, Lazard Capital Marketssaid. Still, the clothing seller's ...
Hartford Financial
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR More than just storms battered insurance companies in 2008.Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and others suffered thanks tothe sector's exposure to bad mortgages and the need for insurancecompanies to raise capital. The Hartford raised $2.5 ...
A fall from grace?
Jan 01, 2009; ... VOICES It was an off-the-cuff comment, the kind that is intended as anaside during an interview about broader subjects. Nonetheless, shoedesigner Nicholas Kirkwood confessed to Style.com last month that"I'm pretty much over the 5-inch-high platform and girls trippingall over the ...
NAMES
Jan 01, 2009; ... Veteran columnist laid off How coldhearted are today's media moguls? Consider this: NatHentoff, who's been writing a column for the Village Voice since1958, was told over the phone this week that he was being laid off."People are calling to talk to me about it," the legendary ...
'08 leaves once mighty Citigroup humbled
Jan 01, 2009 ... MARKET YEAR / MARKET MOVERS For a time, Citigroup's megabank model paid off smashingly - itrang up billions in profit per quarter. But on Nov. 21, its shareshad plunged 51 percent in four days. The crisis eased as ...
Friends help make day bright
Jan 01, 2009; ... GLOBE SANTA Globe Santa could not begin to do his job if not for thethousands of Santa's Friends who each year make the contributions oftime and money needed for him to achieve his goal of brighteningChristmas for thousands of disadvantaged children in some 170 citiesand towns in ...
They're not at loss for words Discussions follow Celtics' setbacks
Jan 01, 2009; ... On basketball PORTLAND, Ore. - If the walls of the Rose Garden's visitinglocker room could talk, the most interesting of the little-knownpostgame conversations among "The Big Three" would be revealed. The Celtics' Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, and Paul Pierce have beenhaving ...
Teams pursue Pioli Line forms with Browns, Chiefs
Jan 01, 2009; ... Much like a free agent on the open market, Scott Pioli, thePatriots' vice president of player personnel, found himself in anenviable situation yesterday, with two teams pursuing him topossibly run their football operations. With Pioli having met with Cleveland Browns owner Randy ...
Lodwick, US teammates combined for a big weekend
Jan 01, 2009; ... SKI NOTEBOOK Todd Lodwick's return to World Cup competition after a two-yearretirement proved successful with a pair of second-place finishes inthe Nordic combined in Oberhof, Germany, last weekend. The feat was accented by having three Americans in the top 10with Bill Demong ...
Woodstock won the uphill battle Vt. town home to first ski tow
Jan 01, 2009; ... It's about a mile outside of town on Route 12 in picturesqueWoodstock, Vt., and if you aren't specifically looking for it,you'll drive right past the birthplace of modern skiing in theUnited States. All that's left is a marker by the side of the road,the skeletal framework of wooden ...
FREEZE FRAMES
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Dangers of a preventive detention law
Jan 01, 2009; ... PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama has said he'll close the USdetention center at Guantanamo Bay. The question is how. If thegovernment has evidence that Guantanamo detainees have committedcrimes, it should put them on trial in the federal courts, just likeother suspected criminals. Those the ...
Sage Stossel
Jan 01, 2009; ... Sage Stossel is an editor and cartoonist for The Atlantic MonthlyOnline ...
BC struggles against scrappy Sacred Heart
Jan 01, 2009; ... BC 89 Sacred Heart 76 The ingredients for a trap game were there, including the thincrowd (announced as 2,137) and a lopsided win early in the week. Then, of course, there was Boston College's opponent yesterdayafternoon, Sacred Heart (4-7), which arrived at Conte Forum ...
Seniors don't get moment
Jan 01, 2009; ... BC NOTEBOOK NASHVILLE - They had won 39 games in the last four years,including three bowl victories in three tries, which had extendedtheir bowl winning streak to eight - the longest in collegefootball. But yesterday, Boston College's streak came to an end with a 16-14 loss ...
Score one for the defense Malkin, Crosby never got going
Jan 01, 2009; ... BRUINS NOTEBOOK In the second period of Tuesday's 5-2 thumping of the Penguins inPittsburgh, a rarity took place: a Zdeno Chara turnover. With the Bruins holding a 2-1 lead, Chara received a cross-icepass in his zone from defense partner Shane Hnidy. Initially, Characouldn't ...