The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from June 2009:
Brady returns
Jun 01, 2009 ... CONSIDERING the sad state of the world this spring, local folkare at risk of not being able to enjoy the luxuriant month of June.Jobs are vanishing into the black hole of a Great Recession. A mini-despot with electrified hair is setting off nuclear explosions innortheast Asia. General ...
Service weapons they aren't
Jun 01, 2009 ... LIKE MANY law enforcement agencies across the United States, theBoston Police Department is upping its firepower. The acquisition ofadditional M16 rifles and a tentative plan to train more officers intheir use may be a reasonable response to a sharp increase in theseizure of ...
James CarrollThe power of presidential restraint
Jun 01, 2009 ... KOREA saved us - but you wouldn't think so today. Pyongyang'ssecond nuclear test, followed by multiple rocket launches, and itsrepudiation of a decades-old armistice with South Korea aregenerating international consternation. The Obama administration'simportant nuclear reduction ...
The schools, 15 years later
Jun 01, 2009 ... A NEW STUDY marking 15 years of education reform points to toughchallenges in cities and towns with burgeoning enrollments of low-income students and those lacking English skills. It's a soberingreport. But it's not intimidating. Education reform in Massachusettshas always been focused ...
The danger of IMF policies
Jun 01, 2009; ... AS THE WORLD financial crisis continues, rich and poor countriesseek money to meet their budgetary obligations and fund vitaldomestic programs, including health and education. At the G-20meeting in London last month, an agreement was reached to increasethe resources of the International ...
A Salvadoran resurrection
Jun 01, 2009; ... SAN SALVADOR AT THE Plaza Libertad today, inauguration day of PresidentMauricio Funes, I will be thinking back to Feb. 28, 1977, whensecurity forces opened fire there on hundreds of unarmed civiliansprotesting a fraudulent presidential election. Less than a weekearlier, Oscar ...
A Vineyard primer for Obamas
Jun 01, 2009; ... MEMO TO the Obamas: If the rumor is true and you do end up onMartha's Vineyard this summer, here is an island primer. Like all islands, Martha's Vineyard is a head case, mysterious, aunique coinage, cut off, stuck-up, a loner, a bit of a drama queen. Newcomers often experience ...
A boom in `encore careers' ; IRENE SEGE
Jun 01, 2009 ... When my parents retired, my father taught courses on linguisticsand Kosovo and the philosophy of time at a volunteer-run institutefor learning in retirement, and my mother picked up pocket moneytutoring high school science and math. Me? My 401(k) is in shambles,and the economy and the ...
ANNIE'S MAILBOXShould she leave unfaithful spouse?
Jun 01, 2009; ... Q. My husband of 20 years, "Jonas," has not shown any interest insex even though I have given him every opportunity. Of course, weboth have two full-time jobs with a small antique shop on the side,so there's not much time for intimacy. We recently hired extra help at the shop so ...
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Jun 01, 2009 ... Today is Monday, June 1, the 152d day of 2009. There are 213 daysleft in the year. Today's birthdays: Actor Richard Erdman is 84. Actor AndyGriffith is 83. Actor Edward Woodward is 79. Singer Pat Boone is 75.Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 75. Actor Morgan Freeman is72 ....
He talks the talk on Sunday news show
Jun 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - While followers of the Sunday morning political showsobsess about which host best represents the genre's future, a manwho's proven an utter failure at setting retirement dates is makingsome noise. CBS "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer's bookend interviewswith Dick ...
Cr i ti c' s c o rn er ; BY MATTHEW GILBERT
Jun 01, 2009 ... I'm a Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! 8 p.m., Channel 7 They're not really celebrities. But then who wants to see realcelebrities trying to survive 24 days in a Costa Rican rainforest? Ilove Meryl Streep and all, but it's probably more fun to watch HeidiMontag and Patti ...
Daily guide
Jun 01, 2009 ... ON NECN CEO Corner 8:30 p.m. NECN Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare CEO CharlieBaker talks about healthcare costs and prospects for nationalhealthcare reform. ON BOSTON.COM Chat at 1 p.m. with Barbara Meltz on parenting. ON CHRONICLE Best of the New 7:30 p.m ....
Investigating family secrets
Jun 01, 2009; ... `I am the product of a profound failure, a marriage so disastrousit looks in retrospect like a war," Danzy Senna proclaims, and bythe end of this brave, rueful memoir, her words are as much anunderstatement as an indictment. As with "Caucasia," her award-winning 1998 debut novel, Senna ...
HEALTH ANSWERS ; BY JUDY FOREMAN
Jun 01, 2009 ... Q. Should teenagers be routinely screened by doctors fordepression? A. Yes, according to a new report from the US Preventive ServicesTask Force - an independent panel of private-sector expertsconvened by the government. The panel, whose recommendations are considered the ...
Cohen still brings it, with nuance and grace
Jun 01, 2009; ... A review of Leonard Cohen in concert could consist of nothing butperfect couplets from his esteemed body of songs, each a world untoitself, and still not get at the depths of what transpired onstage.The quiet power, the original hipster cool, the resonant voicesimultaneously evoking ...
Legend, newcomer give country fans a treat
Jun 01, 2009; ... MANSFIELD - In the hour and 40 minutes that George Strait was onthe Comcast Center stage on Saturday, he sang a grand total of 27songs. The way the math works out, even if all of them had beencountry chart-toppers - which they were not - he still wouldn'thave covered even half of his ...
A lust for death and Iggy is jazzed ; IGGY POP PRELIMINAIRES
Jun 01, 2009; ... Iggy Pop experienced such pleasure reading Michel Houellebecq's2005 novel, "The Possibility of an Island," he made a soundtrack togo with it. In fact the Stooges frontman was so transformed by themoody dystopian narrative (it's about sex, death, and the end ofhumankind) that he mostly ...
Out of balance Racism and weight
Jun 01, 2009; ... Inner-ear balance disorders, which can lead to catastrophicfalls, are surprisingly common among Americans age 40 and older. Newdata on the scope of the problem suggest that diagnosis andtreatment could reduce the burden of fall-related injuries anddeaths in the United ...
A chemical reaction ; G FORCE | MIA DAVIS
Jun 01, 2009; ... Mia Davis must be feeling pretty good about her battle againstBPA - a controversial, estrogen-like chemical used to make somehard plastic water bottles, and similar products. A few years ago,she alone ran the national campaign "Detox Nalgene" out of Boston,telling anyone who would ...
Crazy good ; FOOD
Jun 01, 2009 ... Executive chef Bill Bradley is "crazy," or should we say cookingat a "crazy" restaurant. In Italian, the word pazzo means "crazy,"which happens to be the name of his new Back Bay eaterie, PazzoRistorante & Bar. You can feast on Italian specialties, pizzas, anda carpaccio menu served ...
Dove tale ; POETRY
Jun 01, 2009 ... Henry Louis Gates Jr., professor and director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute at Harvard, will introduce Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former poet laureate of the United States. Dovewill discuss her latest work, "Sonata Mulaticca," about the life ofbiracial violinist George ...
If the spirit moves you ; EXHIBIT
Jun 01, 2009 ... "Stand back, we are not responsible for its behavior. It mightknock your camera down." This sounds like a warning to thepaparazzi, but it came from villagers concerned for the safety ofDr. Monni Adams. The anthropologist, art historian, and authortraveled to western Africa to understand ...
All in a day's work ; EXHIBIT
Jun 01, 2009; ... In 1849, Lewis and Harriet Hayden arrived in Boston after freeingthemselves from Kentucky slaveowners. Lewis ran a clothing store andHarriet ran a boarding house in their home on what is now PhillipsStreet. Boarders included more than 100 self-emancipated slaves.Lewis became the first ...
Matthews, fans have blast at Fenway
Jun 01, 2009; ... Reprinted from late editions of Saturday's Globe. It looked like your typical Friday night at Fenway Park.Lansdowne was clogged with people in Sox attire, throwing back SamAdams wherever they served them. Scalpers wanted to know who neededtickets, and the usual chants of ...
Fun in the sun at EarthFest
Jun 01, 2009; ... When people throw a party in your honor it's customary to show uplooking your best. On that front Mother Nature wowed a crowd ofthousands at the Radio 92.9 EarthFest on Saturday at the Hatch Shellwith a stellar performance. The musical acts were pretty good too. With sets from ...
Researchers aim to engineer cells that they can control
Jun 01, 2009; ... Using bacteria and genes, Boston-area researchers have builtliving versions of a basic component of digital circuits - inessence, cells that can count. Bacteria with crude math skills may seem a novelty, but theresearch was motivated by one of the major concerns about ...
Boston-Power to build a new battery factory
Jun 01, 2009; ... A Westborough maker of a lithium-ion battery pack is poised togive the Bay State job market a much-needed boost as it looks tomove into the auto market. Boston-Power Inc., which manufactures the Sonata battery used inHewlett-Packard laptops, today is expected to detail plans for ...
A drop in the bucket, with very big impact
Jun 01, 2009; ... Reimagining the venture capital business. Venture capitalistTerry McGuire took over last month as chairman of the NationalVenture Capital Association, at a moment when the VC industry isconcerned about increasing regulation and diminished returns. FellowVC Jeffrey Bussgang blogged about ...
New life for an old farm ; Elsie the Cow once promoted Elm Hill, but the Brookfield nonprofit now aids the disabled
Jun 01, 2009; ... C hickens, horses, and goats still roam Elm Hill Farm inBrookfield, but the level of activity is a far cry from a generationago, when it was a working farm and home to one of the most famous"spokes-animals" in marketing history. Elsie the Cow, who pitched Borden Dairy products in ...
Megabucks projector promises magic ; Home theater
Jun 01, 2009 ... I can't imagine who might be in the market for a $10,000projector these days. But I am thinking "loaded bachelor" or "mancave dweller." Samsung's SP-A900B, which will be available next Monday, is a1,080p HD marvel, with a 1,920 x 1,080 image resolution, 1,000 ANSIlumens ...
Android phones show the way to the next advertiser ; Locative apps
Jun 01, 2009 ... Android phones are about to become the premier platform forpeople in search of a good time. HTC, Motorola, and General Mobile are among the phone makersexpected to release new devices this year that run on the Googleoperating system. And developers are preparing to harness ...
Mullen ad agency to open Hub office
Jun 01, 2009; ... The advertising firm Mullen is planning to open new offices todayat 40 Broad St. in Boston, adding to a cluster of ad agencies thathave moved to the financial district in recent years. The move is a dramatic change for the 300-employee firm, whichhas spent the past 40 years on a ...
SEC penalties fell 84% in three years
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Under Christopher Cox, former chairman of theSecurities and Exchange Commission, penalties imposed on companiesfell 84 percent, from $1.59 billion in 2005 to $256 million in 2008. When Cox took office in mid-2005, there was concern withingovernment and the financial ...
Bausch & Lomb settles 600 fungus suits
Jun 01, 2009; ... ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Some eye doctors are still hoping that some ofthe lawsuits over a lens cleaner made by Bausch & Lomb will end upin court, so that the events that led to hundreds of fungalinfection lawsuits will be aired publicly. That hasn't happened. Over the past year, the ...
May unemployment may exceed 9%
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Unemployment in the United States probablysurpassed 9 percent in May for the first time in more than 25 years,underscoring forecasts the economy will be slow to pull out of theworst recession in half a century, economists said before therelease of a report this ...
Google to challenge Amazon with book-selling plan
Jun 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - Google appears to be laying down the gauntlet in thee-book market. In discussions with book publishers at the annual BookExpoconvention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intentto introduce a program by year's end through which publishers couldsell ...
US and Cuba agree to resume discussions on migration issue ; Direct mail service also on agenda to improve relations
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resumedirect talks on migration, last held in 2003, and open discussionson establishing direct mail service between the two countries, a USofficial said yesterday. Cuba presented a diplomatic note to US officials ...
Iraqi casualties decline to record low
Jun 01, 2009; ... BAGHDAD - Iraqi casualties in May fell by more than halfcompared with the previous month and were at a record low for theyears for which statistics are available, according to figuresreleased yesterday. The statistics suggested that insurgents have not been able tosustain the ...
James still happy with Cleveland
Jun 01, 2009 ... NBA PLAYOFF NOTEBOOK LeBron James finally talked about not making the NBA Finals, andinsists Cleveland's loss to Orlando will not impact his future withthe Cavaliers. James stormed out of Amway Arena without speaking to the mediaSaturday night after the host Magic ...
Quinn: healthy return ; His HR helps L-S get past Arlington
Jun 01, 2009; ... Just when it looked like Lincoln-Sudbury was doomed for a first-round letdown, senior captain Justin Quinn delivered. Quinn, who was playing in his first game in two weeks because ofa fractured thumb, hit a game-tying two-run homer in the eighth, andteammate Eric Watkins won it ...
Cancer fighters look at immune therapies ; Progress made in jump-starting natural defenses
Jun 01, 2009; ... ORLANDO, Fla. - First there was surgery, then chemotherapy, thenradiation. Now, doctors have overcome 30 years of false starts andfound success with a fourth way to fight cancer: using the body'snatural defender, the immune system. The approach is called a cancer vaccine, although ...
Moyer notches 250th victory ; Phillie is just the 11th lefty to reach milestone
Jun 01, 2009 ... Jamie Moyer became only the 44th pitcher to win 250 games in themajor leagues. The 46-year-old Phillies lefthander would have beenjust as happy if it were his first. Moyer went six strong innings to lead host Philadelphia to itsthird straight victory, 4-2 over the bumbling ...
Top dissident praises Syria-US talks
Jun 01, 2009; ... Syria's leading dissident yesterday said US efforts to improveties with Damascus could help democratic reform in his homeland. In a rare interview, Riad al-Turk, 79, said President Obama'sinitiative could also undermine an "unconvincing alliance" betweenSyria and Iran. Arrests of ...
Group says global beef trade is destroying Amazon forests
Jun 01, 2009; ... RIO DE JANEIRO - Consumers around the world are unwittinglyfueling the destruction of the Amazon forest by buying Brazilianbeef products linked to illegal deforestation, the environment groupGreenpeace said yesterday. In a report titled "Slaughtering the Amazon," the group ...
Rival Palestinian factions clash in paramilitary raid ; 3 from Hamas, 3 policemen die in West Bank
Jun 01, 2009; ... RAMALLAH, West Bank - Tension between Palestinian factionsexploded in their worst violence in nearly two years as aparamilitary police raid in the West Bank left six people deadyesterday. The clash underscored the risks for the PalestinianAuthority as it moves forcefully, with fresh ...
Global recession seems to be losing force, Geithner says
Jun 01, 2009; ... BEIJING - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today thatthe global recession seems to be losing force but that it will becritical for the United States and China to institute major economicreforms to put the world on a more sustained footing. Geithner said at Peking ...
Lebanon arrests 2 in spying inquiry
Jun 01, 2009; ... BEIRUT - A Lebanese Army colonel and a senior retired customsofficer have been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel,security sources said yesterday. The army officer was the second colonel arrested in less than aweek in an espionage investigation that has produced charges ...
Russian police detain dozens of anti-Putin protesters
Jun 01, 2009; ... MOSCOW - Russian riot police detained 33 oppositiondemonstrators yesterday as they attempted to stage a protestdemanding that Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin resign for hishandling of the economic crisis. Russia is entering its worst recession in at least a decade ...
Playoff payoffs for Stricker, Johnson ; GOLF ROUNDUP
Jun 01, 2009 ... Steve Stricker has all sorts of top-10 finishes on the PGA Tourthis season. Now he has the best one, too. Stricker birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff tobeat Tim Clark and Steve Marino and win the Crowne PlazaInvitational yesterday at Fort Worth. It was his first ...
Johnson sprints past Stewart for Cup victory ; AUTO RACING ROUNDUP
Jun 01, 2009 ... Jimmie Johnson nosed past Tony Stewart with two laps left in athrilling battle to the finish and won the Sprint Cup race at DoverInternational Speedway. Johnson pushed Stewart over the final few laps yesterday on theconcrete and finally caught him with an outside pass. Johnson ...
Nadal knocked out early ; King of clay shocked in fourth round; French Open
Jun 01, 2009; ... PARIS - For 31 matches, Rafael Nadal ruled the red clay ofRoland Garros, boasting an unbeaten record and an unbreakable will. For 31 matches, this was his surface, his tournament, his time. For 31 matches, dating to his debut on May 23, 2005, Nadal nevertruly was challenged, ...
Homer made game a happening for Pedroia
Jun 01, 2009; ... TORONTO - Dustin Pedroia became a power hitter over certainperiods of last season, but only, he says, by accident. He hit 17home runs in 2008, but he speaks about them as if fate, not thebarrel of a bat, decides when they occur. "Home runs happen," hesaid. They had not happened ...
Williams hunting license stolen prior to N.H. auction
Jun 01, 2009; ... A hunting license once issued to former Red Sox left fielder TedWilliams was reported missing last week from a New Hampshire auctionhouse, just days before the Hall of Fame ballplayer's personaleffects were to be sold. John Pappas, auctioneer at the Knotty Pine Auction Service ...
Mormons targeted in debate over marriage
Jun 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - As more states take up the debate on same-sexmarriage, some advocates of legalization are taking a very specificlesson from California, where the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dominated both fund-raising and door-knocking to pass aballot initiative that ...
More in GOP make race focus of Sotomayor nomination ; They allege she wouldn't be fair to white men
Jun 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Since the introduction last week of SoniaSotomayor, Republican senators wary of attacking the first HispanicSupreme Court nominee have lashed out at conservatives in theirparty who branded the would-be justice a racist and have evenpredicted a smooth ...
Many whites oppose reviving some areas of New Orleans ; Poll indicates divide along racial lines
Jun 01, 2009; ... NEW ORLEANS - Nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, it isthe worry that will not fade, complicating the rebuilding of NewOrleans and defining and reflecting this fragile city's racialdivisions. It is the fear of a shrunken city. Immediately after the storm,many residents, ...
Police reopen 1989 hotel killing case ; Victim's classmate presses for use of forensic advances
Jun 01, 2009; ... Karen Edwards took painstaking measures to be safe that night.When she arrived at the Lenox Hotel for the start of her New Englandvacation, she carried a cooler of food so she wouldn't have to dineout alone in a strange city. The precaution would be meaningless. Minutes after she ...
Bill seeks insurance option for firms ; Would join forces for health plans
Jun 01, 2009; ... Small-business owners, many struggling to stay afloat, are tryingto band together to buy employee health insurance in much the sameway cities and towns were granted permission a few years ago. Such an arrangement, they say, would give them big-company-styleclout to bargain for ...
Mountainside monument ; WWII plane wreck lies in placeThe casualties
Jun 01, 2009; ... Around midnight on June 20, 1944, a military transport en routefrom England to Washington, D.C., took on fuel in Newfoundland, andthen roared off into the darkness and vanished before first light. The Douglas C-54A Skymaster went missing with a crew of six andone star-crossed ...
High school internships in jeopardy ; State Senate's plan eliminates funding
Jun 01, 2009; ... Thousands of internships for high school students across thestate are threatened, and a Boston-based program that has been anational model for workforce development could be decimated under a budget cut proposed by the state Senate. The recommendation, part of a broader effort to ...
A harsh lesson
Jun 01, 2009; ... They had a pasta dinner after the 4 o'clock Mass at St. Anne's inHyde Park on Saturday, to raise money for the teachers. The teachers at St. Anne's, a Catholic school in Readville, willsoon be unemployed. In what has become a rite of spring, theArchdiocese of Boston is closing more ...
Kenneth Kahn, 66, defense attorney, stand-up comedian
Jun 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - Kenneth Kahn, a Los Angeles criminal defenseattorney who had a side career as a briefcase-toting stand-up comicin a double-breasted suit who irreverently poked fun at the legalsystem, has died. He was 66. Mr. Kahn, a Santa Monica resident, died Wednesday in a ...
Millvina Dean, 97; was last survivor of Titanic disaster
Jun 01, 2009; ... LONDON - Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack andlowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, diedyesterday, the last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was 97, and died where she had lived - in Southampton,England, the town her family ...
Gerard Jean-Juste; priest devoted life to Haitian refugees
Jun 01, 2009; ... MIAMI - The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, an influential Haitian RomanCatholic priest who was once jailed in Haiti for his politicalactivities and fought for his countrymen's rights in the UnitedStates, died Wednesday. He was 62. He died in a Miami-area hospital, said immigration lawyer ...