The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from August 2009:
Record keeping ; TODAY
Aug 01, 2009 ... We always knew that vinyl would come back, and we're waiting forour young colleagues to try and get their hands on our originalBeatles collection. For now, they'll just have to mosey over to theSomerville Rock and Roll Yard Sale and see what's available amongthe piles of 8-tracks, 45 ...
Swing set ; TOMORROW
Aug 01, 2009 ... The Al Natale Big Band will give those noisy, low-flying planes arun for their money in East Boston, where his 17-piece classic swingband will perform tomorrow. The trumpet-playing bandleader is at the"Zumix Summer Concert Series," where you can expect an evening ofGlenn Miller, Duke ...
A fort night ; TOMORROW
Aug 01, 2009 ... Terri Lyne Carrington's new CD, "More To Say," is a labor of lovefor the drummer who wrote or co-wrote all 15 songs, including "PapaSan." On this track, sax duties were handled by her father, Sonny.The Berklee College of Music alum and professor will share the ...
Sunday salsa ; TOMORROW
Aug 01, 2009 ... Replace the Sunday-night blues with hot Latin-jazz music anddancing at Salsa Sundays at the Beehive. The local music and dancegroup Cincoson will cure what ails ya, at least for a few hours -and then you'll be able to make it through the week and look forwardto every Sunday night. Aug ....
Arresting influences ; TODAY
Aug 01, 2009 ... "Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand" closes Aug. 16, and theInstitute of Contemporary Art sweetens the deal with Films at theICA. Four movies explore street art, hip-hop, and urban culture."Bomb It," a documentary by Jon Reiss, draws you into the world ofgraffiti culture. John Carpenter's ...
Enjoying the ride ; G FORCE | JOHN ALLIS
Aug 01, 2009; ... If you want a bike, own a bike that needs fixing, need asuggested ride in Greater Boston, or just want to talk about LanceArmstrong, John Allis is your man. The coach of Harvard's cyclingteam, a three-time Olympian, and co-owner of Belmont Wheelworks(recently named best bike shop in the ...
Where the wild things are
Aug 01, 2009; ... Living, as we do, next to the Middlesex Fells, our children seemore wildlife than they would in, say, South Boston. Critters thathave wandered into the yard from the adjacent woods include white-tail deer, raccoons, a skunk, foxes, a wild turkey, snakes, andsomething that resembled a ...
Camp Unplugged ; NO CELLPHONES, TVS, OR ELECTRONIC GAMES ALLOWED. WHAT'S A CHILD TO DO? OH YES, PLAY!
Aug 01, 2009; ... PITTSFORD, Vt. - Sitting on a top bed in their no-frills cabinat Camp Betsey Cox, Aliza Whalen passes a postcard from a boy shelikes to Becky Marder, who promptly reads it aloud to the entireBird Mountain bunk. Khadija Jahfiya announces that back home, wheresnail mail is old school, she ...
Unflattering reflection ; In two exhibits, artists look inward with a result that's more indulgent than interesting
Aug 01, 2009; ... NORTH ADAMS - Cozy. Self-indulgent. Pat. If you want a verbalsnapshot of the besetting sins of institutionalized contemporaryart, any of the above will suffice. But anyone interested in apainfully long exposure of the malaise could do no better than twosprawling exhibitions at the ...
Cr i ti c' s c o rn er ; BY JOAN ANDERMAN
Aug 01, 2009 ... Mrs. Washington Goes to Smith 9 p.m. Hallmark Cybill Shepherd (above) continues her oddball career trajectorywith a star turn as the title character in this Hallmark originalmovie. In signature greeting-card fashion, the plot concerns middle-age divorcee Alice Washington's return ...
Daily guide
Aug 01, 2009 ... RADIO HIGHLIGHTS Guest Mix 7 a.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Michelle Shocked plays songs thathave influenced her life and music. Kid's Classical Hour 9 a.m. WCRB-FM (99.5) How's the Weather? . .. Mother Nature in classical music. Mountain Stage 2 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Ryan Adams, ...
Dive deeper into shark territory
Aug 01, 2009; ... No one wants to be a shark's chum, but viewers are more thaneager to kick back for a week every summer to dive into shark lore. Shark Week, which begins tomorrow on the Discovery Channel,features six new documentaries. Discovery shark adviser Andy Dehartacknowledges that Shark Week ...
Is sex required after 37 years?
Aug 01, 2009; ... : Q. I can't believe the advice you gave "Not Interested Now/NeverWas," who didn't want sex anymore after 37 years of marriage. To sayshe should submit because her husband is good to her is tantamountto saying a young girl should have sex because a guy provided herwith a nice ...
This day in history
Aug 01, 2009 ... Today is Saturday, Aug. 1, the 213th day of 2009. There are 152days left in the year. Today's birthdays: Actor-director Geoffrey Holder is 79. SingerRamblin' Jack Elliott is 78. Cartoonist Tom Wilson (retired creatorof "Ziggy") is 78. Former Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.) is ...
Reflection for the day [194 153 ]
Aug 01, 2009 ... Genius all over the world stands hand in hand, and one shock ...
Bathroom humor ; JOANNA WEISS
Aug 01, 2009 ... Vacationing with kids under 5 is a little like being in a "Beavisand Butt-Head" episode, or maybe a Judd Apatow movie. We're stayingwith a family whose 4-year-old son is friends with our 5-year-olddaughter, and every few minutes, if not more often, a joke comes upinvolving poop. What do ...
`Aliens in the Attic' destined for cellar
Aug 01, 2009; ... How many alien-invasion movies do you see where you root for thealiens to win? Except for one splendidly bizarre scene, "Aliens inthe Attic" is conveyor-belt family product, an action/adventure/sci-fi/comedy made from the bland corporate DNA of Nickelodeon and theDisney Channel. It ...
Canadiens all humility, heart
Aug 01, 2009; ... BECKET - Last week, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company'sappearance at Jacob's Pillow turned out to be the final time thegroup would perform while Cunningham was alive; the great moderndance innovator passed away on Sunday night at the age of 90.Naturally, it was with a heavier step that ...
Forces of attraction in `Gravity'
Aug 01, 2009; ... TELEVISION REVIEW DEFYING GRAVITY Starring: Ron Livingston, Andrew Airlie, ...
From combat to chemo, a tough guy's memoir
Aug 01, 2009; ... Bob Nylen, who lived in Ashfield and cofounded New EnglandMonthly magazine, died on Dec. 28, 2008, not long after finishingthis memoir. In it, Nylen explores the concept of toughness byexamining his own experiences as a platoon leader in Vietnam, a hard-driving media entrepreneur, and as ...
MOVIE STARS
Aug 01, 2009 ... New releases Afghan Star Documentary follows an "American Idol"-style TV showin post-Taliban Afghanistan. Director Havana Marking understandsthat voting for a singer may be a silly form of democracy, but itstill counts. Take the teenagers. In English, Dari, and Pashtun,with ...
`Aliens in the Attic' destined for cellar
Aug 01, 2009; ... How many alien-invasion movies do you see where you root for thealiens to win? Except for one splendidly bizarre scene, "Aliens inthe Attic" is conveyor-belt family product, an action/adventure/sci-fi/comedy made from the bland corporate DNA of Nickelodeon and theDisney Channel. It ...
Here's a new `Saw': slash makes trash
Aug 01, 2009; ... "The Collector" is another helping of egregious slicing andslashing from Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who wrote the mostrecent, much lesser installments of the "Saw" movies. Having pushedthat sadistic franchise into self-parody (all that's missing now isthe installment about the ...
Find paves way for new appreciation of Mozart
Aug 01, 2009; ... SALZBURG, Austria - The huge musical puzzle that is Mozart isabout to be expanded by two potentially important pieces. More than two centuries after his death, two additional workshave recently been identified as being composed by the Austrianmaster. While the pieces might have ...
Phys ed 2.0
Aug 01, 2009 ... PHYSICAL EDUCATION classes have always been an imperfect way topromote physical fitness among children. Yet it's hardly a good signthat, as the Globe recently reported, a quarter of Boston publicschool students take no physical education classes at all. Theestimated 14,000 sedentary ...
Advice & Dissent ; Scooters in urban life Providence Plantations? One zoo, not two Ortiz tests positive
Aug 01, 2009 ... Scooters in urban life On Monday, the Globe editorial page argued that the new stateregulation forcing owners of scooters with 50cc engines to registerthem like motorcycles could cause financial and parking problems fortheir owners. The City of Boston will let owners continue to ...
Derrick Z. JacksonThe big, fat truth about Americans
Aug 01, 2009 ... AS IF President Obama does not have enough on his plate, heshould tell us to stop piling more on ours. The time is right for anational address to look us squarely in the eye and say, "You'refat!" Now, no one wants to be shamer-in-chief, and Obama and hisadvisers might be tempted ...
A bleak day for small businesses
Aug 01, 2009; ... TODAY the Massachusetts sales tax goes up 25 percent to 6.25percent. The big question on the minds of retailers is: "Are wegoing to survive?" For those who own or are employed by a retailbusiness, today is a scary day. The sales tax increase is asignificant jump at a time when the ...
The new blood diamonds
Aug 01, 2009; ... BUKAVU, Congo BEING HELD at gunpoint by 30 drunk and angry militia in themiddle of the night on a deserted road in one of the most dangerouswar zones in the world was not our plan when we started out the day.But my traveling companions and I were digging into the linksbetween ...
Upbeat economic report gives stocks a lift
Aug 01, 2009 ... Stocks rose after the government said the economy shrank at aslower pace than expected in the April-June quarter. GDP slowed at arate of 1 percent, better than the 1.5 percent drop ...
US says it has a deal with UBS on tax case
Aug 01, 2009; ... Switzerland and the United States reached an agreement inprinciple yesterday to settle out of court a case that sought toforce Swiss banking giant UBS to turn over the names of wealthyAmerican clients suspected of tax evasion, a lawyer for thegovernment said. Regarding the ...
Synaptics Inc.
Aug 01, 2009 ... Santa Clara, Calif.-based Synaptics, a maker of touch pads forelectronic devices, sank after its first-quarter revenue forecasttrailed analysts' estimates. Sales in the period ending in ...
Casino, Vegas woes send firm tumbling ; MARKET MOVERS CHARTS ARE SCALED SO PERCENTAGE CHANGE IS COMPARABLE
Aug 01, 2009 ... Las Vegas Sands Corp., the casino company controlled by SheldonAdelson, tumbled after it reported a second-quarter loss and salesthat missed estimates. The company continues to be hurt ...
Weak earnings, forecast hit PerkinElmer ; MASS. MOVERS
Aug 01, 2009 ... PerkinElmer shares sank after the Waltham scientific instrumentsmaker reported weaker second-quarter sales due to the economy andstrength in the dollar, and lowered its profit expectations for theyear. The company said sales in its human and environmental healthbusinesses fell, and as a ...
The Washington Post
Aug 01, 2009 ... Washington Post Co. turned a profit in the second quarter,reversing a year-earlier loss as growth in its Kaplan educationservices and cable TV units helped offset declines in print andbroadcast ...
Diversified or `life cycle' funds good places to start building 401(k) portfolio ; Scott Burns
Aug 01, 2009; ... I'm 33 years old and this is my first time doing a 401(k). Ireceived my benefits information, but it might as well be in aforeign language. I see different kinds of stock funds to choosefrom. Each one has different companies. I'm very confused about whatwill benefit me. Is it still a ...
FREE FROM TAXES NO LONGER
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More signs of recovery in Mass. ; Growth predicted for Bay State in university report
Aug 01, 2009; ... A new report is offering more evidence that the Massachusettseconomy may have seen the worst of the economic downturn. The state's business climate is poised to grow weakly in thesecond half of the year after the pace of decline slowed sharply inthe second quarter, the University ...
Madoff investor seeks dismissal of fraud suit
Aug 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - Jeffry Picower, the philanthropist and longtimeBernard Madoff investor, asked a judge to dismiss fraud claims inthe $6.7 billion suit brought against him by the trustee liquidatingMadoff's business. Picower, 67, a lawyer from Palm Beach, Fla., said yesterday incourt ...
Genzyme says FDA will reinspect Allston plant ; Agency will assess recent shutdown, revisit earlier issues
Aug 01, 2009; ... Genzyme Corp., which reopened its Allston Landing plant this weekafter a virus temporarily halted production of two drugs, saidyesterday that US inspectors will pay another visit to the drug-making site. Shares of Cambridge-based Genzyme tumbled 7.75 percent, or $4.36,to $51.89 ...
Things looking up for technology firms ; Despite downturn, surge of optimism in key state sector
Aug 01, 2009; ... For digital technology firms, a sector considered to be one ofthe most important to the future of the Massachusetts economy, theworst of the recession just might be over. Three of the world's top technology companies - IBM Corp., IntelCorp., and Apple Inc. - have announced strong ...
House panel would give biologics 12-year window
Aug 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Biologic drugs would get 12 years of protectionfrom competing medicines under a provision passed by a US Housepanel in legislation to overhaul the nation's $2.5 trillionhealthcare system. The Energy and Commerce Committee, in a 47-to-11 vote yesterday,followed the ...
Apple releases a fix for iPhone security flaw
Aug 01, 2009; ... SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. released a free software update thatcorrects a security flaw in the iPhone, a day after a researchershowed how hackers could exploit the vulnerability to seize controlof the device. "No one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gainaccess to ...
Genzyme sues firm over drug patent
Aug 01, 2009; ... WILMINGTON, Del. - Genzyme Corp., a biotechnology company thatdevelops drugs for rare chronic diseases, sued the RoxaneLaboratories unit of Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH alleginginfringement of a patent for the kidney drug Hectorol. Genzyme, based in Cambridge, Mass., ...
2 groups merging to press Wal-Mart
Aug 01, 2009; ... LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Two union-backed groups said yesterday theyare merging so they can consolidate their efforts to pressure Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to provide higher pay and better benefits. Wal-Mart Watch, backed by the Service Employees InternationalUnion, will move under the name ...
Slump in economy is slowly abating ; GDP 2d quarter beats projections
Aug 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - The worst US economic slump since the GreatDepression abated in the second quarter as government spendingprograms started to kick in, while the deepest retrenchment byconsumers since 1980 augured a muted recovery. Gross domestic product shrank at a ...
House passes measure allowing incentive-pay ban
Aug 01, 2009; ... NEW YORK - The US House empowered regulators to ban Wall Streetincentive pay that encourages risk-taking after banks gettingtaxpayer bailouts triggered public outrage by giving employeesbillions of dollars in bonuses. The measure, passed 237 to 185 yesterday, authorizes ...
State Street paid $470m in bonuses after bailout
Aug 01, 2009; ... State Street Corp. paid nearly $470 million in bonuses toemployees in 2008, the year it accepted a $2 billion infusion underthe federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, according toa report released Thursday by New York Attorney General AndrewCuomo. State Street, which ...
New Englandin brief
Aug 01, 2009 ... BOSTON LNG berth gets Coast Guard guidelines The Coast Guard has decided that a plan to build an offshoreliquefied natural gas facility near Fall River can be allowed to goforward, as long as certain safety measures are met. In a letter tothe Federal Energy Regulatory ...
Dwarf sperm whale washes up on Nantucket shore ; Species rarely seen outside deep seas
Aug 01, 2009; ... A rare dwarf sperm whale, measuring 7 feet and weighing about 400pounds, washed up on the Nantucket shore Wednesday morning and dieda short time later, beach officials said. Biologists at the New England Aquarium in Boston performed anecropsy on the mammal yesterday, leaning toward ...
Columbus Center complaints intensify
Aug 01, 2009; ... As the fate of the stalled Columbus Center project continues totwist in the wind, some residents of Back Bay, Bay Village, and theSouth End are getting fed up with declining conditions in theirneighborhoods. The 7-acre, $800 million development has been in theworks since 1996 and calls ...
Car crash kills Mass. couple after visit to ice cream parlor
Aug 01, 2009; ... An elderly Massachusetts couple were killed in a two-vehiclecollision Thursday in Cumberland, R.I., according to Cumberlandpolice. Authorities identified the victims as Charles Langille, 87,and his wife, Laurette, 77, of Foxborough. Laurette Langille was identified about 5 p.m ....
Ellsbury catches the eye ; Defensive gem picks up Smoltz
Aug 01, 2009; ... Red Sox6Orioles5 BALTIMORE - John Smoltz stood in the center of the diamond andwatched Jacoby Ellsbury charge back, the up-down movements ofSmoltz's eyes and neck becoming smaller with the ball's descent. Thegame had just about slipped away already, and the Baltimore Orioles,it ...
TORNADO HITS MISSISSIPPI
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Dodd reports he has cancer of the prostate ; Outlook good; disease found in early stagesSenator seeks reelection
Aug 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - Senator Chris Dodd announced yesterday that he wasdiagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in June. He said he plansto undergo surgery early this month but will continue hisreelection campaign. Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut and a 29-year member of theSenate ...
New fruit fly threat in Southern Calif.
Aug 01, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - An infestation of the white striped fruit fly hasbeen found in Southern California, marking the first detection ofthe Southeast Asian agricultural pest in the Western Hemisphere,state authorities said yesterday. The California Department of Food and Agriculture said ...
Briton accused of hacking loses appeal
Aug 01, 2009; ... LONDON - A Briton wanted in the United States for breaking intoNASA and Pentagon networks in "the biggest military hack of alltime" lost an appeal against his extradition yesterday, making a UStrial more likely. Gary McKinnon, 43, has fought a three-year battle to ...
Pilot unconscious before plane crashed
Aug 01, 2009; ... RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. - A single-engine plane crashed in a heavilywooded area of the state after the pilot apparently lostconsciousness and flew hundreds of miles past the airport in Indianawhere he was supposed to land. Pilot William Huff, 61, was killed, but it was not clear ...
Missing boy may be victim of tragedy
Aug 01, 2009; ... BOISE - Boise police investigators say new evidence suggeststhat an 8-year-old boy who has been missing for a week may have beenthe victim of a tragic event. Police and FBI detectives yesterday coordinated a massive searchfor Robert Manwill, who reportedly disappeared July 24 ...
Find triangle of birds to navigate stars in the summer sky
Aug 01, 2009; ... As soon as it gets dark these evenings, face southeast and lookalmost straight up. One bright star will greet you there, faroutshining any others. That's Vega, whose name comes from "thediving vulture" in ancient Arabic. It's the leading light of thelittle constellation Lyra, a stringed ...
Scores of Guantanamo cases are ensnared in a legal limbo
Aug 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON - In the 13 months since the Supreme Court issued itslandmark decision granting detainees at the US military prison atGuantanamo Bay, Cuba, the right to challenge their confinementsbefore federal judges, most prisoners still have not had their dayin court. In ...
2 more US troops killed in deadliest month of Afghan war ; In July, death toll for foreign forces reached at least 71
Aug 01, 2009; ... KABUL, Afghanistan - Two US troops were killed as the deadliestmonth for foreign forces of the Afghanistan war drew to a close, themilitary said yesterday, with commanders vowing to continue thefight despite the toll. The deaths in southern Afghanistan brought to 41 the number of ...
Bombs at 5 Shi'ite mosques in Iraq kill at least 29 ; Despite attacks on sect, July's casualties low
Aug 01, 2009; ... BAGHDAD - A string of bombings targeted Shi'ite worshipers inthe Baghdad area during prayers yesterday, killing at least 29people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of asect that has been blamed for some of Iraq's worst sectarianviolence. The blasts in a ...
Italy approves RU-486 abortion drug
Aug 01, 2009; ... ROME - Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486,capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican,which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribingthe pill and for women who use it. The pill's approval by Italy's drug regulation ...
Pakistani high court rules against Musharraf
Aug 01, 2009; ... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled yesterdaythat former president Pervez Musharraf violated the constitution bydeclaring emergency rule in 2007, a verdict widely viewed as arebuke to the retired general's military regime. The ruling raises the possibility that ...