Chelsea housing director leaves ‘with a bag of cash’
Michael E. McLaughlin instructed the Chelsea Housing Authority’s accountant to write him checks for more than $200,000 right before he left the office for good.
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Andy Rooney spent more than 30 years working for "60 Minutes."
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Rooney shown in his New York office in 1978.
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Rooney, left, and Walter Cronkite chatted in 2003.
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On Sept. 27, 2011, Rooney made his final appearance on "60 Minutes."
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CBS said he died Friday night in New York from complications after surgery.
‘60 Minutes’ commentator Andy Rooney dies at 92
Andy Rooney, the commentator who spent more than 30 years wryly talking about the oddities of life for ‘‘60 Minutes,’’ died last night, CBS said.
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Sadness and surprise as Daddy’s Junky Music closes its doors
Boston’s most musical neighborhood loses the store at its heart.
Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe
Retail dead spot on Boylston awaits transformation
The bankruptcies of Filene’s Basement and Borders have resulted in vacant storefronts along a retail dead spot on Boylston Street.
Residents find power to persevere
Nearly a week after a ferocious storm cut power to North Brookfield, residents are still coping with life in the cold and the dark.
UMass students in race to increase NASCAR’s base
Can NASCAR, wildly popular in the South and other regions, catch on in New England? That’s the challenge for sport management students at UMass Amherst.
Deaderick is now able to help the Patriots
Brandon Deaderick began this season on the physically unable to perform list after shoulder surgery, but coach Bill Belichick said yesterday he is off to a solid start.
“The idea that he would be riding off into the sunset with a bag of cash is completely contrary to the interests of taxpayers.”
Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan, on Michael E. McLaughlin
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Columnists
Metro
Defense depicts Mehanna as a scholar
A defense lawyer for Tarek Mehanna sought yesterday to portray him as a budding scholar who was devoted to Islam and not the young radical that prosecutors have described.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Business
Doubts remain on Groupon, despite big IPO
Chicago-based Groupon Inc. has faced scrutiny about its high marketing expenses, large workforce, and the way it accounted for revenue.
Politics
Accuser’s lawyer says Cain lied
The lawyer for one of the women who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment declared that the Republican presidential candidate is not telling the truth about the episodes.
Nation & World
Unions urge Kerry to drive hard bargain on deficit
Labor union leaders accused Senator John Kerry of turning his back on working people as he and members of the congressional supercommittee deliberate over trimming the country’s deficit.
Sports
Women's college basketball preview
Kerri Shields right at home with BC
When BC starts its season on Nov. 11, the 5-foot-9-inch junior guard will be expected to take on a prominent role as one of three Eagle upperclassmen.
Arts
DANCE REVIEW
Novel touches in ‘Romeo and Juliet’
With its passion, its poetry, its politics, and its profusion of richly drawn subsidiary characters, “Romeo and Juliet’’ is a natural for the dance stage.
Opinion
“What he does with his power ought to determine whether he’s reelected next year.”
Peter S. Canellos, on Senator Scott Brown
Ideas
“The only thing we may know about education is that inquisitive kids respond to it.”
Paul Nix, on exam schools