State unveils plan for new school-rating system
Massachusetts public schools would be required to cut in half the number of low-scoring students over the next six years in a plan that would supplant No Child Left Behind.
Supreme Court to take up Obama’s health care law
The decision sets up an election-year showdown over the White House’s main domestic policy achievement.
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Prosecutor details Weymouth triple murders
In a hearing that drew moans of shock, a Norfolk prosecutor said today that Donald Rudolph used knives and a hammer to kill his mother, his sister, and his mother’s boyfriend.
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Tech Lab | First Take
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is too cool to change the world
The original Kindle, the first successful e-book reader, altered the literary habits of millions. The new Fire, colorful and powerful as it is, won’t have nearly as much impact.
NBA players reject deal; season in jeopardy
Players called the league’s latest offer “extremely unfair” and began the process to disband the union. Commissioner David Stern said the move was a “big charade.”
Biotech firms target tumors’ neighborhoods
Cambridge biotechnology companies are targeting the so-called microenvironment rather than just cancer cells in a bid to advance therapies.
Grieving father pushes legislation on flotation devices
Derek Frechette is pushing for legislation, known as Christian’s Law, that would require state and town-run camps with a swimming area to have Coast Guard-approved flotation devices on hand for all minors.
“It would be easy to escape.”
Edwin Guadalupe, 31, an inmate at MCI-Shirley
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Metro
Feeney resigns from City Council, may be in line for city clerk
Boston City Councilor Maureen Feeney quietly resigned last week after 17 years in office. She has long been considered next in line for the job of city clerk.
Business
MIT finds a new cleaning solution
MIT’s Endicott House has replaced the hundreds of gallons of chemicals it uses annually with just one cleaner - water, charged with an electrical current.
Politics
Warren rallies Senate campaign forces
Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren drew about 1,000 supporters who pledged to work for her campaign during a volunteer event in Roxbury yesterday.
Nation & World
Young voters’ ardor for Obama has wilted
Facing a dismal job market and persistent economic woes, a young generation has seen its fervor for the president dissipate.
Sports
No suspension for Milan Lucic
The Bruins said today that league officials opted not to fine or suspend Lucic for his hit on Sabres goalie Ryan Miller on Saturday.
Health and wellness
G force
He makes study of hoarding
Randy O. Frost, a psychology professor at Smith College and author of the 2010 book “Stuff,” is an expert on compulsive hoarding.
Arts
STAGE REVIEW
Quest for identity as trilogy plays out
“The Brother/Sister Plays,’’ the trilogy by the gifted young playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, is a challenge for any cast, but Company One's actors are up to the task.
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Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Ideas
“It may seem intimidating when we say you are going to help transcribe ancient Greek papyri, but it’s all about pattern recognition, and the brain excels at pattern recognition.”
James Brusuelas, an Oxford classicist who is part of the Ancient Lives team