Barney Frank will not seek reelection in 2012

The state’s highest-profile congressman and one of the nation’s leading liberal voices has decided not to seek reelection. An adviser said the recent Massachusetts redistricting was a major factor in the decision.

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US Representative Barney Frank is the state’s highest-profile congressman and a leading liberal voice, will not seek reelection in 2012.

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In his leadership position on the House Financial Services Committee, Frank played a major role in financial legislation and the country’s response to the recession.

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Frank has a long history in Massachusetts politics, serving as an aide to former mayor Kevin White and a state representative before being elected to Congress.

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Frank with Gerald Ford in 1966.

Cup from Cambridge will scoop sun’s wind

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are developing instruments for the Solar Probe Plus, a mission designed to get an extreme close-up of our sun.

Suit over cardiac monitor settled

Massachusetts General Hospital has settled an ‘‘alarm fatigue’’ case with the family of a man who died when nurses didn’t respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor.

Hubway expanding to Cambridge, Somerville

After a winter hiatus, Boston’s European-style bicycle-sharing system will cross the Charles River.

Family ties prove thorny for Tierney

The legal saga of the Boxford-bred Eremian brothers might have attracted little notice if not for the fact that their sister is Patrice Tierney, wife of US Representative John F. Tierney.

Tyrus Lemerande during a performance last month of his one-man show. Below is a poster advertising the production.

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Shakespeare in the theater of operations

Tyrus Lemerande, a Navy Reserve officer serving in Afghanistan, has been entertaining troops with one-man performances of William Shakespeare.

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Hope, skepticism for cold fusion

The scientist who claims to have developed the world’s first nuclear cold fusion reactor was at the State House last week to explore producing it in Mass.

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On football

Strong safety James Ihedigbo (44) and Kyle Arrington (24) made sure Eagles quarterback Vince Young had nowhere to go late in the fourth quarter.

Improving defense building expectations for Patriots

There were some shaky moments on defense to start this season — to say the least. But in the past few weeks, the performance level has risen sharply.

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Brotherly love and support

The Schusters have donated more than $5 million to Brigham and Women’s, much of which will go to the hospital’s new Schuster Transplant Center and Transplant Research Center.