DA to charge two Fall River pool workers
The two employees will be charged with criminal child endangerment for the chronic mismanagement of a pool where a woman drowned and wasn’t found for two days.
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Ashland man pleads not guilty to terrorism charges
Relatives of Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old Northeastern University graduate, shouted their support and broke into tears today when he walked into a Worcester court.
Italian court overturns Amanda Knox conviction
The Seattle native was ordered freed by an Italian court after her conviction for the 2007 murder of her British roommate was overturned.
Political cartoon
American Idle
Dancing (around the issue) with the (political) Stars: a cartoon by Ward Sutton on politics and the US economy.
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‘Occupy Boston’ protests continue today
About 100 demonstrators, wearing mostly jeans and sweaters and toting backpacks, gathered along Atlantic Avenue, carrying cardboard posters and chanting slogans.
Scott Brown ‘not worried’ about polls
The first-term US senator sidestepped questions about a recent poll showing him in a statistical tie with potential Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren.
“How are you supposed to choose a school if you don’t even know about the schools or where they’re located?”
Mariah Williams, on trying to register her son for kindergarten
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Vandals target rainbow banners
Unitarian Universalist parishes decry attacks on their rainbow flags, which long have been used as symbols of inclusion for the gay and lesbian community.
Business
Demand for office space heats up
Science and technology firms are driving the turnaround in the Boston area.
Nation
E-mail to Obama detailed concern on solar firm
A Democratic fundraiser warned the president to be ‘‘careful’’ about remarks made during a trip to Solyndra, a California firm that declared bankruptcy after getting a $535 million federal loan.
World
Syria opposition launches national council
Syrian dissidents formally established a broad-based national council yesterday designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Sports
Christopher L. Gasper
Same old Patriots yet to prove they’ve improved
Despite yesterday’s win, there is still no reasonable evidence that the Patriots have fixed any of last year’s fatal flaws.
Health and wellness
G cover
Mind-set over matter
Your attitude has a lot to do with the kind of medical choices you make.
Arts
MUSIC REVIEW
Never ask why of They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants played everything from kids music to eclectic tunes to their hits at Berklee Performance Center on Saturday.
Ideas
“To become a citizen of a nation is a choice that involves more sacrifice and pain than tearing down the sculpture of a dictator.”
Gal Beckerman, on the challenges facing some Middle Eastern countries