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Remembering through her music
Naomi Kliman was a piano teacher in Dorchester and Milton for 65 years. Now she is 82 and has Alzheimer’s disease and has forgotten everything — except her music.
Romney vows vast military growth
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Mitt Romney uncorked a withering broadside against what he called President Obama’s “feckless’’ foreign policy yesterday and detailed his plans.
A quizzical response to the new bar codes
With 35 percent of adults owning a smart phone, QR codes have quickly become the darling of the mobile marketing world. But what exactly are they?
R.I. slashes restrictions on illegal immigrants
The stunning turnaround reflects the fickle nature of immigration politics in a state that still remains deeply divided over the issue, with critics vowing to push back.
Men are left to wonder as PSA test is disputed
Men over 50 who have a yearly PSA blood test to screen for prostate cancer may get more harms than benefits, according to draft recommendations posted online by the US Preventive Services Task Force.
KAYANA SZYMCZAK FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Toxic traces in the air
Hundreds of property owners are complaining about new state requirements to protect against toxic chemicals that have contaminated soil and groundwater.
Reliving the Pan Am experience
Four hundred former Pan Am stewardesses reunited for their group’s World Wings International conference. The most buzzed about topic: ABC’s new drama “Pan Am.”
“It lets you house your digital life in one place - your social media links, your Google +, what have you, videos, photos, a bio page. We call them your social print.”
Tammy Lewis, of Skanz, on Quick Response codes
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Boston Massacre monument moved again
The monument marking the site of the Boston Massacre has been moved.It did not go far, just a few yards, bringing it closer to the Old State House.
Business
Brighter forecast for Vt. tourism
As leaf peepers come out in droves this holiday weekend, 99 percent of Vermont’s highways, many devastated by Tropical Storm Irene in August, are open.
Nation
US asks court to halt Alabama’s immigration law
The federal government asked an appeals court yesterday to stop state officials from enforcing a strict immigration measure that has driven away migrant workers and Hispanic students.
World
Libyan revolutionary fighters surround Surt
Fighters assaulted Moammar Khadafy’s hometown in what they hope will be a final all-out offensive to crush resistance in the bastion of regime loyalists.
Sports
Henry ready if Epstein exits
The Red Sox owner did not comment directly on reports that the Chicago Cubs have asked to Theo Epstein, but indicated the team would not stand in his way.
Arts
Visual Arts
Football coach turns art curator
Williams College football coach Aaron Kelton is set to take his turn as a guest curator today at the university’s Museum of Art.
Opinion
“They’re everywhere in our culture today, these charismatic killers. Have we lost our moral bearing?”
Ed Siegel, on “Dexter” and “Breaking Bad”
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