Casino bill may aid rich schools
Schools in some of the state’s wealthiest communities would get millions of dollars in casino money while some of the poorest districts would get nothing under a measure that passed the state Senate.
With details in dispute, violent end for Khadafy
The conflicting accounts about how Moammar Khadafy was killed seemed to reflect an instability that could consume Libya long after the euphoria fades about the former dictator’s demise.
Andrew J. Bacevich
A death, but not a triumph for US
There is no need to mourn Moammar Khadafy’s passing, but neither is there any reason to view his departure as a transformative event.
Brian McGrory
A victory for reason in Wodinsky v. Kettenbach lawsuit
It’s rare when wealthy people are told point-blank that all the money in the world doesn’t give them the right to act like raging, insufferable jerks.
Jack Kevorkian’s art is focus of legal tussle
The controversy over the work of Dr. Jack Kevorkian didn’t stop with his death in June. But the latest fight isn’t over the right to die — it’s about his art.
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A gruesome Kevorkian painting called "Paralysis" showed the brain and spinal cord separating from the subject's body.
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In 1997, Dr. Jack Kevorkian showed off his painting called "Genocide" in Royal Oak, Mich. He used some of his own blood to paint the frame red.
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Kevorikian’s painting called "Nearer My God to Thee" depicted America’s fear of dying.
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A painting by Kevorkian called "Fugue," one of 17 works in a collection that may be worth up to $3.5 million.
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Kevorkian's "Chromatic Fantasy" was unlike some of his other work, which depicted death or dying.
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Kevorkian's "Bach" was one of the paintings in dispute between his estate and the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown.
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"Fever" was a gruesome look at the human form by the late medical pathologist.
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"Double Cross of Justice" included a broken scale and the shadow of a cross on the wall behind it.
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Some believe that "Brotherhood" was Kevorkian's take on humanity.
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"The Gourmet (War)" showed a decapitated head on the dinner table.
Editorial
Pregnant marathoner: Run, mommy, run
Hours after finishing the Chicago Marathon, Amber Miller gave birth and unwittingly ran herself into a kind of age-old controversy on how women should behave.
Schools crack down on dirty dancing
The sexually charged dance style known as grinding has drawn gasps of dismay from school administrators, and caused high school dances to be canceled.
Lethal superbugs detected in nearly half of Mass. hospitals
The first statewide survey to track these fast-spreading superbugs found the drug-resistant bacteria known as CRE in 31 of the 63 hospitals that responded.
“This is not just Libya that’s freed from this person. This is the whole world. The whole world is better.”
Bassam Bayou, 43, of Westborough
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Columnists
Metro
Confessed killer eligible for new sentencing trial
The death penalty for Gary Lee Sampson was possibly tainted by a juror who lied during his 2003 sentencing trial, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Business
Greece adopts austerity plans amid riots
Ignoring two days of riots outside parliament, Greek lawmakers passed a deeply resented new austerity bill Thursday in order to avoid a national bankruptcy.
Politics
Political Notebook
A confident Romney returns to Iowa
Mitt Romney made a rare jaunt yesterday through parts of the state that delivered a crippling blow to his candidacy in 2008.
Nation & World
Even those opposed to US role hail Khadafy’s death
Critics of US airstrikes in Libya found themselves in the awkward position of joining backers to cheer Khadafy’s death.
Sports
Putnam's Pinkney has eye-opening numbers
Melquawn Pinkney is a small player at a small school, but the more yards he eats up and the more games his team wins, the bigger their names get.
Movies
Movie Review
Finding drama in terms of the deal in ‘Margin Call’
First-time writer-director J.C. Chandor spins drama from invisible money and an assortment of actors attempting to mine theater from banker jargon.
Arts
Stages
At 50, ‘Phantom Tollbooth’ lives on
The children’s musical, based on author Norton Juster’s classic book, can be seen at the Wheelock Family Theater.
Opinion
“Washington isn’t shaping history. It is chasing history.”
Andrew J. Bacevich, on changes in the Middle East
Ideas
“A string of new studies suggests that the modern chase after happiness—and even happiness itself—can hurt us. Happy, it turns out, is not always the way you want to be.”
Gareth Cook, on the dark side of happiness