In light of the fact that I put in a full work day and have a basketball game tonight I doubt I will be reading much of today's Boston Globe.
What I might have read -- or more likely not have read -- today.
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Medicaid cost crisis looms for Bay State
The ballooning cost of Medicaid is one of the biggest challenges facing Massachusetts and other states, which have seen demand for the program jump during the recession as increasing numbers of unemployed residents enroll in the subsidized insurance plan. (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
I thought the recession has been over for six quarte.... oh, never mind.
Representative Niki Tsongas, a Lowell Democrat and member of the Armed Services Committee, helped win passage of legislation aimed at improving the Pentagon’s handling of rape and sexual abuse cases. (By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff)
But it's the greatest military the world has ever known (that just allowed openly-gay soldiers).
Next fall, the Microtext Department room at the Boston Public Library will reopen as the new repository and exhibit hall for the library’s Norman B. Leventhal Map Collection, one of the country’s foremost cartographic resources. Many of the collection’s most valuable maps, atlases, and other materials will come out of storage and into fuller public view. (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
Boston researchers plan to announce today that they are partnering with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to develop and bring to market a sophisticated, noninvasive test that can detect tiny traces of cancer cells in a blood sample. (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
Aid agencies warn that “spontaneous volunteers” can make matters worse if they show up without training or protection. They could end up in jail like Paul Waggoner of Nantucket, or injured or dead. (By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff)
Nation
Nation
- GOP legislators pledge to cut and investigate (By Jennifer Steinhauer and Robert Pear, New York Times)
- Sheriff’s deputy, suspect dead in Ohio standoff (Associated Press)
- Over 1,000 dead birds fall from sky in Arkansas (Associated Press)
- 1 man, 4 children killed in Wash. fire (Associated Press)
- Navy will investigate lewd videos shown to crew (Associated Press)
- After 911 call, deadly fire ignites in Calif. (Associated Press)
- NASA still trying to contact Mars rover (By Alicia Chang, Associated Press)
- Law to pay health bills of 9/11 workers signed (New York Times)
World
- Key party pulls out of Pakistan coalition (By Salman Masood, New York Times)
- Egypt investigates local militants in bombing (Associated Press)
- Australian flooding claims first life (Associated Press)
- Peacekeepers face threat in Ivory Coast (Associated Press)
- Iraqi security officers killed in attacks (Associated Press)
- NATO service member killed in Afghanistan (Associated Press)
- Netanyahu says he’s willing to negotiate nonstop with Abbas (By Josef Federman, Associated Press)
- Judge says Iran stoning sentence under review (By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press)
Metro
- Morrissey gets early start as new Norfolk DA (By Beth Daley, Globe Staff)
- El Sistema USA may have to leave NEC, Boston (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)
- Trooper, 3 others injured in crash (By Christopher J. Girard, Globe Correspondent)
- Storied E. Boston immigration hub to be demolished (By Steve Holt, Globe Correspondent)
- Globe Watch Drivers find part of I-93 dark and bumpy (By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent)
- Ticket demand swells with lottery jackpot (By Michele Richinick, Globe Correspondent)
- N.H. mother died in Cessna crash (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
- BOSTON Fumes in house send 17 to area hospitals (Boston Globe)
- NEW BEDFORD None hurt in fire at apartment building (Boston Globe)
- PLYMOUTH Pilgrim hunts source of tritium in well (Associated Press)
- NEW HAVEN Suspect in Yale lab slaying due in court (Associated Press)
- NEW HAVEN Homeowner with arsenal to be sentenced (Associated Press)
- CONCORD, N.H. Residents asked to help in bobcat study (Associated Press)
- Court to hear appeal in murder case of Woburn mother, child (By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
- Oil spill prompts an evacuation (By Christopher J. Girard, Globe Correspondent)
Business
- Getting a power boost from ordinary H2O (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
- Lessons on regrowth, on a small scale (By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff)
- Innovation Economy Boston start-up gathers coupon offers in one site (By Scott Kirsner, Globe Correspondent)
- User Friendly Upgrade to a revved-up, liquid-cooled machine (By Mark Baard, Boston Globe)
- Despite its absence, Apple will loom over CES (By Peter Svensson, Associated Press)
- Vizio to offer a smartphone, tablet (Bloomberg News)
- Ambitious VW extends CEO’s contract (Bloomberg News)
- iPhone glitch causes alarm problems (Bloomberg News)
- The Green Blog A career among the fishes (Boston Globe)
- Ask Dr. Knowledge Cats and water (Boston Globe)
- WikiLeaks threat puts lender on defensive (By Nelson D. Schwartz, New York Times)
I'm sorry they did not to me.
