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Election 2008
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Vilsack reportedly Obama's pick for agriculture secretary
Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for agriculture secretary, the Associated Press is reporting. Vilsack, from a key farm state, ran...
Patriotic helmet needs to go, Newton Fire Chief says
By Ben Terris, Globe Correspondent A veteran of the Iraq War, Richard Busa is used to fighting for the American flag. But never quite like...
Wellesley okays $86.6-mil for high school
Wellesley voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an $86.6 million debt exclusion to fund a $130 million new high school, the largest capital project in the town's...
Brigham and Women's expands patients eligible for face transplant
A Boston hospital poised to offer face transplants has enlarged the pool of patients it would consider for the life-changing surgery, the doctor leading the...
LOCAL NEWS
RI charity seeks help after donors hurt by scheme
A Rhode Island charity focused on changing the criminal justice system will seek donations after two large funders lost money in a massive Wall Street pyramid scheme. (AP, 5:38 p.m.)
RI gets new drug, alcohol abuse hotline
Rhode Island has a new telephone hotline for people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. (AP, 5:18 p.m.)
Nazi hunters give Holocaust Museum trial documents
The paper had yellowed, its edges frayed. But it clearly bore the signature of Lithuanian policeman Aleksandras Lileikis, ordering a Jewish woman and her 6-year-old daughter to be shot in a Nazi death pit in 1941. (AP, 5:18 p.m.)
OTHER LOCAL HEADLINES
- RI gets new drug, alcohol abuse hotline (AP, 5:18 p.m.)
- Nazi hunters give Holocaust Museum trial documents (AP, 5:18 p.m.)
- MA gov. denies commutation for convicted killer (AP, 5:09 p.m.)
- Competitors for space suit to work together (AP, 7:08 p.m.)
- MassMutual affiliate loses big in Madoff scandal (AP, 8:05 p.m.)
NATION
Ga. black colleges merger idea stirs resistance
Public colleges created during segregation to provide blacks an education denied to them by white institutions are at the center of a budget battle brewing in Georgia. (AP, 5:23 p.m.)
Man plays same lottery number 11 times, wins $1.1M
A Hampton man has won the Virginia Lottery's Cash 5 top prize of $100,000, and won it, and won it. Lottery officials said the man won $1.1 million after playing the same numbers on 11 tickets for the same drawing. Each winning ticket gives the man $100,000. (AP, 5:02 p.m.)
OTHER NATION HEADLINES
- Ga. black colleges merger idea stirs resistance (AP, 5:23 p.m.)
- Man plays same lottery number 11 times, wins $1.1M (AP, 5:02 p.m.)
- Two $1 million tickets sold at same Indiana store (AP, 4:42 p.m.)
- Yale endowment drops 25 pct amid financial turmoil (AP, 6:12 p.m.)
- AP source: Donor to Commerce nominee being probed (AP, 6:51 p.m.)
WASHINGTON
Vilsack career launched from small-town tragedy
Tom Vilsack has been a long-shot -- and occasionally reluctant -- candidate for most of his political life in a career that began as a small-town mayor forced into the job because of a sensational shooting spree. (AP, 7:50 p.m.)
Germany seeking US global warming cooperation
Germany is looking for ways to nudge the United States, and the incoming Obama administration, to step up efforts to slow global warming. (AP, 7:22 p.m.)
OTHER WASHINGTON HEADLINES
- Germany seeking US global warming cooperation (AP, 7:22 p.m.)
- Education secretary faces system in crisis (AP, 7:10 p.m.)
- Tom Vilsack bio information (AP, 7:02 p.m.)
- Obama picks Vilsack as agriculture secretary (Reuters, 7:24 p.m.)
- Harmless white powder mailed to US embassies (AP, 6:42 p.m.)
WORLD
Emerging SE Asia haunted by culture of corruption
To understand the challenge faced by emerging southeast Asian economies struggling to shake off a corrosive culture of corruption, you can start by counting the parking tickets issued to foreign diplomats in Manhattan. (Reuters, 7:43 p.m.)
Germany seeking US global warming cooperation
Germany is looking for ways to nudge the United States, and the incoming Obama administration, to step up efforts to slow global warming. (AP, 7:22 p.m.)
OTHER WORLD HEADLINES
- Emerging SE Asia haunted by culture of corruption (Reuters, 7:43 p.m.)
- Germany seeking US global warming cooperation (AP, 7:22 p.m.)
- Mexico: So far, no exodus from US to Mexico (AP, 7:22 p.m.)
- Gondola tower collapses at Whistler (AP, 7:42 p.m.)
- Fed gives boost to world stock markets (AP, 7:04 p.m.)
