Tearful pope says church will better protect young
Updated 11:04 A.M.
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VALLETTA, Malta - Pope Benedict XVI met today with a group of clerical sex-abuse victims and promised them with tears in his eyes that the Catholic Church would seek justice for pedophile priests and implement "effective measures" to protect young people from abuse.
Elaborate state funeral for Poland's first couple
Updated 2:09 P.M.
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KRAKOW, Poland - Some 150,000 Poles paid their last respects to Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria, as the couple were interred today among kings, poets and statesmen in the ancient Wawel Cathedral in a ceremony long on tradition but short on world leaders whose travel plans were wrecked by the enormous plume of volcanic ash that blanketed Europe.
5 airlines won't charge for carryons, senator says
Updated 12:20 P.M.
ATLANTA - In a remarkable gesture to fee-weary air travelers, five major U.S. airlines are committing to actually not charge a fee for something — the sacred carryon bag.
Tennis tykes
T&G; staff photo / CHRISTINE PETERSON
WESTBORO - The Westboro Tennis and Swim Club partnered with Sherry's House and UMass-Memorial Medical Center for their third annual tennis party for pediatric cancer patients and their siblings this afternoon. Here, children await instruction, each in their own way.
Burrell homers; Rays sweep Sox
By Jennifer Toland TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
BOSTON - Umbrellas, slickers, ski caps and Uggs were the wares on another raw and rainy night at Fenway Park. Hardly the ideal conditions to play one, never mind one plus the rest of another.
MONEY
Costly commutes
By Martin Luttrell TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER - Matthew S. Lederer wanted to lower his housing costs, and moved to the Tatnuck area, where rental costs are far less than the Boston apartment he had shared with roommates.
LIVING
It's all about the dress
By Nancy Sheehan TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
Catherine Meyer, a student at Quabbin Regional High School in Barre, wants to look great for her junior prom May 14. But will her budget make a concession to the recession?
OPINION
It’s nice to hear that Attorney General Martha Coakley intends to put up no further opposition to rulings that have held the state’s wine importation laws are unconstitutional. Now if the Legislature would only get around to scrapping the state’s antiquated and inequitable rules, Massachusetts can join the majority of states that are in compliance with common sense and a string of court rulings.
Forget the Mayan prophecy of doom for December 2012. The far more likely catastrophe, according to a recent report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, is a financial one that will hit with the state budget some months earlier, when the fiscal 2012 budget is put together. MTF warns that by constructing a fiscal 2011 budget that relies heavily on one-time federal funds, Gov. Deval Patrick is setting the state up for serious and widespread budget cuts a year later.
COLUMNISTS
Golf: Danielian Shining example of courage
Bill Doyle Golf
Becoming the first head pro at the new Shining Rock Golf Club in Northbridge has given Lee Danielian a much needed boost.
WORLD/REGIONAL
NH bill seeks governors’ papers
By Kathy McCormack THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CONCORD, N.H. - In a sunlit research room beyond long corridors of stacks of cardboard boxes, Stephen Thomas has been stuck in the middle of the Civil War for months.
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