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FROM TODAY'S BOSTON GLOBE
Netanyahu dismisses Obama’s proposals
(Associated Press)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told President Obama yesterday that he shared his vision for a peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and then promptly listed a series of nonnegotiable conditions that have kept the two sides at an impasse for years.
(By Steven Lee Myers, New York Times)
(By Steven Lee Myers, New York Times)
Tenn. Senate OK’s bill on gay lessons
A bill passed yesterday by the Tennessee Senate would forbid public school teachers and students in grades kindergarten through eight from discussing the fact that some people are gay. (Associated Press)
CDC’s ‘zombie apocalypse’ post an Internet hit
“Zombie apocalypse.’’ That blog posting headline is all it took for a behind-the-scenes public health doctor to set off an Internet frenzy over tired old advice about keeping water and flashlights on hand in case of a hurricane. (Associated Press)
Mother recants injecting child with Botox
A mother’s story that she injected her 8-year-old daughter with Botox is once again raising eyebrows after reports surfaced that she made the whole thing up for money. (Associated Press)
Wis. court OK’s teen’s life prison term
Fourteen-year-olds convicted of homicide can be sent to prison for life without parole, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled yesterday in upholding a life sentence for a man who helped throw a boy off a parking ramp when he was a teenager. (Associated Press)
Mother gets life in microwave death
An Ohio woman convicted of killing her month-old baby daughter in a microwave oven was spared the death penalty and sentenced yesterday to life in prison without parole. (Associated Press)
Shuttle crew to examine damaged tile
NASA ordered Endeavour’s crew to take an unusual close-up look at a damaged tile in the space shuttle’s delicate heat shield early this morning. (Associated Press)
Huntsman presses flesh, lays out agenda during N.H. visit
The late-afternoon setting was a smoke-filled veterans’ hall, the questions centered on the US role in Libya and the volunteer draft, and the would-be presidential candidate, little-known Jon M. Huntsman Jr., must have felt he was a world away from where he started the day yesterday — shuttling between tony living room parlors and taking on the ... (By Theo Emery, Globe Staff)
First 2012 attack ad assails Romney
Mitt Romney is the focus of the first attack ad of the 2012 presidential race, with an independent group run by former aides to President Obama tagging Romney as both a flip-flopper and a politician who would not protect Medicare. (Boston Globe)
Three Somali men plead guilty to piracy
Three Somali men pleaded guilty yesterday to piracy for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht, providing the most detailed description yet about what happened in the days leading up to the shootings that killed four Americans. (By Brock Vergakis, Associated Press)
Bin Laden files show plan to hit tankers
Osama bin Laden’s personal files revealed a brazen idea to hijack oil tankers and blow them up at sea last summer, creating explosions he hoped would rattle the world’s economy and send oil prices skyrocketing, US officials said yesterday. (By Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press)
Iran should pay damages, 9/11 family members say
Lawyers representing 9/11 families are asking a federal judge to find Iran culpable in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, saying new evidence shows Iranian officials had advanced word of the attacks and helped train the hijackers. (Associated Press)
Navigators worry as Mississippi roils
Travis Morace has been running boats on the Mississippi for two decades, witnessing all of the mighty river’s many moods. He has seen it calm and smooth as a newly paved road and endured jarring rides filled with treacherous twists and bumps. (By Mary Foster and Alan Sayre, Associated Press)
LATEST NATIONAL NEWS FROM AP
'Crock' cartoonist Bill Rechin dies at age 80
Cartoonist Bill Rechin, known for the syndicated "Crock" strip that parodies life in a Foreign Legion desert outpost, has died at age 80. (AP, 6:10 p.m.)
'Botox Mom' says she was paid to fabricate story
The story sparked outrage the world over: A California mother, trying to give her daughter an edge in beauty pageants, injected the 8-year-old with Botox. (Associated Press, 5:20 p.m.)
George Washington items bring more than $167,000
George Washington's compass and an assortment of other personal items, including pieces of his coffin, sold at auction Saturday for more than $167,000. (AP, 4:30 p.m.)
Potential GOP candidate affirms Mormon heritage
Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he is Mormon, and he doesn't think his religion will be an issue if he decides to run for president. (AP, 5:40 p.m.)
'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine
Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments. (Associated Press, 5:20 p.m.)
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