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Hear the latest audio features
A directory of audio and video podcasts and vodcasts from the newsroom of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, including Boston Globe 10.0 Sports Commentary, Take 2 Movie Reviews, and Tech Lab Gadget and Software Reviews.
New England's War Dead
Blogs
Obama gets back to health care
Back from a failed bid to bring back the 2016 Summer Olympics to Chicago, President Obama returns today to the issue he initially said would...
Boston school teacher from Natick to be honored at White House
A Boston public school teacher from Natick has received a prestigious presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The teacher, Erin Flynn,...
Introducing Budget Blues, a new blog
We're launching a new blog, Budget Blues, to cover the financial struggles facing Massachusetts communities and their tax payers. We'll write about property tax overrides,...
Blogging break
In observance of Columbus Day, White Coat Notes is taking a long weekend....
LOCAL
Henry Louis Gates Jr. arrest
The arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates on July 16 by Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley stirred a national debate over racial profiling.
Swine flu resources
A new strain of swine flu, a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza viruses, has spread to dozens of countries.
Negotiating the Globe's future
As the newspaper industry faces declining readership and the migration of readers online, The Boston Globe deals with the threat of closing and tough choices about how to move forward.
The Craigslist attacks
Philip Markoff, 23, a Boston University medical student, is accused of being the killer in the so-called "Craigslist killing" cases.
Ted Kennedy
A seven-part series with video, photos, and documents chronicling the life of the Massachusetts senator.
The Pension Problem
The Globe uncovers the ongoing abuse of the state pension program by Massachusetts government officials.
An Unhealthy System
In 2000, Partners HealthCare cut a deal with Blue Cross to ratchet up insurance costs. Massachusetts has not been the same since. (December 2008)
The Rockefeller case
Alleged kidnapper Clark Rockefeller is believed to have used many aliases, and police want to question him about a missing a Calif. couple. (August 2008)
NATION
Finding the fallen
During World War II, more than 2,000 American pilots and crew members were lost over Papua New Guinea. A team is trying to bring them home. (May 2008)
The Papal Visit
Coverage of Pope Benedict XVI's six-day, two-city visit to the United States. (April 2008) |
Virginia Tech shooting
A gunman identified as Seung-Hui Cho, 23, massacred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern US history. (April 2007)
A promise to keep
Veterans Affairs is a vast agency that makes a vast promise. But the VA is straining to live up to it, many war veterans say.(March 2007)
WORLD
The Long War
Five years after the Iraq war began, and one year into the US troop "surge" bombings and attacks across the country have plummeted, and a relative calm has settled in. (June 2007)
Lost hopes in Gaza
Wasfiyeh and Hamdullah Hassouneh once hoped changes on the Palestinian horizon would make life better for their family of 10. Instead, they are close to divorce. (June 2007)
Iraqis seek calm in Iran
Now that cultural and economic links severed under Saddam Hussein are being restored, Iraqis find Iran is a great place to visit. (May 2007)
A chasm of need on West Bank
Abdul Rahim directs an Islamic charity that dispenses millions of dollars a year, one of the last solvent, and credible, institutions in a bellwether Palestinian city. (June 2007)
Sports
2008 winter All-Scholastics
There were some outstanding high school performers on the ice, courts, tracks, and in the pools this winter. Video
The Patriots' videotaping scandal
The Pats were caught taping signals. Further allegations include one that the Pats illegally taped the Rams' walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI.
The Mitchell Report on steroids
Purported drug cheats, including former Red Sox star Roger Clemens (left) subverted the integrity of the national pastime, according to the report.
Commemorative section
Relive the Red Sox' second World Series title in four years with with stories, photo galleries, video, and much more.
Living Arts
Remembering Michael Jackson
A new strain of swine flu, a respiratory disease caused by type A influenza viruses, broke out in Mexico recently. Since then, dozens of people have died in the country, as the virus has spread to dozens of other countries.
Excerpts from Mark Feeney's critiques |
The Education of Stephanie Umoh
Follow this Boston Conservatory senior as she hones her skills, faces her fears, and tries to become one the few — the very few — to make it to Broadway. |
Harry Potter -- The final chapter
The final chapter closed on July 21 with the release of the seventh -- and final -- book in the popular Potter series: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
The new rules for office casual
The annual scramble to decipher the latest summer-casual dress codes for the workplace has begun. Are flip-flops OK? Shorts? It depends on where you work.
Business
The credit crisis
Follow the collapse of the subprime loan market and the government's plans to bail out the economy. (October 2008)
The collapse of auction-rate securities
Follow the collapse of auction-rate securities and how it's effecting the market. (September 2008)
The loan crisis hits students
The turbulent market debt market is making it harder for students to obtain loans. (August 2008)
The Mass. housing slump
New Massachusetts home sales and prices have dropped significantly, and a mortgage crisis is burgeoning. (October 2008)
The Globe 100
This year's Globe 100 reflects expansion with a diverse mix of old- and new-economy firms among the state's best-performing, publicly held companies. (October 2008)
Travel
LongJaunt
Equal parts lighthearted jaunt and in-depth journey, this intimately documented trip around the world has one goal: to bring you along for the ride.
At the edge of Europe
Explore the shifting seasons of a continent in transition with Globe travel reporter Tom Haines.