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In Cuba, diamond diplomacy

HAVANA - They burst into the hush of the four-star Hotel Telegrafo like old friends into a neighborhood pub, wearing baseball pants and slapping one another on the back. Shoving together white-linened tables, they beckoned waiters to bring cans of cold ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  Luis Tiant,  Boston Red Sox,  United States Department of the Treasury

Tuition gift after highest price paid

As crowds braved lashing winds in North Attleborough to watch a hearse carrying the body of Marine Captain Kyle Rolf Van De Giesen roll slowly past 10 days ago, Peter Trovato made a private gesture. At his North End apartment, in a ritual repeated time ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  16 Nov 2009

When Celts need a lift, this little guy rocks the house

He jumps for joy when Kevin Garnett slams home a spectacular alley-oop. He exults when Rajon Rondo completes a breathtaking coast-to-coast buzzer-beater, letting out a spirited “yessss!’’ as he high-fives his mother. But when the Boston Celtics head to ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Kevin Garnett,  Utah Jazz,  Rajon Rondo,  Boston Celtics,  Soulja Boy

Prosecutors lose bid to oust DiMasi counsel

The two lawyers defending Salvatore F. DiMasi, the former House speaker, against federal corruption charges can remain on the case, a judge ruled yesterday, despite concerns that their prior association with the prosecution’s star witness could divide ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  12 Nov 2009

Tributes and trepidation

At Harvard University’s majestic Memorial Church, the Army’s top general read a roll call of graduates through the decades, men whose rare valor earned them the highest military honor. As a bell tolled, its echo lingering on the crisp fall air, a woman’ ...

From PETER SCHWORM AND MATT VISER, Boston Globe,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  Nidal Malik Hasan,  Arthur Smith,  Deval Patrick,  Walter Reed Hospital

Amid pay furor, Suffolk plans to boost its debt

Suffolk University, facing sharp criticism for its president’s hefty salary, plans to take on millions in new debt this week in a sweeping effort to stabilize its finances, which have been buffeted by investment losses, weak fund-raising, and ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chronicle of Higher Education,  Chuck Grassley,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barry Brown

Leaders’ pay rises with cost of college

Every year, colleges raise tuition. Just as consistently, they increase presidents’ salaries. And in a college-rich area that boasts some of the wealthiest institutions in the country, modest Suffolk University has again lavished its leader with an eye- ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  Chronicle of Higher Education,  Shirley Ann Jackson,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DA says MGH shooting ‘justified’

Pinned to the floor by her enraged, knife-wielding patient, defenseless against his frenzied stabbing blows, Dr. Astrid Desrosiers could do nothing but scream. As clinic colleagues fled, another doctor tried to pull the 250-pound man off her, but fell ...

From PETER SCHWORM AND MARIA CRAMER, Boston Globe,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Massachusetts General Hospital

Once again, church bell in Bridgewater will sound call to worship

BRIDGEWATER - For a generation, the old bell sat silent, in tarnished glory. In its creaky belfry, it bore the indignity of being replaced with canned, electronic chimes, first from a monstrous tape deck, then a computer program. High atop the town ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  23 Oct 2009

Chief justice warns cuts put courts at risk

With another round of state budget cuts looming, Margaret H. Marshall, chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, warned yesterday that financial troubles are clogging the courts, pulling probate officers from Boston schools, and ...

From PETER SCHWORM, Boston Globe,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Margaret H. Marshall,  Deval Patrick

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