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News Notes – January 7
Ozawa Discloses Cancer and Cancels Concerts for 6 Months By MARTIN FACKLER/NYT – January 7, 2010 TOKYO — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor, said Thursday that he has esophageal cancer and will cancel his concerts for the next six months to focus on treatment. Mr. Ozawa, 74, who currently conducts the Vienna State Opera, told [...]
News Notes – January 6
Pharmacy school bars covering of the faceBy Martin Finucane – Globe Staff / January 6, 2010 The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has banned students, faculty, and staff from covering their faces on its three campuses in an effort to ensure public safety, a college spokesman said yesterday. But the new policy has [...]
News Notes – January 5 – Twelfth Night
New England in brief – Bid to trim damages in file-sharing case January 5, 2010 A college student who was ordered to pay four record labels a combined $675,000 for downloading and sharing songs online is asking a judge to grant him a new trial or reduce the damages. Joel Tenenbaum of Providence admitted he [...]
News Notes – January 3
Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside Pay By DUFF WILSON/NYT – January 2, 2010 The owner of two research hospitals affiliated with the Harvard Medical School has imposed restrictions on outside pay for two dozen senior officials who also sit on the boards of pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies. The limits come in the wake of growing [...]
News Notes – January 2
Rumors abound that new Leonardo da Vinci painting has been found in BostonBy Sarah Kaufman/Washington Post – December 31, 2009 Is the world about to gain another Leonardo da Vinci painting? The multitasking Renaissance genius who produced the most famous portrait in the world — Mona somebody — left us only 10 to 20 other [...]
News Notes – January 1 – ARPANET Becomes Internet, 1983
Fenway on ice season’s hottest ticketBy Laurel J. Sweet/Boston Herald – Friday, January 1, 2010 There’s been some chilly receptions at Fenway Park over the past 97 years, but nothing quite like what awaits today’s Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic. It’s not a hangover playing tricks with your mind. Hockey has taken over the turf of [...]
News Notes – December 31 – Death of Roberto Clemente, 1972
Just right for First Night!By Renee Nadeau/Boston Herald – December 31, 2009 Kick the new year off in style – any style you’d like – at the eclectic First Night celebration going on around the city tonight. A First Night button lets revelers into the FedEx Family Festival at the Hynes Convention Center from 1 [...]
News Notes – December 30
Some schools feel frozen out by Fenway fees – Say $10,000-$30,000 price tag out of reach for all but the wealthiest hockey programsBy Andrea Estes – Globe Staff / December 30, 2009 It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for young hockey lovers to play before a huge crowd at Fenway Park. And when the Red Sox [...]
News Notes – December 29 – Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890
Potent fuel at MIT reactor makes for uneasy politicsBy Bryan Bender – Globe Staff / December 29, 2009 WASHINGTON – MIT’s 50-year-old nuclear reactor, one of only three US research facilities not run by the Department of Energy that still use material that could also be used to make atomic bombs, will probably not be [...]
News Notes – December 28
Voter registration deadline is WednesdayNew England in brief – December 28, 2009 Voters have only a few more days to register to cast ballots in the special election to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by Edward Kennedy’s death. Wednesday is the registration deadline. Town clerks’ offices typically stay open until 8 p.m. to [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
