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Medford housing chief faces scrutiny over hirings

Robert Covelle allegedly demoted an employee to create a $53,000-a-year job for his bocce teammate, and hired his son’s girlfriend to decorate an office.

Advocates seeking more Boston charter schools

Boston charter school operators and advocates are urging state education officials to lift a moratorium on new charter schools in the city.

Scientist’s death halts unique research at UMass

The circumstances of Lynn Margulis’s career and death provide a window on just how difficult the passing of a working scientist can be for a research university.

President Obama spoke at the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Monday, but the president has visited New Hampshire twice in the last five months. Mitt Romney campaigned in Pennsylvania on Monday, but the former Massachusetts governor will be in New Hampshire on Tuesday for a speech and victory party.

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N.H. could be decisive battleground

President Obama and Mitt Romney are fiercely pursuing the hearts and minds of the state’s notoriously finicky electorate.

This ATM in Boston delivers audio prompts via a headphone jack and works properly.

Survey faults ATMs for the blind in Boston

Many Boston area ATMs cannot be used by people who are blind, despite federal rules that went into effect last month requiring more accessibility.

The Nation

For the record

Today’s corrections for The Boston Globe.

Social Security reserve predicted to run out by ’33

By John H. Cushman Jr.

The financial health of the Social Security system worsened in the past year, but the outlook for Medicare stabilized somewhat, the government announced.

Government audit pans Medicare bonus plan

Auditors called for the cancellation of a bonus program for private health plans that congressional Republicans have criticized as a wasteful political ploy.

The World

Sudan sends forces into disputed area

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir spoke to soldiers after tanks rolled into the disputed town of Heglig on Monday.

By Michael Onyiego

Sudanese ground forces reportedly crossed into South Sudan with tanks and artillery, elevating the risk of all-out war between the two old enemies.

Murdoch’s Sky News is investigated for e-mail hacking

By Raphael Satter

Britain’s broadcast regulator announced it was investigating Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News, extending the hacking scandal to a new branch of Murdoch’s business.

Norway gunman tells court he’s sane

By Julia Gronnevet

Anders Behring Breivik defended his sanity Monday after a forensic panel found flaws in a psychiatric report that declared him sane in the eyes of the law.

Editorial & Opinion

Dan Wasserman

Editorial cartoon: Walmart specials

The latest from Dan Wasserman, who has been drawing cartoons for The Boston Globe since 1985.

Joanna Weiss

Fighting binge drinking in innovative ways

By Joanna Weiss

Dartmouth College is attacking the problem of student drinking with a new weapon: a change in its culture of intervention.

editorial

Chuck Colson: A life fully redeemed

Charles Colson, the former Nixon henchman who died this weekend, learned moral lessons that prompted him to minister to some of the neediest of all — those behind bars.

Metro

Harvard mourns senior’s death

By Brian MacQuarrie and Travis Andersen

A Harvard College senior was discovered dead in her room on Saturday morning but foul play is not suspected, according to university and law enforcement officials.

SOMERVILLE

Fugitive surrenders to tactical team

State and Somerville police persuaded a suspect to surrender Monday night after he evaded police and escaped into a nearby house on Minnesota Street in Somerville, said State Police spokesman David Procopio.

State now issuing electric car safety plates

By Travis Andersen

Massachusetts is becoming the second state in the nation to outfit electric and hybrid vehicles with special license plates that will protect public safety workers responding to accidents.

Business

3.2m in Mass. have had data lost, stolen

By Jenn Abelson

Nearly half of Mass. residents have had their personal information lost or stolen as a result of about 1,800 data breaches over the past four years, according to a report.

Apple wins discovery ruling in Samsung lawsuit

In its lawsuit, Apple asserts that Samsung’s 4G smartphone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer, among other products, infringe on its patents.

A judge Monday agreed with some of Apple Inc.’s claims that Samsung Electronics Co. violated court orders in a patent-infringement case.

AROUND THE REGION

Staples CEO’s pay falls $6.3 million

By Jenn Abelson

Staples Inc. cut compensation for its top leader by more than $6.3 million last year — or about 40 percent.

Obituaries

For the record

Today's corrections in the obituary section.

LeRoy Walker, USOC’s first black president

Mr. Walker, the first African-American to lead the US Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday. He was 93.

Valeri Vasiliev, Soviet hockey mainstay

By Jeff Z. Klein

Mr. Vasiliev, the top defenseman with the great Soviet hockey teams of the 1970s and ’80s, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 62.

Sports

Patrice Bergeron named a Selke finalist

By Julian Benbow

On Monday, the NHL nominated Bergeron, an eight-year veteran, for the Frank J. Selke Trophy, which is awarded to the league’s best defensive forward.

Language is no barrier for the Bruins

By Amalie Benjamin

The Bruins have a multinational roster of players who speak nine languages, led by captain Zdeno Chara, who is fluent in six -- and learning Italian.

NFL DRAFT PREVIEW: DEFENSIVE BACKS

Janoris Jenkins is a big-time gamble

North Alabama cornerback Janoris Jenkins has all the skills on the field, but not off the field.

By Shalise Manza Young

The North Alabama cornerback’s list of off-the-field offenses and potential problems outweighs his NFL-caliber talent for some teams.

G: Living

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Kevin Youkilis and Julie Brady tie the knot

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

Congrats to Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis and Julie Brady, sister of Pats QB Tom Brady.

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Lizzie Borden home back on the market

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

The 14-room Queen Anne Victorian home in Fall River where Borden lived after being acquitted of using an ax to kill her father and stepmother is back on the market.

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Gisele Bundchen’s niece in the fashion business

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

The supermodel’s 5-year-old niece Duda Bundchen is about to launch a clothing line with the Brazilian kidswear brand Brandili Mundi.

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Nick Lowe is taking his time, at last

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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New faces at Gardner Museum’s young patrons party

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Vincent Club gala draws a crowd at MFA

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Obama’s sister set to speak at Wheelock

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Warren gets into character for Banned in Boston

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Brian Williams talks at Tufts University

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

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Jack White, ‘Blunderbuss’

By Sarah Rodman

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Christie Brinkley buys painting by Chatham artist

By Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein

G Cover

Tooth Fairy economics

By Rachel Zarrell

art review

Carrie Moyer’s arts of seduction

By Cate McQuaid

Book Review

‘The Singles’ by Meredith Goldstein

By Rennie Dyball