Today's Paper 05/16/2012 - The Boston Globe

The Nation

Groom suspected in bride’s slaying

The groom is being sought in the stabbing death of his young bride hours after their marriage - her body found in a bathtub in the silver sequin cocktail dress she wore at her wedding reception and possibly at the wedding itself, police said Tuesday.

For the record

Today’s corrections for The Boston Globe.

Banking sector puts its money on Mitt Romney

By Michael Rezendes

Donors from big banks are betting on Romney to defeat President Obama and repeal new restraints on risky, large-scale investments.

The World

Ex-Murdoch editor charged

By Alan Cowell and John F. Burns

Rebekah Brooks was charged of perverting the course of justice in the hacking scandal that has engulfed the British press.

Francois Hollande takes over as president of France

By Steven Erlanger

Francois Hollande was inaugurated Tuesday as president of France, the first Socialist to hold the office since Francois Mitterrand 17 years ago.

Clashes between US, Afghan troops threaten joint training model

By Matthew Rosenberg

Already this year, 22 coalition service members have been killed by men in Afghan uniform, compared with 35 for all of last year, according to coalition officials.

Editorial & Opinion

Paul McMorrow

Haymarket pushcart vendors need to embrace change

The pushcart vendors in Boston’s Haymarket district have resisted new approaches from pre-Big Dig ways.

By Paul McMorrow

The future of the Haymarket pushcart market depends not on the outside protection the vendors have sought, but on their willingness to embrace change that’s rushing toward them.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Mitt Romney failed to man up on bullying

By Derrick Z. Jackson

If Mitt Romney can’t remember bullying a classmate, he lacks empathy for someone seeking the highest office in the land.

Jeff Jacoby

On health care, state doesn’t know best

By Jeff Jacoby

More ham-fisted state intervention won’t help the Bay State’s markets in health care and medical coverage.

Metro

Frances Litman, 86, pioneer in the study of parenting

By Kathleen McKenna

An advocate for children and parents, Frances Litman believed all families needed and deserved support and education.

Sagamore Bridge work frays tempers, hurts shops

Work to fix the 1930s Sagamore Bridge has caused delays for drivers like these trying to get off the Cape on Tuesday.

By Eric Moskowitz

Repairs to the Sagamore Bridge throughout the spring have slowed traffic leaving Cape Cod to a crawl most nights and backed it up for miles on Sundays.

Business

The Color of Money

Program helps workers get handle on savings, retirement

By Michelle Singletary

The Investor Protection Institute has created a nine-part, 10-hour online education series that covers topics such as saving and investing.

R.I. races to save Curt Schilling’s company

Curt Schilling moved his 38 Studios LLC from Maynard to Providence last year after Rhode Island officials offered him $75 million in loan guarantees.

By Hiawatha Bray

Officials are scrambling to save the state’s $75 million investment in the former Red Sox pitcher’s video game company, 38 Studios.

Old-school Blue Jay studio up for sale

Blue Jay Recording Studio may not look like much from outside, but it has brought some of music’s biggest names to Carlisle over the years.

By Kathleen Pierce

With the music industry going through seismic changes, classic studios like the Blue Jay Recording Studio in Carlisle are becoming rare.

Obituaries

Frances Litman, 86, pioneer in the study of parenting

By Kathleen McKenna

An advocate for children and parents, Frances Litman believed all families needed and deserved support and education.

Harold ‘Red’ Poling, at 86; was chief executive at Ford

The longtime auto executive died Saturday in Pacific Grove, Calif., according to Ford.

Carlos Fuentes, 83; honored as Mexico’s finest novelist

By Adriana Gomez Licon

Mr. Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America’s novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday.