Boston Globe latest News

Your Phone, Yourself -- when is tracking too much?
Inmate's tip leads to arrest in 1979 Wash. killing
Florida CB Jenkins arrested on marijuana charge
FBI: Man seeking Ohio job faked being Army general
Victim was husband of shooter's counselor
AD:
Obama knows political fortunes tied to gas prices
Letters trace Civil War for writer's forebears
Gun incident at Texas school renews safety debate
Speed limit plan for GG Bridge meets pedal protest
Letters trace Civil War for writer's forebears
States hope tougher bail laws prevent violence
US default could be doomsday option for economy
NYC board: Trump hasn't voted in primary since '89
New leader overhauls US broadcasts into Cuba
Solution for fatigued aviation workers eludes FAA
With lights, poems, teens say goodbye to Cabrini
Some Obama birth records made public for years
AD:
DOD: First Predator strike carried out in Libya

Your Phone, Yourself -- when is tracking too much?

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:04 PM PDT

If you're worried about privacy, you can turn off the function on your smartphone that tracks where you go. But that means giving up the services that probably made you want a smartphone in the first place. After all, how smart is an iPhone or an Android if you can't use it to map your car trip or scan reviews ...

Inmate's tip leads to arrest in 1979 Wash. killing

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 01:00 PM PDT

A tip generated by a deck of "cold case" playing cards has helped solve a killing that occurred more than three decades ago, investigators said.

Florida CB Jenkins arrested on marijuana charge

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:40 PM PDT

Florida cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been charged with marijuana possession for the second time this year.

FBI: Man seeking Ohio job faked being Army general

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Federal authorities allege a West Virginia man who applied for a job with an Ohio company pretended to be a major general with the U.S. Army and listed the Army chief of staff as a reference on his resume.

Victim was husband of shooter's counselor

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Texas authorities say a man fatally shot the husband of his psychological counselor before killing himself outside a day care center where the victim was picking up his daughter.

AD:

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 12:00 PM PDT

Obama knows political fortunes tied to gas prices

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 11:13 AM PDT

With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.

Letters trace Civil War for writer's forebears

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Alone in his hotel room after a solemn dinner with his brother, the newly enlisted Army surgeon took up pen and paper to make the first installment on his promise.

Gun incident at Texas school renews safety debate

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:20 AM PDT

While some parents clamor for stricter security measures at a Houston elementary school where a kindergartner accidentally fired a gun that injured three students, school security and national security experts say the rarity of such incidents among younger students make spending limited resources on such things as metal detectors impractical.

Speed limit plan for GG Bridge meets pedal protest

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Plans to put the brakes on bicyclists riding across the Golden Gate Bridge has cycling enthusiasts crying foul in this city of two-wheeled activism.

Letters trace Civil War for writer's forebears

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Alone in his hotel room after a solemn dinner with his brother, the newly enlisted Army surgeon took up pen and paper to make the first installment on his promise.

States hope tougher bail laws prevent violence

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 09:10 AM PDT

States across the country are toughening bail bond requirements in hopes of preventing violence by defendants who get out with little or no money down.

US default could be doomsday option for economy

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:50 AM PDT

The United States has never defaulted on its debt and Democrats and Republicans say they don't want it to happen now. But with partisan acrimony running at fever pitch, and Democrats and Republicans so far apart on how to tame the deficit, the unthinkable is suddenly being pondered.

NYC board: Trump hasn't voted in primary since '89

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:40 AM PDT

The New York City Board of Elections says Donald Trump hasn't voted in any primary elections for more than 21 years.

New leader overhauls US broadcasts into Cuba

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:10 AM PDT

A new generation of managers is taking the reins at the U.S. government's radio and TV broadcasts into Cuba, promising to overhaul the stations' programming in an effort to make them more relevant and reach a younger audience.

Solution for fatigued aviation workers eludes FAA

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 08:00 AM PDT

The Federal Aviation Administration told a government watchdog nearly two years ago that it was prepared to let air traffic controllers sleep or rest during work shifts when they weren't directing aircraft. It still hasn't happened.

With lights, poems, teens say goodbye to Cabrini

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Every day at sundown, the gutted shell of the last Cabrini Green public housing tower takes on a ghostly aura as lights start flickering sporadically from 15 floors of empty rooms.

Some Obama birth records made public for years

Posted: 23 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Lost in the renewed scrutiny into President Barack Obama's birth records is the fact that anyone can walk into a Hawaii vital records office, wait in line behind couples getting marriage licenses and open a baby-blue government binder containing basic information about his birth.