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Readers' 2010 back-to-school photos
The first day of school can be a momentous occasion for both kids and parents. Boston.com asked readers to share photos of kids heading back to school. Your photos: Send in your family's first-day-of-school pics Kerry and her children (from left) Madeline, Emma, and Maxwell walked Emma to the bus for her first day of second grade.



Second grade - Religion and Spirituality - Education - HarryPotter - United States

The man out to topple Barney Frank
Sean Bielat is a whip-smart 35-year-old Marine, a successful business manager, and a first-time candidate for congress against a 29-year incumbant. Mission impossibe? Maybe not.



Barney Frank - United States - Politics - Massachusetts - Government

Newton principal delivers wife's baby in minivan
By Sarah Thomas, Town Correspondent Mark Nardelli, principal of Newton's Horace Mann Elementary School, was not there to greet his...



Newton Massachusetts - United States - Newton - Counties - Education

Wakefield woman recounts being hit by lightning
By Jeff Fish, Globe Correspondent Jo Frechette of Wakefield was getting ready for her first day back to school...



England - Wakefield - West Yorkshire - Arts and Entertainment - City of Wakefield

Harvard scientists keep an eye on wayward asteroids
NASA By L. Finch, Globe Correspondent Bruce Willis, your services won’t be needed – this time. An asteroid zoomed...



NASA - Asteroid - Solar System - Astronomy - Small Bodies

First "flying cars" to be built in Mass.
The company developing the world's first "flying car" announced on Wednesday that low-volume production of the hybrid vehicle will take off in Massachusetts, perhaps by the end of next year.



Terrafugia - Flying car - Transition - Massachusetts - Woburn Massachusetts

Bringing the barnyard to the backyard
They lose sleep to crack-of-dawn cackles. They catch grief from neighbors who assumed the block was a chicken-free zone.



Health - Home - Chicken - Poultry - Cooking

Magic Johnson firm hopes to jumpstart NorthPoint
By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff A real estate investment fund co-managed by former Los Angeles Lakers superstar Earvin "Magic"...



Los Angeles Laker - Magic Johnson - Real estate - Los Angeles - United States

Worcester auction has historians and collectors abuzz
An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Worcester native Andrew Haswell Green — a visionary who helped remake New York City in the 19th century — will be sold this week in an unprecedented four-day auction at the DCU Center in Worcester. Among the thousands of documents, artworks, china, clothing, and toys being sold are handwritten correspondence to and from ...



DCU Center - Worcester Massachusetts - New York City - 19th century - Worcester

Cubist plans to add 58 jobs
Robert Weisman, Globe Staff Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biotechnology company developing antibiotics to treat infections and viruses, today began construction...



Infection - Biotechnology - Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals - Business - Pharmaceuticals

How facts backfire
Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains



Democracy - Politics - Criticisms of Democracy - Direct Democracy - Asia

Houghton Mifflin takes the iPad to school
Globe Staff Some folks regard the iPad as an entertainment device, a tablet computer from Apple Inc. that's great...



Apple - tablet - IPad - Macintosh - Apple II

JetBlue plans flights to Turks and Caicos Islands
By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff JetBlue Airways plans to start flying to the Turks and Caicos Islands in February,...



Turks and Caicos Islands - Caribbean - Turks Caicos - Business and Economy - Canada