Spotlight Report
A judicial haven for accused drunk drivers
Plymouth County’s courts may be the most lenient in OUI trials. Judges hear most cases without a jury and acquit just about everyone, leaving police and victims appalled.
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The path to a ‘not guilty’ in Plymouth County
Follow the path of a car as it hits a house multiple times. The driver, who said he had been drinking at a bar prior to the accident, received a “not guilty” verdict for drunken driving.
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The keys were in his pocket? ‘Not guilty’
An intoxicated teen said he crashed his vehicle and then handed the keys to police. At the trial, the judge found him not guilty.
Globe Spotlight Report
Under the influence
Full coverage of the Globe’s investigation into OUI acquittal rates.
Peabody Essex vaults into top tier by raising $550m
The museum has raised $550 million — with plans to bring in $100 million more — in a campaign that is the biggest ever for any state museum.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Bus 19
Lifted briefly by the tide
It’s a rhythm in the city’s poorest neighborhoods that outsiders easily miss — the fleeting prosperity of the first of the month.
Housing chief looked to friend to cut checks
The office accountant who wrote the former Chelsea Housing Authority executive director checks for more than $200,000 on his way out the door is a longtime family friend.
Islands of economic growth
Boston’s Seaport District and Cambridge’s Kendall Square have continued to generate huge amounts of investment as many other commercial areas struggle.
“We know the people get their checks every month, and we get ready for them.”
Julio Dasilveira, manager of a McDonald’s at the Roxbury Mall
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Tough race for Latino in Springfield
Jose Tosado’s campaign for mayor seems like an inevitability after 10 years on the City Council. His election, though, is anything but inevitable.
Top Places to Work
Special section
Top Places to Work - 2011
The Globe’s 2011 Top Places to Work survey ranks 100 of the best workplaces in Massachusetts.
Business
On the Hot Seat
Making ‘re-commerce’ second nature
Israel Ganot is CEO and cofounder of Boston’s Second Rotation Inc., whose Gazelle.com service lets owners of used electronic devices trade them in for cash.
Nation & World
Syria violence feeds fears of peace plan unraveling
At least five people died as the bloodshed continued yesterday in the restive city of Homs.
Sports
Bruins 7, Maple Leafs 0
Tyler Seguin, Bruins leave Maple Leafs in ruins
Tyler Seguin struck for his first career hat trick and Milan Lucic scored a pair of goals as the Bruins shellacked the Maple Leafs, 7-0.
Arts
music
Joan Baez and Kris Kristofferson: Touring together at last
They’re two icons who are emblematic of their eras and genres, even as they eventually outgrew them.
Travel
Ecuador
A mother-son bonding adventure in the Galápagos Islands
Globe staff writer David Abel and his mother sidestep marine iguanas and peer at sea lions in the remote Galápagos.
Books
book review
‘Civilization’ by Niall Ferguson
Actually, Niall Ferguson argues, China, India, and Brazil are gaining because they’ve embraced Western values while we have lost faith in them.
Opinion
“Thanks to [President Bill] Clinton, the bar for sexual misconduct is a lot higher, or lower, depending on your perspective.”
Joan Vennochi
Ideas
“Scholars who take on punk find themselves working amid bedeviling contradictions, as they try to methodically define a culture that refuses definition, rejects method, and denies the very idea of expertise.”
Leon Neyfakh