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Pavel Dzemianok / For the Boston Globe Ever since his wife survived colon cancer four years ago, East Boston baseball coach Phil Brangiforte (right) has organized the Strike Out Colon Cancer tournament at East Boston Stadium. The tournament has already raised more than $20,000 for colon cancer research at Boston Medical Center. By Justin A. Rice, Globe Correspondent With three freshmen on his squad this year, East Boston baseball coach Phil Brangiforte is starting to have more and more players on his team that weren’t around for...

James E. Rooney , executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, is among the Boston execs who will perform the Bard on Thursday night. He and other big business names — including Eastern Bank CEO Richard Holbrook , Bain & Company senior adviser Phyllis R. Yale , Tufts Health Plan CEO Jim Roosevelt , and Boston Globe publisher Christopher Mayer — will stage an abridged reading of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus," and will follow the drama by talking about themes in the play.

(Jay Connor for the Boston Globe) Summer entertaining fans on a 2010 summer night at the Bank of America Pavilion. By Roy Greene, Globe Staff Before Donna Summer became Queen of Disco, the Boston native was nurtured by the music program at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester. "When I was at the Jerry, I sang in everything they had and was a permanent member of the glee club. If I couldn't have sung, I wouldn't have gone to school," she told the Globe's Ernie Santosuosso in an interview in 1977, just as the...

Pavel Dzemianok / For the Boston Globe Washington Irving basketball coach, Len Brown, addressed about 40 of his former players at the 27th annual Washington Irving Middle School basketball reunion on Tuesday. By Justin A. Rice, Globe Correspondent About 40 former players attended the 27th annual Washington Irving Middle School basketball reunion on Tuesday at the Roslindale school. The theme of the reunion, which is organized by the Warriors for Peace basketball alumni organization, was Support our Troops.

A Massachusetts man accused of plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol was asked to leave a Boston mosque because of his radical views. An official with the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center says Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland was suspected of admiring al-Qaida and criticized the mosque's participation in interfaith efforts and politics. Atif Harden, director of institutional advancement at the mosque, tells The Boston Globe ( http://bo.st/ojW4kf)

Boston Globe film critic Wesley Morris was awarded a 2012 Pulitzer Prize on Monday for essays and reviews that the judges said embodied "smart, inventive film criticism, distinguished by pinpoint prose, and an easy traverse between the art house and big-screen box office. " Morris, 36, who joined the Globe staff in 2002, won the prize for criticism with a range of work published in 2011. Among the pieces were reviews of "The Help," "Drive," "Water for Elephants," "The Tree of Life," and "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

The Boston Globe on Tuesday is introducing a new digital edition that will allow subscribers to read the newspaper electronically exactly as they would the print version, but on a laptop, tablet or mobile phone. The Globe’s new ePaper will be formatted the same as the print version, with the sections, articles and photographs laid out just as in the paper, meaning readers will be able to browse through it in the same familiar fashion but using digital scroll features. It is free for all online and print subscribers and can be accessed on BostonGlobe.com; It is also available...

The Boston Globe launched its first edition 140 years ago, on Monday, March 4, 1872. Originally called "The Boston Daily Globe," it ran eight pages and featured no photos. Click here to see the very first Boston Globe.

Our paper's new website uses state-of-the-art design to ensure that the Globe looks good on any device--desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone. By all means see for yourself...

Globe Insiders are invited to attend one of this season's must-see performances of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Friday's performance at the Citi Wang Theatre will include Alvin Ailey's timeless masterpiece Revelations, Paul Taylor's Arden Court, and Ohad Naharin's Minus 16, which features a delightfully eclectic score ranging from Dean Martin to mambo and techno to traditional Israeli music. Following the performance, Boston Globe Arts Editor Rebecca Ostriker will be joined on stage by Robert Battle, Alvin Ailey's artistic director, and several of the Ailey dancers for an...

Join Dina Rudick, Boston Globe photographer, videographer, and host and producer of bostonglobe.com's Back Story, for a conversation about her work at the Globe. Gain valuable insights from Rudick as she reviews some of her photos, videos, documentaries, and Back Stories, then stay for even more expert advice during a question and answer session. Event Schedule: 5:45 pm Registration 6:00 Lecture begins 8:00 Event ends SPACE IS LIMITED.

(Jay Connor for the Boston Globe) Summer entertaining fans on a 2010 summer night at the Bank of America Pavilion. By Roy Greene, Globe Staff Before Donna Summer became Queen of Disco, the Boston native was nurtured by the music program at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester. "When I was at the Jerry, I sang in everything they had and was a permanent member of the glee club. If I couldn't have sung, I wouldn't have gone to school," she told the Globe's Ernie Santosuosso in an interview in 1977, just as the...

Children's Hospital Boston is changing its name to what everybody calls it anyway. The hospital says it is gradually making the transition to the new name — Boston Children's Hospital. Spokeswoman Margaret Coughlin tells The Boston Globe ( http://b.globe.com/J0hpNV) hospital officials first discussed making the name official about two years ago, though the roll-out began only in the past couple of months. The old name was meant to highlight the hospital's national profile.

Pavel Dzemianok / For the Boston Globe Ever since his wife survived colon cancer four years ago, East Boston baseball coach Phil Brangiforte (right) has organized the Strike Out Colon Cancer tournament at East Boston Stadium. The tournament has already raised more than $20,000 for colon cancer research at Boston Medical Center. By Justin A. Rice, Globe Correspondent With three freshmen on his squad this year, East Boston baseball coach Phil Brangiforte is starting to have more and more players on his team that weren’t around for...

Pavel Dzemianok / For the Boston Globe Latin Academy senior pitcher Sam Steeves lifted the Dragons to a 6-3 victory against Boston English High on Wednesday afternoon. By Justin A. Rice, Globe Correspondent Latin Academy senior pitcher, Sam Steeves, and Boston English catcher, Jessy Valdez, are such good friends that they don't dare talk trash after playing one another on the baseball diamond. Before striking out Valdez to secure the final out of a 6-3 victory at...

Every Sunday, Boston Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld asks the subject of one of his photos to explain what's happening in the shot. Who's up today: Andrew Moss, an assistant producer at WZLX, during the station's Karlson and McKenzie Drive for Charity event at Southborough Golf, at which golfers who made a donation to Save A Dog of Sudbury could take aim at him from 155 yards, May 11, 2012. Moss: "This is the moment where I remembered I wasn't wearing a cup. It just missed my groin, so everything was good.

The Boston Herald has reached a deal with the rival Boston Globe to print and distribute its editions in the Boston area as the tabloid daily plans to lay off about 50 drivers and other personnel. The newspapers announced Sunday ( http://bit.ly/AhG0Xq) that the arrangement will start Jan. 23. Financial terms were not disclosed. All other business functions of the newspapers will remain separate, including news gathering operations. Herald Publisher Patrick Purcell said the arrangement makes financial sense and lets the newspapers "serve our readers and advertisers with a...

State of the Union. Topics: Presidential campaign; Afghanistan; China; the economy. Guests: Newt Gingrich, former presidential candidate; Senator Dianne Feinstein of California; Representatives Mike Rogers of Michigan and Tom Davis of Virginia; Ted Strickland, former governor of Ohio; Alice Rivlin, former White House Office of Management and Budget director; Major Garrett, National Journal. 9 a.m. and noon. (CNN) Fox News Sunday. Guests: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida; Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard; A.B. Stoddard, The Hill; Liz Cheney and Juan Williams of Fox News.