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Sports in 2012: here are some Monitor highlights

It’s impossible to list all the records set in 2012, but here’s a short rundown of some heralded highlights, plus 20 of our favorites, including some you might have missed.
A literary road trip through New England

Take a trip through historic New England and visit the homesteads of famous literary figures.
In Pictures: Best signs of Occupy Wall Street protests
In Pictures: Breaking the class ceiling
In Pictures: NCAA cheerleaders

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Sharing Tanglewood's magic

The Massachusetts concert venue sticks close to its classical roots.
No elegant technical fixes for distracted driving

Dialing or texting on a phone is a proven distraction when you're behind the wheel. But as 'smart' as today's phones are, they can't compensate for human folly.
Senior pranks: School districts draw line between fun, vandalism

As graduation nears, school districts are dealing with increasing pranks by high school seniors. These senior pranks, mostly harmless and done in good spirit, can escalate to vandalism. Where do school officials draw the line?
Change Agent Coalition helps the Connecticut River become the first National Blueway

Between 40 and 50 local and state entities, both public and private, from four states will work together to preserve the 410-mile-long Connecticut River and its watershed.
The Monitor's View: Connecticut's wise move against the death penalty

A key vote in Connecticut against the death penalty means the state will likely join 16 other states in ending this harsh sentence. Practical reasons were cited for the move, but moral ones need to be argued to end capital punishment in the US.
Payroll tax bill: Impasse angers workers who could lose $20 a week or more

Payroll tax bill would allow $50,000 a year earner to continue saving $1,000 in taxes annually. Americans are frustrated at the lack of compromise over a payroll tax bill.
Virginia Tech shooting: how university helped avoid another massacre

The Virginia Tech shooting showed that the university has learned important lessons since the 2007 massacre. Virginia Tech quickly sent alerts campuswide via Twitter, e-mail, and text.
The economy has changed. Expect hopes and dreams to follow.

Concerned with saving money, young people are delaying moving out of their parents' homes
JetBlue flight sits on tarmac for seven hours. Will anyone be fined?

Airlines can be fined $27,500 per passenger for flights that sit on the tarmac for more than three hours. But critics say enforcement has been too soft. The JetBlue delay could be a test.
In Pictures: Best signs of Occupy Wall Street protests
Back to school: Are we leaving gifted students behind?

Gifted students in US public schools can be overlooked and unappreciated. Parents, looking for better options, have begun to find some.
Gifted students shine when mined

High-potential students in Hartford, Connecticut show real promise when presented with educational opportunities at a recently opened academy.
In Pictures: Breaking the class ceiling
My 'near-death experience' on Air Force One

'Åir Force One Aborts Landing,' and I was there! Yes, it took two tries for the plane carrying the president to land in Hartford, Conn. Poor visibility, apparently. Too bad I didn't notice....
Gas prices rise, demand begins to slip

Gas prices have risen above $3.50 a gallon in most of the US. With gas prices rising, Americans are cutting back on trips to the pump.
In Pictures: NCAA cheerleaders
GOP critic calls Joe Biden's $53 billion high-speed rail plan 'insanity'

Vice President Joe Biden proposes spending $53 billion on a national high-speed rail network, but important Republicans in the House are less than enthused.
In Pictures: Obama prays
In Pictures: Winter storm: Northeast braces for snow
Northeast US saw record heat in 2010

Five US cities – Boston, Providence, R.I.; Hartford, Conn.; Concord, N.H.; and Caribou, Maine – broke temperature records in 2010, a new report has found.
Opinion: To improve schools, stop treating them like businesses

There’s no question that the push for standards and accountability is critical to progress in our worst-performing schools. But in the barrage of bottom-line-focused reform, we are losing sight of the actual students who make up a failing or flourishing school.
Will Stanford end UConn’s women’s basketball winning streak? Hmmmm.

UConn's women's basketball team has broken the NCAA winning streak record, even beating out UCLA's men's team, but Stanford may give them a run for their money tonight.
UConn women's basketball team tops UCLA men's record

The UConn women's basketball team have topped the UCLA men's basketball team's 88-game winning steak by winning 89 straight games.
Facebook post firing of Conn. woman illegal: Feds

Facebook post firing: The National Labor Relations Board alleges that American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. illegally fired Dawnmarie Souza from her job as an emergency medical technician late last year after she criticized her supervisor on her personal Facebook page.
Recount may loom amid confusion in Connecticut governor race

The secretary of state declared Democrat Dan Malloy the winner Wednesday in the Connecticut governor race, before the release of official numbers. Republican Tom Foley says his own tally puts him ahead.