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1SOUTH BOSTON. A man andwoman were found dead in-side a South Bostonapartment early Sundaymorning after fire crewsresponded to a fire there.

Police have not identifiedthe pair and did not say exact-ly how they died.

However, WCVB reportedthat Diane Bourglas, 52, andRichard Halloran, a Vietnamveteran, were stabbed todeath.

The small fire that brokeout just after 3 a.m. was con-tained to the apartment.

Fire, police and the Suffolkdistrict attorney’s office areall investigating. METRO

Pair found deadafter South firewere stabbed

CHELSEA. Police are searchingfor a man who robbed an icecream truck driver.

The attack took place Sun-day about 9 p.m. on ChesterAvenue.

Police said the 28-year-olddriver, who is from Malden,was approached by a manholding a “pry bar.” The manforced his way into the truck,attacked the driver and tookan undisclosed amount ofcash and personal items.

Police believe the man fledto a green SUV with tintedwindows that was being driv-en by another man. METRO

Not-so-sweetthief sought

REVERE. A state police trooperwas struck by a motorcyclistwho was then seriouslyinjured when he crashed intoanother car while fleeling justafter midnight Sunday.

Jorge Palma, 24, of Revere,allegedly rear-ended thetrooper’s cruiser and thensuddenly fled after talkingwith the trooper, the Globereported. As he fled he hit thetrooper and injured the troop-er’s legs, police said. METRO

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Big ideas proposed forHarvard Square’s ‘Pit’

Group wants ‘pit’ area renovated, updated Ideas include 5-foot LEDscreen, electronic news ticker Will it be Hub’s take on Times Square?

Big changes may be coming tothe brick expanse next to theentrance to the HarvardSquare MBTA station in Cam-bridge known as “The Pit.”

The Harvard Square Busi-ness Association has drafted aproposal to renovate and up-date the area that hosts one ofCambridge’s best-known land-marks — the Out of TownNews kiosk.

“There is no better timethan now to think about howwe can make this entire area,which is really heart of thesquare, more welcoming andalso bring 21st century tech-nology,” said Denise Jillson,HSBA executive director.

Jillson said that the associa-tion has a draft proposal ofideas for the area, but wouldnot provide a copy to Metro.She discussed some of theideas in the proposal, whichwere reported by The HarvardCrimson, but she said none ofthe ideas were set in stone.

Some of the ideas includeadding outdoor seating and afive-foot LED screen.

In an article about the pro-posal published in The Crim-son, the association’s presi-dent likened the ideas to thelook and feel of New YorkCity’s Times Square.

Jillson said it’s now thetime to talk about that area of

the square because other sec-tions have already undergonerenovations and upgrades likethe recent paving of John F.Kennedy Street.

“The one piece of thesquare that has not had anywork on it for a lot of periodof time is the Out of TownNews kiosk area,” she said.

One of the ideas in the planis to renovate the news kioskinto an information center.

While the proposal hasmultiple ideas for the area,one of the issues yet to be de-cided is how the renovationswill be funded.

Jillson said the associationhas had conversations aboutthe renovations with city offi-cials and stakeholders, butthat the plan would have to gothrough a public hearingprocess before anything is de-cided upon.

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Flags fly on Common to remember vets About 33,000 flags were placed on the Boston Common this Memorial Day weekend to honorthose who paid the ultimate price. The flags represent each military member from the BayState who gave their life from the Civil War to present day operations. METRO

Memorial Day. Flags for the fallen

The tiny flags seemed to go on for as far as the eye could see.

Woman robbedof cash, iPodduring dateBROCKTON. A Swampscottwoman who met her date fordinner in Brockton on Satur-day night had what is likelyher worst date ever.

She told police she tookthe Commuter Rail to meetthe man who she had knownfor about a week, according tothe Brockton Enterprise. Dur-ing their date she used thebathroom and had him lookafter her $150 in cash andiPod.

When she returned fromthe bathroom, her cash, theiPod and date were gone.

The woman told police shewanted the incidentdocumented, but did notwant to press charges becauseshe can’t afford to keep com-ing to Brockton, according tothe Enterprise. METRO

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Some ideas

The draft proposal includessome ideas to upgrade the“pit” area:

Stadium seating lookinginto the pitOutdoor seatingA five-foot LED screen overthe T station entranceAn electronic news ticker onthe ground around the areaImproved handicapped accessibility

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The trial of AaronDeveau, 18, of Haverhill,is expected to begin to-day. He is believed to bethe first person in thestate charged with motorvehicle homicidebecause of texting whiledriving, according to theHerald. Deveau was 17 atthe time of the Haverhillcrash that killed a 55-year-old New Hampshirefather. METRO

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As scores of people gatheredfor a barbecue Sunday nighton a long, dead-end Mattapanstreet, a group of men openedgunfire — causing chaos andbloodshed.

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Officers responded to Or-lando Street about midnightfor a report of gunshots.

When officers arrived, theyfound a 31-year-old womanshot in the abdomen. She wastaken to Boston Medical Cen-ter, and her injuries were de-scribed as life-threatening.

Two men were also shotduring the attack and trans-ported themselves to the Car-ney Hospital in Dorchester,less than three miles awayfrom the shooting scene.

Police said a 23-year-oldman was shot in the right eye,

and a 27-year-old man wasshot in his left arm.

Two other people sufferedminor injuries while leavingthe scene and were treatedand released from CarneyHospital, police said. It wasunclear what caused thoseinjuries.

Police did not identify anyof the victims.

Anyone with informationcan call 617-343-4712 or text“tip” to 27463 (crime).

U.S. Rep. Barney Frank’s tra-dition making of controver-sial comments continuedSunday as he spoke at UMassDartmouth’s commence-ment ceremony where heand civic leader Hubert Joneswere honored.

Jones, who is black, wasthe subject of Frank’s com-ment: “And Hubie, I thinkyou now have a hoodie you

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Veterans for Peace held itsMemorial Day for Peace eventfor the fifth time at Christo-pher Columbus Park where

about 100 people gathered forthe ceremony.

There, members of thegroup spoke out on the issuesof suicide among veterans andrepeatedly called for an end toU.S. war abroad and a start topeace.

Instead of guns, drums ormarching there were whiteand rainbow-colored flags,

flowers and folk songs.“A lot of us were tired of re-

spectful events at remem-brances that would culminatein parades that were overlymilitaristic,” said Pat Scanlon,coordinator of the local Veter-ans for Peace group and aVietnam War veteran.

Dozens of flowers weredropped into Boston Harbor

from the park by the group inremembrance of each “fallensoldier from Massachusettsand for civilians from Iraq andAfghanistan who have died asa result of these ongoingwars,” the group said.

Some of those who spokeduring the ceremony had verypersonal reasons why theywere advocating for peace.

Kevin Lucey spoke about hisson, Jeffrey, a Marine corporalwho killed himself after return-ing home from Iraq. Jeffrey,Lucey said, had visited VA hos-pitals to seek or receive treat-ment on various occasions.

“This should never havehappened to my son. Thisshould never have happenedto a veteran of our country.We have to demand more,” hesaid.


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Elderly man dies onLogan-bound flightBOSTON. An elderly man whoflew from Florida to Bostonwas pronounced dead afterthe plane landed.

The unidentified manflew on JetBlue Airwaysflight 426 Saturday fromWest Palm Beach, accordingto the Globe. It took off justbefore 4 p.m. and landed atabout 6:30 p.m.

Boston EMS crewspronounced the man deadafter the plane landed. AnEMS official would not givethe man’s age or identifywhere he was from.

It was unclear whatcaused the man’s death. Themedical examiner’s officewas closed until today.METRO/GLOBE

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Vietnam veteran Lee Vander Laan throws a flower into Boston Harbor in honor of a fallen soldier during yesterday’s event.

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Annan: Killing of108 in Syria an‘appalling crime’AMMAN. Peace envoy Kofi An-nan deplored the killing ofat least 108 people in theSyrian town of Houla as “anappalling crime” yesterdayand urged President Basharal-Assad to prove he wants apeaceful resolution to thecrisis racking his country.

Assad’s forces killed atleast 41 people in anartillery assault on the cityof Hama, activists said,shortly after the U.N. Securi-ty Council condemned Fri-

day’s massacre in nearbyHoula.

Annan explicitly urgedthe Syrian government to“take bold steps to signalthat it is serious in its inten-tion to resolve this crisispeacefully.” REUTERS

Powerful ‘Flame’Internet threatfound in IranBOSTON. Security expertsdiscovered a highlycomplex computer virus inIran and the Middle Eastthat they believe wasdeployed at least five yearsago to engage in state-spon-sored espionage.

Evidence suggests thatthe virus, dubbed Flame,may have been built on be-half of the same nationthat commissioned theStuxnet worm thatattacked Iran’s nuclear pro-gram in 2010, according toKaspersky Lab, which is theRussian cybersecurity soft-ware maker that claimedresponsibility for discover-ing the virus. REUTERS

News in brief

American consumercredit delinquencyhits two-year low

There are encouraging signsthat Americans are makingheadway on their collectivedebt, including a report fromCreditForecast.com showingconsumer debt delinquencyon the decline.

According to CreditFore-cast.com, 30-day consumercredit delinquencies are “backto pre-recession” levels.

The aggregate rate is 2.8percentage points below itspeak of January 2010, and 1.1percentage points below itsyear-earlier level. Declines indelinquency rates for mort-gages and auto loans con-

tributed the most to the over-all improvement.

A recent report showedthat car buyers are catchingup on their car and truck pay-ments, primarily due to im-proved trade-in values and amoderately improving econo-my.

With outstanding balances

outside of mortgages risingbecause of car and studentloans, and consumers acquir-ing more credit cards but stillreluctant to use them, the realstory is the reduction in creditcard delinquencies, especiallyas consumer use of plastic in-creases.

According to Cristian De Ri-tis, director of consumer cred-it economics at CreditForecast(a joint venture of Equifax andMoody’s Analytics), credit card“failure to pay” rates are downfrom 3.4 percent to 3.2 per-cent from March to April.MAINSTREET.COM

Rates on retail credit cards are especially in decline.

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Facebook’s bungled ini-tial public offering hasgone from one of themost highly anticipat-ed stock offerings to a

hot legal opportunity forlawyers on both sides of share-holder litigation.

Court battles over the fiz-zled IPO could run for years, asthe social networking compa-ny, the banks that took it pub-lic and Nasdaq face claims thatthey short-changed investors.

All of this creates a growinglegal headache that could pitdefendant versus defendant inassigning blame for the IPO fi-asco, said Jacob Frenkel, a part-ner at law firm ShulmanRogers Gandal Pordy & Eckerand a former enforcementlawyer with the U.S. Securitiesand Exchange Commission.

“I think we should expect alot of finger pointing,” Frenkelsaid. “That’s the exact reasonthat this is going to be such an

opportunity for law firms.”Facebook’s IPO raised $16

billion and briefly put a $100billion stock market value onthe company. But the stock hasslumped about 16 percentsince the glitch-filled offeringon May 18, and the legal prob-lems are mounting.

Plaintiffs have wasted notime in suing.

Class-action firms includingRobbins Geller Rudman &Dowd and Hagens Bermanhave sued on behalf of clientsagainst Facebook, its officersand directors, and underwritersMorgan Stanley, JPMorganChase and Goldman Sachs invarious federal courts.

The suits contend that in-vestors were harmed when an-alysts who work for MorganStanley, the lead underwriter,and the other banks allegedlywithheld from all but the mostfavored clients that they hadcut projections on Facebook’s

financial outlook.“The main underwriters in

the middle of the roadshow re-duced their estimates and didn’t tell everyone,” said

Samuel Rudman, a partner atRobbins Geller Rudman & Dowd.

“I don’t think any investor inFacebook wouldn’t have wantedto know that information.”

A Facebook spokesman,said: “We believe the lawsuit iswithout merit and will defendourselves vigorously.”

Another Facebook investorsued the Nasdaq in a class ac-tion in Manhattan federal court,saying that as prices swung inthe first day of trading, in-vestors lost money because

Nasdaq software glitch meansthey were unable to confirmthat their trades were placed.

Market makers Knight Capi-tal Group and Citadel Securitiesare each claiming losses of $30million to $35 million tied tothe early trading in the IPO andthey are looking to Nasdaq tocompensate them.

Morgan Stanley said on May22 that its procedures for theIPO complied with all applica-ble regulations.

Michael Criden, a lawyer atlaw firm Criden & Love in Mia-mi, which handles broker mis-conduct and securities class ac-tions for investors, said he re-ceived more than 100 phonecalls just last Monday [May 21]from Facebook investors whowanted to know what their re-course was following the bun-gled trading.

“That’s going to be a legalboon for anyone,” Criden said.REUTERS

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Friday, May 18 was a much-anticipated date on WallStreet as shares in Facebook made their stock marketdebut and demand was expected to be historically high

Yet within hours, it all descended into shambles, and now the lawyers are circling as the finger-pointingstarts over who is to blame for the Facebook fiasco

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Facebookbacklash?Daniel Gross, economiceditor at Yahoo! Finance,warned that Facebookmust be careful it doesn’tgo the route of MySpace,which just a few years agowas extremely popularand now is rarely used.

“I think there is a gener-al concern over thefaddishness of social mediasites and their sustainabili-ty,” said Gross. “Will peo-ple start to leave it forsome thing else? Will somenew killer app be devel -oped? Will there be somesort of backlash against thewidespread sharing of in-formation? At some point,Facebook will saturate themarket.” METRO/CB

Chaos put offother IPOsThe ripple effects ofFacebook’s botched IPO ap-pear to already be hittingthe market for initial pub-lic offerings as two compa-nies this week pushed back

their market debuts.PC hardware

components maker CorsairComponents postponed its$78 million IPO citing mar-ket conditions, as did laserhair removal products mak-er Tria Beauty, whichintended to raise $64 mil-lion. REUTERS

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As Facebook reels, financialexperts say they have neverbefore seen an initial publicoffering handled so poorly.

“The Facebook IPO hasbeen an unmitigated disaster,”said Andrew Stoltmann, aChicago-based securities attor-ney who litigates IPO cases.“For such a high-profile IPO, itcould not have been handledworse.”

And Stoltmann predictedthe fallout will have long-termconsequences.

“This will likely turn off re-tail investors for years frominvesting in IPOs,” he warned.“The litigation will take yearsto untangle. The blame willget spread out between Face-book, the underwriters likeGoldman Sachs and MorganStanley as well as NASDAQ.”

Facebook’s plunging stockprices are coupled with the

fact that many people are stillskeptical over whether buyingstock in the social networkinggiant can really make peoplerich — the way, say, shares ofApple are doing now.

“By the time Facebookramped up the price rangeand the offer size, the mediawas already asking questionsabout the firm’s potential,”said Laura Gonzalez, an assis-tant professor of finance andbusiness economics at Ford-ham University. “Or the lackof it for that kind of expecta-tion, given Facebook’s busi-ness model and current prof-itability per user.”

Others agree the pressureis now on Facebook to live upto the hype.

“Facebook is making mon-ey,” said Daniel Gross, eco-nomic editor at Yahoo! Fi-nance. “But, can it grow into

the high valuation that themarket has put on it? And canit sell ads in mobile environ-ments? That’s the big ques-tion. Nobody has really beenable to do that successfully —place ads on smartphones andiPhones. And the data is show-ing that with each passing daymore and more people are ac-cessing Facebook through mo-bile devices.”

Three investors sued Face-book Wednesday, allegingthat, after the IPO, the compa-ny deliberately failed to let in-vestors know that their quar-terly and full-year revenueforecasts had been lowered.

Coming so immediately af-ter the financial collapse of2008 when big banks trig-gered a massive global reces-sion yet few bankers wereever held accountable, theFacebook mess has touched a

nerve with regular investors.“Apparently, after 10 years

of Sarbanes-Oxley there is stillroom for clubby informationexchanges among the few trueinsiders,” mused AndreasScherer, a former executive atAOL and now managing part-ner at Salto Partners, a D.C.-based management consult-ant. “Nobody has an interestin an ill-defined process thatcreates mistrust, public up-roar and lawsuits.”

“The wounds are fresh,”agreed Gonzalez. “We are try-ing to leave crisis days behind... but it turns out that somematerial information wasleaked to big institutional in-vestors to the detriment ofother, less connected in-vestors.”

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Tuesday, May 15In an unex-pected move,the day be-fore Face-bookestablishesthe initial price of its shares,General Motors announces itis withdrawing its advertisingfrom the social networkingsite. GM says the ads simplydon’t work.

Friday, May 189:30 a.m.: The regular U.S.stock market trading day begins. Nasdaq tells tradersthe Facebook IPO will starttrading at 11 a.m.

11 a.m. comes and goes, andstill no trading. The next 30minutes sees confusion allround as no-one seems toknow what is going on.

11:28 a.m.: An unnamedNasdaq staffer announcesthat shares in Facebook willbegin trading in two min-utes.

11:30 a.m.: Shares in Face-book begin trading. Morethan 80 million shares

change hands in the first 30seconds.

Midday: Some traders com-plain that their Facebook or-ders were not beingcompleted. Others say theyare getting shares at a higherprice than agreed.

Midafternoon: Severaltraders make fruitless re-quests for Nasdaq to suspendtrading in Facebook whileproblems are sorted out.

Monday, May 21Nasdaq issues a “mea culpa,”explaining that problemswere caused by a “technicalerror.” Traders submittingchanges to their orders forFacebook shares on Fridaymorning, sent Nasdaq’s soft-ware into a loop. At 11:30a.m., Nasdaq changed to adifferent system allowingtrading to begin. That meantthat some orders that camein during the switch fromone system to the other, didnot go through. Others werefilled at the wrong price lateron the Friday.

Close of business: Facebookshares fall to $34 from an ini-tial price of $38.

Tuesday, May 22Some brokerages say theystill are not sure if some oftheir orders had beenprocessed, and at what price.

Facebook founder MarkZuckerberg sells 30.2 millionFacebook shares at $37.58each, for $1.13 billion. Direc-tor Peter Thiel offloads 16.8million shares for $633 mil-lion. By the close of businessthat day, the shares hadfallen to $31, meaningZuckerberg saved himself$174 million by cashing inearly.

Midafternoon: A Reuters re-port says analysts at Face-book’s lead underwriter,Morgan Stanley, received“privileged information”about Facebook’s earnings,before the share’s marketdebut, and didn’t share itwith ordinary investors.

Later that afternoon anotherReuters report says MorganStanley and three other un-derwriters, Goldman Sachs,JPMorgan and Bank of Amer-ica, reduced their earningsoutlook for Facebook to“strikingly similar” levels. Ob-servers regard this lining upof earnings estimates as un-usual.

That same day, Nasdaq issued in the U.S. District Courtin Manhattan over the trad-ing problems the previousFriday.

Wednesday, May 23A group of Facebook share-holders file a lawsuit in NewYork district court, allegingthat key information aboutFacebook’s financial fortuneswas “selectively disclosed” tobig banks ahead of the pub-lic offering.

Facebook issues a statementsaying the claims are “with-out merit.”

Friday, May 25Facebook shares close at$31.91 — a drop of around17 percent since the opening.

Facebook became the No. 1ranked website in the U.S.on March 9, 2010. (It’s alsothe top social networkingsite in the U.K., Canada,Brazil, France, Australia,New Zealand, Hong Kongand Singapore.)The word “Facebook” is themost searched term in theU.S. — and has been sinceJuly 18, 2009.Users visit Facebook.com onaverage for 20 minutes.Women make up 56 percentof Facebook’s audience.Ten states account for morethan half (52 percent) of vis-its to Facebook so far thisyear. They are: California,Texas, New York, Florida,Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio,Michigan, Georgia andNorth Carolina.Facebook users appear tobe loyal: 96 percent of visi-tors to the site were return-ing visitors (defined assomeone who had visitedwithin the past 30 days) inApril.Between 2005 and 2009,Facebook doubled its trafficevery year.Source: Experian Hitwise

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By 2004, Andres founded hisown sabermetrics (see sidebar)course at Tufts University, fol-lowing the Red Sox’s firstWorld Series championship inmore than 80 years. Now thisfull-time Boston University biol-

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But will we ever see a joblisting that reads: “Wanted:General Manager of Boston RedSox. Requirements: extraordi-nary patience and an M.A. inbaseball analytics”?

Likely not. But, in the post-“Moneyball” era, the MLB hascertainly warmed to theeggheads in the front office.

“We’re seeing the trendnow: Baseball teams are hiringvery good analysts. They’re allcollege graduates,” says Andres.“These people are very good atcomputer science and statis-tics. So, already, you need to bevery proficient in these areas ofyour college study to work inbaseball.”

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2Radiant new mama Beyoncewas back on the stage for afour-night engagement at At-lantic City’s Revel casino overthe holiday weekend, and shedidn’t forget to pack her signa-ture assortment of sparkly two-piece costumes and sky-highheels. But the singer admits itwasn’t easy to get in beachshape by Memorial Day.

“Y’all have no idea how hardI worked,” she told her audi-ence — which includedMichelle, Sasha and Malia Oba-ma — during her Saturdayevening performance. “I had tolose 60 pounds. They had meon that treadmill. I ate lettuce!Now, tonight, I’m going to getchocolate wasted.”

Now, we always thought therumors that Beyonce hired asurrogate and faked her preg-nancy were crazy (unless it wasa particularly slow gossip day).But can you imagine this ladyat a gym or eating anything aslowly as lettuce? If she is, infact, human, we’re having ahard time believing Beyoncehad a baby in January.

Spears can’t sit still on ‘X Factor’Britney Spears’ “X Factor” tenureis off to a rough start. Afterallegedly storming off the set af-ter a contestant’s rendition ofone her hits the first day of film-ing — a claim she denied onTwitter — Spears reportedlymade another sudden exit on hersecond day, according to Us

Weekly. “After a very popularcontestant finished, Brit stood upand immediately walked towardsthe tunnel where judges enter,” asource says. “Her bodyguards[and entourage] jumped up andran after her. She was movingfast. It was odd.” While the rea-son for her departure wasunclear, the source says Spearsreturned after a short while andresumed her work as thoughnothing had happened.

Gaga cancelsJakarta show

After weeks of protest from a reli-gious group, Lady Gaga decidedto cancel a tour stop in Jakarta,Indonesia. “There is nothing holyabout hatred,” she posted onTwitter, explaining her decision.“We had to cancel the concert inIndonesia. I’m so very sorry tothe fans and just as devastated asyou if not more. You areeverything to me. I will try to puttogether something special foryou.” The protesting group, theIslamic Defenders Front, insistedGaga is a “devil’s messenger”and claimed that her imagewould “destroy the country’s

morals.” They promised “chaos”if the concert went ahead asplanned.

Theron talksnude scenesCharlize Theron doesn’t have aproblem with doing nudescenes — as long as they’re shotfrom the right angle. “I am verygood with side nudity. I tend tofind that’s probably my bestkind of nudity,” she tells MTVNews. “Back is a little too muchback; I need an angle. I like an-gular nudity.”

Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 charac-ters or fewer.

Today, Justin Bieber isbeing coy, Neil PatrickHarris is laying downsome Twitter rules,Joan Rivers has holidaygripes and KellyOsbourne is prepared.

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The Biel fairytale continuesJustin Timberlake and JessicaBiel celebrated their engage-ment over the weekend withfriends including Lance Bass,JC Chasez, Ellen DeGeneres,Portia DeRossi and AmyAdams, according to UsWeekly.

As for Bass, he’s happythat his old ’N Sync friend issettling down with Biel. “Shehas always been one of theguys,” he tells the magazine.“She’s like a best friend. It’slike hanging out with a best

friend.”Does this mean she gets

to fill in for Joey Fatone onthe “Bye Bye Bye” dance?This chick is one step awayfrom driving the Barbie con-vertible of my dreams.

KimKardashianhas a baggageclaimAfter returning home fromthe Cannes Film Festival,Kim Kardashian wasn’tpleased to discover that notall of her luggage made itback to Los Angeles safely.

“Very disappointed inBritish Airways for openingmy luggage and takingsome special items of mine!Some things are sentimen-tal and not replaceable,”she tweeted.

Not cool, guys — thosekitten-lined Uggs were madejust for Kim by Satanhimself.

Bieber accusedof batteryJustin Bieber may have finallyhad enough. The singer is asuspect in a criminal battery

case after getting into a“physical altercation” with apaparazzo in Los Angeles onSunday afternoon, accordingto the police report. The “vic-tim complained of pain andrequested medical attention”

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In her debut novel “A SmallFortune,” British authorRosie Dastgir asks: How doyou distinguish between

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Harris, a middle-aged di-vorcee living north of London,is a lapsed everything — Mus-lim, Pakistani, father, uncle,boyfriend. After his marriagefails, the patriarch’s desperateattempts to rein in what’s leftin his life backfires, resulting ina total loss of control. Misun-derstandings abound when, asa gesture of good faith, Harristries to rid himself of the bur-den of his divorce settlement— a sum of just over 53,000pounds — leading him to makea regrettably rash decision.While his intentions comefrom the heart, the more hemeddles in family affairs, themore strained relations be-come, exposing generationaland spiritual rifts that test thebonds of bloodlines and broth-erhood. We took tea with Dast-gir to discuss platitudes, cultur-al attitudes and compromise.

Having expectations often leadsto disappointment. Harris hashigh expectations, yet finds himself unhappily settling quiteoften. Is settling actually a goodthing that we resist?I think there’s a kind of ele-gance and beauty to settling, orcompromise. There’s humane-

ness to that. Harris is pulled inall these different directions, sohe has this sense of burdenand, therefore, expectations.Settling isn’t the worst thing aperson can do. It can actuallybe damage control. Kinship ties are strong, evenoverpowering. Harris’ daughter,Alia, mistrusts her father’s use ofthe term “community” as itrefers to their extended family. What I’ve tried to capture inthe book is the ambiguity andambivalence of all of thesecatchphrases: What it means tobe a Muslim. What it means tobe a good friend. An extendedfamily can be an amazing sup-port network, but it can also be

oppressive. And that word,“community,” can be oppres-sive. It is a group of people witha shared set of values — that’sthe broadest, loosest definition.But what interests me are thefault lines of those values andthe way those values clash. Peo-ple talk about the Muslim com-munity, and one thing I’ve triedto show is that there are manydifferent types of Muslims —devout ones, doubting ones,secular ones — just as there arein any other community.Money is a driving forcebehind the characters’decisions. And it gets in theway of freedom. I’ve thought about this theme a

lot and it’s tricky. If you’re sad-dled with debt, it hampers youin a profound way. Money canhamper you practically and itcan hamper you spiritually inthat you become wedded to anotion of consumption and ma-terialism that isn’t really whatyou should chase after. Thatsaid, if you have a sense of whatthings cost and what you owe,you don’t take anything forgranted.Like the protagonists, beforewriting, did you or your familyforesee a different career path?I was the youngest of three chil-dren, so [my family] had givenup by the time they got to me.[Laughs] I studied English and

would have liked to do theaterdirecting, but I ended up study-ing film. And then I worked forthe BBC in production. I reallywas a frustrated writer all ofthat time. So after having a lotof stuff getting stuck in devel-opment, I moved to New Yorkand thought, I’m just going tohave a go at writing.What do you consider yoursmall — or great — fortune inlife? It’s been meeting my husbandand having our two children,seeing that the best thing in lifeis loving and being loved.

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Hamilton Leithauserneeds a jump-start.The singer for theWalkmen says his

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But Leithauser says that wasnot the initial plan. When theband tapped Phil Ek to pro-duce, they had in mind the quiet woven harmonies he hadbrought out in Fleet Foxes.

“Every time we’ve tried toplan, it just ends up pigeon -holing us,” says Leithauser.

To be sure though, there area few quiet songs on the album,more delicate than anythingthey’ve ever done before. Andall throughout the album, Lei-thauser sings explicitly aboutlove, something that’s definite-ly new for the band.

“I think one of the things Iwas trying to do with some ofthe rock songs was to have real-ly simple, sort of classic lyricsthat on their own can be sort ofdull and lifeless,” he says.

Leithauser’s role model forthis straight-forward approach:Frank Sinatra.

“He would read the lyricsover and over and over again totry to determine what the per-son was thinking before he de-cided if he wanted to sing thesong or not,” he says. “And Ijust thought that the sound andthe way that he cared was pret-ty inspiring, so I listened to alot of his stuff while I was writ-ing this.”

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The tone of “Heaven” isinteresting, because if you’renot listening closely to thewords the album almostsounds happy — anothernew thing for the Walkmen.

“I’d say that we weren’tafraid to be happy, whichsometimes you are if themusic is happy,” says Lei-thauser. “If you start singingabout how happy you are, itcan get so nauseating. In thepast it’s been really hard forus to stay interested in stufflike that, honestly.”

The Walkmen are, from left, Paul Maroon, Walter Martin, Peter Bauer, Matt Barrick andLeithauser. As for the guy sitting on the couch, that’s Otis Bauer, son of Peter. He isn’t performinglive with the band, not yet at least. Visit us online for the full interview with Leithauser.

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When she’s not getting her hands dirty in action movies, Brooklyn Decker looks pretty good on their red carpets.

After making the jump frommodeling to film with theAdam Sandler comedy “Just GoWith It,” Brooklyn Decker hasbeen getting something of acrash course in moviemaking.And her latest, the big-budgetalien invasion film “Battle-ship,” provided some particu-larly physical lessons.

“I was shooting anothermovie at the time, and I wastold that Peter Berg was direct-ing and I couldn’t see a scriptbecause it was very secretive atthe time,” she says, noting thatBerg — director of films like“Hancock” and “Friday NightLights” — was enough. “At themention of the name PeterBerg, I wanted to audition for it.And so I sent in a tape from lo-cation, and then I went to L.A.and auditioned for it three

times after that. And then final-ly I got to actually read with Pete. And I think he wanted tosee how tough I was.”

How tough are we talking?Let’s just say that, to hear Deck-er tell it, Berg has a ratherunique directing style. “He’sknown for having a way withdirecting actors,” she says.“There were times when he

would be screaming along withme, there were times when hewould fire a machine gun off inthe bushes to get a reaction hewanted.”

So with an action flick un-der her belt, is Decker lookingfor more explosions or headingback to comedies? (She’s also inthe just-released “What to Ex-pect When You’re Expecting.”)“You know, I just want to playreally good characters andwork with really good direc-tors,” she says. “If you look atall the female characters in Pete’s movies, they’re so dy-namic. You never see a womanin his movies play the damselin distress. He usually makeswomen really well-rounded,and if I get a chance to continueplaying characters like that, I’llbe a very, very happy lady.”

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Already a practicing careercoach, Steven Sheward attend-ed Goldsmiths University ofLondon to add a degree in cog-nitive behavioral therapy tohis résumé. Shortly after grad-uating, a big idea hit him: Tra-ditional CBT techniques couldbe very effective in careercounseling. He soon partneredwith Rhena Branch, a fellowGoldsmiths professor and co-author of “Cognitive Behav-ioral Therapy For Dummies.”

Sheward and Branch’s newbook, “Motivational CareerCounseling and Coaching:Cognitive and Behavioral Ap-proaches,” was released bySage Publications last week. Itis the first-ever manual forCBT-style career coaching.

“Although some counselingmodels have been used in ca-reers guidance, I don’t think

there’s anything that’s beenaround that’s as extensive asthis,” says Sheward. “We’rehoping this is a new model.”

A practicing therapist inthe U.K. National Health Serv-ice, Sheward treats patientswith post-traumatic stress, de-pression, anxiety and other di-agnoses on a daily basis. Buthe is convinced that CBT is notjust for mental illness.

“In our profession, we as-sume that there’s a psycholog-ical problem to be treated,”says Sheward. “But in this con-text, it’s about using the theo-ry and the skills to optimizethe way people deal witheveryday challenges: going forjobs and succeeding in theworkplace.”

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He might raise his voice, poundhis fists or even roll his eyesone too many times. He’s thecranky boss — the one who se-riously needs to take a nap —and he’s throwing a fit in of-fices everywhere. It’s time tolearn how to handle him.

First, know what you’redealing with. According to RitaGunther McGrath, associateprofessor at Columbia BusinessSchool, there are two types ofgrouches: “permanent” and“situational.” For the situation-al types, McGrath suggests not-ing what occasions and issuestend to provoke negativeepisodes. She elaborates: “Youneed to understand what theperson’s goals and motivationsare and why they may be frus-trated in achieving these. If youcan help them with their goals,

they are often able to dial backon the bad karma.”

And as for that permanentgrump? “Have an escaperoute,” says McGrath.

Michael Roberto, professorof management at Bryant Uni-versity, suggests enlisting thehelp of others. “Find someonewho has thrived working forthis boss and ask them for tipson how to handle this person.What are their keys to suc-cess?” Or you can reach further.“Find a mentor elsewhere in

the organization so that youmeet your developmentalneeds in a different way, ratherthan letting your developmentstagnate while working for thiscranky boss.”

When all else fails, be theadult in the room. “Malcontent-ed bosses are like unreasonablydisgruntled children,” explainsSarah Hathorn, CEO andfounder of Illustra Consulting.“Solving the attitude issues ofyour boss is not part of your jobdescription. Stick to the realchallenges and professionaltasks by maintaining your ownpositive outlook, can-do atti-tude and healthy work and lifebalance. Strive for performanceand productivity while distin-guishing between drama andbottom-line results.”

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Psychologist Steve Sheward claims that utilizing the principles ofcognitive behavioral therapy can help the unemployed find work byreducing out-of-work stressin three key areas:

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3 Diminishing the high levelsof anxiety that arecommonly experienced bythe recently unemployed

Cognitive behavioraltherapy is the mostcommon form of psycholog-ical therapy practiced. Basedon longstanding researchrelated to human behaviorand perception, the practiceencourages participants toexamine their perceptions ofpast experiences — especial-ly traumatic ones — in orderto diminish or eliminate cur-rent negative behaviors.

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Our brains are extremelyvulnerable. This is themessage Linda Carrolland David Rosner want

to get across in their book, “TheConcussion Crisis: Anatomy ofa Silent Epidemic.”

In recent years, stories start-ed to surface about footballplayers suffering lasting braindamage from multiple concus-sions, Carroll says.

Dr. Bill Meehan, Director ofthe Sports Concussion Clinicand Director of Brain Injury Re-search at Children’s HospitalBoston, defines a concussion asa “trauma-induced brain dys-function.” When a person suf-fers a concussion, there is nostructural damage to the brainand no bruising, bleeding orswelling. The problem is thefunctionality of the brain.

“You can’t see a concus-sion,” he explains. “You diag-nose it by history and physi-cal examination.”

According to the book, chil-dren’s brains are far more vul-nerable than those of adults be-cause their brains have not yetfinished developing. Young ath-letes are also more susceptibleto second-impact syndrome,which is when they sustain ajolt after they’ve suffered a con-cussion that was not treated

properly. While rare, this couldlead to a lifelong disability andeven death.

If concussion symptoms arenoticeable (see sidebar), Dr.Meehan says the athleteshould be pulled from a gameimmediately — even if he orshe is used to playing throughpain and injury. If proper treat-ment is administered, a full re-covery is expected; but in theworst-case scenario, he says,an untreated concussion canlead to catastrophic brain in-jury. Other long-term prob-lems include issues with mem-ory, reaction time, depressionand anxiety.

When a concussion occurs,activities that require concen-tration, like schoolwork andvideo games, should come to ahalt. Dr. Meehan also recom-mends discontinuing workingout and lifting weights.

Though Dr. Meehan saysthere’s been an increase in di-agnoses, thankfully this is aproblem that “in a large part,people are more aware [of].”

Adds Carroll: “We’d like peo-ple to take concussions muchmore seriously and to makesports as safe as possible.”

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Leo July 23-Aug. 22. There is astrong possibility that you might bequite a bit luckier than your friendsand colleagues, which is nice. How-ever, you’ll have to be sure to in-clude others in your good fortune orface mass resentment.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22. One ofyour better assets is your ability toprovide practical tips to those whoare looking for the best applicationfor their good ideas. Speak out andyou’ll share in the wealth.

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Pisces Feb. 20-March 20. It’s one ofthose days when you might not doall that is expected of you, but —lucky you — you’ll have a loyalfriend steadfastly getting your back.

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If you don’t like it,then don’t do itYou know in the polarizingdebate on marriage equality,conservatives like to claimthey are protectingmarriage. With 50 percent ofmarriages ending in divorce,I would consider it more log-ical to allow more people tomarry and make divorce ille-gal. As Wanda Sykes said inone of her shows: “If youdon’t like same-sex marriagedon’t marry someone of thesame sex.” DANIEL JELKE, VIA E-MAIL

Let’s stop the blameand fix the systemRE: “IT’S THE GOVERNMENT,STUPID”: What crashed theeconomy was a technicalproblem. It’s not that Repub-licans are stupid and capital-ists are evil; it’s not that De-

mocrats are stupid and gov-ernment is evil. Financialmarkets always have theirups and downs. When thesystem is set up right, thedowns just mean that thosewho put their money at risktake a loss. When the systemis broken, the downs crashthe economy. Let’s quit theblame game and fix the sys-tem. DAN WYLIE-SEARS, BRIGHTON

Federal Reserve Board datashow that more than 84 per-cent of the subprime mort-gages in 2006 were issued byprivate lending institutions,private firms made nearly 83percent of the subprimeloans to low and moderateincome borrowers that year,and only one of the top 25subprime lenders in 2006was directly subject to thefair-housing law you consid-er “extraconstitutional.” I am

sure your brain shut downand ears stopped at “FederalReserve,” so I offer this with-out comment and achallenge: Find data thatcounters this. I said “data,”not anecdotes. TARA EDWARDS, DORCHESTER

Sports figures neversay anything newI’m an avid sports fan. I amnot well-heeled, so I get themajority of my fix by watch-ing television. Here’s thequestion: Does anyone outthere really want to abide allthose silly questions and so-called live interviews beingbabbled about so prevalentlyon every telecast? We’veheard all the answers a thou-sand times. Nothing’s new!It’s like canned laughter, it’salways virtually the same.It’s just a bunch of hooey be-

ing constantly repeated, aload of nothing already writ-ten or spoken by someoneelse somewhere else. I’m sosick of the premise that who-ever is being talked about isthe greatest person ever.MOULTRUIE L. LOWERY, VIA E-MAIL

Nanny state teachesus how to get killedJust a few decades ago, wewere taught to watch the carsas we walked and crossed thestreets. Now, things havebeen turned on their heads:More and more, we see trafficsigns that pedestrians havethe right of way. And morepedestrians have lost theirlives as they blithely stroll in-to traffic. Kind of reminds meof the ill-fated, and mandato-ry, motorcycle helmet lawsresulting in more motorcycledeaths (they take too manyrisks with the mistaken ideathat helmets will save them).This is another case of unnec-essary and unconstitutionalfederal laws that have the op-posite result of the intent.FRANK ST. GEORGE, VIA E-MAIL

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Agood guidebook willtell you what to see inRussia: the Hermitage(one of the largest mu-

seums in the world), the Mari-insky Theatre (for famous Russ-ian ballet) and of course, youcan go further afield to Gatchi-na (with Pavlovsk Palace) orPushkin (with Catherine’sPalace and Amber Room) andPetergof (with its fountains). Inaddition, Metro rounded up theplaces that locals find cool.

See the citySure, you can go on excursionsby bus or by boat — but whynot try a new, exciting option: amotorcycle guide or moto voy-age (www.moto-voyage.ru)?You can choose between “Clas-sic Petersburg” or “Another Pe-tersburg,” the latter a uniquetour of the little-known attrac-tions of the city, such asVasilievsky Island. Also, try the“Dostoevsky’s Petersburg” ex-cursion and check out the flatwhere the famous writer livedand the house from the novel“Crime and Punishment.”

Where to eatFor a true St. Pete experience,head to Mari Vanna (www.mari-vanna.ru) and order the borsht,blinis, goulash and other tradi-tional dishes. The restaurantlooks like a typical Soviet utilityflat. In the corridor, you’ll bemet by an old man in slippersand tights and a beautiful graycat named Asya.

If you’re looking for some-thing more modern, try thefashionable 22-13 (www.22-13.com). The dishes— and fur-niture — come from all over

the world. One room has aChanel sofa, bought in a RueCambon. Also try some molecu-lar cocktails here before hittingthe clubs.

Where to shopThe big malls, Galleria andStockman, are full of great Euro-pean brands. If you need some-thing special, you’ll find a slewof local designers in CulterraSpace (Prostranstvo Kulturra)(www.prostranstvokulturra.blogspot.com) on the upper floor ofPssazh (www.passage.spb.ru).

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Where to stayYou know the W hotel chain;in St. Petersberg, it’s one ofthe best hotels, situated nearthe St. Isaac’s Cathedral, onlyminutes from Nevskyprospect and The PalaceSquare (www.wstpeters

burg.ru).If you are looking for

something budget, try HelloHostel (www.hellohostel.ru).It’s located in the center ofthe city, has great views ofthe Neva river, is very clean,fashionable and really cheap($25 per person per day).

Mari Vanna serves up traditional dishes.

Where to club

Want to celebrate RussianNew Year — every day of theweek? You can do it in ClubPurga (www.purga-club.ru).There, you’ll also see Russianweddings to which you’re al-ready invited. If you like par-ties and music, try SohoLounge (www.insholounge.com). Or, to have a really crazyparty, head to the bar by thename of Torn Off Balls(www.tornoffballs.ru), whereyou’ll see barmen and guestsdancing on tables. SearchYouTube for the sexy proof.

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Miami’s nightLeBron pours in 32 points Poor FT shooting

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1WADE AND JAMESThere are two reasons tofear the Miami Heat: Le-

Bron James and DwyaneWade. Both players provedthose fears legitimate lastnight, when they combined toscore 54 points. With AveryBradley out of the lineup,there’s no perfect option toguard Wade, and that was evi-dent from the start. Wade gotto the basket with ease andwhen he wasn’t going strongto the hoop, he was playingtough defense on the otherend that resulted in multiple

double teams that led toCeltics misses.

2KG AND ...The Celtics really neededto make a statement to

show that their offensive woesagainst the 76ers were in thepast. That statement nevercame. Instead, just one playerfound the bottom of the basketin the first six minutes of thegame (Kevin Garnett). KG hasbeen the team’s most consis-tent player in the postseason,with spurts of solid play fromothers. That got them this far,but it’s not going to get themany further. Ray Allen wentjust 1-for-6 from the field, andmore shockingly, 3-for-7 fromthe line. Pierce scored just 12points while Rajon Rondo

added 10. Not going to cut it,fellas.

3DON’T BLAME THE REFSI know what some ofyou’re thinking: “The ref-

erees blew this game! The gamewas fixed!” You’ve got an argu-ment with a few of those C’stechs that came in the secondquarter, but Boston lost thisgame because the Heat playedbetter on both ends. Bostonshot just 37.5 percent from thefield, while the Heat converted51.9 percent. And if you werecounting on any help from theBoston bench, keep counting:Greg Stiemsma added sixpoints. That’s about it.

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The rivalry: LeBron vs. C’sCeltics, James have grown up together But just one side has a ring Things could look mighty different

for both Celtics, Heat, entire NBA depending on outcome of this series LeBron hatred still going strongIt always seems to have beenLeBron James against the world— at least the NBA world.

And the biggest obstaclehe’s routinely met in his NBAcareer has been the BostonCeltics.

There have been countlessmatchups against Boston, in-cluding the playoff series twoseasons ago that ended theJames-Cleveland Cavaliers erawith James seemingly giving upon the group on his way out thedoor. By taking off his jersey be-fore he even reached the lockerroom, James signaled a bigchange was about to take placein the NBA, one way or another.

Last season, it was Jamesand the Heat who got the bestof the Celtics in a series thatwasn’t close.

Now, it’s more than justJames. James is the poster boy

for one of the most dislikedteams in league history, a teamthat seemed to be celebratingchampionships before theyeven practiced together.

Another disliked player —albeit not around here — inKevin Garnett, is doing every-thing in his power to go outwith what was previouslythought to be an impossiblechance at another ring beforehis career ends. He’s averaging18 points and 11 rebounds inthe postseason, while provid-ing all the defense and intensi-ty necessary to get to this point.Garnett is the best big man inthe series by far — especiallywith Chris Bosh out indefinite-ly — and should play like it.

And don’t forget Rajon Ron-do. Remember what happenedto him last postseason againstthe Heat?

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With Avery Bradley downfor the postseason, Rondo mayspend ample time playing de-fense on Wade. If he can limithim, and still provide enoughon offense, the C’s have a realchance in this.

Boston treats every game,every series, every season likeits last. Miami’s doesn’t carewho it goes through at thispoint, it just needs one title tovalidate itself. Whether or notthis recent rivalry is actuallythe last matchup between thetwo sides in the postseason,with the current makeup ofeach team hanging in the bal-ance, doesn’t matter much foreither side.

LeBron James looks on during Game 1 of the EasternConference Finals last night in Miami.

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