Boston cop who sent ‘jungle monkey’ e-mail sues

A Boston police officer is suing the city after he was suspended for referring to a black Harvard professor as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" in an e-mail. “If I’m charged with a crime I want a chance to answer. I want the chance for a fair hearing,” Officer Justin Barrett told CNN on Tuesday.

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Boston Globe owner threatens to shut newspaper down

The Boston Globe management warned the newspaper’s four unions Sunday that failure to reach a financial concession would force the company to file a notice to shut down, the Guild said in a statement. The notice would allow The New York Times Co., which owns the Massachusetts newspaper, to close it in 60 days, the Globe reported. The Times Co

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