Boston Globe Today (audio)

(Boston Globe) A large basking shark beached itself in Plymouth. And scientists are conducting anti-terrorism tests on the T today.

(Boston Globe) Wonderland Greyhound Park will shut its doors after 75 years of business. And the Massachusetts unemployment rate holds steady at 9 percent.

(Boston Globe) Sox spark plug Dustin Pedroia is back on the lineup tonight. And there are new bizarre details in accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff's apparent suicide.

(Boston Globe) Families of homicide victims spoke out during a hearing at City Hall. And Spectacle Island will become a classroom for Boston's youth.

(Boston Globe) M Street beach in Southie has become an unlikely hot spot. And racetracks cut spending after stalled gambling bill.

(Boston Globe) UMass Lowell students will pair up on an archeological dig with researchers from Belfast to study about Irish immigrants in the area. Rents are rising and apartments are harder to find in the region.

(Boston Globe) The Berklee College of Music and Perkins School for the Blind are working together to teach blind students music techniques. And people swimming in a drinking water reservoir in Gloucester is called a tradition and a health risk.

(Boston Globe) Crews worked through the night to repair a large pothole. Traffic on I-93 returned to normal. And a local developer has a new vision for the Fenway neighborhood.

(Boston Globe) Legislative leaders are pessimistic on casino bill prospects. And fisher sightings are on the rise in towns and cities around Boston.

(Boston Globe) Boston officials are poised to approve the city's first business improvement district in Downtown Crossing. Lebron James and the Miami Heat will make their debut against the Celtics in October.

(Boston Globe) Farming is a fast-growing job in Massachusetts. And state education officials are looking at how frequently students switch schools.

(Boston Globe) The Boston Transportation Department has created the city's first metered bike spots. And with time running out in the session, the State legislature may be closer to a deal on a gambling expansion bill.

(Boston Globe) Senator John Kerry will pay $500K Mass. tax on Rhode Island yacht. And the Red Sox are ailing both on the field and on the airwaves.

(Boston Globe) Sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts rose in June. And One of the state's largest building projects is about to get underway this fall.

(Boston Globe) Bookstores are giving students the chance to rent textbooks at half the cost of buying. And accessibility is still an issue for the disabled in Boston.