New developer plans tower on former Filene’s site

Millennium Partners plans to build a tower on the Downtown Crossing site with retail stores, office space and hundreds of residences, city officials said tonight.

UMass Memorial pays $520,000 over donor recruitment

UMass Memorial Health Care, which hired models to lure potential bone marrow donors, is settling claims that it engaged in improper marketing.

Senate approves insider trading ban

Legislation to prohibit members of Congress from profiting from insider information awaits House action after today’s Senate passage.

Gingrich asks Florida GOP to change delegate allocation

The Newt Gingrich campaign is appealing to Florida Republican officials to award delegates on a proportional basis, rather than winner-take-all.

The Back Story: Covering the Super Bowl

Globe sports editor Joe Sullivan spoke with Dina Rudick about what it's like to cover the country’s biggest sporting event.

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Patriots brush off Giants’ trash talk

Patriots players addressed the recent spate of words coming from some members of the New York Giants on the way to Sunday’s matchup.

Larry Bird said has tickets to Sunday’s Super Bowl, but isn’t sure if he will attend.

Dan Shaughnessy

Larry Bird is rooting for the Patriots

The Super Bowl is in the Indiana backyard of the Celtics legend this week. Said Bird, “I could never root for a New York team, come on!’’

Carolina players celebrated a first period goal as the Bruins’ Milan Lucic skates away.

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Last-place Carolina blanks the Bruins

The Carolina Hurricanes completed their first-ever season sweep of the Bruins with tonight’s victory at TD Garden.

“Giants fans are obnoxious. It would give me pleasure to see the Patriots hang 70 points on the Giants.’’

Joe Menendez,  47, a building manager in Midtown Manhattan

Globe Insiders

Globe Talks | Feb. 15, 6 p.m.

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Join the Boston Globe’s movie critics, Ty Burr and Wesley Morris, for a conversation about this year’s Academy Awards.

Inside The Boston Globe

Daniel Radcliffe stars as Arthur Kipps, an English lawyer with a mopey demeanor in “The Woman in Black.”

Exclusive Friday Preview | Movie Review

Radcliffe doesn’t stray far from Potter role in ‘Woman in Black’

This Boston hates the Patriots

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Internet flash sales spawn a new breed of addicted shopper
Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Groundhog ‘predicts’ 6 more weeks of winter

Skilled hands of a lost husband hold out hope for artist

A bigger, bolder plan for Herald site

Want to learn about wine? Invite a sommelier to your home

New Yorkers see giant chance to twist knife

Vince Wilfork thrives in leadership role
After the Mass for former Boston mayor Kevin White was over, pallbearers escorted the casket down the church aisle. The White family followed.

Mourners celebrate former mayor’s life, energy

Waning hope, a 6-organ transplant, life anew

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Media day madness at the Super Bowl

Columnists

JOAN VENNOCHI

Catholic Church’s unfair attack against Obama

President Barack Obama is introduced by Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., before speaking at the House Democratic Issues Conference, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Cambridge, Md. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

JOSHUA GREEN

The attack the GOP should be waging against president
Chad Ochocinco has been in on just one play so far in the postseason.

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s time to praise Chad Ochocinco

Yvonne Abraham

Kevin White’s parting gift
Army Spec. Theresa Lynn Flannery runs for cover as the Spanish base comes under attack outside Kufa, Iraq, near Najaf, in this April 4 2004, file photo. Along with a Bronze Star with a

JULIETTE KAYYEM

War’s glass ceiling

Steven Syre

Facebook’s business plan: Make friends, print money

TECH LAB

Boston’s brightest pick their top apps

Scot Lehigh

GOP fight is a long way from being over

Jeff Jacoby

Right-to-work laws stand for choice
Zak DeOssie is heading into his second Super Bowl for the Giants.

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Zak, Steve DeOssie connected by Super Bowl
Rob Gronkowski slapped five with a reporter from his perch at Media Day yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rob Gronkowski talks everything but his ankle
Former mayor of Boston Kevin White, poses with his statue located at Faneuil Hall Market area. **Photo taken 2008 Globe photo Bill Brett *** More caption info to follow.

Lawrence Harmon

The unflinching Kevin White

Metro

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Brothers Andy, left, and Jason Huang were convicted of three counts of manslaughter and four counts of wanton and reckless behavior resulting in death.

Quincy landlords get three years in prison for fatal fire

Two Quincy brothers were sentenced today for renting an unsafe basement apartment where an immigrant father and his two young sons died in a 2009 fire.

Nation & World

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Egypt police, protesters clash after soccer riot

Anger over a deadly soccer riot erupted in fresh clashes that injured nearly 400 people.

Politics

Brown urges Pentagon to avoid Hanscom cuts

Senator Scott Brown today told Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford and other area installations serve critical national security functions.

Business

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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testified today during a House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill.

Fed chief sees improvement, but economy still vulnerable

Speaking to the House Budget Committee, Ben Bernanke rejected criticism that the Fed was willing to tolerate higher inflation in order to bring down unemployment.

Sports

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Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski met with reporters for the third straight day today.

Rob Gronkowski vows to make ‘final call’

The Patriots tight ends said he would decide if he can play on Sunday, and will consider pain-killing shots plus special devices that could aid his balky ankle.

Style

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Internet flash sales spawn a new breed of addicted shopper

Addiction to quick-sale websites has become a problem for some consumers, who can rack up credit card debt quickly with just a few clicks.

Arts

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BOOK REVIEW

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‘The Accordion Family’ by Katherine S. Newman

The book examines the trend of adult children returning home across many cultures.

Magazine

The cover for the January 29 2012 issue

Reversing a restaurant curse
The cover for the January 22 2012 issue

Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son
The cover for the January 15 2012 issue

Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution
The cover for the January 8 2012 issue

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Opinion

“To understand how women can fight, but still not be in combat, is all about definition.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“A surprising number have pushed past the humiliation of defeat and laid claim to a level of prominence they might never have attained if they hadn’t run.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on presidential election losers