A super bargain at any price

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Fans willing to compromise can experience live and in person America’s largest sporting event on a dime.

Not feeling the Patriot spirit

Un-Patriotic New Englanders will cheer against what some call Bill Belichick’s Evil Empire and yearn for a performance befitting the team’s old nickname, The Patsies.

Patriots taking their own tweet time

During the two-week buildup to Super Bowl XLVI, Rich Ohrnberger did the most with the allotted 140 characters Twitter permits per comment.

For TVs, it’s a good time to go long

Football and nonfootball fans are heading to electronics stores to take advantage of what is one of the best times to upgrade a television, which to most people means getting a bigger set.

Vast new wind farm site proposed off Martha’s Vineyard

Federal officials will conduct an environmental assessment of about 1,300 square miles they said could produce up to 10 times the amount of electricity as Cape Wind.

A pricey, familiar perk for new UMass head

The University of Massachusetts has promised its new leader, Robert Caret, up to a year-long sabbatical at his presidential salary when he eventually steps down.

Jobless rate hits 8.3%, lowest in 3 years

US employers added more than 240,000 jobs in January, the biggest gains in nearly a year, providing evidence that the recovery could be gathering speed.

02/03/2012 HULL, MA Ferry supporter and rider Tim Joost (cq) (left) 59 of Hull, speaks to Jonathan R. Davis (cq) (right), Acting General Manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority aboard the 9am MBTA ferry from Hull to Boston. The service is in jeopardy of being cut due to budget constraints. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

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T official faces storm on ferry

On a morning trip yesterday, Jonathan R. Davis, the MBTA’s acting general manager, was met with keen passenger frustration over plans to eliminate ferry service.

“These numbers cannot hide the fact that President Obama’s policies have prevented a true economic recovery. We can do better.”

Mitt Romney,  on the unemployment rate

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Journey to the Super Bowl
Lucas Oil stadium in Indianapolis, the site of Super Bowl XLVI.

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A super name for the Super Bowl

Brown campaign pays daughter for performances
University of Connecticut men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, who turns 70 in May, has been suffering from spinal stenosis, a lower back condition that can cause severe pain and hamper mobility. school said Friday in a news release. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

Season could be over for UConn coach Jim Calhoun

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Do the Brady hop

Demolition order has Truro residents debating

Romney’s shifting contraception stance
Bill Belichick spoke this morning adjacent to the Vince Lombardi trophy that will be awarded after Sunday’s game.

Belichick: No ‘setbacks’ for Rob Gronkowski

Aquarium sets $15m last stage of renovation

Super Bowl action moves beyond TV screen

Mild weather turns race into mush

Hoosier hospitality permeates host city

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Might Bill Belichick retire if he wins?

Bob Ryan

Giants’ Brandon Jacobs never backs down

Boston Capital | Steven Syre

Heads and tails of a huge IPO

Brian McGrory

One man’s victory over a tow truck

carlo rotella

Getting my Boston crab on

ALEX BEAM

Happy birthday, Battle Hymn!

SCOT LEHIGH

The germy airplane solution

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

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To date, 116 dolphins have been stranded on Cape Cod beaches, and 84 of those dolphins have died.

Cape dolphin strandings unprecedented

An animal welfare official told a group of congressmen yesterday that the recent string of common dolphin strandings is the largest in Cape Cod’s history.

Nation & World

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6 die as protests over Egypt’s handling of soccer riot spread

Protesters filled the streets and clashed for a second day yesterday with police as concerns spread about lawlessness and collapsing security a year after Egypt’s uprising.

Politics

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True to image, Ron Paul is no big spender

The Texas congressman’s campaign disclosure report revealed that he has worked to stretch his dollars on the trail.

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Tower would rival Hub’s tallest buildings

The development firm taking control of the former Filene’s property in downtown Boston said it will create a new magnet for shoppers, diners, and residents.

Sports

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Celtics 91, Heat 89

Boston Ma 02/03/2012 Boston Celtics player Brandon Bass (cq) left reaches out to team mate Paul Pierce (cq) right late in the 4th period after what was believed a three point shot. Pierce, had the three point shot taken away after it was reviewed by officals. Boston Celtics Vs New York Knicks. Boston Globe Staff / Photographer: Jonathan Wiggs Reporter:Section: Sports: Reporter:Slug

Celtics make a stand

The Celtics were behind most of the game but rallied to defeat the New York Knicks for their seventh win in the last eight games.

Arts

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Following Shackleton to Antarctica to make ‘69 S.’

The New York-based Phantom Limb Company combines theater, dance, photography, film, an original score, live musicians, and 4-foot-tall marionettes operated by puppeteers.

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

“While his partisans say he had no choice, Obama seemed willing to burn down the Democratic Party to save it.”

Neal Gabler 

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