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Mass. expected to join foreclosure abuse settlement

Massachusetts is expected to agree to a national settlement with five major mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that could be worth $25 billion to $30 billion.

Doctors often aren’t truthful to patients, survey reveals

Most physicians paint overly optimistic prognoses for their patients, and many have told lies or withheld information, according to a national survey by Massachusetts General Hospital.

Opinion

Despite Romney’s struggles, he’s still on track for GOP nod

Yesterday’s results were a blip, not a stumble. Despite Rick Santorum’s strong showing, there is still no clear alternative to Mitt Romney.

DeLeo rejects Patrick’s tax proposals

House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo will not support Governor Deval Patrick’s proposal to raise $260 million with various taxes and fees, including a tax on candy and soda.

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Kam Man gets ready to open new store in South Bay

Wincent International, which operates the Kam Man Market in Quincy, will open its first Boston location Saturday on the site of a former Super 88.

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Sealed with a kiss: Valentines Day gift guide

Go for something a bit more elegant this Valentine’s Day. A gift doesn’t have to break the bank, but it does require a thought or two.

Globe Insiders | To Grammar’s House

A copy editor’s dilemma: What to do about coarse language?

Newspapers, and their copy editors, usually draw a line against obscenities and crude language, but what about when a public official calls a legislator “numbnuts?”

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Bruins are pummeled in Buffalo

Tuukka Rask of the Bruins gave up three goals on 10 shots before being pulled after 22 minutes, and the Sabres didn’t stop there.

Globe Insiders

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

Talk movies with Ty and Wesley

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

Roast Beef, a dapper-looking penguin at the New England Aquarium, visited Hannah Duston Health Care Rehabilitation Center in Haverhill today.

A happy visit from a guy in a tuxedo

Longfellow loses outbound car lane in new design

Dining Out

The Blue Room is still strong on hospitality

Missing: 5.4 million workers from labor force

Celtics 94, Bobcats 84

Pierce passes Bird as Celtics win

No say for some who would be casinos’ neighbors

Giving voice to slain social worker

Political Notebook

Pro-Romney super PAC donors identified

Galleries

Mechanics laid bare for thought

Salvatore DiMasi left the Moakley Federal Court last year after being sentenced to eight years in prison.

DiMasi may testify to US panel

Lowell Richards, Boston visionary, dies

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Tony Massarotti

Golden Age of Boston sports

Scot Lehigh

DeLeo’s success with health reform

Derrick Z. Jackson

An environmental chain reaction

Bill Belichick took questions for the final time this season yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

As losses go, we’ve seen worse than Patriots’

Jeff Jacoby

Ganging up on Ginsburg — way too quickly

alex beam

Eat free or die

boston capital

Staples sees slow sales in economic recovery

Joanna Weiss

Facebook angst for the millions

Kevin Cullen

The homegoing of a Lonely Eagle

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Next gaming thrill: ‘Kingdoms of Amalur’

The defensive breakdown that led to Mario Manningham key catch in the fourth quarter last night was one of the plays that doomed the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.

Tony Massarotti

Better balance must be Patriots’ priority

Ahmad Bradshaw’s touchdown late in the fourth quarter turned into the winning touchdown.

Bob Ryan

Ultimately, Patriots couldn’t get Giants off field

Metro

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Residents turn to towns for help battling coyotes

In Brookline, Newton, and Belmont, where coyote sightings have become more frequent, residents are urging town officials to take steps to control the population.

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Fans flock to Schilling’s midnight delivery

More than 250 people waited Monday night for Curt Schilling to autograph their copies of “Kingdoms of Amalur,” the first release from his video game company.

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President Obama spoke at an event earlier this month.

Obama seeks to defuse contraception rule uproar

The White House sought to ease objections from religious leaders to a new rule that would require health insurance plans to offer free birth control.

Politics

Mitt Romney spoke at a rally yesterday in Denver.

Romney’s returns revive scrutiny of complex tax shelters

On Capitol Hill, Mitt Romney’s returns have caught the eyes of both parties for what appears to be his use of a type of complex shelter that has been debated for years.

Sports

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Kam Man gets ready to open new store in South Bay

Sealed with a kiss: Valentines Day gift guide

A copy editor’s dilemma: What to do about coarse language?

Bruins are pummeled in Buffalo

Inside The Boston Globe

A happy visit from a guy in a tuxedo

Longfellow loses outbound car lane in new design

Dining Out

The Blue Room is still strong on hospitality

Missing: 5.4 million workers from labor force

Celtics 94, Bobcats 84

Pierce passes Bird as Celtics win

No say for some who would be casinos’ neighbors

Giving voice to slain social worker