Boston broadcaster Dave Maynard dies at 82

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Dave Maynard once said that “when you do morning radio, you believe that everyone is listening to you,” and for years, it seemed that nearly everyone did tune in to his morning show on WBZ-AM.

New poll has Joseph P. Kennedy III far ahead in race for congressional seat

Joseph P. Kennedy III would defeat Republican Sean Bielat by a wide margin, according to a new poll, although Kennedy has not officially announced his candidacy.

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/138510172-517--90x90.jpg Mass. law on insured birth control similar to Obama’s

Mitt Romney accused President Obama of attacking religious freedom because of a federal mandate requiring insurers to cover contraception, but his Mass. health reform did not change a similar policy.

Boston, MA - 02/09/12 - (First half) Boston Celtics shooting guard Ray Allen (20) defends Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24) during the first half. Boston Celtics NBA basketball, action and reaction. The Celtics took on the Los Angeles Lakers at TD Garden. - (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin), section: Sports, reporter: Washburn, slug: 10Lakers-Celtics, LOID: 5.0.833530330.

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Lakers outlast Celtics in OT

The Celtics fell to their archrivals in a hard-fought game, as the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant had 27 points and Pau Gasol added 25.

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Madonna’s latest drama leads nowhere

As a moviemaker, Madonna is best when she’s not trying so hard, and the movie “W.E.” tries awfully hard.

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‘Safe House’ plays it a little too ‘Safe’

This CIA thriller shows a cool and calm Denzel Washington, but the charisma is missing.

Greenbean Recycle, a Cambridge start-up that operates high tech recycling machines, brings its users together on a Facebook page.

Business

Smaller social networks target shared personal interests

Scores of smaller websites are taking a slice of Facebook’s action, creating communities for people with specific interests, from shared medical conditions to avoiding the next highway speed trap.

“We went out and said we have hope.”

Joe O’Donnell,  on raising $250 million for cystic fibrosis research

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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

Mass. granted ‘No Child’ waiver
Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird to become the Celtics’ second all time leading scorer on Tuesday.

Pierce gets All-Star nod; Garnett, Allen left out

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Sweet nothings in ‘The Vow’

The dos and don’ts of date night

‘Oil Can’ Boyd says he used cocaine with Sox

Rare bird sighted in Wellfleet

Singer from Sudbury gets unlikely Grammy nod
Tim Thomas, right, surrendered three goals after relieving Tuukka Rask in last night’s game.

Defiant Tim Thomas won’t defend views
Kodak says it will phase out its digital camera product lines in the first half of this year.

Kodak to stop making cameras

Santorum surge is telling for Romney

On football

Patriots’ offense a failure in Super Bowl
Boston--02/08/12 House Speaker Robert DeLeo goes over his speech in his office prior to speaking to house members on priorites for the next six months. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

DeLeo rejects Patrick’s tax proposals

Columnists

Tech Lab

Epic game, epic endeavor
Mattapan, MA 020412 Jennifer Smith (cq), of Mattapan picks up her son Sammy Aaron, (cq), 6, his Mather School in Dorchester elementary school every day. She doen't let him ride the school bus since he was dropped off at the wrong stop on January 4, 2012.(Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/MET

Yvonne Abraham

Wrong bus stop, wrong response

Brian McGrory

Joey’s long legacy

Juliette Kayyem

Tweeting with a pile of Saudi money

Gareth Cook

Why scientists are boycotting a publisher
FOR SPORTS. Foxborough, MA 2/6/2012 Gabriel Pelletier (cq) of Lunenberg shows off his Patriots helmet with signatures from the 2007-2008 team. New England Patriots fans gather outside of Gillette Stadium to greet the team the day after their Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants, in Foxborough, MA on Monday, February 6, 2012. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Section: SPORTS Slug: superbowlfolo Reporter: Travis Andersen LOID: 5.0.833220238

Tony Massarotti

The true 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

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Scott Brown pushes Irish immigration bill

US Senator Scott Brown is working to break a logjam in the Senate over a bill that would allow an additional 10,500 skilled Irish workers to gain work visas every year.

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Greek Prime Minister Loukas Papademos enters the meeting room at Maximos mansion in Athens on Wednesday Feb.8, 2012. After three days of delays, Greek coalition leaders began crucial debt talks Wednesday with the prime minister to review a draft deal on steep cutbacks demanded by creditors in return for a euro 130 billion ($170 billion) bailout. (AP Photo/Orestis Panagiotou, pool)

Greece reaches austerity deal

The country has reached a tentative agreement on new austerity cuts demanded by creditors to release a $173 billion bailout, the prime minster’s office announced.

Nation & World

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Smoke rises from al Malaab near Homs in this handout picture received February 8, 2012. Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighbourhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire on Thursday, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence. REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Syrian city of Homs sees continued violence

A weeklong government offensive has created a deepening humanitarian crisis in Homs, the epicenter of an 11-month-old uprising that has brought the country closer to civil war.

Politics

Mitt Romney spoke yesterday at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Ga.

Romney ‘not expecting a landslide’ in Michigan

Michigan native Mitt Romney tried to lower expectations today against a resurgent Rick Santorum heading towards the state’s Republican primary.

Sports

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Tim Thomas, right, surrendered three goals after relieving Tuukka Rask in last night’s game.

Defiant Tim Thomas won’t defend views

Thomas said today he wouldn’t discuss his controversial Facebook post about “religious freedom” because it has nothing to do with his job as the Bruins goalie.

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Sealed with a kiss: Valentine’s Day gift guide

For all its heartfelt sentiment, Valentine’s Day has acquired a cheesy sheen, becoming the holiday equivalent of a carnival midway.

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Arts events around Boston

Boston Globe critics put together a list of upcoming theater, art, gallery, and museum events around the area worth checking out.

Magazine

The cover for the February 5 2012 issue

What if the lights go out?
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

Opinion

“Academic publishers can choose to make a decent profit, or they can choose to extract from the system as much money as they think they can get away with.”

Gareth Cook 

Ideas

“For American enthusiasts of the Kagame regime, the Ingabire case points to a dilemma: Rwanda’s remarkable reconciliation and success have gone hand in hand with severely curtailed freedom of speech.”

Peter Canellos,  on free expression in Rwanda