Adele dominates Grammys

The British singer-songwriter matched Beyonce for most Grammy wins in a night by a female act.

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Singer-songwriter Adele was the biggest winner at the 54th annual Grammy Awards.

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She won six awards, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Song of the Year.

Jennifer Hudson performs

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Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson performed "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute to Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at 48.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Host LL Cool J speaks onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Actor-rapper LL Cool J hosted the show held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Musicians Nils Lofgren, Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zant of the E Street Band perform onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the show.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singers Jason Aldean (L) and Kelly Clarkson perform onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Country music singer Jason Aldean, left, was joined on stage by Kelly Clarkson.

Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay perform during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay performed together.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Musician Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Dave Grohl and his band, Foo Fighters, performed tonight.

Inquiry into Houston’s death continues

Investigators worked to piece together what killed Whitney Houston while officials did not release details on an autopsy performed today.

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Mass. vets tout skills with help from Comcast

The state and Comcast are helping the effort to try to solve how to translate military assignments into civilian sector needs, writes Juliette Kayyem.

Greek parliament passes austerity bill amid rioting

Lawmakers passed the controversial austerity and debt-relief bill tonight, after extensive rioting and looting swept through Athens.

A girl who soared, but longed to belong

Elizabeth Warren grew up amid the infinite expanse of Oklahoma, the finite expectations of her place and time, and financial pain at home. The lessons of those years still drive her.

Celtics guard Rajon Rondo had 32 points, 15 assists, and 10 rebounds against the Chicago Bulls.

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Rondo rises, Celtics halt Bulls’ win streak

Rajon Rondo led the Celtics with a triple-double as Chicago, playing without Derrick Rose, saw its five-game winning streak end.

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Romance: It’s not all hearts and flowers

What’s so romantic about lobster, a typewriter, a float plane, the Bash Bish maiden, bags full of goodies, snowshoes, and more?

“I couldn’t go off to OU. I couldn’t maintain the fiction anymore, not at OU, not there, not with kids living in dorms and buying formals for dances.”

Elizabeth Warren 

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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.

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A dream exactly as old as Fenway

Weddings

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Top 10 love letters of the year

DESTINATIONS

Bands meet the middle, bowling meets punk
An architectural rendering of Boston City Hall, which was the subject of an unusual design competition in the early 1960s.

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Thomas needs a save to restore his legacy

Brandeis professor traces efforts to reshape health care
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The Ortiz case, from both sides of the plate
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Linguistic gotcha at ‘Downton Abbey’

Romantic inns in New England

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Playing with women’s rights

Jeff Jacoby

A second look at ‘The Third Jihad’

Joan Vennochi

The ‘Mad Men’ era of contraception
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Joanna Weiss

The Barstool podium

Adrian Walker

Rethinking the Esplanade

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A visit to the ‘friends and favors’ office

SCOT LEHIGH

Money, machine, but no message

Bob Ryan

Lakers’ win nothing to get nostalgic about
Josh Bekcett and the Red Sox will begin spring training next week.

Tony Massarotti

Josh Beckett must take responsibility

Edward L. Glaeser

Gaffe gives Romney chance to redesign safety net

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I’ll take Tom, and hold the Mayo

Joan Wickersham

A valentine to Ella

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Aspiring Kennedy welcomed at a party caucus in Newton

Joseph P. Kennedy III, who is considering a bid for the congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Barney Frank, shook hands and met potential supporters.

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Friendly’s Ice Cream warming up to supermarket sales

Friendly’s, the famed maker of Fribbles, is switching from scoops to supermarkets as a way to boost its struggling ice cream business and expand its brand.

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Iran says it will announce nuclear program advances

Iran will soon unveil “big new’’ nuclear achievements, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday while reiterating Tehran’s readiness to revive talks with the West.

Politics

Mitt Romney wins Maine caucuses

Mitt Romney pulled out a narrow win in the caucuses in Maine today, averting an embarrassing defeat in a state he won handily in 2008.

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Phil Mickelson closed with an 8-under 64.

Mickelson wins Pebble Beach

Phil Mickelson rallied to win the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and become only the ninth player with 40 career PGA Tour wins.

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Making tracks at a Chinese Nordic skiing extravaganza

Vasaloppet China is the 10-year-old cousin of a historic Swedish ski race.

Books

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‘Thinking the Twentieth Century’ by Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder

Unpacking a mind: Dying from ALS, Tony Judt reviews his life and that of modern Europe.

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Old friends show their wares across the pond

London’s great art institutions have lined up a series of ambitious exhibitions for 2012.

Magazine

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What if the lights go out?
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Reversing a restaurant curse
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Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son

Opinion

“When it comes to sexual assault on campus, it’s amazing how little has changed over the years, and how wrongheaded some rape-prevention messaging remains.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“In the 50 years since the competition, architects have declared Kallmann and McKinnell’s City Hall one of the greatest buildings of the 20th century. Yet its relationship with the people of Boston has remained uneasy, even hostile.”

Leon Neyfakh on Boston’s City Hall