In budget, Obama proposes tax hikes on the wealthy

The president defended his $3.8 trillion spending plan for 2013. ‘‘This is not about class warfare. This is about the nation’s welfare,” he said.

Harvard to offer buyouts to 275 as part library overhaul

The voluntary buyouts are part of the school’s first concrete move toward modernizing its decentralized library system, university officials said today.

Bulger to go on trial Nov. 5

A judge today rejected claims that the 82-year-old gangster’s defense team needed another year to prepare for the trial.

Santorum leads Romney in new poll

Rick Santorum has surged to take a slight lead over Mitt Romney among Republican-leaning voters nationally, the Pew Research Center poll shows.

centers for disease control and prevention

Boston-area firms develop vaccines that attack

Local researchers are working to develop vaccines against herpes, diabetes, and other diseases.

Air pollution may increase risk of stroke, research shows

Car exhaust and other air pollution, even at levels considered safe by federal regulations, may substantially increase the risk of a stroke, new research suggests.

Library opens first section of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis papers

The first section of her personal papers has been unsealed, opening another window into the history of the first lady and John Kennedy’s administration.

Beanpot: BC vs. BU, 7:30 p.m.

BU seeking to reclaim territory in Beanpot

The Terriers, who lost to UMass on Friday, are out to avoid three straight years without a title for the first time since 1983-85 when they play BC tonight.

“You can’t assume that you’ll just jack up tuition every single year.’’

President Obama, on runaway college tuition increases 

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

From Sunday’s Globe

A girl who soared, but longed to belong
A man placed flowers at a memorial outside New Hope Baptist Church today in Newark, N.J. Singer Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Ca., began her singing career at the church.

Whitney Houston was found underwater in tub
David Ortiz

Red Sox, David Ortiz strike 1-year deal

Dieting? There's an app for fat

appreciation

Whitney Houston was everybody’s diva
Jackie Fraser-Swan in her Newbury Street atelier. Her designs (sample, right) will be on a Lincoln Center runway.

A fast track to Fashion Week runways

54th Grammy Awards

A clean sweep for Adele as Grammys mourn Houston

TripAdvisor is traveling a rocky road

Venues vie for cultural recognition
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Romance: It’s not all hearts and flowers

Auditors noted, then ignored, McLaughlin pay

Weddings

Boston wedding venue guide

Columnists

Rajon Rondo led the Celtics to a win against the Bulls yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rajon Rondo proving naysayers wrong

adrian walker

Romney can’t outrun past

Innovation Economy

At top of tech sector, women lead by example

Juliette Kayyem

Mass. vets tout skills with Comcast help

James Carroll

Bad option on the table

Yvonne Abraham

Playing with women’s rights

Jeff Jacoby

A second look at ‘The Third Jihad’

Joan Vennochi

The ‘Mad Men’ era of contraception
Milton, MA 022511 Dave Portnoy (cq) is the publisher of Barstool Sports empire which he puts out his Milton office. He and his blogger / vlogger Jenna Mourey (cq) were photographed at his office on February 25, 2011. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/ MET

Joanna Weiss

The Barstool podium

Adrian Walker

Rethinking the Esplanade

Opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

A visit to the ‘friends and favors’ office

Innovation Economy

The Mass. start-up climate

Metro

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2/12

Blaze destroys business block in Brighton

Emergency crews yesterday were forced to raze four Brighton businesses after the block was engulfed in a fire that resulted in four firefighters being sent to the hospital.

Business

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TripAdvisor’s new threat: Google

The travel review site has had a tough first two months as a public company, and now Google is ramping up the competition.

Nation & World

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Fifty police officers were injured and at least 55 protesters were hospitalized during rioting in Athens yesterday.

Greece accepts austerity plan amid protests

As protesters looted shops and battled police in Athens yesterday, lawmakers approved an austerity package meant to keep the country from a debt default.

Politics

Analysis

Focus on conservatism not to Romney’s favor

Mitt Romney does not benefit when the campaign turns into a battle over conservative credentials.

Sports

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Chad Finn

Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox will look to bounce back after a season in which they finished third in the AL East.

Most valuable Red Sox? Still Dustin Pedroia

The gritty second baseman and former AL MVP is atop the ranking of the Red Sox’ roster as the team starts to gather for spring training.

Health and wellness

G Force

Kelley Tuthill of WCVB-TV, a breast cancer survivor

Kelley Tuthill, a news reporter for Channel 5, spoke openly five years ago about her breast cancer diagnosis and this week she will be updating her story.

Arts

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Music Review

Die Antwoord delivers edgy show at Paradise

The South African trio Die Antwoord’s vulgar concoction of underground art and street culture resulted in a show that was unexpectedly uplifting.

Magazine

The cover for the February 12 2012 issue

Boston wedding venue guide
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

Opinion

“Finding a job can be as frustrating as finding true love, and definitely not as fun.”

Juliette Kayyem 

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