Boston officials see reasons for optimism, concern in Obama’s budget

City officials were heartened by proposed funds for schools and roads but were worried about possible cuts in heating assistance and public health programs.

Hundreds protest fare hikes, service cuts proposed by MBTA

More than 400 people gathered at a public hearing at the Boston Public Library’s main branch to protest against higher fares and service cuts to the transit system.

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.

A T-shirt, flowers and notes were at a memorial today for Whitney Houston outside the Beverly Hills Hilton, where she died Saturday.

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Editorial

If music industry is a family, then artists need better care

The recording industry needs to ask itself why so many of its superstars are dying these lonely deaths. And it must do what it can to prevent them.

Editorial

Chris Brown: F.A.M.E. conquers all

Chris Brown's conspicuous inclusion at the Grammys, after his 2009 guilty plea to felony assault on his then-girlfriend Rihanna, raises questions about the judgment of the Grammy producers.

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A Newbery winner at last

The highest award in young people’s literature, the Newbery Medal, last month went to Boston’s Jack Gantos, whose novels — and one part of his life — are unusual.

Boston College's Pat Mullane (left) and Chris Kreider celebrated after Kreider's late second-period goal put the Eagles up 2-1 over Garrett Noonan (13) and the Boston University Terriers in the annual Beanpot college hockey tournament.

Boston College 3, Boston University 2

BC stuns BU with late overtime goal

The Eagles scored with 6.4 seconds left in overtime to win their third straight Beanpot title.

“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

Library opens first section of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis papers
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
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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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Bay State wary of Air Force base cuts

State and congressional leaders are bracing for a battle over a Pentagon plan to strip aircraft from one Air Force base in Western Mass. and possibly cut personnel at another.

Business

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New York Knicks' guard Jeremy Lin (right) shot over Minnesota Timberwolves' center Nikola Pekovic during a game in Minneapolis this weekend.

Jeremy Lin drives sales as MSG shares hit new high

With ‘Linsanity’ spreading through the sports world, shares of The Madison Square Garden Co. are trading at all-time highs.

Nation & World

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Supreme Court Justice Breyer robbed in West Indies home

Stephen Breyer, a long-time professor at Harvard and judge in Boston, was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home.

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