Small-business health co-op will slash rates

Thousands of small businesses across the state could save at least 20 percent on their health insurance rates under a new group purchasing cooperative.

2-11-2012 Boston, Mass. Over 900 guests attended the Big Night 2.0 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mass. Bay Rock the Casbah gala held at the Houseof Blues. L. to R. are Senator Scott Brown with Big Brother Big Sister CEO Wendy Foster, Brown is a big brother and Foster is a big sister. Globe photo by Bill Brett

Brown raises largest share of donations from Bay State

US Senator Scott Brown drew a large share of his campaign money from within Massachusetts in the final quarter of 2011.

Joanna Weiss

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A new line of frilly Legos is part of an attitude that may divert girls from careers in science and technology.

BOSTON CAPITAL | Steven Syre

Brightcove braces for tough IPO market

How will investors react to an IPO from a much smaller technology company than Facebook? Brightcove Inc. will find out this week.

Labels prove slippery in GOP campaign

Among Republican candidates, the shift away from calling oneself a moderate reflects a change in the political lexicon.

Helmet cameras grab the slope action

Sales have soared over the past two years as helmet cameras have become the latest must-have skiing and riding accessory for the YouTube generation.

Video

Take a ride down the ski slopes with a helmet cam

Tiny video cameras that mount anywhere enable skiers and other sports enthusiasts to be the stars of their own shows.

Voices rise against MBTA changes

More than 400 riders blasted the MBTA’s proposed rate hikes and service cuts last night, insisting that the measures would harm the poor, elderly, and disabled.

Rob Gronkowski may have been slowed by a bum ankle in the Super Bowl, but he scored 18 touchdowns during the regular season and added three more in the opening playoff game against the Broncos.

On football: Season review

Rating the Patriots: Just shy of Super

In his positional analysis, Greg A. Bedard says that while the Patriots were but a few plays from being world champions, their season was still a resounding success.

Developer’s golden touch put to the test

One of the city’s most prolific developers, Anthony Pangaro, is now taking on his toughest test: restarting construction at the Filene’s site.

“There’s been a lot more viral marketing.’’

Chris Chute, on the popularity of helmet cameras on the slopes  

Globe Insiders

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

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/01/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/greenhouse_movies2_business[1].jpg 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.

Metro

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Judge sets Nov. 5 as trial date for Bulger

A federal magistrate judge yesterday set the date for the trial of James “Whitey’’ Bulger, rejecting claims by his lawyers that they needed another year to prepare.

Business

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BOSTON CAPITAL | Steven Syre

Brightcove braces for tough IPO market

How will investors react to an IPO from a much smaller technology company than Facebook? Brightcove Inc. will find out this week.

Nation & World

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On Baseball

David Ortiz can focus on hitting now

After avoiding arbitration with a one-year deal and a raise of more than $2 million, Ortiz said he was happy to settle back in with the team he’s most identified with.

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PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

Letting photography be photography

“A New Vision: Modernist Photography’’ is a somewhat wayward survey of the modernist aesthetic in photography.