Malcolm X house may get makeover

The now run-down Roxbury home where Malcolm X lived in the 1940s could be turned into housing for graduate students in African-American studies or related fields.

Two women pause near a memorial display before funeral services for singer Whitney Houston at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Whitney Houston is remembered at funeral

Family members and invited guests mourned pop icon Whitney Houston at a private funeral at New Hope Baptist Church in New Jersey today.

Obama campaign shifts to also target Rick Santorum

Campaign officials confirm Obama’s organization has begun combing through Santorum’s background for use in upcoming speeches and ads.

Anti-government protesters attend the funerals, in snowy weather, of protesters killed during clashes with government troops in earlier protests against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus February 18, 2012. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Damascus on Saturday for the funeral of three youths killed in one of the largest protests against President Bashar al-Assad since the start of an 11-month uprising, witnesses said. REUTERS/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST) 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 forces fire on funeral in Damascus, kill 1

Security forces fired at thousands marching in a funeral procession that turned into one of the largest protests in Damascus since the 11-month uprising began.

7 wounded in Dorchester bar brawl

A bouncer was stabbed and seriously injured when he tried to break up a fight between patrons at Ups N’ Downs, police said.

Exclusive Sunday Preview

A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

 

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Chip Wass for the Boston Globe

Why it matters that our politicians are rich

Does being wealthy make you into an insensitive jerk? Science is offering some unsettling answers.

Wesley Morris

Whitney Houston’s voice was her best acting talent

Houston always seemed superhuman as a singer, but acting in movies brought her to earth, where, frankly, she didn’t belong, writes Globe movie critic Wesley Morris.

Arts

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/19portlandia_photo1a.1--90x90.jpg Armisen, Brownstein bring ‘Portlandia’ to the stage

The stage version of this sketch comedy TV show is a mix of live music, video clips, and special musical guest Eleanor Friedberger.

EXPLORE NEW ENGLAND

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/Morse05-318.jpg Snowshoes and maple at Morse Farm in Montpelier, Vt.

The farm is a great place for enjoying the snow, and for sampling the some famous maple syrup creations.

“After a major tornado, an earthquake, a hurricane, and an October storm, I’m grateful for any surplus we might have.”

LeeAnn Pasquini,  budget director of Springfield

Globe Insiders

Globe Insider Event | March 5, 5:30 p.m.

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/508746086[1]--90x90.jpg ‘The Real Romney’

Globe editorial page editor Peter S. Canellos moderates a discussion with Globe writers Scott Helman, Scot Lehigh, and Frank Phillips on the Republican presidential candidate.

Inside The Boston Globe

Ice cream shops, builders bask in business

Central Boston a gas station desert
Boston, MA 8/7/11 Boston Red Sox Jason Varitek reacting after fouling out to New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin with the bases loaded and a 3-0 count during 6th inning action at Fenway Park on Sunday August 7, 2011. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) slug: yanksox Section: sports Reporter:

Red Sox notebook

Varitek gets invitation to camp

I’m afraid you have bicycle face
A pint of Spectrum Brewery bitter beer.

The rise of beeronomics

Chef serves mislabeled fish at state luncheon

Malcolm X house may get makeover

Carol Burnett, Amy Poehler share laughs with ‘Arrietty’
Former Bruin and current Jet Blake Wheeler looked to deflect the puck past Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

Jets 4, Bruins 2

Ex-Bruin Wheeler turns on the Jets
Belina Lee, a dancer with the Boston Chinese Dance Troupe, performed a tambourine dance at the Quincy Lunar New Year Festival at North Quincy High School.

Photos

Globe staff photos of week

Much data, few answers in dolphin strandings

In Anthony Shadid, a meeting of reporter and assignment

Columnists

Gareth Cook

The brain, weaponized

Joan Vennochi

Will DiMasi tell all?

Joanna Weiss

Maybe Romney needs to get his Rambo on

LOVE LETTERS

Her jealousy exhausts him

Christopher L. Gasper

Wakefield a loss to Red Sox

Adrian Walker

Putting Johns in the dock

Renée Loth

Don’t block the vote for students

Lawrence Harmon

Menino should embrace War of 1812 celebration

ALEX BEAM

Netflix’s northern exposure

Boston Capital

A strange concession

Opinion | Brian McGrory

Politics as usual

Tech Lab

Vita: too big, too pricey, no phone

Metro

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People gathered outside the home of Kyle Louzada yesterday as they coped with the teen’s shooting death.

Answers sought in Randolph shooting

Investigators probing the death of the 16-year-old have learned he was shot once in the head and have found a gun they suspect may have been involved.

Business

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Bank said to cut CEO’s pay in 2011

Bank of America Corp. cut Brian T. Moynihan’s compensation for 2011, granting him no cash bonus and freezing his salary, a person briefed on the matter said.

Nation & World

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ICE agent was fatally shot during struggle for gun

A federal agent accused of shooting his supervisor at least six times died after an intense struggle for his gun with another agent, officials said.

Politics

Political Notebook

WIn a speech on the Senate floor, Senator Brown called on President Obama to fire Jane Lubchenco, the chief administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which has jurisdiction of the country’s fishing fleets.

Brown rips fishing agency over purchase of ‘party boat’

Senator Brown denounced the federal agency regulating fishermen, saying that one of its divisions used what he termed a $300,000 “fishermen-funded party boat for bureaucrats.”

Sports

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NBA roundup

Roundup: Knicks' Lin streak over

Jeremy Lin committed nine turnovers and New York’s seven-game winning streak was stopped 89-85 by New Orleans.

Arts

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G Cover

Robin Lane helps survivors take flight

With Songbird Sings, the Boston rock icon helps trauma survivors find their voices -- and record them.

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

The man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline

Opinion

“Bostonians should be looking forward to the War of 1812 commemoration with the same anticipation that sailors scanned the horizon during the Age of Sail.”

Lawrence Harmon 

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