Children’s Hospital reports progress on asthma

Hospitalizations for asthma have been dramatically cut by a program that helps families reduce the conditions that trigger attacks, according to a Children’s Hospital Boston study.

Iran heats up foreign policy talk on campaign trail

Iran’s development of a nuclear program, and the stance the US should take, is emerging as a focal point between President Obama and his GOP challengers.

From depths of the Charles, an endangered species surfaces

An Atlantic sturgeon, an ancient, endangered species of fish, was spotted in the Charles River, delighting aquatic specialists, who said sturgeon are fighting for their survival.

Samaritans’ IMs reach out to teens in crisis

Samaritans, the suicide-prevention organization, has launched an instant messaging service to connect with teens who seldom reach out via the telephone hot line.

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Banks face backlash as they bid for top sites

Across the region, financial institutions are gobbling up prime commercial spaces, edging out other merchants and sparking protests from businesses, neighbors, and local officials.

Kirkland House roommates Dustin Moskovitz and Mark Zuckerberg and two others launched the first version of Facebook in early 2004.

The ghosts of Facebook still roam Harvard

For two years, from 2002 to mid-2004, Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook was a start-up, growing against a Boston-area backdrop.

Red Sox starter Josh Beckett took to the practice field yesterday at the team’s new $78 million Fenway South complex in Fort Myers, Fla., as pitchers and catchers reported for spring training.

On baseball

It’s a start, at least, by Josh Beckett

The Red Sox righthander admitted to lapses in judgment last year but said his biggest mistake was not pitching well down the stretch.

“You can hear a collective sigh across town whenever a sign for a new bank branch goes up.”

Bob Brown,  a blogger from Wellesley

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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

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Talking to doctors about how you would want to die
Bill Clinton, the man from Hope, Ark., who became president, is the subject of a four-hour documentary on PBS’s “American Experience.’’

TELEVISION REVIEW

Views of Bill Clinton, from the left and the right

STAGE REVIEW

Political, personal struggles in ‘Wild Swans’

MUSIC REVIEW

Doomtree’s energy matches fans’ affection

Coast Guard marks ‘greatest’ small-boat rescue

Tornado victims still struggling in Monson

CAMPAIGN 2012 | Interactive Graphic

Funding the Mass. race for US Senate
A pint of Spectrum Brewery bitter beer.

The rise of beeronomics
The Promenade Plantée, with a landscaped pedestrian path, is 2 miles long. It was built on an abandoned elevated railroad track.

EUROPE

Promenade Plantee is one of Paris’s best kept secrets

I’m afraid you have bicycle face

Globe Magazine

10 affordable ways to update your home

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

Jerry Uelsmann develops dreams in the darkroom

Columnists

Juliette Kayyem

A dramatic shipwreck, a daring rescue

Adrian Walker

Genetic clue carries hope

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Headphones to help increase your focus

Dan Shaughnessy

A ‘sorry’ from Red Sox would be nice

Gareth Cook

The brain, weaponized

Joan Vennochi

Will DiMasi tell all?

Joanna Weiss

Maybe Romney needs to get his Rambo on

Yvonne Abraham

Love, labor, and loss

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Apps bring business cards into the 21st century

LOVE LETTERS

Her jealousy exhausts him

Christopher L. Gasper

Wakefield a loss to Red Sox

Adrian Walker

Putting Johns in the dock

Metro

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Erosion threatens cherished stretch at tip of Cape

Steady erosion has gnawed away at Herring Cove Beach on Cape Cod, raising concern that the beach may have to close for repairs.

Business

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Genetically engineered salmon facing fierce opposition

A Waltham firm that created genetically engineered Atlantic salmon is up against a lengthy FDA review and strong opposition to its product.

Nation & World

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Thousands protest Spain’s new labor reforms

Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched throughout Spain yesterday in the first large-scale show of anger over reforms that make it easier for companies to fire workers.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Speaking on CBS’s “Face the Nation’’ yesterday, Rick Santorum said he was not questioning President Obama’s religion, but was talking specifically about “radical environmentalists.”

Rick Santorum clarifies ‘phony theology’ remarks

The former Pennsylvania senator yesterday sought to clarify comments he made Saturday that appeared to question President Obama’s Christian values.

Sports

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Pistons 96, Celtics 81

Celtics guard Rajon Rondo is escorted off the court after being ejected from the game during the second half.

Celtics get pounded by Pistons

In a game filled with statistical anomalies, the Celtics dropped an infuriating 96-81 decision to the suddenly hot Pistons, their second loss to Detroit in five days.

Health and wellness

G Force

Treating Giffords’s aphasia

Marjorie Nicholas is an expert in the language disorder aphasia, and has been treating former Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who has the condition.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

A dazzling show fit for princesses

The latest Disney on Ice theme, “Dare to Dream,’’ focuses on a trio of fables: “Cinderella,’’ “The Princess and the Frog,’’ and “Tangled.’’

Magazine

The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected
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

Opinion

“This weekend, a community celebrated a determined leader, the volunteers who followed him, and the benefits of just winging it.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Rich people have a harder time connecting with others. They are less charitable. They are less likely to help someone in trouble. And if you think you’d behave differently in their place, you’re wrong.”

Britt Peterson, on the psychology of being rich