Mass. voters divided on Romney presidency
Massachusetts residents woke up to a startling realization yesterday: By the end of this new year, their former governor could be the president-elect.
Mitt Romney spoke in Marion, Iowa, today amid the possibility that he would win tomorrow’s caucuses.
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Michele Bachmann, accompanied by her husband, Marcus, center, visited a cafe in West Des Moines today.
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Ron Paul spoke today in Des Moines. He has been at or near the top of recent polls in Iowa.
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Rick Santorum has seen an upswell of support in Iowa. He spoke at the Hotel Pattee in Perry today.
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Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista met with Iowans in Independence. Gingrich has seen his support fall after topping polls just weeks ago.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry hugged a supporter during a campaign stop today in Carroll, Iowa.
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Jon Huntsman has focused on winning the New Hampshire primary, skipping Iowa entirely. On Sunday, he spoke with voters in Derry, N.H.
Campaign 2012 | Iowa caucuses
On eve of Iowa, Romney peaking
Mitt Romney rallied supporters in Iowa today, as polls across the state showed him poised for a victory that seemed uncertain just weeks ago.
John E. Sununu | The Iowa caucuses
Primaries may be messy, but they make candidates stronger
The caucus is an unusual system and rarely reflects the broader Republican consensus, but it remains far better than the alternatives.
Flemmi son says gangster’s kin also victims
Breaking his silence, Billy St. Croix says his family was shattered by his father, Stephen ‘‘The Rifleman’’ Flemmi, and James ‘‘Whitey’’ Bulger.
Mass. braces for winter freeze
Arctic air is expected to blanket the region starting tonight, with temperatures expected to drop to as low as 5 degrees below zero in some areas.
Menino called key to East Boston hopes
If anyone can spur real growth along a section studded with crumbling piers and faded promises, many believe, it is Mayor Thomas M. Menino.
celtics 100, wizards 92
Celtics win third straight
After starting the season 0-3, the Celtics have won three in a row, including a second win over the Wizards in two nights.
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A cheerleader for the Bay State’s film industry
Lisa Strout drew more than 150 movies and television shows to New Mexico. Now her job is to lure Hollywood to Massachusetts.
“The people who cut me out are leftists who have nothing to do with economics . . . It’s almost like the Spanish Inquisition — they didn’t give me a chance.”
Subramanian Swamy, on his dismissal from Harvard by fellow professors
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Columnists
Metro
Boston City Council to study gambling
Boston City Council President Stephen J. Murphy today appointed a councilor who wants a casino built at Suffolk Downs to lead a new committee to study gambling.
Business
Drawing blood with a tap, not a sting
A device by Cambridge firm Seventh Sense Biosystems uses tiny needles to draw blood for painless diagnostic tests.
Politics
Negative ads aimed away from Romney
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is practically getting a pass in the nasty media war leading up to Iowa’s GOP caucus votes tomorrow.
Nation & World
Video image leads to arrest in LA arson spree
Authorities arrested a man in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings, and rattled the nation’s second-largest city.
Sports
Patriots 49, Bills 21
Patriots earn top seed in AFC
New England locked up home field advantage in the AFC playoffs by virtue of its 49-21 win against Buffalo, though once again it took a come-from-behind effort.
Health and wellness
G Force
Mindful of ways to get healthy
Jon Kabat-Zinn is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and founding director of its Stress Reduction Clinic.
Arts
MUSIC REVIEW
Styles P turns on the chaos
Styles P's show at Showcase Live was perpetually chaotic, perplexingly unpredictable, briefly violent, altogether unhinged, and still somehow genuinely fun.
Opinion
“History not only demonstrates that candidates are strengthened by primaries, it also reveals that there is no such thing as an ‘unelectable’ nominee.
John E. Sununu
Ideas
“Recent years have seen an explosion of interest and creativity in the realm of data-driven soothsaying, and some in the field predict—well, they think—that they are on the cusp of something big.”
Leon Neyfakh, on the future of prediction