The next stage
As eyes turn to N.H., Romney becomes the target
Several candidates vowed to launch more aggressive attacks on Granite State front-runner Mitt Romney.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
In N.H., Romney accepts McCain endorsement
Senator John McCain, who defeated Romney for the 2008 GOP nomination, today endorsed the former Massachusetts governor.
Obama appoints Cordray to lead consumer agency
Defying warnings from Republicans, the White House used a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray as director of the financial watchdog.
Back Bay church seeks to restore Tiffany window
The Church of the Covenant is trying to come up with the $60,000 needed to restore a rare window that was smashed last month by thieves.
Church’s response to abuse not good enough for some
Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley issued a report today outlining the church’s response to the scandal that broke 10 years ago this month, but critics said they were unimpressed.
Conn. review could derail NStar, Northeast Utilities merger
Connecticut regulators today said they will launch a review of the proposed merger between Boston’s NStar and Hartford-based Northeast Utilities.
New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson has local ties
Thompson, who graduated from Stonehill College in Easton, was born in Taunton and grew up in Raynham.
“There remains a clear battle over who is going to dominate in the Republican Party.”
David Redlawsk, a political science professor and director of polling at Rutgers
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Marshall returns to private law practice in Boston
Former chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court Margaret H. Marshall, who wrote the 2003 decision legalizing gay marriage in the state, joins Choate, Hall & Stewart this week.
Business
Sears’ new retail czar joins an ailing icon
Sears chose Ron Boire, Brookstone Inc.’s chief executive, to serve as its chief merchandising officer and help bring customers back into its stores.
Politics
Political notebook
Gingrich calls Romney liar over role in ads
Newt Gingrich called Mitt Romney a liar for saying he has no role in or responsibility for a barrage of negative TV ads credited with damaging Gingrich's campaign in Iowa.
Nation & World
Citing ‘massacres,’ Sarkozy steps up push against Assad
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France issued a new call for President Bashar Assad of Syria to step down, insisting yesterday that Assad “must leave power.’’
Sports
On baseball
Red Sox need to toughen up under Bobby Valentine
The Red Sox manager has a history of fining players for dogging it. He’ll make those rules very clear to his players in spring training.
Food and dining
Healthy Eating
Jazz musician Dan Greenspan crafts artisan bread loaves
Greenspan followed a circuitous path that involved reading about an ancient loaf, striving to perfect it, and apprenticing himself briefly to a professional baker.
Arts
Galleries
Still lifes served with lush gruesomeness
Rendered with lush hyper-realism, these still lifes pull you in with their loveliness before they pierce you with their message.
Opinion
“[Romney] leaves Iowa as the front-runner, however grudgingly, in a party that lacks a compelling alternative.”
Scot Lehigh
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