Facebook is key to year’s IPO market
If the social network goes public as anticipated, how it fares could influence whether many other companies - including nine in Mass. - take the leap this year.
Adrian Walker
When Martin Luther King Jr. came to Boston
Dr. King’s trip to Boston in the spring of 1965 was an early glimpse into the strife over school desegregation that would define the city a decade later.
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Thunder 97, Celtics 88
Thunder hold off Celtics in Perkins’ return
Kendrick Perkins had seven points and five rebounds in his first game back in Boston since the trade that sent him to Oklahoma City, as the Celtics dropped their fifth straight game.
Rivals attempt to halt Romney’s momentum in debate
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Romney came under fierce attacks in tonight’s crucial GOP presidential debate, with his opponents criticizing his business decisions and questioning his conservative credentials.
Jon Huntsman drops out, endorses Romney
The former Utah governor ended his bid for the presidency today. “I believe it is now time for our party to unite around the candidate best equipped to defeat Barack Obama,” said Huntsman.
James Carroll
Faith reduced to caricature
A once-marginal version of extremely conservative Catholicism has lately come into its own by linking up with far right-wing evangelical Protestantism, creating a powerful new political movement.
“This race has degenerated into an onslaught of negative and personal attacks not worthy of the American people and not worthy of this critical time in our nation’s history.”
Jon Huntsman
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With Gardner museum’s new wing, landscaping makes a statement
With fresh plantings, the museum grounds are treated like an art form.
Metro
50 dolphins stranded on Cape Cod beaches
Up to fifty dolphins have been stranded on Cape Cod beaches since last Thursday, one of the largest strandings in recent years.
Politics
Huntsman’s exit from GOP race shows strength of Romney
Jon Huntsman’s decision to end his presidential candidacy underscores the emerging futility of the campaigns embodied by the remaining challengers to frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Business
Bioartificial organs may ease need for donors
Experimental trachea transplants could lead to a nascent synthetic organ transplant industry.
Sports
Bruins 3, Panthers 2
Bruins edge Panthers in shootout
Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and David Krejci scored the winner in the shootout as the Bruins beat the Panthers, 3-2.
Health and wellness
G force
The doctor prescribes clean air
Dr. Megan Sandel, an associate professor of pediatrics and public health at Boston Medical Center, is an expert on asthma and air pollution.
Arts
TELEVISION REVIEW
‘Alcatraz’ a new island of mystery
The island of “Lost’’ and the famous prison exist in different worlds, but “Alcatraz’’ has a drop of story DNA from previous J.J. Abrams efforts.
Ideas
“The problem, as Shoup and his allies see it, is that parking on the street is simply too desirable. Because spaces are so cheap, drivers have a powerful incentive to spend time hunting for them.”
Leon Neyfakh on the case for the $6 parking meter