Mitt Romney’s tax returns show income of $20.9m last year
Mitt Romney will pay an estimated 15.4 percent in taxes.

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The GOP presidential candidate has revealed that he and his wife earned $20.9 million last year and will pay an estimated 15.4 percent of that in taxes.

Taking a more aggressive posture than in past debates, Mitt Romney sought to remind Republicans of Newt Gingrich’s lowest moments in Congress, and link him to the foreclosure crisis that has rocked Florida.

Romney swings hard at Gingrich

Mitt Romney painted Newt Gingrich as a disgraced former House speaker who had peddled influence in Washington, charges that Gingrich testily dismissed in the GOP debate.

Obama to signal campaign themes tonight

Tonight’s State of the Union address gives President Obama a chance to steal the spotlight from the fractious GOP and turn it toward his rallying call for economic and tax fairness.

Patrick seeks broad changes for community colleges

Governor Patrick, speaking in his annual State of the Commonwealth address, proposed centralizing authority for the state’s 15 campuses and emphasizing job training.

The Institute of Contemporary Art on the South Boston waterfront.

ICA effort raises $25m as museum looks to future

The Institute of Contemporary Art has raised $25 million toward a $50 million campaign, the bulk of which will dramatically boost its endowment.

Carrie Twomey at a Boston hotel Monday. She left her home in Ireland to attend a court hearing about Boston College oral history project about the conflict in Northern Ireland for which her husband Anthony McIntyre was a researcher. She says her family will be in danger if the tapes are given to British authorities.

Kevin Cullen

Caught in a tug of war

The oral history project at Boston College about Northern Ireland’s Troubles has created a legal drama, but it also very much about Carrie Twomey and her family.

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One woman’s quest for a civil casino debate

With research (and some Vegas) in her blood, Foxborough resident Traci Bridge Longa wants every voice to be heard on the Kraft-Wynn proposal.

“You can call it whatever you’d like. I call it influence peddling. It is not right. It is not right.”

Mitt Romney,  on Newt Gingrich’s postcongressional work as a consultant for Freddie Mac

Inside The Boston Globe

An unusually subdued Sundance carries on

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

In ‘Hymn,’ seeking a beauty beyond beauty

STAGE REVIEW

Scrabbling for a foothold in ‘Fen’

DirecTV customers may miss the Super Bowl
Professor Gary Marcus with members of the band Rush Hour, all 11 years old at the time (from left), Sarah, Riley, and Ryan. Marcus says he would encourage a child to study music. ‘‘And I would try to make it fun. And not be so results oriented.’’

G Force

Studying music and the brain

Fewer females, more male spending
More than two dozen politicians, housing authority employees, and Tim Murray campaign workers say that former Chelsea housing chief Michael E. McLaughlin (above) was a key fund-raiser and organizer for the lieutenant governor.

From Sunday’s Globe

McLaughlin raised money for Murray, employees say

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A doctor to watch over you

Obituary

Brian Arredondo, 24

ideas

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tech lab plus

New watch is really a wrist computer
In ‘‘Underworld Awakening,’’ Kate Beckinsale reprises her role as a vampire warrior.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Underworld’ refuses to soften its bite

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

The political ad game

Boston Capital

Natural gas rate cuts proposed

Alex Beam

Can fame coexist with obscurity?
Carrie Twomey at a Boston hotel Monday. She left her home in Ireland to attend a court hearing about Boston College oral history project about the conflict in Northern Ireland for which her husband Anthony McIntyre was a researcher. She says her family will be in danger if the tapes are given to British authorities.

Kevin Cullen

Caught in a tug of war
Former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe congratulated Tom Brady after Sunday’s game.

Tony Massarotti

Just how have the Patriots pulled this off?
Former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe presented team owner Robert Kraft with the AFC championship trophy.

Bob Ryan

Patriots toughed it out against Ravens

Juliette Kayyem

Willfully stupid on Turkey
Quarterback TomBrady scored on a 1-yard plunge in the fourth quarter to give the Patriots the lead for good.

Dan Shaughnessy

Patriots earn Super Bowl rematch with the Giants

Adrian Walker

Theft cut wide, deep

innovation economy

Shop online for best deal on oil
Mementos surround the Joe Paterno statue to pay tribute to the coach’s many contributions to the Penn State program.

Bob Ryan

His role in scandal damaged Joe Paterno’s image

Gareth Cook

Want to get in shape? Just move!

Metro

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Accidents stir warnings over dangers of thin ice

Following a pair of weekend accidents on area ponds, one of them fatal, public safety officials stepped up warnings about the dangers of venturing onto thin ice.

Nation & World

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Oil removal from stricken cruise ship to start

Salvage crews will begin pumping fuel from the capsized cruise ship as early as today to avert a possible environmental catastrophe.

Politics

Political Notebook

While continuing to denounce Newt Gingrich for his consulting work for Freddie Mac, the Romney campaign sought to deflect questions about the former Massachusetts governor’s investments.

Romney’s old investments stir up new financial questions

Romney’s latest financial disclosure report listed several investments, worth as much as $500,000, in lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Business

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Patriots fans looking at expensive Super Bowl trip

New England fans should prepare to shell out for tickets starting at $2,500, round trip airfare averaging more than $1,000, and hotel rooms running at $500 a night.

Sports

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Celtics 87, Magic 56

With starting guards Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo both out of the lineup with injuries, the starting Boston backcourt consisted of Avery Bradley (left) and Sasha Pavlovic (right), who are pictured doubling up on Magic guard Jameer Nelson in the first quarter.

Celtics shut down the Magic

Avery Bradley did his best Rajon Rondo imitation, and the Celtics put forth their best defensive effort of the year to pick up their first big win, 87-56, over Orlando.

Arts

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MUSIC REVIEW

Claremont Trio reboots Gardner series in new hall

The Gardner Museum’s popular chamber music series returned from its hiatus on Sunday and took up residence in its gleaming new home featuring a youthful ensemble, the Claremont Trio.

Lifestyle

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A doctor to watch over you

In the new system of “global payments,” patients will have more contact with their primary providers — whether they like it or not.

Magazine

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Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son
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Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution
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Photograph by Essdras M Suarez
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Bostonian of the Year: Carmen Ortiz

Opinion

“We might as well train ourselves to recognize negative political ads, assume they can’t be trusted, and tune out.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“The unipolar world isn’t necessarily better than what preceded it, either for the US or for the rest of the world. It might even be worse.”

Thanassis Cambanis,  on the trouble with American dominance