Patrick seeks job cuts, new school aid

The budget plan released by Governor Patrick would eliminate 400 executive branch jobs and close a prison in Norfolk, but would also boost state aid to local schools and community colleges.

Romney money edge washed away in Fla.

With at least $15 million already pouring into advertising, the Florida primary looms as a potential death match in the Republican presidential nominating contest.

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A big Delahunt footprint in Keating’s new district

Running in a newly configured Congressional district is not the only problem facing Rep. William R. Keating, who now finds himself shadow boxing with another powerful figure.

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In tight market, no relief for renters, apartment hunters

Rents in the Boston area hit record highs in the last quarter of 2011, pushed up by increased demand and declining inventory.

Anguish nine years in the making

When the last American troops left Iraq in December, the war began anew for Nancy Chamberlain, whose son crashed and died in a sandstorm on the first night of the invasion.

Sterling Moore making an impact for Patriots

Largely unknown to Patriots fans two months ago, Sterling Moore earned attention at the AFC Championship game when he broke up two potential game-winning touchdown passes.

DiPaola saga ends with no charges

The late Middlesex Sheriff James V. DiPaola led an office where employees who donated to his campaign fund expected favorable treatment, but no criminal charges will be filed in connection to the donations.

“When they announced that all the troops were coming home, I lost it. My son wasn’t coming home, and that was the first time I let it sink in.”

Mary Chamberlain, mother of a Marine  who died in Iraq

Inside The Boston Globe

The Giants hit Tom Brady nine times and sacked him five times in Super Bowl XLII.

Analysis

Will the mistakes of Super Bowl XLII come back?
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Solar storm sparks dazzling northern lights
Newton library worker Peter Buchanan was lead into Newton District Court by an officer forhis arriagnment on child pornography charges.

Second child porn arrest made in Newton
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25: Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gets a hug from House Cloak Room attendant Ella Terry after she resigned from the House of Representatives on January 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Giffords resigned from Congress to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head she received last year from a lone gunman in Arizona. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Giffords officially resigns House

US military raid in Somalia frees two hostages
U.S. President Barack Obama (C) delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) look on, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)

Editorial

Obama’s speech offers opportunity for progress
Martin (Kiefer Sutherland) tries to understand his 11-year-old son, Jake (David Mazouz), who communicates in his own way on ‘‘Touch.’’

TELEVISION REVIEW

Kiefer Sutherland lightens up with softer ‘Touch’
Tim Thomas didn’t comment yesterday on the firestorm he created Monday by declining an invitation to the White House.

Bruins not surprised by Tim Thomas’s snub
“Just stick to hockey,’’ grumbled Billy Norton, 57, a construction worker from Weymouth.

Thomas’s stance draws some shots from Bruins fans

Autism gaining greater visibility in films, TV

Dining Out

Storyville is more club than restaurant, but food still shines

Galleries

Letinsky’s images of what remains capture loss

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Civil legal aid is a sound investment

Tech Lab

Watching movies in UltraViolet

Joan Vennochi

Tired old Democrats in Massachusetts

Juliette Kayyem

The DREAM act struggles on, nameless but alive

Joshua Green

The story Romney should tell

Albert Pujols, left, and C.J. Wilson joined the Angels this offseason, while Prince Fielder joined the Tigers.

Tony Massarotti

Red Sox seem to be falling behind in AL

Jeff Jacoby

Shut up, they explained

Scot Lehigh

Tim Murray investigates... himself

Brian McGrory

Money, money, everywhere in politics
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

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

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Newton stunned by 2d case of child porn in two weeks

Authorities announced yesterday that they had arrested Peter Buchanan, a 10-year city employee who had worked most recently in the Newton Public Library.

Nation & World

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Rules seek less fat, more fruit in school meals

Hoping to combat the growing epidemic of childhood obesity, the Obama administration yesterday announced its long-awaited changes to government-subsidized school meals.

Politics

Political Notebook

Senate Democrats vow to push Obama tax proposals

President Obama’s Democratic allies in the Senate promised to press ahead with legislation to require those earning $1 million annually pay at least 30 percent in taxes.

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Textbook publishers prep for the e-future

Houghton and Pearson have dedicated teams working with Apple’s new software tools to create textbooks for the iPad.

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On basketball

Celtics owe it to Doc Rivers to shape up

Five rotation players missed Monday’s 87-56 victory over the Magic, and if Celtics coach Doc Rivers is lucky, only two will sit out tonight’s rematch in Orlando.

Style

STYLE

Best and worst of Paris and Milan’s men’s fashion shows

Design houses such as agnes b., Thom Browne, and Givenchy attempted alien anticipation of the future, while Louis Vuitton and Kenzo opted for a gentlemen’s view of updated masculine elegance.

Arts

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THEATER REVIEW

Scott J. Campbell (Tunny), Van Hughes (Johnny) and Jake Epstein (Will) in AMERICAN IDIOT (Photo by Doug Hamilton) 26idiot

‘American Idiot’ packs emotional wallop with Green Day’s music

Feeling bad has seldom felt so good. The touring stage adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 album has arrived at the Boston Opera House, and it is flat-out electrifying.

Magazine

The cover for the January 22 2012 issue

Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son
The cover for the January 15 2012 issue

Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution
The cover for the January 8 2012 issue

Photograph by Essdras M Suarez
The cover for the January 1 2012 issue

Bostonian of the Year: Carmen Ortiz

Opinion

“What do you do with a policy known as the DREAM Act but that was defeated by Senate Republicans? Simply, take away its name.”

Juliette Kayyem  

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