Mattapan  trial stirs up the emotions of victims’ families

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The jury has witnessed their pain, grief, and anger, emotions that lawyers say can play a significant role in the quadruple murder trial’s verdict.

Syria bars aid to reeling Homs

Syrian authorities yesterday blocked a sanctioned Red Cross convoy laden with food and medical supplies from entering a devastated neighborhood in Homs.

Opinion | Alan Berger

Cold calculations

Assad and his gangster family are murdering innocent people because that is the only way they know to preserve their power.

A rendering of the proposed Foxborough casino.

Wynn shows his hand to Foxborough

Casino mogul Steve Wynn wants to develop a casino and convention center modeled after the design of his own luxury home in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Workers at local gas plants willing to strike

The Utility Workers Union of America Local 369 voted last week to authorize a strike, citing a lack of progress in contract negotiations with Constellation Energy.

Romney struggles for blue-collar vote

Whether Mitt Romney, the wealthy son of a Michigan governor and Detroit auto executive, can win over these voters may determine his success on Super Tuesday.

Pentagon accused of end run on budget cuts

The Pentagon has shifted approximately $4 billion from its regular budget into a separate fund meant to pay for the war in Afghanistan, thereby avoiding new spending limits.

Death toll rises as deadly storms wreck towns

Storms killed more than two dozen people and caused destruction from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes yesterday.

From the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes, yesterday's storms touched nearly all walks of life.

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Yesterday's storms affected people from nearly all walks of life in several states.

Amos Calloway, Steve Burnett and his wife Rhonda Burnett stood outside their devasted welding business in New Pekin, Ind.

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Amos Calloway, Steve Burnett and his wife Rhonda Burnett stood outside their devasted welding business in New Pekin, Ind.

A woman held her dog after a tornado ripped through her neighborhood in Pekin, Ind.

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A woman held her dog after a tornado ripped through her neighborhood in Pekin, Ind.

Brenda Hall prepared to evacuate from her home after it was damaged by a tornado in Henryville, Ind.

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Brenda Hall prepared to evacuate from her home after it was damaged by a tornado in Henryville, Ind.

The destruction was so severe in some places it was difficult to tell what was once there.

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The destruction was so severe in some places it was difficult to tell what was once there.

It was the second deadly tornado outbreak in US this week.

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It was the second deadly tornado outbreak in the United States this week.

A tornado that swept through Henryville, Ind., yesterday destroyed this high school.

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A tornado that swept through Henryville, Ind., yesterday destroyed this high school.

Kelly Troglin looks over his friend's house after a tornado destroyed the building in New Market, AL March 2, 2012. A swarm of tornadoes slammed the U.S. midsection on Friday from Indiana to Alabama, splintering homes, damaging a prison, overturning trucks and causing some injuries in the storm-tossed region. Seven people were hurt by a suspected twister in northern Alabama and multiple tornadoes hit along the Ohio River valley and caused extensive damage in at least one county in Indiana. REUTERS/Harrison McClary (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)

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A man surveyed a destroyed home in New Market, Ala.

A truck stands amongst storm damage near New Pekin, Ind., on March 2, 2012. Powerful storms stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes in the north wrecked two small towns, killed at least three people and bred anxiety across a wide swath of the country on Friday, in the second deadly tornado outbreak this week.(AP Photo/The Courier-Journal, Matt Stone) MAGS OUT; NO ARCHIVE; MANDATORY CREDIT

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A truck stood amongst the debris in New Pekin, Ind.

Greg Cook hugged his dog, Coco, after finding her inside his destroyed home in East Limestone, Ala., yesterday.

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Greg Cook hugged his dog, Coco, after finding her inside his destroyed home in East Limestone, Ala., yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Valentine managing Red Sox a different way

Manager Bobby Valentine’s spring training camp is detail-oriented, with the focus on situational baseball as opposed to just going through the motions.

“Foxborough isn’t a place for neon and glitz. It’s a rural residential community, so this [design] is more of a lodge.”

Casino mogul Steve Wynn,  on his proposal for Foxborough

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Inside The Boston Globe

The Globe investigation found that tilapia (right), an inexpensive farmed fish, was substituted for wild red snapper (left).

Globe fish series cited as Taylor award finalist

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Romney ’68: The GOP moderates’ last battle
Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams apologized for his role: ‘‘It was a terrible mistake, and we knew it was wrong while we were doing it,’’ he said.

NFL: Saints rewarded injuries to rival players
A lack of snow has made for a less than ideal winter vacation for many at Killington Mountain in Vermont.

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Leslie Bibb and Jennifer Aspen are part of an ensemble cast in the new ABC dramedy “GCB.’’

Television Review

ABC’s ‘GCB’ is only OK
Rajon Rondo said today he is not bothered by trade talk surrounding him.

CHAD FINN

Celtics shouldn’t trade Rajon Rondo

Hazing issue ensnares Dartmouth president

Brown calls on Harvard to cancel conference
James Q. Wilson

Obituary

James Q. Wilson, 80

Feds pay fishermen not to fish

Backing unions a delicate mission for Warren

Varitek says goodbye to the Red Sox

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Images renew hope of finding student

Police said they hope to generate fresh leads from new surveillance photos they believe show a missing Boston College student minutes after he was last seen.

Business

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City starts work on Dudley Square

A $115 million office and retail complex aims to redefine Roxbury’s long struggling commercial core.

Columnists

LAWRENCE HARMON

Finally, getting kids off the bus

Adrian Walker

Business as usual

RENÉE LOTH

Bootstraps bunkum

love letters

Forgive and forget?

Dan Shaughnessy

Valentine managing Red Sox a different way

Christopher L. Gasper

Numbers don’t lie, teams use advanced analysis

Brian McGrory

The shrinking candidate

CARLO ROTELLA

A battle between The Author and The Fact Checker

Scot Lehigh

Open mouth, insert foot
Retiring Red Sox captain Jason Varitek wipes away tears while speaking at home plate during a ceremony at JetBlue Park.

Dan Shaughnessy

Jason Varitek leaves behind big iconic image

Boston Capital

A case of bad, costly timing for Meyers
Fans and teammates rushed to congratulate Wilt Chamberlain after his 100-point game in 1962.

Bob Ryan

Fifty years later, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 stands tall

Politics

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Limbaugh’s tirade against law student prompts Obama call

President Obama was among those who criticized Rush Limbaugh's attack on a female student who testified before Congress about the need for contraceptive coverage.

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Putin may run again if he wins vote

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is likely to win a third presidential term tomorrow, said in an interview released yesterday that he may run for president for a fourth time in 2018.

Sports

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Celtics 107, Nets 94

A second-half 3-pointer by Kevin Garnett (right) led to some chest-thumping and put a smile Paul Pierce’s face.

Celtics crank it up

The Celtics concentrated effectively enough to limit their turnovers, dominate an opponent they should dominate, and follow through to the end.

Arts

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DANCE REVIEW

Whitney Jensen rehearsed “Rooster,” part of the Boston Ballet production “Play with Fire.”

Boston Ballet sizzles in ‘Play with Fire’

The edgy new program brilliantly showcases what skilled contemporary dancers the troupe fosters through its training.

Magazine

The cover for the February 26 2012 issue

24 hours in Kendall Square
The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected
The cover for the February 12 2012 issue

Boston wedding venue guide
The cover for the February 5 2012 issue

What if the lights go out?

Opinion

“It would be a tragedy for all concerned if the popular uprising in Syria spawns yet one more cold monster of a state.”

Alan Berger 

Ideas

“As criminal justice became a clash of mandates and bureaucratic rules, it became untethered from what was once its basic function: separating the guilty from the innocent and delivering fair punishment.”

Leon Neyfakh, on “The Collapse of American Criminal Justice”