2011 storms trigger home insurance rate hikes

Consumers, already contending with the rising cost of gasoline, food, and other necessities, could now also face sharply higher home insurance premiums.

Bernard Martin (foreground) and Doug Howlett tended to crab pots in their Petty Harbour fish shack.

In Canada, cod remain scarce despite ban

Twenty years after the Newfoundland cod fishery was shut down, the fish have not come back and a way of life is gone. New England scientists and fishermen fear it is an omen.

4th Congressional District, meet Sean Bielat. Again.

Low-key and articulate, GOP contender Sean Bielat, who had a strong showing against Barney Frank in 2010, is preparing for a race against Joseph P. Kennedy III.

Romney seeks to connect with voters for Super Tuesday

As Super Tuesday looms with yet another make-or-break moment for his campaign, Mitt Romney is trying to rebuild his image but struggling to open up to voters.

Editorial | From the archives: March 5, 1972

How The Globe began

The Boston Globe launched its first edition 140 years ago, on Monday, March 4, 1872. This article, published for the Globe’s centennial in 1972, tells the story of how the newspaper began.

The Globe occupied offices on Washington Street for 86 years until 1958 when the newspaper moved to its current home in Dorchester.

Globe file photo/1958

The Globe occupied offices on Washington Street for 86 years until 1958 when the newspaper moved to its current home in Dorchester.

Five correspondents posed outside of the Boston Globe office in 1890.

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Five correspondents posed outside of the Boston Globe office on Washington Street in 1890.

Even through the move, Globe staffers still needed to get the paper out. Here, the newsroom kept going even after most of the furniture was gone.

Globe file photo/1958

Even through the move, Globe staffers still needed to get the paper out. Here, the newsroom kept going even after most of the furniture was gone.

The machines that printed the newspaper also were moved. Here, workmen photographed on May 12, 1958.

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The machines that printed the newspaper also were moved. Here, workmen photographed on May 12, 1958.

Tom Harding, seated, of Quincy, set type for the Sunday Globe Extra even as workers unbolted the last linotype machine to be moved to Morrissey Blvd.

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Tom Harding, seated, of Quincy, set type for the Sunday Globe Extra even as workers unbolted the last linotype machine to be moved to Morrissey Boulevard.

This February 13, 1957, photo showed an aerial view of the construction site of the new Boston Globe plant on Morrissey Blvd.

Globe file photo/1957

This Feb. 13, 1957, photo showed an aerial view of the construction site of the new Boston Globe plant on Morrissey Boulevard.

This October 25, 1957, photo showed the Boston Globe building under construction. The sign reads:

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This Oct. 25, 1957, photo showed the Boston Globe building under construction. The sign reads: "Coming... the most innovative newspaper plant in the United States."

Nancy Ellen Bernstein looked over a copy of the Boston Globe Family Edition on May 26, 1958.

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Nancy Ellen Bernstein looked over a copy of the Boston Globe Family Edition on May 26, 1958.

Russell Sweeney, 3, of Mattapan, checked his six-shooter with Dan Mahoney at the Boston Globe reception desk on May 26, 1958.

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Russell Sweeney, 3, of Mattapan, checked his six-shooter with Dan Mahoney at the Boston Globe reception desk on May 26, 1958.

From the archives: March 4, 1872

The first Boston Globe

Originally called “The Boston Daily Globe,” the first Globe ran eight pages and featured no photos. Click through to see the very first edition of the newspaper.

Editorial | From the archives: March 5, 1972

The Globe — at the 100-year mark

The Boston Globe was born in 1872 — the same year as the American postal card and the billiard ball. This editorial, published in 1972 for the centennial, takes stock of the Globe’s first century.

Last week at the Boeing plant in Everett, Wash., hundreds of workers scurried around four 787s in various stages of assembly.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner will start its US run at Logan

The fuel-efficient Dreamliner is making it feasible for airlines to try new long-haul flights. For Boeing, there’s a lot riding on the plane’s inaugural US route, Boston-to-Tokyo.

“It was devastating, like somebody just cut the legs right out from underneath me. It was the only thing I knew how to do.”

Bernard Chafe, 57,  on the cod fishing ban in Newfoundland

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | March 21, 6 p.m.

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Join Dave Russo, Anthony Scibelli, Tony V, Jimmy Tingle, and Lenny Clark for a talk about the city’s comedy scene. Laughs guaranteed.

Inside The Boston Globe

Barbara Morgan’s image of Ansel Adams is on view in ‘‘Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists’’ at the Portland Museum of Art.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

A focus on faces, familiarity, and Facebook
Whitney Houston waits for her first professional audition at CBS Records, circa 1982.

Whitney: Before we knew her

Tourism blossoms in Kuwait
A watercolor illustration made for the Esplanade Association.

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To make a better Esplanade, harness citizens’ passion
Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University.

Northeastern president named to Homeland Security council
Collection: St. John's University-

Ideas

The lost liberal arts university of China

MIT awards pirate certificates to undergraduates
A rendering of the proposed Foxborough casino.

Wynn shows his hand to Foxborough

Globe Magazine

Putting college degrees to work
Whitney Jensen rehearsed “Rooster,” part of the Boston Ballet production “Play with Fire.”

DANCE REVIEW

Boston Ballet sizzles in ‘Play with Fire’

Images renew hope of finding student

BRING THE FAMILY

Model ships at the USS Constitution Museum

Metro

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iPad gives boy a voice at his bar mitzvah

Twelve-year-old Matthew Emmi, who is severely autistic and cannot read, write, or speak sentences, was able to lead the service by touching icons on an iPad.

Business

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On the Hot Seat

Nolan Browne, managing director for Fraunhofer CSE.

Energy-efficiency as a way of work

Nolan Browne, managing director for Fraunhofer CSE, believes in the future of the state’s clean-energy industry.

Columnists

Andrew Breitbart, a conservative blogger who published revealing photographs that led to the resignation of Representative Anthony Weiner of New York, died last week at 43.

Joanna Weiss

Passing of a provocateur

Jeff Jacoby

Yes, colleges are full of liberal elites

Joan Vennochi

Youth vote no lock for Obama
The scoreboard is truly a blank slate, as Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester warms up before the first exhibition game ever at JetBlue Park, against Northeastern.

Dan Shaughnessy

A change, it seems, amid fastballs from Jon Lester

Gareth Cook

Bridge year

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Incubating ideas from the rank-and-file

Dan Shaughnessy

Valentine managing Red Sox a different way

Adrian Walker

Business as usual

RENÉE LOTH

Bootstraps bunkum

love letters

Forgive and forget?

opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

Finally, getting kids off the bus

Christopher L. Gasper

Numbers don’t lie, teams use advanced analysis

Nation & World

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South, Midwest assess ruin after tornadoes that killed 38

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged to find splinters where homes once stood and communications halted after dozens of tornadoes leveled towns.

Politics

Political Notebook

Rick Santorum didn’t file complete slates of delegates in Tennessee or Ohio, and he didn’t get on the ballot in Virginia or the District of Columbia.

Romney campaign slams Santorum on ballots

Mitt Romney’s campaign hammered away at Rick Santorum for not meeting all of the ballot requirements ahead of Super Tuesday.

Sports

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Islanders 3, Bruins 2

A grimacing Tuukka Rask tumbles backward after injuring his left leg while making an awkward save.

Rask injured as Bruins lose

Before 17,565 at TD Garden yesterday, the Bruins dropped a 3-2 decision to the Islanders. But their bigger loss was that of goalie Tuukka Rask.

Travel

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Massachusetts

10 taverns where respite, good cheer and vittles reside

Massachusetts Tavern Trail highlights Colonial-era watering holes from Boston to the Berkshires.

Books

BOOK REVIEW

‘House of Stone’ by Anthony Shadid

Weary of Mideast war, a renowned reporter decides to rebuild an ancestral Lebanese home, with its echoes of history of a land.

Arts

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music preview

The late Lazar Weiner at the piano while his son, composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner, plays.

Recalling Lazar Weiner, a master of the Yiddish art song

Weiner’s vast and highly diverse catalog of over 100 Yiddish songs — rarely recorded, very seldom performed — represents a deeply eloquent achievement.

Magazine

The cover for the March 4 2012 issue

Putting college degrees to work
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

Opinion

“Vicious rhetoric sells books, draws eyeballs to web pages, and gets you hired by cable TV. It’s just no way to run a country.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“The story of St. John’s University reflects the power — and the threat — that such an education still represents to a proud nation that nevertheless hungers for new ideas.”

Patricia Wen