Bank protest draws several hundred to church

A crowd gathered at the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal church today to protest OneUnited Bank’s effort to foreclose on the property.

State steps up oversight of prices at gas stations

With gas prices rising steadily recently, Mass. inspectors have been tasked with ensuring that stations are not engaged in price gouging and other deceptive practices.

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Dripping demagoguery at the pump

It would be nice if politicians treated Americans like adults. Instead, the cycle of Gas Price Crazy Talk lives on, writes John E. Sununu.

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President Obama reiterated today he would use force to keep Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, but pleaded for time for diplomacy to work.

Romney gets endorsements from lawmakers

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senator Tom Coburn endorsed Mitt Romney today on the run-up to Super Tuesday.

Instructor Garry Sanon leads a chair exercise class at Kit Clark Senior Services in Dorchester.

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Stopping age-related muscle loss

Think you have to get weak as you age? Researchers are finding ways to fight back with strategic exercise and protein intake.

World champ Kayla Harrison overcame the pain of being sexually abused by a coach.

Olympics

Kayla Harrison envisions golden moment at Olympics

World champ Kayla Harrison overcame the pain of being sexually abused by a coach. Now she’s focused on winning gold in judo in this summer’s Olympics.

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.

“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

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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.

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Celtics guard Rajon Rondo put pressure on Knicks guard Jeremy Lin in the first quarter.

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Rondo leads Celtics over Knicks
Bernard Martin (foreground) and Doug Howlett tended to crab pots in their Petty Harbour fish shack.

In Canada, cod remain scarce despite ban
Paul Mullins

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Digging up the American consumer
The Rangers celebrated a goal by Derek Stepan in the third period while Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas waited for play to resume. The Rangers defeated the Bruins 4-3.

Rangers 4, Bruins 3

Bruins come up short against the Rangers

4th Congressional District, meet Sean Bielat. Again.

Olin College’s application process stresses teamwork

Tourism blossoms in Kuwait
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

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Putting college degrees to work
Whitney Houston waits for her first professional audition at CBS Records, circa 1982.

Whitney: Before we knew her
A watercolor illustration made for the Esplanade Association.

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To make a better Esplanade, harness citizens’ passion
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Ideas

The lost liberal arts university of China

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Olin College’s application process stresses teamwork

Dozens of high school seniors gathered at the Olin College of Engineering for an innovative admissions process designed to test their ability to work with others.

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Product Reviews

Frozen meals have advanced over the years

The best of the 19 chicken- or shrimp-based quick meals tested by Consumer Reports are so tasty that you might forget they came from a bag in the freezer aisle.

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

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Forgive and forget?

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Finally, getting kids off the bus

Christopher L. Gasper

Numbers don’t lie, teams use advanced analysis

Nation & World

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Vladimir Putin addressed supporters, while President Dmitry Medvedev stood nearby, at a rally in Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin after Putin claimed victory in today’s presidential election.

Putin claims victory in Russian presidential vote

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rolled to victory in Russia’s presidential election today, according to exit polls cited by state television.

Politics

Mitt Romney greeted people yesterday in Dayton, Ohio, where he sought to make a connection with voters.

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.

Sports

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Rory McIlroy became the 16th player to be number one since the world ranking began in 1986.

McIlroy holds off Tiger in Fla.

Rory McIlroy withstood a late charge from Tiger Woods to win the Honda Classic in Florida and become golf’s new top-ranked player.

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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

“Emancipating Lincoln” by Harold Holzer

‘Emancipating Lincoln’ by Harold Holzer

On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Holzer rightly bemoans a steady erosion of Abraham Lincoln’s reputation as “The Great Emancipator.”

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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

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Putting college degrees to work
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24 hours in Kendall Square
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Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected
The cover for the February 12 2012 issue

Boston wedding venue guide

Opinion

“When [gas] prices spiked in the ’70s, the ’90s, or the ’00s, politicians of all stripes were enchanted by gilded promises of synfuels, ethanol, and hydrogen. Today, it’s pond scum.”

John E. Sununu 

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  on the lost liberal arts university of China