Super Tuesday contests could reshape GOP race

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum were running neck-and-neck in Ohio yesterday, as each scrambled to secure a win that could define the next phase of a volatile nominating contest.

Democratic jitters in Massachusetts Senate race

Democratic activists said Elizabeth Warren needs to rekindle excitement after polls showed her trailing Senator Scott Brown.

Young Catholic women back birth control use

For young Catholic women born after birth control became accessible, the national debate over contraceptive coverage is about politics, not their lives.

Disabled fear T’s plans for changes in The Ride

Changes proposed as part of the MBTA’s broader deficit-cutting plan would drive up the $4 round-trip cost of The Ride for the thousands who use it to between $6 and $24.

Remaking Red Sox a full-time job for Bobby Valentine

At 61, the new Red Sox manager is acutely aware that the talented-but-bruised Red Sox represent his best chance to win the World Series.

Valentine bicycled to work at JetBlue Park at Fenway South, the team's new 106-acre spring training complex.

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Valentine bicycled to work at JetBlue Park at Fenway South, the team's new 106-acre spring training complex.

Valentine signed an autograph while walking briskly, saying,

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Valentine signed an autograph while walking briskly, saying, "Whatever you do, don't get in front of me," on his way from field to field.

Valentine talked strategy with Adrian Gonzalez during a workout.

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Valentine talked strategy with Adrian Gonzalez during a workout.

Valentine got in the batter's box and laid down a bunt as he showed his players what he wants them to do.

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Valentine got in the batter's box and laid down a bunt as he showed his players what he wants them to do.

Valentine pushed expected starting shortstop Mike Aviles into the position he wanted him to be during a drill.

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Valentine pushed expected starting shortstop Mike Aviles into the position he wanted him to be during a drill.

Valentine visited an after-school program at the African Caribbean American Center in Fort Myers.

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Valentine visited an after-school program at the African Caribbean American Center in Fort Myers.

Doctors’ pay rises with new patients

Reflecting dramatic shifts in health care, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s hospitals are paying doctors more if they agree to accept new patients.

Charles Ogletree is a respected commentator on race issues.

Harvard professor offers help in church-bank fight

Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree has agreed to help the Charles Street African Methodist Episcopal Church in their loan dispute with OneUnited Bank.

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These comedians make lying fun

A popular monthly showcase in Jamaica Plain is part game show, part psychological experiment, where the audience tries to decide whether a performer is telling the truth.

“The reality is that young Catholic women are absolutely sexually active, and they are on contraceptives.”

Alexandra Mangione,  a 20-year-old Boston College student

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Tuukka Rask (center), who was diagnosed with a lower abdomen/groin strain, was helped off the ice by Greg Zanon (left) and Joe Corvo Saturday.

Tuukka Rask out 4-6 weeks with injury
Billy Sullivan (b. 1946); Max, Sam & Edo, 2011; oil on linen; 72 x 102 in. (182.9 x 259.1 cm); Pending Acquisition, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York. Museum Purchase with funds given by Michle and Steven Pesner, and partial gift of the artist 10open

ART REVIEW

Circular take on modernism
View from the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivers comfort

STAGE REVIEW

Youthful exuberance sparks ‘Romeo and Juliet’

DANCE REVIEW

Flamenco fireworks from Olga Pericet

Globe Talk video

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Wishing upon their iPads

Monson aiding new storm victims in Midwest and South

Globe wins digital design awards

Red Sox clubhouse abuse scandal grows

Woman tries for third kidney transplant
Bernard Martin (foreground) and Doug Howlett tended to crab pots in their Petty Harbour fish shack.

From Sunday’s Globe

In Canada, cod remain scarce despite ban

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Somerville man is chauffeur for Nobel laureates

As part of a nonprofit program called Nobel Laureate School Visits, Dan Mosher has driven nine Nobel Prize recipients and will chauffeur his 10th, MIT professor Robert Merton, Tuesday.

Business

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Governor Patrick eases small business rules

Governor Patrick's administration has taken steps to eliminate or revise approximately 150 regulations that state agencies have identified as barriers to small business growth.

Columnists

Kevin Cullen

Leaving out the emotion

Joanna Weiss

The elusive task of placing Palin

Juliette Kayyem

NYPD stumbles in terror hunt

BOSTON CAPITAL

iPad with Siri would sound sweet to Nuance

Dan Shaughnessy

Legends enhance Red Sox’ latest ‘new day’

Adrian Walker

Diehard neighbors vow to fight homeless housing

Bob Ryan

Celtics earn major points in win

Innovation Economy

Subscription offers new way to commission art
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

Nation & World

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Eric Holder said Congress authorized the use of lethal methods a week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

AG defends killing of home-grown terrorist threats

Attorney General Eric Holder justified the killing of a US citizen living abroad who poses a terrorist threat as legal and sometimes necessary in the war on terror.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin said turnout is likely to be higher than in 1996, the last time there was an uncontested Democratic primary.

Galvin predicts turnout of up to 400,000 at Mass. polls

Mass. Secretary of State William Galvin predicts that between 350,000 and 400,000 voters will cast ballots in Tuesday’s GOP presidential primary.

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Patriots franchise Wes Welker

The Patriots designated Welker as their franchise player for the 2012 season, a move that was fully expected since the sides remained far apart on a longer-term contract.

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‘Book of Mormon,’ ‘War Horse’ headed to Boston

The white-shirted missionaries of “The Book of Mormon’’ are headed to Boston next year, while Joey, the noble steed of “War Horse,’’ will gallop into town this fall.

Lifestyle

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Alex Beam

Nostradamus, he’s not

With Beam taking a yearlong leave of absence, he decided to draft predictions for the forthcoming year.

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

“Surely, [Sarah Palin] was canny enough to realize that, in today’s political climate, she’s more saleable as entertainment.”

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  on the lost liberal arts university of China