Two children honored for roles in 911 calls

Two Mass. children were honored as heroes Thursday for making life-changing calls to the emergency system in separate incidents.

David Krejci increased the Bruins’ lead with this shot in the third period.

Bruins 3, Sabres 1

Bruins win 2 straight for first time since Jan.

After winning at Toronto on Tuesday, the Bruins skated past the Buffalo Sabres tonight.

A fire engulfed four homes Thursday afternoon on Humarock Beach Road in Scituate, destroying three and severely damaging the fourth.

Three beach homes destroyed in Scituate blaze

A fire whipped by gusting winds destroyed three houses and damaged a fourth in Scituate, on the heels of an earlier three-alarm blaze in Milton.

Boston Scientific to buy Cameron Health

The Natick-based firm will exercise an option to buy the privately-held California company, which is developing an implantable heart defibrillator.

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The Senate sided with President Obama, who has said more time is needed to assess the environmental impacts of the pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast.

FOCUS FEATURES

movie Review

Robert De Niro makes the most of ‘Being Flynn’

Filmmaker Paul Weitz relocates Nick Flynn’s 2004 memoir from Boston to New York, but that isn’t the reason the film feels directionless, writes Globe movie critic Ty Burr.

Movie Review

‘The Forgiveness of Blood’ sees through teenage eyes

A modern Albanian teenage boy comes to terms with the medieval laws governing his family’s blood feud. It’s a coolly furious movie.

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HBO’s portrayal of the Republican side of the 2008 presidential campaign isn’t a Sarah Palin hatchet job. But it’s no love letter either, writes Sarah Rodman.

STAGE REVIEW

‘Reflections of a Rock Lobster’ retells a teen’s gay rights fight

This is a lively and incisive adaptation of Aaron Fricke’s memoir about his 1980 battle for the right to bring a male date to his Rhode Island high school’s prom.

“In an institution characterized by gridlock and partisanship, Scott Brown is a much-needed breath of fresh air.”

Senator Olympia Snowe 

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Globe Talk | March 21, 6 p.m.

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

Inside The Boston Globe

Movie Review

In ‘John Carter,’ sci-fi goes back to its roots

GLOBE 10.0 VIDEO

Will Tom Brady suffer Peyton Manning’s fate?
The sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle Tuesday.

Solar storm hits Earth
Senator Olympia Snowe spoke at a news conference in Maine last week.

Olympia Snowe endorses Scott Brown

Syrup makers toil this winter
Rick Santorum (right), stood with Hawkeye Industries owner Bryan Hawkins in Tupelo, Miss., on Wednesday.

Santorum’s faith isn’t driving vote of Catholics

No snow for snow removal companies

Walpole firm’s software aids illicit deals

Globe South

Finland Steam Baths keeps an Old World tradition alive

MLS Preview

Jay Heaps was born to coach Revolution

Wynn renews push for Foxborough casino
90mm

Apple’s king, for now

Metro

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Boston University students Leora Kaufman, Helen Chen, Helen Petty, Brent Coisman were at the

Boston revels in record-high temps

The temperature at Logan Airport climbed to 68 degrees just before 1 p.m. today, breaking the previous high mark for March 8 of 67 degrees, set in 1995.

Business

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People waited in line at an employment fair held in Boston last October.

Fewer jobs created last year in Mass., new data show

Employment grew by just over 9,000 jobs last year, far below the initial estimates of nearly 41,000, according to revised data.

Columnists

Joan Vennochi

Taking measure of health and wealth

Juliette Kayyem

Ocean planning and Massachusetts

Tech Lab

New Windows has a different touch
The Penn bench - including Dau Jok (standing) - watches a chance at an Ivy League title (and NCAA berth) slip away in a loss to Princeton.

Bob Ryan

Penn falls to Princeton, leaving Harvard on top

Jeff Jacoby

Apologize like you mean it, Rush

Scot Lehigh

Releasing fuel could pump economy

Dan Shaughnessy

Dan Duquette returns to Fort Myers with Orioles

Brian McGrory

A man with a good name

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

Nation & World

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House Speaker John Boehner talked to reporters about jobs, the highway bill, and politics during a new conference on Thursday in Washington.

House passes bipartisan bill to help startups

The legislation makes it easier for small businesses and startups to raise the capital they need to grow and hire new workers.

Politics

Democrat Elizabeth Warren is seeking to unseat Republican Senator Scott Brown.

Warren to appear in Obama campaign documentary

Elizabeth Warren will have a role in “The Road We’ve Traveled,” a 17-minute film produced for President Obama’s reelection campaign.

Sports

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NC State 78, BC 57

Boston College is 9-22, the most losses in school history.

Eagles dropped by Wolfpack

Boston College reached a new record for most losses in school history after falling to North Carolina State in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Style

Emily Muller to show line at Fashionably Late

Boston designer Emily Muller thought she’d be an architect, but then life intervened.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

‘Reflections of a Rock Lobster’ retells a teen’s gay rights fight

This is a lively and incisive adaptation of Aaron Fricke’s memoir about his 1980 battle for the right to bring a male date to his Rhode Island high school’s prom.

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

“To win the GOP nomination, Romney must walk away from the equity principle behind Romneycare and Obamacare, and so he does.”

Joan Vennochi 

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