‘Whitey’ Bulger may have been penning memoirs

Investigators seized what appear to be two separate autobiographies written by James “Whitey” Bulger, including one titled “My Life in the Irish Mafia Wars” that was found in 1995.

Kevin cullen

Bitter over Catherine Greig’s sweet deal

Whitey Bulger’s companion on the run for 16 years won’t be forced to testify against him as part of her plea agreement. It’s a good deal for her, but a lousy one for Bulger’s victims.

Immigration issue divides Brown, Warren

Elizabeth Warren refused to take a position on the Secure Communities program for immigration enforcement, which Senator Scott Brown supports.

BOSTON CAPITAL

Warm winter means a cool fuel bill

The mild winter season has been good economic news for everyone looking for real savings on the cost of heating a home this season.

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National Archives director battles to unlock US secrets

Beverly native David Ferriero referees the release of America’s oldest secrets, from the formula for invisible ink to battle plans for the Spanish-American War.

‘‘It’s everything,’’ says Brian Donoghue of the Boston area’s development projects. He has struggled to find work.

Building spurt in Boston brightens job outlook

Private development has accelerated rapidly around Boston in the past year, and workers are relieved to hear more jobs are on the horizon.

Before suicide, inmate pleaded for isolation to end

In the weeks before Eric Snow’s apparent suicide, he pleaded with Plymouth jail officials to free him from more than four years “in the hole.’’

Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International.

Former news exec Brooks arrested in U.K. hacking probe

Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, was among six arrested in the British media’s phone hacking scandal.

“She’s not a victim. She’s a criminal and she should’ve been treated as such.”

Patricia Donahue,  on Catherine Greig

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Are parents more accepting of the five-second rule?

STAGE REVIEW

Trying to stay afloat in ‘Next to Normal’
Mitt Romney spent his 65th birthday Monday campaigning at the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mobile, Ala.

Romney seeks strong showing in South

App uses Wi-Fi to plot way for mall patrons

FRAME BY FRAME

Avery made color carry secret meanings, too

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The story behind ‘The Story’

STAGE REVIEW

Finding the personal drama in ‘Recent Tragic Events’

Notes from Lizzie Borden trial revealed
Alaa (left) and Dalal Alhomaiz, twins and third-year psychology students from Kuwait, launched the campaign SPEAK, or Standing for Psychological Education and Awareness in Kuwait. The twins, both Northeastern University students, want to change attitudes about people with mental illness in their homeland.

Twins work for change in Kuwait

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Taking a break from eating

MUSIC REVIEW

Van Halen, David Lee Roth still deliver

NCAA Tournament

Printable bracket for the 68-team NCAA Tournament

Metro

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State gambling board adds 3d member

Treasurer Steven Grossman named Enrique Zuniga, the director of the Mass. Water Pollution Abatement Trust, to the gambling commission.

Business

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Councilors hold hearing on Marriott workers

Boston councilors held a hearing to examine working conditions at Boston’s Marriott Copley Place following allegations that state wage laws were being violated.

Columnists

Joanna Weiss

Cheesy marketing: The new taco from Taco Bell

Bob Ryan

Retracing Harvard’s 1946 NCAA odyssey

BOSTON CAPITAL

Warm winter, cool fuel bill

Kevin cullen

Bitter over Catherine Greig’s sweet deal
Patriots coach Bill Belichick will lead his team through the start of free agency this week.

Tony Massarotti

Time could be right for Patriots to spend big

James Carroll | WEATHERING CALLS FOR US-IRAN CONFLICT

United by ‘A Separation’

JULIETTE KAYYEM | WEATHERING CALLS FOR US-IRAN CONFLICT

Tough poses in a political theater
Dion Waiters (above) and Syracuse are the No. 1 seed in the East.

Bob Ryan

What to expect from NCAA Tournament

Adrian Walker

Off course in Cambridge

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Company sees video games as therapeutic

Joanna Weiss

Contraception, the economic miracle drug

GARETH COOK

Community chest

Nation & World

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Afghan security forces are seen after Taliban militants opened fire on delegation of senior Afghan officials in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

Afghan officials attacked at site of civilian killings

Taliban militants opened fire on an Afghan government delegation visiting one of the two villages where a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians.

Politics

Political Notebook

Senator Reid has been complaining for months about the slow pace of confirmations of the president’s picks for the federal bench.

Harry Reid moves to end GOP filibuster on judges

Majority leader Harry Reid on Monday used a parliamentary tactic in the Senate designed to end a Republican filibuster against 17 of President Obama’s judicial nominees.

Sports

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Celtics 94, Clippers 85

Paul Pierce scored 10 of his 25 points in the final quarter.

Celtics rally to beat the Clippers

Down late in the game, the Celtics responded with a 13-2 run that sealed a crucial 94-85 road victory.

Arts

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MUSIC REVIEW

When a trio means more than three

Violist Kim Kashkashian dreamed up a Jordan Hall recital Sunday night that used Debussy’s Sonata for flute, viola, and harp as both destination and point of departure.

Spring Style Magazine

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Spring Style

The season’s freshest fashion feels airy and easy — think fluttery shapes, pretty prints, and nothing too structured or serious.

Magazine

The cover for the March 11 2012 issue

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
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

Opinion

“Maybe willful ignorance is precisely the attitude Taco Bell wants to project.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“The best-selling board game today is the board game that was the best-selling board game in 1936. That is Monopoly.”

Game publisher Eric Hautemont