NEWS ANALYSIS

Worst of outcomes for Mitt Romney

Romney’s third-place finishes in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrated that the Bible Belt is still unwilling to provide a spark for the Yankee from Massachusetts.

Brian McGrory

We will pay for all this untimely weather

When an entire winter is blissfully wiped off the ledger, we’re going to have hell to pay - guaranteed. This is New England and things never break in our favor.

Departing Goldman Sachs employee rips firm’s culture

An employee of the bank mounted an unprecedented public attack on its “toxic and destructive” culture in a New York Times opinion piece.

Boston struggles to return to normal in wake of fire

Power remained out for many businesses and hotels in Back Bay after last night’s transformer fire, as people in the area wondered what the day held in store.

Workers at the Capital Grille on Boylston Street moved cuts of meat from the restaurant due to loss of electricity.

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Workers at the Capital Grille on Boylston Street moved cuts of meat from the restaurant due to loss of electricity.

Boston Police officer Paul Wright directed traffic on the corner of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

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Boston Police officer Paul Wright directed traffic on the corner of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue.

A generator truck parked on the corner of Belvidere Street provided power to the Hilton Boston Back Bay.

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A generator truck parked on the corner of Belvidere Street provided power to the Hilton Boston Back Bay.

NStar crews worked across the street from the Boston Public Library.

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NStar crews worked across the street from the Boston Public Library.

A worker inside the darkened Sugar Heaven ice cream shop did some work near the window.

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A worker inside the darkened Sugar Heaven ice cream shop did some work near the window.

A map from NStar shows the outages across Boston in green.

Firefighters worked to gain entry to the garage where the fire started on Tuesday night.

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Firefighters worked to gain entry to the garage where the fire started on Tuesday night.

During the fire, smoke engulfed Boylston Street.

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During the fire, smoke engulfed Boylston Street.

The blaze first began in a transformer in a building adjacent to the Back Bay Hilton Tuesday night.

Yoon S. Byun / Globe Staff

The blaze first began in a transformer in a building adjacent to the Back Bay Hilton Tuesday night.

NStar works to restore power to thousands in Boston

The utility is focusing on restoring power to 13,000 customers before focusing on what caused the massive transformer fire Tuesday night.

Dining Out

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Matt Murphy’s Pub, the Druid, and James’s Gate are the top of the list for Irish fare. How do the three stack up?

“If you’re the front-runner and you keep coming in third, you’re not much of a front-runner.”

Newt Gingrich,  on Mitt Romney

Globe Insiders

Video

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The Back Story is a new video series where Globe journalists tell the stories behind their stories. Exclusively on BostonGlobe.com, it is hosted by photographer and multimedia journalist Dina Rudick.

Inside The Boston Globe

Insurers, contractors draw Mass. consumers’ ire

Agreement gives Greig little leeway, observers say
A 32-volume set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Encyclopaedia Britannica ends its print edition
Richard Bosman’s “Barnett Newman's Studio” is on display at Carroll and Sons.

Galleries

What art has to say about artists
Cookbooks like

G Cover

The joy of looking

Cheap Eats

A healthy break from shopping at Forty Carrots

G Cover

Are parents more accepting of the five-second rule?

South End landscape getting a rapid makeover

G Force

The story behind ‘The Story’

Immigration divides rivals in Mass. Senate race

National Archives director battles to unlock US secrets

STAGE REVIEW

Trying to stay afloat in ‘Next to Normal’

Metro

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US begins to dismantle five Cape cottages

Workers have begun stripping insulation and removing sinks and windows from a cluster of spartan homes.

Business

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Worcester airport’s only airline cancels flights

Direct Air abruptly canceled all its flights at Worcester Regional Airport through May 15.

Columnists

Brian McGrory

We will pay for all this untimely weather

Juliette Kayyem

The links to violence

Jeff Jacoby

No equal justice in ‘hate crime’

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

Nation & World

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Northern Arizona University freshman Tyler Dowden, 18, spoke during a news conference on Capitol Hill to announce the collection of over 130,000 letters to Congress to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling this July.

Students ask lawmakers to halt loan-interest hike

Millions of college students could be in for a shock this summer when the interest rate on a popular federally subsidized student loan doubles unless Congress acts.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Obama warns China against skirting rules on trade

President Obama warned China on Tuesday that it would not be allowed to gain a competitive advantage in world trade by “skirting the rules.’’

Sports

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Lightning 6, Bruins 1

Tim Thomas (right) replaces Marty Turco in the first period as both Bruins goalies had in-and-out performances.

Bruins crushed by the Lightning

It doesn’t get much worse than it got in Tampa Bay for the defending Stanley Cup champs, who suffered a 6-1 shellacking.

Food & dining

G Force

Chris Schlesinger steps away from East Coast Grill

The owner of Cambridge’s popular East Coast Grill saw the timing was right after 27 years to take a little break.

Arts

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Patti LuPone starred as Lucia in the musical

Broadway performers pay tribute to Patti LuPone

“Patti’s Turn,’’ a touching and funny tribute to the musical-theater legend, was performed on Monday night in New York, and Lupone enjoyed every minute of it.

Spring Style Magazine

SPECIAL MAGAZINE

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

“The soldiers, and the Afghans they are helping, deserve a system that will, to the best of its ability, learn from such tragedies.”

Juliette Kayyem 

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