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Politicians sharpen knives for annual roast

From Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray to US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, local politicians are busily working on material for the St. Patrick’s Day breakfast.

NStar to open information center

The center will open Monday at the Boston Public Library to aid customers affected by the Back Bay power outages.

Bruins 3, Flyers 2

Bruins win in shootout

After blowing a 2-0 lead, the Bruins rallied to defeat the Flyers in a shootout.

US sent detainees to banned prisons, report says

The US sent some detainees to Afghan prisons where torture was found despite an announced suspension of such transfers, a report by two rights groups says.

Santorum campaigns in Missouri as caucuses begin

Rick Santorum mined suburban St. Louis for last minute support Saturday, as Missouri Republicans began gathering in local caucuses.

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Travel | New York

The arts of crafts in Williamsburg

A burgeoning craft-driven counterculture is earnestly trying to create a future in this Brooklyn neighborhood, where the handmade might triumph over the made-in-China.

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Williamsburg businesses are taking craft to the next level. Pictured, Michael and Rick Mast at Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory, where raw cacao beans are hand-sorted.

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Restaurant Isa is a fireside feast for New York’s modern nomads with progressive and austere soul food from the wood-burning oven.

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Chris Gentile stocked his Pilgrim Surf & Supply with board shorts from Birdwell Beach Britches, merino-wool wet suits from Patagonia, and camping gear from Poler.

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Russell Manley opened a Brooklyn branch of his Tommy Guns salon.

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Tommy Guns does bangs and bobs for women and straight-edge-razor shaving and gents’ cuts.

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Beautiful Dreamers is a contemporary cabinet of curiosities offering far-out provisions for kitchen, closet, and coffee table. Pictured, Paula Greif’s ceramics.

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In neighboring Greenpoint, owner Paulie Gee delivers classic, minimalist, thin-crust Neapolitan-style pies from the wood-fired oven.

One man’s ‘Mad Men’ mad dash

The fifth season begins on March 25. Could he make it through a marathon viewing of four seasons of the show to catch up?

Our favorite ‘Casablanca’ characters

We pay tribute to our favorite “Casablanca’’ cast members in honor of the 70th anniversary of the film’s release.

Son of a Nabokov

What Dmitri Nabokov’s curious life tells us about his remarkable father – and the challenges of being a famous writer’s child.

Globe Insiders

To Grammar’s House

Spring cleaning for grammar rules

Grammar’s House can get a bit cluttered sometimes, often with rules that are capricious, spurious, or flat-out erroneous.

Inside The Boston Globe

St. Patrick’s Day holds mixed emotions for some

Movies

Fans hope ‘The Hunger Games’ will deliver

A battle within cancer fight

Suspect in Afghan massacre identified

New gambling era arrives at Maine casino

Stone tools were found at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania that could be 15,000 to 17,000 years old..

Did the Solutreans settle America first?

Can she learn to dig gardening?

THEATER

Daisey fabricated parts of Jobs monologue, host says

Stage Review

Reimagined ‘Les Miserables’ triumphs

Stages

‘Hookman’ has an unexpected target

Photos

Globe staff photos of the week

Quincy Nang (right) waited to enter the Apple Store in Boston today to purchase the new Apple iPad.

In Boston, Apple fans line up for new iPad

Metro

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Inmates push fund to cover funerals

Prisoners want to establish a community fund to pay for funeral expenses, headstones, or assistance for children whose fathers are incarcerated.

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Loc Tran of Salem, N.H., holds his new tablet.

Buyers say new iPad a real eye-opener

Buyers who picked up Apple Inc.’s new iPad Friday raved about its Retina display.

Columnists

Christopher L. Gasper

Throwing a net around the Bruins’ problems

Love Letters

Should they get engaged before the move-in?

Lawrence Harmon

A start-up center for Roxbury?

Adrian Walker

Cooking as rehabilitation

RENÉE LOTH

Mass. assets aren’t rosy for everyone

Brian McGrory

The powerful and the powerless

A disappointed Corbin Miller walked back to the Harvard bench in the second half.

Bob Ryan

Harvard can be proud of its basketball team

Derrick Z. Jackson

Record equality, unchanged inequalities in NCAA

Boston Capital

Lower investment bar for Mass. pension fund

Bobby Valentine in trying to install a fresh outlook for the Red Sox in his first season as manager.

Tony Massarotti

Are the Red Sox champs or chumps?

Joan Vennochi

Gingrich’s ego is a win for Romney

Kevin Cullen

A crack in Cathy Greig’s hard facade

Nation & World

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John Demjanjuk emerged from a Munich court after a judge sentenced him to 5 years in prison for charges related to the death of thousands in a Nazi death camp.

John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi guard, dies at 91

The retired US autoworker was convicted on charges related to the killing of thousands.

Syria explosions, Damascus targeted

At least 27 killed in Syria blasts

Twin bombings struck government targets in the Syrian capital early Saturday.

Politics

Illinois primary could be pivotal

Mitt Romney and his allies have significantly increased their advertising and are ramping up the type of negative attacks that have been a hallmark of his narrow wins.

Sports

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Brandon Lloyd

Patriots have Lloyd and Landry on their radar

The team could lock up receiver Brandon Lloyd and safety LaRon Landry this weekend.

Arts

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Longwood gets its turn with ‘Sidereus’

Questions about the creative process behind “Sidereus’’ — which is on the Longwood Symphony Orchestra’s program — have given rise to either a scandal or a tempest in a teapot.

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

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Mar 11, 2012

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out

The cover for the March 4 2012 issue

Mar 4, 2012

Putting college degrees to work

The cover for the February 26 2012 issue

Feb 26, 2012

24 hours in Kendall Square

The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Feb 19, 2012

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected

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