US consumer spending brightens outlook

Consumers boosted their spending in February by the most in seven months, raising expectations for stronger growth.

Mega Millions ticket sales a windfall for Mass.

More than $39 million in tickets were sold since the jackpot began on Jan. 24 and grew to a record-breaking $640 million prize.

Cardinal O’Malley calls Cuba trip a ‘success’

Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley was expected to return tonight from Cuba, where he had accompanied Pope Benedict XVI.

Bruins 6, Islanders 3

Bruins snap 3d period tie to beat Islanders

The playoff-bound Bruins are closing in on the Northeast Division title with four games left in the regular season.

Obama calls on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires

President Barack Obama is reviving a proposal he first pitched last September that aims to draw sharp election year lines with Republicans.

editorial | ROMNEY’S FOREIGN POLICY

A geopolitical enemies list

Mitt Romney seems intent on screaming “fire’’ in a crowded theater, even if his audience doesn’t seem to be responding.

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A sampling of stories from this Sunday's Globe.

In this 2005 game, Carmen Roberts sat in a right-field seat that faces the bleachers.

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fenway at 100

Flaws are part of Fenway Park’s charm

The seats are too small and some sightlines are poor, but the intimacy in the park can overcome those drawbacks, writes Bob Ryan in this preview of Sunday’s special magazine on the ballpark’s centennial.

Fenway Park a big part of pop culture

The “lyric little bandbox” has been a movie and television star, as well as an inspiration for many in the literary and musical worlds.

The Fenway Park of 1912

The Red Sox christened Fenway Park just days after the Titanic sank, and at the time the ballpark was state of the art.

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4 books about Fenway Park

Katharine Whittemore looks at books on Fenway Park as the iconic stadium turns 100.

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At Franklin Park Zoo, feed the birds at the Aussie Aviary

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Anatomy of the Green Monster

Low rivers, lack of rain raise drought fears

The Loaded Waffle at In a Pickle Restaurant in Waltham.

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45 best breakfast joints around Boston

Cash mobs deliver the hits

Phillips Academy student Madeleine Lippey, the founder of her own non-profit called

Bridging two worlds through art

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The case against sincerity

Photography Review

Striking poses from F. Holland Day

‘‘Shambhala in Modern Times’’ by Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso.

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In MFA exhibit ‘Seeking Shambhala,’ everything is illuminated

Robert McCarthy of Braintree greeted his son Liam, 10, at the Braintree Armory during the homecoming from Afghanistan of Company C, 182d Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts National Guard.

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Suit tests barefoot-style shoe’s health claim

Lynch finds a privileged space in parking wars

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Victoria Kennedy, widow of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, attended the Boston University commencement ceremony last year.

Bowing to bishop, college cancels Kennedy speech

A small Catholic college that had invited Victoria Reggie Kennedy to speak at its spring commencement rescinded the offer under pressure from the Worcester bishop.

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Chanel shop designed with Paris in mind

The 10,000-square-foot House of Chanel will be located on the first block of Newbury Street as part of a new luxury residence building called No. 6 Newbury.