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Brown ex-campaign official named Mass. GOP chair

Kirsten Hughes won the Republican party chair position by only two votes over Pepperell businessman Rick Green.

14 dead, 80 injured in Mexico oil company blast

Mexico’s state-owned oil company said 14 have died and 80 are injured in an office building explosion at its headquarters in the capital.

Boston-01/30/13- Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres- Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is sprawled in the goal as Sabres Tyler Ennis skates by after scoring a 2nd period goal to tie the game 3-3. Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (sports)

Sabres 7, Bruins 4

Bruins lose to Sabres

On Thursday, the Bruins lost their first regulation game of the season to the Sabres, 7-4.

Arrest made in arson spree

A 45-year-old Middleborough man was linked to two dozen arson fires in Southeastern Massachusetts.

As the size the of average television is growing, the prices are plummeting.

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

At home, huge screen can be a hard sell

Televisions are growing—and with them so is the old argument about how big is too big.

Actress Marion Cotillard (with Renee Rober, left, and Ben Moss) waves during the Hasty Pudding parade.

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Marion Cotillard honored by Hasty Pudding

Cotillard looked entirely at ease while being honored Thursday as the troupe’s 2013 Woman of the Year.

Opinion | NICHOLAS BURNS

Kerry must engage China

No international problem will test John Kerry’s diplomatic skills more than our difficult, complex, and unpredictable relationship with China.

The Boston Cello Quartet, whose members also play in the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has a repertoire that ranges from Bach and Dvorak to Chick Corea and Astor Piazzolla. The group is celebrating the release of its first CD, “Pictures,” with a sold-out performance Friday night at the Revere Hotel.

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BSO cellists break out with new quartet, fresh approach

The Boston Cello Quartet, all members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, are celebrating the release of its first CD, “Pictures,” with a sold-out performance at the Revere Hotel.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/bridge003a-930[2].jpg The (Mystic) Tobin Bridge

The Mystic Bridge opened for traffic on Feb. 26, 1950, and was renamed in honor of former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor Maurice J. Tobin in 1967.

Globe exclusives

Abby Larson is married to her job, in a good way
Teresa Palmer and Nicholas Hoult star in the zombie love story “Warm Bodies.”

Friday Preview | Movie Review

‘Warm Bodies’ is a zombie flick with real heart
The “1,000 Cranes of Hope” installation at Millennium Pharmaceuticals, which is searching for cancer cures.

13 Massachusetts companies make best-workplaces list
BlackBerry’s Z10 is expected help reverse a slide in sales.

Tech Lab

BlackBerry poised to win affection anew
Governor Deval Patrick (left) tapped William

news analysis

Patrick confident in choosing confidant
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a three-sport star in high school and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Kaepernick looks like future of NFL
A BU student was stabbed and robbed at the intersection of Browne and Pleasant streets Tuesday.

Spate of armed robberies leaves many at BU on edge
1366 Technologies technician Becky Allen handled a solar cell at the company’s pilot plant in Bedford. 1366 was founded in 2007.

1366 Technologies opens $6m Bedford plant
Robert Spencer is director of the blog Jihad Watch and a leader of the American Freedom Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America.

Catholic event cancels talk by Islam critic
Susan Battista and Fritz Klaetke of Visual Dialogue creative agency.

Fritz Klaetke has designs on a Grammy

Book review

‘The Best of Youth’ by Michael Dahlie
Michelle Gordon with the chicken dish she often serves for dinner in her Dorchester home.

On the family menu: What’s familiar

Sports

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Phil Mickelson hit his tee shot on the 15th hole during the first round of the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament Thursday.

Mickelson just misses a 59

Phil Mickelson finished with a 60, tying his career-best round and the course record at the Phoenix Open, but missing the hallowed mark by a stroke.

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Hopefuls face fight to lead state’s Republican Party

A battle between the handpicked candidate of former senator Scott Brown and a conservative challenger is expected.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

Where is our state’s official groundhog?
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino arrives for his annual State of the City address at Faneuil Hall Tuesday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Menino, the king incumbent

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Immigration commission brings border states to table

SCOT LEHIGH

Cowan isn’t the best option
William ‘Mo’ Cowan

Yvonne Abraham

Cowan pick is 100 percent Patrick

Opinion | NICHOLAS BURNS

Kerry must engage China
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a three-sport star in high school and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Kaepernick looks like future of NFL
BlackBerry’s Z10 is expected help reverse a slide in sales.

Tech Lab

BlackBerry poised to win affection anew
Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave few clues about whether he will seek reelection.

Adrian Walker

Menino back in action
Former Republican presidential candidate and Massachusetts Governot Mitt Romney.

SCOT LEHIGH

How Romney can stay relevant
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera review an honor guard before a flag return ceremony last week.

JEFF JACOBY

Conservatism in Japan
Ray Lewis was the center of attention at Super Bowl media day.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ray Lewis will tackle (almost) any subject

Nation & World

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Authorities investigated the scene of a school shooting in Atlanta.

Teen wounded, suspect in custody after Georgia school shooting

A 14-year-old student is ‘‘alert, conscious and breathing’’ after being shot in an Atlanta middle school, authorities said.

Politics

Republican Chuck Hagel testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing.

Republicans hammer Defense nominee Chuck Hagel at hearing

Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel’s fiercest exchange came with John McCain, a fellow Vietnam veteran who blasted Hagel over the Iraq war.

Business

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If Anheuser-Busch owned Grupo Modelo, makers of Corona, the company would control 46 percent of annual US beer sales.

US challenges $20b Anheuser-Busch takeover

The Department of Justice argued that the $20 billion merger would reduce competition in the US beer market.

Arts

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Television Review

Steven Pasquale stars as a doctor with an alternate personality in “Do No Harm.”

NBC’s ‘Do No Harm’: a Jekyll-and-Hyde operation

“Do No Harm” isn’t a psychological exploration so much as a medical drama with a gimmick, but it’s pretty darned silly.

Style

Screen Actors Guild wins the fashion award

The Screen Actors Guild Awards’ underdog status results in some fun and downright risky fashion extremes.

Magazine

The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

New England traditional, with a twist
The cover for the January 20 2013 issue

The last days of Sylvia Plath
The cover for the January 13 2013 issue

Alfresco fabulous
The cover for the January 6 2013 issue

Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012

Opinion

“For people along the Southwest border, immigration enforcement is more than an unpleasant duty that the president has to perform to maintain his public-safety credentials.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“Ten years after ‘victory’ in Iraq, we still don’t know what victory means. Without a clearer idea of what winning wars looks like, we risk falling into situations where they could go on forever”

Gal Beckerman on what victory means now 

“This appears to be a slow quarter, but the Massachusetts economy is growing still.”

Alan Clayton-Matthews,  Northeastern University economist