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GOP prods a hesitant Scott Brown to run for Senate

Republicans have begun a “full court press’’ to persuade the increasingly reluctant Brown to run in the special election to replace John F. Kerry.

Kevin Cullen

The virtues of inexperience

Saying Mo Cowan shouldn’t keep John Kerry’s seat warm in the US Senate because he lacks experience is a bit much.

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

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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.

Boston’s downtown condo market soared in 2012

Sales rose 28.9 percent last year over 2011, while the median price increased 5.69 percent.

“Over the years I learned this really is just all about people,’’ a reflective Senator John Kerry said Thursday.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

Globally bound, John Kerry first retraces, recalls roots

Newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a nostalgia tour through the state he represented for the better part of three decades.

Red Sox season-ticket renewals down 10%

Could the sellout streak be in jeopardy? The renewal lapse is seen as a sign that even hardcore fans are cooling in their enthusiasm after a joyless 2012 season.

Dan Shaughnessy

Reflections on New Orleans, 11 years later

After everything that happened with the Patriots winning the Super Bowl and Hurricane Katrina, it feels a little weird to be in the city.

Super Bowl a high-stakes game for ad makers

Spots cost $3.8 million for 30 seconds and rival the game itself, ratcheting up pressure on agencies to make clients happy.

Scene & Heard

Music-obsessed find a trove of wonders at Weirdo Records

This weekend owner Angela Sawyer is celebrating Weirdo’s fourth anniversary with a gonzo party at O’Brien’s Pub.

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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

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.

Friday preview

BSO cellists break out with new quartet, fresh approach

Christopher L. Gasper

Sorry Patriots fans, the Ravens will win

Cissy Houston (left) recalls daughter Whitney (right) as funny and smart, but also stubborn and emotionally remote.

Book Review

‘Remembering Whitney’ by Cissy Houston

With hit singles and Grammy nods, Fun. is having a ball

The cast of the commedia dell’arte classic turned each scene into a steadily escalating spiral of absurdity.

Stage Review

Hijinks are on the menu with ‘The Servant of Two Masters’

Abby Larson is married to her job, in a good way

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

Sports

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Sabres 7, Bruins 4

Thomas Vanek had three goals and an assist against Tuukka Rask and the Bruins on Thursday night.

Sabres outmuscle Bruins

Thomas Vanek had three goals and an assist as Buffalo hung a 7-4 thumping on the Bruins to tag them with their first loss.

Metro

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Mark Sargent (right) and Jeanmarie Louis in court Thursday.

Man held, is called suspect in 24 fires

A Middleborough man and his stepson were charged with arson, an arrest authorities believe will solve a string of mysterious fires across the region.

Columnists

Bill Weld was governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to ’97.

SCOT LEHIGH

The search for a big senator

CARLO ROTELLA

Off the grid in Boston

Kevin Cullen

The virtues of inexperience

The damage to the Superdome has been repaired, and a new name attached.