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US to sue S&P over mortgage bond ratings

The firm will be accused of fraudulently rating mortgage bonds that led to the financial crisis.

Weld, Leone won’t seek Senate seat

Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone (pictured), former governor William F. Weld, and Tagg Romney all said they won’t run for the seat.

Obama pushes gun control proposals in Minnesota

President Obama took his calls for universal background checks and an assault-weapon ban directly to the public.

Kerry reports for duty at State Dept.

John Kerry acknowledged he had “big heels to fill” and promised to protect foreign workers from terror attacks.

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Finding the best therapist can be confusing

Among the available mental health professionals comes a confusing blizzard of options — and terminology.

Opinion | The Podium

The most offensive Super Bowl ads

These three commercials portrayed women as fantasy objects, varying degrees of violence, and juvenile men of all ages, writes Lauren Stiller Rikleen of BC’s Center for Work & Family.

BEANPOT TOURNAMENT | underway

BC aiming for fourth straight Beanpot title

The Eagles have been inconsistent of late but are hoping to use the Beanpot as a springboard for the rest of the season.

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From the Archives | Photo gallery

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

“When I landed the role, [Sarah Jessica Parker] sent me a very lovely note just kind of giving me her blessing and encouraging me,’’ says AnnaSophia Robb of playing the younger version of Carrie Bradshaw.

Filling big Manolos on ‘Carrie Diaries’

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s portrait is the most recent addition to the “They Also Ran Gallery,” above a bank lobby in Norton, Kan.

A tribute to presidential also-rans

Martha Coakley named only one of the schools she is investigating, American Career Institute, which abruptly shut down its eight locations in Massachusetts and Maryland last month.

Coakley widens probe of for-profit schools

Tim Kardatzke and Kristina Muskiewicz concentrated on their needlework at a Cambridge coed knitting group.

From bar hopping to knitting

In a Best Buy ad, Amy Poehler, of NBC’s ‘‘Parks and Recreation,’’ asks a store employee endless questions.

In between football, the ad game was played to win

Ex-House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi (above) and lobbyist Richard McDonough were convicted of bribery in 2011.

DiMasi appeal to test ruling on bribery

The mobile app from Ubersense is used by elite athletes from 20 different sports — among them bobsledders.

The data to go the distance — quickly

“I think this was really the wake-up call for me,’’ Dr. Jonathan R. Welch says of the circumstances that led to his mother’s death.

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Mother’s death prompts doctor to critique her care

Going back to her days on the Boston Latin Academy track team, Annie Dookhan relentlessly pursued prestige.

Chasing renown on a path paved with lies

Bertil Hult, founder of EF Education First, in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall at the company’s Cambridge office. EF is doubling the size of its Cambridge campus.

Education First aims to bridge barriers

Dr. Gerard Hayes, who specializes in pulmonary and critical care, monitors patients remotely from the “e-ICU” command center in Westwood. Video screens show patients in Steward hospital intensive care units from Methuen to Fall River.

Steward reshapes Mass. health care business

Singer Nate Ruess and guitarist Jack Antonoff (pictured performing last year in New York) and their Fun. bandmates played to a sold-out Orpheum on Friday.

Music Review

At Orpheum, Fun. and lots of it

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49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh protested a non-call by the officials after a fourth down play against the Ravens.

Jim Harbaugh wrong to blame officials

The 49ers coach found plenty of fault with the officials in the loss to the Ravens, but he should have looked at his curious play-calling down the stretch.