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Obama to seek short-term plan to avoid automatic cuts

President Obama will ask Congress to come up with short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid cuts that will kick in March 1.

US argues it can legally kill citizens linked to Al Qaeda

A Justice Department memo provides a legal rationale behind targeting US citizens with drone strikes.

State Rep. Dan Winslow.

State Rep. Dan Winslow exploring US Senate run

State Representative Daniel B. Winslow said he is “99 percent” sure he is running in the special election to replace John Kerry.

US Representative Stephen F. Lynch, vying for a Senate nomination, said he believes abortion should be legal but rare.

Lynch changes tone on abortion rights

Rep. Stephen Lynch, who has described himself as antiabortion, said he believes abortion should be legal but rare.

Devin Mahoney and Jon Niedzwiecki star in the A&E television show “Southie Rules.”

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How real is Southie’s new reality show?

In the A&E TV show “Southie Rules,” the feel of the neighborhood is absent and the portrayal of the Niedzwiecki family is clearly staged.

Student Lucy Zhao studied table settings at an MIT miniclass on enhancing social skills.

Engineering etiquette at MIT’s charm school

MIT’s annual Charm School, a tongue-in-cheek series of miniclasses, celebrated its 20th anniversary last week.

Thomas Neel, owner of Candia Road Brewing Co., said demand for his craft product has been unexpectedly high.

N.H. law helps nanobreweries

As the first state to license nanobrewery operations, New Hampshire has given the small industry a lot of room to grow.

Cowbells once hung from the back of a warning sign at an entrance to Memorial Drive from the Longfellow Bridge.

Bridge at site of crash lacked height warning

The Western Avenue bridge where a bus crashed Saturday was once slated to get a rubber warning sign, but never did.

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Using a helicopter and its noisy rotors, biologists are counting the state’s moose.

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Brenda Wernikoff was arrested for refusing to leave a woman’s bathroom at a homeless shelter in Boston.

Boston, transgender woman settle lawsuit
People of Bouyada village in Syria attend the funeral of four young men.

Photography REVIEW

Remembering photographer Rémi Ochlik
Nur Kilic at Serenade Chocolatier with a box of Viennese truffles, a candy she was having trouble making when she appealed to retired candymaker William Federer. He had been making candy then — and famously, truffles — for decades. Federer died in 2006 at 91.

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A labor, and legacy, of love

Jimmy Kimmel has made a smooth transition to his 11:35 p.m. slot, with the possible exception of the night Matt Damon (behind desk. with Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Amy Adams, and Kimmel tied up in the back) hijacked the show.

Kimmel takes earlier time slot in stride
From left: Gregg Hammer, Janice Landry, Jon Dykstra, Meredith Beck, Andrew Crowe, and Irene Molloy in the Frank McCourt musical revue.

Stage Review

Frank McCourt’s ‘The Irish’ is a celebration
A commercial for Axe showed a woman getting rescued by a lifeguard, but going for an astronaut instead.

Opinion | The Podium

Not buying offensive Super Bowl ads

Health

Finding the best therapist can be confusing
“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

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On college hockey

Northeastern players celebrated the school’s first win over BU in the Beanpot since 1988.

Northeastern ends 25 years of misery against BU

Before Monday, the last time Northeastern beat BU in the Beanpot, none of the players on the team were even alive.

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Erasmo Gomez said he ran from his apartment when the fire began and alerted a firehouse.

Five-alarm blaze displaces 21 in East Boston

Boston fire investigators are searching for the cause of the fire that damaged two buildings late Monday night.

Columnists

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco celebrated as his team won the Super Bowl.

joanna weiss

Partnering up to battle TV violence
A home in San Antonio in 2009.

FARAH STOCKMAN

The hazards of optimism

Kevin Cullen

Real-deal candidates

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Hillary, Tina, and girls like them

Adrian Walker

Seat may slip from Southie
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco won his first Super Bowl on Sunday against the 49ers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Super Bowl was one of the greatest

Yvonne Abraham

Small ending, big results?

JOAN VENNOCHI

How Patrick is shaping the face of Mass.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived at the State Department in Washington on Sept. 12 to speak about the deaths of Americans in Libya.

Opinion | JEFF JACOBY

One of the greatest secretaries of state? Not Hillary Clinton
After reading to a kindergarten class at Linden School in Malden last February, Governor Deval Patrick sat in on a music lesson for a P.A.C.E. class (Practical Academic Community Education).

Opinion | JOANNA WEISS

Deval Patrick’s public school legacy
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens coach John Harbaugh.

Dan Shaughnessy | Super Bowl XLVII Ravens vs. 49ers, 6:30 p.m.

Harbaughs make family history
Erika Murphy works at Enservio, a Needham company that creates software for the insurance industry.

Innovation Economy

Investment in enterprise firms is picking up

Nation & World

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John Kerry showed his childhood diplomatic passport Monday. His father, Richard, was a midlevel diplomat.

On first day, Kerry vows to protect diplomats

On his first day as secretary of state, John Kerry vowed to ensure the safety and security of American diplomats abroad.

Politics

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President Obama unveiled his gun-control plans last month after the shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.

President Obama presses for gun measures

Obama conceded that a tough road lay ahead to pass an assault weapons ban over formidable opposition in Congress.

Business

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Dell founder Michael Dell.

Dell founder in $24.4b deal to take company private

Slumping personal computer maker Dell is selling itself to its founder and a group of investors that includes Microsoft.

Arts

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Album review | INDIE ROCK

The cover of My Bloody Valentine’s “mbv”.

My Bloody Valentine, ‘mbv’

While the sound of “mbv” is reassuringly familiar, its newness is remarkable.

Lifestyle

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Daily Dose

Scant evidence deer antler spray boosts muscles

Deer antler spray is legal for men to purchase, but is it effective and safe?

Magazine

The cover for the February 3 2013 issue

Back Bay renovation
The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

Cambodian-Americans confronting deportation
The cover for the January 20 2013 issue

My friend Tito
The cover for the January 13 2013 issue

Alfresco fabulous

Opinion

“With its ability to make headlines and marshal a grass-roots base, the [Parents Television Council] might well be the public’s best hope for curbing violence on TV.

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“To rein prosecutors back in, these scholars argue, America should reinstate ordinary citizens to their rightful place in the process, and with them a common-sense vision of fairness.”

Leon Neyfakh on how to solve prosecutorial overreach 

“I am feeling better than four days ago. I think we are in better shape than people realize because we may well have two very solid candidates.”

Todd ­Domke,  a GOP political consultant, on the Mass. Senate race