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Obama to urge a broad strike-down of gay marriage ban

The administration will file a brief asking the Supreme Court to strike down California’s ban on gay marriage, and take a skeptical view of other similar bans.

Connolly raises $14,000 after launching bid

Boston City Councilor John Connolly continued an aggressive fund-raising pace after he announced his campaign for mayor.

Cuts imminent as Senate Democrats, GOP stage votes

The Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions as both parties blamed each other for the inaction.

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Benedict XVI left the Vatican by helicopter as his nearly eight-year, scandal-dogged papacy came to a close.

Now and then photos of Shin Bet directors (from left) Avraham Shalom (1981-’86), Ami Ayalon (1996-2000), and Carmi Gillon (1994-’96), who discuss their experience running Israel’s internal security service in the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Gatekeepers.”

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Inside the minds of Israel’s gatekeepers

In Dror Moreh’s stunning documentary, a handful of grizzled old men talk openly about their experiences running Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service.

Microsoft held a launch event for Office 2013 in New York on Jan. 29. The company is now offering Office 365 as a subscription service. It comes with the full tool kit: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access.

Tech Lab

Microsoft Office shines online

Office 365 has a name that makes sense because Microsoft expects you to pay for it every day. And the funny thing is, you might just want to.

From the Archives | Photo Gallery

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Beginning in the 1930s, New England ski trails quickly expanded, and today skiing isn’t the quaint small business it once was.

PayPal employees Max Metral (center), Brandee Shin (left), and Tony Leach are among those now working at International Place.

PayPal setting up shop in Boston

The Internet commerce company, owned by eBay Inc., has moved into a 65,000-square-foot office that spans two floors in 1 International Place.

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Globe exclusives

Red Line train service over the Longfellow Bridge will be suspended for 25 weekends but will still be available during the work week.

Longfellow work to start in summer
Aaron Swartz was arrested in 2011 after allegedly using MIT’s network to illegally download documents from JSTOR.

Inquiry widens into Swartz prosecution

Sequestration? Few can explain latest budget crisis
John Kerry and David Thorne shared a warm greeting.

Statecraft the bond for Kerry, Thorne
US Representative Edward J. Markey campaigned at a Newton restaurant last weekend.

Markey says abortion shift was personal
A portion of the massive $250 million Jackson Square project rises at the corner of Centre Street and Columbus Avenue.

Jackson Square development project picking up steam

Corte’s spring line includes a variety of styles in neutrals like black, white, and gray, with muted greens and pinks.

Tips on how to find a bathing suit that fits well
Jill Kerner Schon serves a customer at the Paint Bar in Newtonville. The enterprise she was told would not succeed will soon expand to Newbury Street.

Style

As their nests empty, life changes direction for many women
Below (from left): Jim Bauer, Ruth Bauer, Steven Bogart, and Matt Aucoin are working on pieces that the American Repertory Theater is developing for the National Civil War Project. Above: President Lincoln some 150 years ago.

theater & art

American Repertory, Harvard reflect on the Civil War

From left: Misa Okamura, Spencer Doru Keith, and David DuBois in “Lovers, Fools, Saints and Sinners,” in the José Mateo Ballet Theatre production.

Dance review

Couples together and apart in ‘How Do I Love Thee?’
Of Monsters and Men

Building a festival to rock Boston
Van Cliburn

Van Cliburn, American classical pianist, dies

Sports

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Will Middlebrooks

Will Middlebrooks cleared to play

The Red Sox third baseman was cleared by a doctor, one day after injuring the same wrist he hurt last year.

Metro

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John B. Barranco, accused of siphoning more than $10 million from an agency for special needs children.

Judge restores $10,000 monthly pension to ex-official

John B. Barranco is accused of siphoning more than $10 million from an agency for special needs children.

Columnists

Opinion | JOAN VENNOCHI

Yahoo’s broken glass ceiling
Children are treated for cholera at a clinic in Haiti. The epidemic was introduced, it is widely believed, by UN peacekeepers.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

UN’s cold, but correct, call on Haiti

NICHOLAS BURNS

Military’s limits show need for America’s neglected weapon
Boston City Councilor John Connolly announced his candidacy for mayor of Boston outside Brighton High School.

SCOT LEHIGH

A tough challenger for Menino
Tom Brady is now signed with the Patriots through 2017.

Christopher L. Gasper

Tom Brady just wants to win

JEFF JACOBY

Why the fuss on Citizens United?

Adrian Walker

Vet snared in budget battle

Farah Stockman

Two rulings that benefited a powerful few

Tech Lab Plus

This key unlocks extra battery life
FlightCar’s founders are Kevin Petrovic, Shri Ganeshram, and Rujul Zaparde.

Innovation Economy

Don’t just leave your car at the airport — rent it

Derrick Z. Jackson

FDA must act on sugar, salt
Michelle Obama announced the Best Picture Oscar from the White House.

JOANNA WEISS

Michelle Obama’s unnecessary Oscar turn

Nation & World

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US Secretary of State John Kerry

Kerry announces $60m in Syria aid

Secretary of State John Kerry announced the US would provide aid to Syrian opposition forces fighting President Bashar Assad.

Politics

Gabriel Gomez is running for the Senate seat vacated when John Kerry was appointed secretary of state.

Gabriel E. Gomez formally joins the GOP Senate race

Gomez, a Cohasset private equity investor and former Navy SEAL, spoke at a campaign kickoff event Thursday.

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A portion of the massive $250 million Jackson Square project rises at the corner of Centre Street and Columbus Avenue.

Jackson Square development project picking up steam

The $250 million effort to revitalize Jackson Square is building momentum following years of delays.

Arts

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Stage Review

Marianna Bassham as Mrs. Swanson in the Actors’ Shakespeare Project production of Will Eno’s “Middletown.”

‘Middletown’ a rewarding destination

In the Actors’ Shakespeare Project production now up at the Cambridge YMCA, the town is a tough but rewarding destination.

Style

Bargain Bin

Walk in for the shoe drive at Allen Edmonds

Sales and specials at area stores and shops.

Magazine

The cover for the February 24 2013 issue

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger & Catherine Greig’s story
The cover for the February 17 2013 issue

A trip to Rio de Janeiro, without leaving Boston
The cover for the February 10 2013 issue

Change on the Mystic
The cover for the February 3 2013 issue

South End remodel: Rear window

Opinion

“For decades, the goal of breaking the glass ceiling was tied to the belief that women who did it would manage differently.”

Joan Vennochi 

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A story of life, death, and hope in Boston’s most troubled neighborhood.

Ideas

“Nuns have served as the face of Catholicism to generations of Americans, and have been pioneers in health care, education, and social work…What’s next for nuns affects not just the inner workings of the church, but its future course in America.”

Ruth Graham on nuns