Uncertainty boosts donations at the end of 2012

Donors raced to make gifts before Congress has a chance to limit tax deductions on such contributions this year.

3 departures curtail New England’s political muscle

A powerful trio of senators — John Kerry, Olympia Snowe, and Joe Lieberman — is gone, sapping the ­region’s political clout.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave few clues about whether he will seek reelection.

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Adrian Walker

Mayor Menino back in action

The mayor didn’t talk about running for reelection in his State of the City address, but he didn’t sound like a man who is going anywhere.

Optimistic Menino makes return to public stage

Back from his long illness, Mayor Menino delivered words of gratitude and a buoyant vision of Boston in his State of the City address.

Work stalled on the Filene’s project in 2008 as the economy sputtered, leaving a crater at the construction site.

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Filene’s leasing deal, restart of project nearing

An emerging deal with a promising tenant will enable construction to resume on the $620 million project in downtown Boston as early as April.

At Northeast Trading Co. in North Attleborough, Ted Oven has seen a rush of customers.

Guns fly off the shelves in New England

The sharp increase in sales throughout the region is fueled by the looming prospect of greater controls on firearms.

There were plenty of questioners — and Ray Lewis had plenty of answers — at the annual extravaganza known as Super Bowl Media Day.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ravens’ Ray Lewis will tackle (almost) any subject

The middle linebacker is the menacing, costumed face of the Ravens, the face of football, and the face of Super Bowl XLVII.

American’s vanishing act is problematic for Boston fliers because it gives them fewer options and nonstop flights.

American Airlines pulls back at Logan

The struggling airline is further reducing its presence at Logan, planning to eliminate its only remaining international flight, to London, at the end of March.

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Globe exclusives

Michelle Gordon with the chicken dish she often serves for dinner in her Dorchester home.

On the family menu: What’s familiar
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play KGB agents in Reagan-era Washington in FX’s new series “The Americans.”

Television review

‘The Americans:’ Double lives in the Reagan era
Chicken liver deviled eggs

dining out

Southern comforts in the South End
A still from Shaun Gladwell’s video “Storm Sequence’’ at the Sandra & David Bakalar Gallery at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Galleries

What’s up in Boston-area art galleries

Globe takes photography awards
Mary Gundrum is grateful to the medical team at Boston Children’s Hospital that took care of her son Dominic Pio.

Child survives rare brain surgery
Terry Francona oversaw a dramatic collapse in 2011, his final year with the Red Sox.

Book excerpt

How trust evaporated between Sox, Francona

FARAH STOCKMAN

Inauguration, Massachusetts style
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (right) got a concussion when he was tackled by St. Louis Rams linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar in November.

A $100m Harvard focus on NFL
Some singles say they prefer group get-togethers because they are less pressured than one-on-one dates.

Dating sites remake the introductions

Programmed iPhones accompany 24 rail conductors
Former Chelsea Housing chief Michael E. McLaughlin.

US may tell Chelsea to repay $7m in grants

Sports

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Bruins forward Nathan Horton (far right) celebrated with his teammates after he scored late in regulation to send the game into overtime.

Bruins top Devils in shootout

The 2-1 Bruins victory over New Jersey improved Boston’s record to a near-flawless 5-0-1 to start the new season.

Metro

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Julie Paz of Idaho visits the rare book department at the Boston Public Library.

Secret patron helps library unveil history

An anonymous donor pledged another $500,000 to help preserve rare books and manuscripts at the Boston Public Library.

Columnists

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
Mayor Thomas M. Menino gave few clues about whether he will seek reelection.

Adrian Walker

Menino back in action
There were plenty of questioners — and Ray Lewis had plenty of answers — at the annual extravaganza known as Super Bowl Media Day.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ray Lewis is a rantin’ Raven

JOANNA WEISS

Bobby Jindal and the ‘stupid party’

Kevin Cullen

Judgment with wisdom

JULIETTE KAYYEM

From Seneca Falls to Stonewall and back again

Tech Lab Plus

Keyboard for the iPhone is a clever touch

FARAH STOCKMAN

Inauguration, Massachusetts style
Rajon Rondo looked to throw a pass in a game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Jan. 14 at the TD Garden in Boston. Rondo will miss the rest of the regular season with a knee injury.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rajon Rondo injury clouds Celtics future
CEO David Patrick (right), shown with founder Chuck Goldman, says 100-plus companies use Apperian’s technology.

Innovation Economy

Intel invests in creator of ‘app stores’

Yvonne Abraham

Close call that shouldn’t be

Nation & World

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Protesters threw tear gas canisters back to riot police during one of several clashes in Cairo on Tuesday.

Egypt near collapse, top general warns leaders

A top Egyptian general warned that the government is in danger of collapse if civilian leaders cannot find a way to restore order.

Politics

The Senate voted 94 to 3 to confirm Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state, succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton.

John Kerry sails in Senate voting

The Senate confirmed Obama’s nomination of Senator Kerry to be secretary of state, handing the Mass. Democrat a redemptive career victory.

Business

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An A123 Systems Inc. high power Nanophospate Lithium Ion Cell for Hybrid Electric Vehicles battery.

Chinese-owned firm completes A123 purchase

Waltham battery maker A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy last year despite getting tens of millions in taxpayer money.

Arts

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Book Review

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie take shots at each other in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith.’’

‘I Do and I Don’t ’ by Jeanine Basinger

The Wesleyan film studies professor provides a fascinating survey of how Hollywood has told the story of marriage.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Chicken carbonara.

Making a pastime of pasta in Mission Hill

Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express is the sole survivor of a failed franchise attempt – and it’s more than good enough to stick around.

Magazine

The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

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

My friend Tito
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

“When Mitt reappeared in Washington last week and declared he wasn’t going away, the party’s collective response seemed to be: Huh?”

Scot Lehigh 

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 is the first time in a while the state of Massachusetts finds itself in this position [without senior senators].”

Stephen Ansolabehere,  a professor of government at Harvard University