Storm to dump up to 2 feet of snow

Some areas of Boston could get 18 inches, the National Weather Service said this morning, upping previous snowfall predictions.

A house on Plum Island toppled shortly after 8:30 a.m.

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A house on Plum Island toppled shortly after 8:30 a.m.

Pounding surf ripped the home from its foundation.

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Pounding surf ripped the home from its foundation.

The home on Annapolis Way tipped precariously into the surf.

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The home on Annapolis Way tipped precariously into the surf.

A concrete slab fell from the home.

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A concrete slab fell from the home.

Severe flooding was seen in Scituate.

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A road was severely flooded in Scituate.

A humvee was parked near a closed road in Scituate.

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A humvee was parked near a closed road in Scituate.

Plum Island home toppled, residents worry in another

One house has fallen on Plum Island and another is dangerously damaged after a powerful storm battered this barrier island at high tide this morning.

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Who are the Most Stylish Bostonians for 2013?

Artists, entrepreneurs, an activist, and an actress all made the eighth annual list of tastemakers. Here is a preview of five of the 25 who made the cut.

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After the last of the 115 cardinal electors arrived last night, the cardinals voted today to start the conclave on March 12.

US jobless rate hits 4-year low amid burst in hiring

US employers added 236,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in February, down from 7.9 percent in January.

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spoke at a news conference on Wednesday for victims of the January 8, 2011, Tucson shooting.

Gabrielle Giffords to receive JFK Profile in Courage Award

The former Arizona congresswoman will be honored for her “fearless public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence.”

Senator Lindsey Graham, accompanied by Senator Kelly Ayotte, spoke to reporters on Thursday about the capture of Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law.

Bin Laden spokesman pleads not guilty to plot

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, a senior Al Qaeda leader and son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was charged in federal court in New York with plotting against Americans.

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Representative Stephen Lynch recalled a long struggle that brought him to his final vote on health care legislation. In the end, he said, “this bill was not good enough.”

Lynch’s health care vote at issue

Glenn Ordway to join Michael Felger
The headstone of Mary Paine, who died Dec. 31, 1713, at 15 months old, was discovered by Roland McCandlish during a 1955 tour of Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in the North End of Boston.

300-year-old headstone returned
Kentucky forward Nerlens Noel grimmaced in pain after he injured his knee during a basketball game in February.

Injury revives NBA age feud

Kevin Cullen

Bill Bratton is America’s most wanted
Television personality Regis Philbin, left, and Michael Strahan attend the Fox Sports Media Upfront party celebrating the new Fox Sports 1 network on Tuesday.

Sports Media

With new network, Fox to challenge ESPN

Dan Shaughnessy

Why today’s NCAA teams shouldn’t complain

Names

Overcrowded RH party still talk on the town
“Work 0808,” a glazed stoneware piece by Harumi Nakashima, from “New Blue and White” at the Museum of Fine Arts.

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‘New Blue and White’ at the MFA
Arnel Pineda performs with Journey in a scene from the documentary “Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey.”

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Born and raised in south . . . Manila?
Stephanie Hunt (left) and Megan Mullally are Nancy and Beth, a band the two actresses only recently formed.

Megan Mullally takes it on the road with Nancy and Beth

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Allen Webster is impressing Red Sox

Acquired from the Dodgers in last year’s trade, the starter has drawn good reviews from John Farrell and could help the team this season.

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Nathaniel Fujita was sentenced to life in prison without parole by Middlesex Superior Court Judge Peter Lauriat. “I am Lauren Dunne Astley’s mother. But never again will I be called mom, or mommy or mother,” said Mary Dunne, below left, with Lauren’s father, Malcolm Astley.

Nathaniel Fujita found guilty in Wayland murder

Fujita, 20, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his former high school girlfriend, Lauren Astley, in 2011.

Columnists

SCOT LEHIGH

Charter school results too good to ignore

JOAN WICKERSHAM

The children of ‘1984’

Kevin Cullen

Bill Bratton is America’s most wanted

Dan Shaughnessy

Why today’s NCAA teams shouldn’t complain

JOAN VENNOCHI

With Cahill, a good law and a weak case

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Chavez death creates risk, opportunity
Mitt Romney told Chris Wallace, “It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done.”

SCOT LEHIGH

Romney’s look back
Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz is seeking a return to his 2010 form — a 17-7 record and 2.33 ERA.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now must be Clay Buchholz’s time to shine
A man carried a bucket filled with waste to be discarded, in a slum area in Port-au-Prince in this Dec. 17, 2012, photo. The country is fighting a cholera epidemic in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake.

Adrian Walker

From Andrew Square, taking on the UN for Haiti
Is Jackie Bradley Jr. ready for his closeup as a major leaguer? Maybe not, but he is creating a lot of buzz in Red Sox camp.

Christopher L. Gasper

Is Jackie Bradley Jr. ready for Boston?

JEFF JACOBY

English language unites Americans
Jose Iglesias

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Will Iglesias still have a place with Red Sox?

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Hugo Chavez’s brother Adan, mother, Elena Frias, and father, Hugo, viewed his body in Caracas Thursday.

Thousands flock to say goodbye to Chavez

The lines, steeped in loyalty and grief, started Wednesday and stretched through the night at a military academy Hugo Chavez attended.

Politics

John Brennan is a former CIA station chief in Saudi Arabia and has served as President Obama’s principal counterterrorism adviser for the past four years.

Senate confirms Brennan to CIA

The Senate, voted to confirm John Brennan as CIA director after a 13-hour filibuster.

Business

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was expected to join Reebok’s announcement event on Friday in Washington.

Reebok plans $30m gift to aid youth fitness

Reebok International Ltd., the Canton athletic shoe and apparel maker, will donate $30 million over three years to a kids’ fittness nonprofit.

Arts

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BLO music director David Angus will be joined by Caroline Worra, John Tessier, Emily Hindrichs, and Sarah Coburn for performances in the upcoming season.

Boston Lyric Opera announces new season

The 2013-14 season will feature new productions of four operas: Mozart’s “Magic Flute,” Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” Bellini’s “I Puritani,” and Jack Beeson’s “Lizzie Borden.”

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

Noomi Rapace and Colin Farrell costar in “Dead Man Down.”

‘Dead Man Down’ has its loopy charms

Niels Arden Oplev’s film is a violent crime thriller that has its melodramatic charms before the story gets stupid.

Magazine

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Getting through to your kids in the digital age
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James ‘Whitey’ Bulger & Catherine Greig’s story
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A trip to Rio de Janeiro, without leaving Boston
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Opinion

“This state’s charter school results have become too compelling for policymakers truly concerned about education to ignore.”

Scot Lehigh 

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Ideas

“To proponents of this speculative new field, understanding the legal status of robots is key to how we want society to work once humans are no longer the only ones making important decisions.”

Leon Neyfakh on robot law