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Senate OK’s bill to fund government through Sept.

The bill would avert a potential government shutdown later this month, but leave in place $85 billion in broad federal spending cuts.

President Obama and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands at a joint news conference at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem.

US will ‘do what is necessary’ on Iran, Obama says

In a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said the US is committed to preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Andrew Stratis pushed his snowblower through deep snow after a storm on Feb. 9, 2013.

Worcester is nation’s snowiest city this year

The city stands atop the snowpile at 108.9 inches of snow, more than second-place Syracuse, which has received 96.5 inches so far.

Boston Common magazine presented Fashion Forward, a runway show of Fall 2012 collections by the world's leading designers.

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Exclusive Thursday Preview | Style

StyleWeek NorthEast arrives in Boston

Boston Fashion Week’s hold on the city’s style scene finally faces competition. On Thursday night, StyleWeek NorthEast will debut at the W Hotel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/storya--90x90.jpg NFL rescinds tuck rule

The controversial rule that helped boost the Patriots past the Raiders in the playoffs in 2002 has been killed by NFL owners.

JOANNA WEISS

The green movement’s green tactic

A deep-pocketed environmentalist is threatening to use his money to forward his beliefs. Could this signal a new tack for the environmental movement?

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-4862.jpg Gerard Leone steps away from government

The outgoing Middlesex DA is an uncompromising old-school prosecutor who takes deep satisfaction in getting bad guys off the streets.

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Employees of the Chestnut Hill Shake Shack were busy preparing for Wednesday’s grand opening.

Shake Shack’s local fans await a burger bash
Richard DesLauriers, the FBI special agent in charge of the Boston office, said his agency is seeking the public’s help in recovering the stolen Gardner works, valued at $500 million.

Tips pour in on Gardner art theft

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Gardner heist suspects
Inocencia Perez (right) and Gerardo Romero said landlord City Realty has raised their monthly rent by $300. They are fighting an eviction from their Chelsea apartment.

Foreclosure occupants tangle over rent
Governor Patrick’s administration is confident the new compact will pass the federal review.

Mashpee tribe, Mass. agree on new terms for casino

Names

Tom and Gisele have fun in Costa Rica

Munch Madness 2013

Time to pick Boston’s restaurant champ
HitBliss cofounders Sharon Peyer and husband Andrew Prihodko. The start-up’s content parallels that offered by iTunes and Amazon.

Service pays users to watch targeted ads
Guy (left) and Howard Lawrence of Disclosure performing in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Music Review

Disclosure brings dance fever to the Sinclair
Luke Pyenson prepared the braised brisket with red wine, spices, prunes, carrots, onions, and leeks.

Let the Seder plate determine the menu
Bobby’s Burger Palace at the Burlington Mall.

Cheap Eats

Bobby Flay puts a palace in Burlington
A police man stands guard at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad on Tuesday.

The Podium

The three lessons of Iraq

Sports

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LeBron James gestured after scoring against the Celtics on Monday.

Jason Terry mum on LeBron James’ latest taunt

James said of his dramatic, foul-inducing dunk on Terry on Monday: “I’m glad it happened to him.”

Metro

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Aaron Swartz committed suicide in January while facing felony charges.

MIT students receive hoax e-mail on canceled classes

The bogus e-mail cited an “Aaron Swartz situation,” referencing the hacker who committed suicide in January.

Columnists

JOANNA WEISS

The green movement’s green tactic
The scene at Iraq’s crossed swords monument has changed since US soldiers were photographed at the site in 2008. Iraqi officials had started tearing down the archway in 2007 but quickly halted those plans and began restoring the monument tw o years ago.

JEFF JACOBY

Iraq war worth it?

The Dominican Republic’s Carlos Santana (left) and Fernando Rodney celebrated after beating Puerto Rico in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic.

Christopher L. Gasper

Why isn’t WBC a hit in the US?

Farah Stockman

Going Dutch with Uncle Sam

Adrian Walker

Gerard Leone steps away from government
LeBron James led the Heat past the Celtics on Monday.

Dan Shaughnessy

LeBron looking a lot like Wilt
Kathleen Duffy, center, in white sweater, reacts with surprise after her longtime boyfriend Mark Flaherty Jr. proposes to her in the middle of the St. Patrick’s Day parade in South Boston on Sunday.

Kevin Cullen

Finding good news in South Boston

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Obamacare’s tricky state ‘partnerships’

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A war’s misleading anniversary

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA Tournament continues a chaotic season
Syrians inspected the destruction on Feb. 19 following an apparent surface-to-surface missile strike in Aleppo.

NICHOLAS BURNS

Syria is melting away

Adrian Walker

No straight answers from health center

Nation & World

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Deadly blasts rocked Baghdad Tuesday on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime.

10 years after US-led invasion, peace evades Iraq

Iraq closed a painful decade just as it began: with explosions reverberating around the capital.

Politics

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren to write book on middle-class

The book’s working title is “Rigged,” and is being pitched as a first-hand account of the senator’s battles for the middle class.

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On Tuesday, Biogen Idec received patent protection that will hold off the start of generic competition for its multiple sclerosis pill Tecfidera longer than previously thought. The US Patent Office granted a patent for 15 years.

Biogen’s MS drug wins 15-year patent

Federal officials gave Biogen Idec 15-year patent protection for its pill Tecfidera, which is awaiting US regulatory approval.

Arts

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GALLERIES

From “The Game’s Afoot,” at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Anthony Montuori’s “Into the Void With Yves Klein” (above) invites the player (as Klein, the artist) to jump across rooftops.

What’s up at Boston-area art galleries

With the PAX East gaming convention coming, “The Game’s Afoot: Video Game Art” at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery features art games for viewers to play.

Food & dining

Seasonal Recipes

Recipe for tomato-jalapeno matzo balls

In Rosa Mexicano’s Passover menu this year will be chipotle matzo balls with pozole, a hearty soup that originated in Jalisco.

Magazine

The cover for the March 17 2013 issue

Could rookie Jared Sullinger be the next Kevin Garnett?
The cover for the March 10 2013 issue

Where the jobs are now
The cover for the March 3 2013 issue

Getting through to your kids in the digital age
The cover for the February 24 2013 issue

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger & Catherine Greig’s story

Opinion

“It is never clear in the immediate aftermath of any war what history’s judgment will be.”

Jeff Jacoby 

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Editorial Event | March 21

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2012-09-24%2017.57.29--90x90.tif The story behind ‘Whitey Bulger’

Hear Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy discuss their new bestseller and win a free copy of the book at a VIP signing.

Ideas

“That presidents have stopped wielding the pardon power in a way that matters, critics say, has made the United States a less fair place.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the case for presidential pardons