CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tom Brady at his best for Patriots once again

If it weren?t for Brady, the Patriots would have lost and been reclining in their La-Z-Boys this week.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Dan_Shaughnessy_150px-7874.jpg Patriots flash back to glory days with comeback win over Ravens

After rallying from two 14-point deficits, the Patriots and their fans are planning on a trip to the Super Bowl.

Foxborough, MA 1/10/15 New England Patriots Shane Vereen signaling touchdown as teammate Danny Amendola beats Baltimore Ravens Anthony Levine after Amendola's 51 yard touchdown reception from Julian Edelman during third quarter action of the AFC Divisional Round playoffs at Gillette Stadium on Saturday January 10, 2015. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) Topic: Fan Watch pics Reporter: Anthony V Gulizia

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When things got tough, the Patriots got creative

Trick plays and gimmicky formations add up to a trip to the AFC Championship Game for Patriots.

FOXBORO, MA - JANUARY 10: Rob Gronkowski #87 and Danny Amendola #80 of the New England Patriots walk off the field following the 2015 AFC Divisional Playoffs game against the Baltimore Ravens at Gillette Stadium on January 10, 2015 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

Danny Amendola has a grasp on playoff football

The oft-maligned Amendola came up clutch several times in New England?s comeback win.

Matt King, director of quality assurance and regulatory affairs at InfoBionic in Lowell, says he gets calls  every week trying to pry him away from his job, which shows how many life-sciences employers are looking for workers.

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Life-sciences firms cast wide net to fill openings

The maturing sector increasingly needs other types of workers as more products move to full commercialization.

John L. Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

Challenges in Asia await Pope Francis

Francis?s Asian odyssey could be another turning point in a papacy already full of drama.

Spectacular views of the Northern lights in Iceland from Visit Iceland. 11muther

Christopher Muther

On the hunt for the northern lights in Iceland

A trip to Iceland to catch the electrical collisions as they splash their color over a favorite place.

Boston?s bid for the 2024 Olympics

Boston, a first-time contender for the Olympics, will be competing amid a more favorable landscape than New York and Chicago did recently.

Brian Snyder/REUTERS

Timing may be right for Boston?s Olympic bid

Boston, a first-time contender, will be competing amid a more favorable landscape than New York and Chicago did recently.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/2015-01-09T154501Z_2090119570_NOCID_RTRMADP_3_OLYMPICS-BOSTON-2024-PRESS-CONFERENCE.jpg Convincing case made by Boston for Olympic bid

The road to Boston?s nomination was filled with strategy sessions, fund-raising calls, and bid presentation prep.

Yvonne Abraham

Boston?s Sally Field moment

It will be much harder to outright oppose, or criticize, Boston?s Olympic bid now that the USOC is behind it. But we should.

Representative Steve King is gathering outsized influence in presidential politics as a gatekeeper in Iowa, the state that holds the nation?s first caucuses.

A provocateur the GOP can?t afford to ignore

Representative Stephen King of Iowa is emerging as a gatekeeper for 2016 presidential hopefuls.

French cartoons were shown during an event Saturday at the French Cultural Center in Boston.

Kevin Cullen

French attacks bring doubts on US free speech

Je suis Charlie is an understandable and admirable reaction, but how much truth is there in it?

Dolo Nosamiefan degowned on his way out of the Broad Institute lab where samples of the Ebola virus are studied.
At the Broad Institute?s genomics platform in Cambridge, where process development associate Kendra West worked with samples that were being sequenced, researchers hope to find clues in the genetic code of the Ebola virus that has killed 8,000 in West Africa. 
Stephen Gire traveled to Sierra Leone as the Ebola outbreak was raging because he felt a strong sense of obligation to help however he could. He returned with 425 samples of Ebola virus taken from infected patients.

Researchers race to halt Ebola?s spread

Cambridge scientists are using sophisticated genetic machinery to determine how the virus might be attacked.

Charlie Baker was sworn in as governor on Thursday.

Baker missteps in inaugural speech

The wrenching story Gov. Baker told about an Easton teen who fell victim to opiate addiction wasn?t quite right.

Whitman?s Colebrook Cemetery had gravesites, some centuries old, vandalized last weekend.

With Whitman gravestones, a sense of decency toppled

Dozens of local residents flocked to the Colebrook Cemetery to check on the final resting place of their forebears.

Opinion

Dr. Angelo Volandes

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0111oped_BG_volandes.jpg Prescribing the end-of-life conversation

Doctors fail to have meaningful discussions with patients and their families about how to live life?s final chapter.

The Big Picture

Reuters

The natural world: animal patterns

Animals, and their interesting forms, textures, patterns, movements, and colors, offer rich inspiration for photographers.

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