Malcolm Butler?s first career interception came at the most opportune time.

No-name decides Super Bowl as Malcolm Butler does job

Butler, an undrafted rookie, made the biggest play of his young life Sunday night. It was also the biggest play of the Patriots? season.

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Brady threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns in the Patriots? 28-24 victory over the Seahawks.

Shane Vereen touched the ball five times on the final drive to help set up Brady?s game-winning touchdown pass.

Shane Vereen steps to forefront

Vereen touched the ball five times on the final drive to help set up Brady?s game-winning touchdown pass.

Darrelle Revis celebrated with the Lombardi Trophy after the game.

Patriots Notebook

Offseason prize Darrelle Revis comes through

Revis gave up a touchdown to Doug Baldwin, but played the kind of game the Patriots expected of him.

Chris Matthews was a hero in waiting until the Patriots won

The Seattle wide receiver had his first NFL catch and first NFL touchdown in the first half of the Super Bowl.

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The Seattle coaches and quarterback Russell Wilson took the blame after an intercepted pass at the goal line ended their chances.

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Teams brawl after crucial interception

Emotions ran high following Malcom Butler?s interception, resulting in Seattle LB Bruce Irvin?s ejection.

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The Seahawks? cornerback initiated the decades-old tradition of a postgame handshake between opponents.

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A snow emergency takes effect Monday, which means vehicles parked on major roadways could be towed. Snow removal crews worked on Sunday. CREDIT: Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

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Commuters were urged to use public transportation Monday and Boston officials canceled school.

Fans celebrated on Boylston Street after the Patriots victory in Super Bowl XLIX.

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Patriots fans take to streets, parks of Boston in celebration

Fans filled sidewalks and gathered outdoors around Boston in chilly temperatures after the New England Patriots? victory.

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Pop star Katy Perry performed Sunday at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show with singer Lenny Kravitz and special guest Missy Elliott.

Ben DeForest (left) and Emily Kerwin experienced a range of emotions while watching the game at Jerry Remy?s Sports Bar & Grill.

Local Patriots fans caught in ups, downs of Super Bowl

Patriots fans rejoiced in family rooms and taverns across the region as the team squeaked past the Seahawks to claim a Super Bowl victory.

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A Czech Republic native was deported after racking up more than 100 criminal charges, but tried to sneak back into the US twice.

The Big Picture

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Super Bowl XLIX

The New England Patriots battled the Seattle Seahawks in America?s premiere sporting event.

Opinion

James Carroll

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Humans spend a lot of energy attempting to not know what we know very well.

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Jared Sullinger gathers in the ball in front of fallen Miami Heat's Hassan Whiteside during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Heat 83, Celtics 75

Heat hand Celtics third straight loss

The Celtics managed just 31 points in the first half of their Sunday matinee at TD Garden.

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Some UMass trustees put off by Caret?s departure

The trustees say they felt blindsided by President Robert Caret?s announcement last month that he was leaving.

Columnists

Mike Ross

Rotten or not?
Atul Gawande

James Carroll

Facing our mortality
New York Police Commissioner William Bratton (right), with Mayor Bill de Blasio, wants to give officers more time to engage with the community.

Kevin Cullen

Another Bratton revolution for NYPD

Yvonne Abraham

Exploiting voter amnesia
In the 2002 sci-fi film ?Minority Report? Tom Cruise plays a detective who investigates crimes that have not yet occurred.

Mike Ross

The future is here ? for retailers

JEFF JACOBY

No, 2014 wasn?t the ?warmest year in history?
A rendering shows the Olympic Boulevard concept. Organizers have also suggested calling the area ?Midtown.?

DANTE RAMOS

Olympic Boulevard, Boston 2024?s upside
A program that reads and monitors vehicle license plates near border crossings like this one in California at the Mexican border has expanded into a database that tracks the movement of millions of vehicles throughout the US.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

License-plate readers violate our principles
The Prouty Garden site would be sacrificed under a planned expansion at Boston Children?s Hospital.

Thomas Farragher

Special place at Children?s Hospital endangered
Most countries adhere to a basic set of global rules and norms, participate in international institutions, and are integrated into an interdependent global economy. Pictured: The United Nations General Assembly last year.

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Are threats to US bigger than ever? No
Mitt Romney.

SCOT LEHIGH

Romney makes the right call
Tom Brady and Bill Belichick congratulate each other after the Patriots clinched another AFC East title last month.

Ty Burr

Not bowled over by Super Bowl

Nation & World

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FILE - In a Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama?s budget will propose an ambitious six-year, $478 billion public works program of highway, bridge and transit upgrades, half of it financed with a one-time mandatory tax on profits that U.S. companies have amassed overseas, White House officials said. Obama will unveil a $4 trillion budget on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Income inequality is target in Obama budget

President Obama will propose a 10-year budget Monday that stabilizes the federal deficit but does not seek balance.

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T. Alan Hatton is leading an MIT research project that got $80,000 in funding to make a small-scale commercial prototype of a carbon capture device.

MIT smokestack scrubber promises lower costs

The project seeks to lower the energy needed to remove carbon dioxide by using an electrochemical device similar in concept to a rechargeable battery.

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Anne Dorval plays a single mother dealing with an unbalanced teenage son in ?Mommy,? written and directed by Xavier Dolan.

Movies

Xavier Dolan shows a certain instinct in ?Mommy?

?Mommy? is the fifth feature from 25-year-old Canadian actor-filmmaker Xavier Dolan.

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Why is it difficult to make friends after 30?

I hadn?t made a new close friend in years. Why is it hard to connect once you have a family?

Winter Arts Preview

Bob Odenkirk reprises his ?Breaking Bad? role in ?Better Call Saul.?

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With ?Saul,? there?s no end to the story

?Better Call Saul,? premiering Sunday night at 10 p.m., is a prequel to the universally acclaimed AMC drama ?Breaking Bad.?

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