Facebook to go public, files for $5 billion IPO

The massive social network, founded eight years ago in a Harvard University dorm room, is poised to be the biggest technology company debut since Google went public in 2004.

US eyes end to Afghan combat next year

The United States and other international forces will switch to training and advising Afghan forces through 2014, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.

Egypt soccer riot

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At least 73 killed in riot after Egypt soccer match

Fans flooded the field seconds after a match against a rival team today in one of the country’s worst incidents of sports violence in decades.

Hedge fund moguls top donors to pro-Romney super PAC

Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney, raised $30.1 million last year and has played a major role in his success in the race for the Republican nomination.

Maine girl heads home after 6-organ transplant

A 9-year-old girl is heading home today, three months after enduring one of the most extensive transplant surgeries in the region.

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Six-organ transplant saves 9-year-old Alannah

Alannah Shevenell, 9, of Maine, recovers after a six-organ transplant to remove a rare, life-threatening tumor at Children's Hospital Boston.

Officers with the Boston Municipal Protective Services saluted as the funeral procession for former Boston mayor Kevin White passed.

Former Boston mayor Kevin White remembered with procession, Mass

The former Boston mayor was remembered today with plaudits, prayers, and wisecracks.

American Airlines aims to cut 13,000 jobs

The parent of American Airlines wants to eliminate about 13,000 jobs — 15 percent of its workforce — as the nation’s third-biggest airline remakes itself under bankruptcy protection.

“I don’t think we ever gave up. I don’t think I ever believed she was going to die.’’

Debi Skolas, grandmother of Alannah Shevenell, who received one of the most extensive transplant surgeries in the region  

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Greg Bedard, the Boston Globe’s Patriots reporter, gives us a glimpse inside the minds of our favorite players.

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‘Soul Train’ host Don Cornelius dies of apparent suicide

Maine crew set to recover sunken $3b in platinum

Philips adds wind turbine in Fall River
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The Super Healthy Bowl

Tom Brady at home at Media Day

Galleries

Showcasing the work of an outsider artist

FRAME BY FRAME

Sweet on Sweerts’s ‘Boy With a Hat’

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Media day madness at the Super Bowl

Dining Out

Sweet Cheeks hits a home run, Wahlburgers is destination for Wahlberg fans
Needham, MA 1/24/12 Story is on WcVB's Chronicle news magazine show, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. The show is the oldes locally produced news magazine program in the country and one of the few left. Host Anthony Everett in the studio before the start of the show on Tuesday evening.

‘Chronicle’ marks 30 years on the air

TELEVISION REVIEW

Sketch masters go all out for laughs in ‘Key & Peele’

Road to Super Bowl

Patriots fans looking for best Super Bowl party

Columnists

Scot Lehigh

GOP fight is a long way from being over

Jeff Jacoby

Right-to-work laws stand for choice
Former mayor of Boston Kevin White, poses with his statue located at Faneuil Hall Market area. **Photo taken 2008 Globe photo Bill Brett *** More caption info to follow.

Lawrence Harmon

The unflinching Kevin White
Zak DeOssie is heading into his second Super Bowl for the Giants.

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Zak, Steve DeOssie connected by Super Bowl
Rob Gronkowski slapped five with a reporter from his perch at Media Day yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Rob Gronkowski talks everything but his ankle

Brian McGrory

White’s love for city left room for his dog

Joanna Weiss

On PBS, downward mobility in period garb

Kevin Cullen

Super Bowl an ad for UMass
Before then-Browns head coach Bill Belichick beat Patriots coach Bill Parcells in a playoff game after the 1994 season, he and Tom Coughlin were assistants to Parcells with the Giants.

Dan Shaughnessy

Parcells in unique position with Super Bowl coaches

BOSTON CAPITAL

Facebook’s IPO issues

Bob Ryan

Giants were an oversight in playoff field

Juliette Kayyem

US has tied own hands as Cuba drills

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Words simmer on talk of legacy, a spoiled scoop

A verbal brawl centered on the late Kevin White and a spoiled Boston Herald scoop erupted Monday night on the set of the public affairs television show, Greater Boston.

Nation & World

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President Obama

Obama details plan to jolt housing market

The plan is President Obama’s latest effort to reignite the economy after four years of foreclosures and falling home prices.

Politics

Mitt Romney spoke at a rally today in Minnesota.

Romney criticized for comment about poor people

Democrats and Republicans alike pounced on comments made by Mitt Romney today that he’s ‘‘not concerned about the very poor’’ because they have an ‘‘ample safety net.’’

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Facebook IPO could redefine the social media market

Initial public offerings from social media companies have been underwhelming so far, but the expected Facebook IPO could raise up to $10 billion.

Sports

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Super Bowl the last stop for Bill O'Brien

The Massachusetts native is coaching his last game with the Patriots on Sunday. On Monday, he assumes the responsibilities of being head football coach at Penn State.

Food and dining

Cheap Eats

Good sushi in Union Square made by Guatemalan chefs

Ebi Sushi, a friendly, moderately priced sushi restaurant serves up fresh fish and good Japanese cooking.

Arts

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Book Review

‘The Translation of the Bones’ by Francesca Kay

The novel deals with questions about religious visions.

Magazine

The cover for the January 29 2012 issue

Reversing a restaurant curse
The cover for the January 22 2012 issue

The man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline
The cover for the January 15 2012 issue

Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution
The cover for the January 8 2012 issue

The spirit of giving?

Opinion

“No one can deny his courage in facing the toughest urban problems faced by any mayor in modern memory.”

Lawrence Harmon,  on Kevin H. White

Ideas

“A surprising number have pushed past the humiliation of defeat and laid claim to a level of prominence they might never have attained if they hadn’t run.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on presidential election losers