Nations urge democratic transition in Syria
Protesters chanted slogans against President Bashar Al-Assad's regime today in northern Syria.

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International pressure increased today on Syria as at least 50 people were killed in the Assad’s regime continuing violent crackdown.

Koran burning

More Koran protests leave 7 dead

The top US commander in Afghanistan told troops to resist avenging the death of two American soldiers killed in riots.

Iran rapidly expands nuclear work, UN agency says

A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency has fed concerns about how quickly Iran could produce an atomic bomb.

New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine (center, in shorts) has the attention of his players (mostly pitchers) as he addresses them before a workout yesterday in Fort Myers, Fla.

Dan Shaughnessy

Pedroia still smarting from failures of 2011

Red Sox infielder Dustin Pedroia said he “didn’t know what was going on” in the clubhouse, and is still not over how the team’s season ended.

Romney tells Detroit he’ll revive economy

Mitt Romney told Michigan business leaders today he’ll lower taxes and lessen the role of the federal government if he’s elected president.

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Viola Davis has repeatedly defended herself and her movie after playing a maid in “The Help.”

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Some races are tight, while others seem to be a lock. Globe film critic Wesley Morris handicaps Sunday night’s awards.

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Who will win, who should win, who was robbed, and who shouldn’t be nominated? Globe film critic Ty Burr gives his Oscar picks.

“Yawkey Way and Lansdowne Street are public property. The public should receive fair market value for the use of its property.”

Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan 

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Globe editorial page editor Peter S. Canellos moderates a discussion with Globe writers Scott Helman, Scot Lehigh, and Frank Phillips on the Republican presidential candidate.

Inside The Boston Globe

Boston University’s high security research lab in Boston.

April hearing set for BU biolab

Gay spouse murder case puts focus on long-hidden problem
As Red Sox DH David Ortiz (backround, center) signed autographs for a large group of fans in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday, one fan asked his son D’Angelo, who had been sitting on the grass waiting for his dad, if he would sign a ball for him, and the youngster obliged.

Photos

Globe photos of the week

Nominate

Seeking the most innovative people in Massachusetts
Artist and author Kadir Nelson with one of his picture-book paintings, of Josh Gibson, on display at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst

Picturing baseball’s Negro League greats

Epstein relishes challenge of building Cubs

Probation promotions are invalid, judge says

names

Beer run for Samuel Adams

Fingerprint rule shakes Conn. city

How the French are influencing a generation of helicopter parents
Real Navy SEALs - either staging a ground assault or dropping from the sky - star in “Act of Valor.’’

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Act of Valor’ comes with a real SEAL of approval

How Callista Gingrich makes her hair stay still

Columnists

Alex Beam

The 15 percent non-solution

Boston Capital

Clean Harbors Inc. cleans up financially

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Excitement deserves a tax break

Scot Lehigh

Santorum’s faith is too extreme
New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine (center, in shorts) has the attention of his players (mostly pitchers) as he addresses them before a workout yesterday in Fort Myers, Fla.

Dan Shaughnessy

Pedroia still smarting from failures of 2011
An attendee uses the Samsung Galaxy Note to draw a portrait at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. The 2012 CES trade show, which runs through Jan 13, features more than 2,700 global technology companies presenting consumer tech products and is expected to draw over 140,000 attendees. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Tech Lab

Galaxy Note misses mark

Yvonne Abraham

Spinning deadly lies

Joan Vennochi

BU hockey team needs to change its jock culture
Rajon Rondo’s suspension after an incident in Sunday’s game raises questions about his maturity.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rajon Rondo may not be a building block

Brian McGrory

A new light on a Kennedy line

Kevin Cullen

Rooting for Jeremy Lin

Juliette Kayyem

A dramatic shipwreck, a daring rescue

Metro

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City should get more from Sox, watchdog says

The state’s inspector general said the city should demand significantly more money for turning over Yawkey Way to fans on game days.

Business

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Google privacy policy

Google policy brings privacy worry

Regulators and consumer watchdogs fear a change to Google’s policy will compromise the privacy of millions.

Nation & World

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Mormon group may have baptized Frank

A new allegation has surfaced that the Mormon church has posthumously baptized a Holocaust victim, this time Anne Frank.

Politics

Political Notebook

Jon Huntsman calls for alternate party

The former presidential hopeful called for a third political party “to compete against a duopoly that is getting old and tired.’’

Sports

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Braun's 50-game suspension is overturned

Reigning National League MVP Ryan Braun has become the sport’s first player to successfully appeal a positive drug test and escape a 50-game suspension.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Addiction Incorporated’ puts Big Tobacco under a microscope

An eminently watchable documentary about how the tide turned against Big Tobacco.

Arts

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ART REVIEW

Radcliffe Bailey looks back to move forward

He explores the Middle Passage in the impressive “Memory as Medicine” show at Davis Museum.

Magazine

The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected
The cover for the February 12 2012 issue

Boston wedding venue guide
The cover for the February 5 2012 issue

What if the lights go out?
The cover for the January 29 2012 issue

Reversing a restaurant curse

Opinion

“Authenticity ... loses its mainstream electoral appeal when what’s genuine about a candidate is a rigid, intolerant, fundamentalist perspective.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“Rich people have a harder time connecting with others. They are less charitable. They are less likely to help someone in trouble. And if you think you’d behave differently in their place, you’re wrong.”

Britt Peterson, on the psychology of being rich