State promises $5.2b in local aid to cities, towns
Funding in the next fiscal year includes a $145 million increase for schools, the highest level of state aid to local school districts in state history.
Gaming Commission won’t rush on casinos
State gambling regulators will not open the sweepstakes for the three casino licenses for at least another nine to 18 months, says commission chief Stephen P. Crosby.
Analysis
Wild day, feisty debate scramble GOP race
The raucous debate capped off a tumultuous 24 hours for the Republican party, leaving the impression that South Carolina’s primary has become a shaken snow globe.
Suggs, Brady: Getty Images; Light: Globe Photo; Lewis: Reuters
On Football
Breaking down the Ravens-Patriots matchups
Who has the edge? NFL writer Greg A. Bedard examines how the teams will line up in Sunday’s AFC title game.
MIT math bee creates campus star
At most schools, the Big Man on Campus is usually a star athlete. But MIT is not like most schools; at the math-obsessed university, the BMOC is the winner of the Integration Bee.
City website will track residents’ weight loss
The Boston Public Health Commission will guide residents in losing weight as part of Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s vow to help the population collectively shed a million pounds.
“Geek pride is something you exercise with caution. It’s not necessarily a pickup line I would use.’’
Sriram Krishnan, four-time MIT Integration Bee champion
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
‘Rockefeller’ lawyers suggest new suspect
Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who masqueraded for years as Clark Rockefeller, was in court for a hearing to determine if he will face trial on a first-degree murder charge.
Nation & World
Senate, House postpone vote on anti-piracy bill
Facing a storm of protest over online piracy legislation, Senate and House leaders said today they will put off further action on the measure.
Politics
Perry exits; Santorum now No. 1 in Iowa
Yesterday’s revelations jarred both the Republican presidential field and its expectations before tomorrow’s important South Carolina vote.
Business
Cayman funds spur scrutiny for Romney
Mitt Romney’s campaign continued to deny suggestions yesterday that he invested money in off-shore funds to dodge US taxes — and some industry executives backed him up.
Sports
Bruins 4, Devils 1
Bruins rally for win over Devils
Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell scored in a 35-second span in a four-goal third period that carried the Bruins to victory.
Movies
Movie Review
‘Red Tails’ tends to stall when it is in the air
This George Lucas-produced action movie about Tuskegee Airmen during World War II means well, but it’s too basic to be rousing or even heartening.
Arts
Art Review
Victoria Morton presents new Gardner’s inaugural show
It’s not the most auspicious beginning to the museum’s renewed contemporary art program, but it has some merits.
Opinion
“It’s not even late January, and I’m already sick of the election-year political conversation.”
Carlo Rotella
Ideas
“The problem, as Shoup and his allies see it, is that parking on the street is simply too desirable. Because spaces are so cheap, drivers have a powerful incentive to spend time hunting for them.”
Leon Neyfakh on the case for the $6 parking meter