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Afghan crisis deepens after killing of 16 civilians
Anar Gul, right, sat next to the body of her grandson, allegedly killed by a US soldier in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province Sunday. A US Army staff sergeant was in custody after the shooting, which officials said left 16 civilians dead.

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Officials said a US soldier shot dead 16 civilians, including nine children, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the killings an “assassination.”

Pittsburgh’s Pascal Dupuis scored against Marty Turco in the third period Sunday for the game’s final goal as the Penguin’s cruised to a 5-2 win.

Penguins 5, Bruins 2

Bruins are punished in Pittsburgh

The Bruins got off to another slow start, this time allowing three goals in the first period, and then could not catch up against the Penguins.

Globe Magazine

Eyes on the ice

As one of 12 Bruins scouts worldwide, Scott “Fitzy” Fitzgerald sees some 225 amateur games a year, looking for tomorrow’s Bobby Orr.

From left to right: Martini Severin, Marissa Berenson, Emily Geaman, Courtney Mirenzi, Liana Krup, Zoe Malliaros, Erin Gates.

Globe Style

7 Boston fashion bloggers with something smart to say

The fashion-blogging community is alive and well in Boston. Meet seven women who put their opinions on style out there for anyone who cares to follow.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Duxbury resident still fighting Pilgrim

A year after Japan’s crisis, Mary Lampert remains committed to closing the nuclear plant, and her efforts have helped drag out the license renewal process for Pilgrim.

Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster

The country paused Sunday to remember the 19,000 people who were killed and to take stock of the monumental tasks ahead.

City school inequalities highlighted at forum

Parents, educators, and city leaders gathered at a Roxbury school Saturday morning to talk about revamping Boston’s school choice system.

globe magazine | Perspective

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/02/29/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/mag11 essayA2.jpg Why Mitt Romney is going the distance

The presidential candidate from Massachusetts is built better than anyone for the long slog.

“I know people don’t necessarily believe it, but we’re not all about revenue. We look at tickets as a deterrent.”

Thomas Tinlin,  commissioner of Boston’s transportation dept.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | March 21, 6 p.m.

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/02/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/lennyclarke copy-018--90x90.jpg Boston, a Comedy Capital

Join Dave Russo, Anthony Scibelli, Tony V, Jimmy Tingle, and Lenny Clarke for a talk about the city’s comedy scene. Laughs guaranteed.

Spring Style Magazine

SPECIAL MAGAZINE

Spring Style

The season’s freshest fashion feels airy and easy — think fluttery shapes, pretty prints, and nothing too structured or serious.

Inside The Boston Globe

Former A’s closer Andrew Bailey once thought he was headed to Wall Street, but that was before he detoured to the All-Star Game and now Boston.

For Andrew Bailey, an unlikely road to Red Sox

Drivers get a break as parking tickets decline

Education-tech ecosystem grows in Boston

Wynn casinos with bold designs, tenacity

ART REVIEW

Impressions of Debussy

Hammitt clutch from Moxie.

Runway Rundown

Pastels: A primer
Pad See Ew with handmade rice noodles at Long Grain in Camden, Maine. (Jonathan Levitt for The Boston Globe)

explore new england

10 meals worth the mileage

Q&A

Why Republicans and Democrats will never agree
César Alvarez at a rehearsal of ‘‘Futurity: A Musical by the Lisps,’’ which premieres Friday at Oberon.

theater review

Civil War meets sci-fi in rock musical ‘Futurity’

Travel

Family-friendly pubs in Greater Boston

Ideas

Inside the board game renaissance

Democratic darling has also been critic

Metro

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Howard Lowell stood on shore near the site of the legendary battle between the Confederate ship Virginia and the USS Monitor, an ironclad led by his great-great-great-grandfather, John Lorimer Worden.

Battle of the ironclads tested their metal

A century and a half ago, a historic battle took place that changed the course of naval warfare. And Boston played a role.

Business

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Big-box retailers shrinking floor space to reduce costs

Brands such as Staples, Old Navy, and Kmart are downsizing their footprints to cut costs following a long period of tepid consumer spending and steady growth in online shopping.

Columnists

Jeff Jacoby

Medallion system shackles cabbies

Joanna Weiss

Contraception, the economic miracle drug

GARETH COOK

Community chest
Although paralyzed, shooting victim Marcus Hurd, questioned by attorney John Amabile in Suffolk Superior Court last week, says he accepts the code of the streets.

Joan Vennochi

As victims accept ‘code,’ more victims are created

Innovation Economy

Boston dreams head west

LOVE LETTERS

Her boyfriend’s ex keeps calling and calling and calling...

Christopher L. Gasper

Seguin is causing idol talk

Adrian Walker

Church, lender need to talk

SCOT LEHIGH

Maybe it’s not Mitt’s fault
John Barros is both a School Committee member and head of a nonprofit which supplies school services.

LAWRENCE HARMON

A little too close for comfort

Boston Capital

Markets rebound. Now what?

Brian McGrory

The politics of panic

Nation & World

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Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmed Hassun, second from right, introduced UN envoy Kofi Annan to other religious figures in Damascus Sunday. Annan, the former UN chief, held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but departed without an agreement to end the violence.

International push to end Syrian conflict stalls

U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan departed Syria on Sunday without an agreement from President Bashar Assad to end the conflict, and Syrian forces kept up an offensive against rebels.

Sports

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Tiger Woods reacted Sunday after hitting a shot on the sixth hole in Doral, Fla.

Tiger Woods withdraws from Cadillac Championship

The golfer had to leave the tournament due to an apparent left leg injury. Woods has had four surgeries on his left knee dating to when he was at Stanford.

Arts

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music preview

“If we’re onstage and play the entire concert safe, that’s not what jazz is about,’’ says Gregory Porter.

Jazz vocalist Gregory Porter sings from the soul

As a boy in a big family with no father in sight, Gregory Porter found succor in the warm, embracing balladry of Nat “King’’ Cole.

Travel

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Ireland

Ireland’s Aran Islands are a bastion of native culture

The country’s roughest seas and 1,000 miles of ancient stone walls have successfully preserved Celtic tradition within their spellbinding shores.

Books

BOOK REVIEW

‘When Politics was King in Irish Boston’ by Gerard O’Neill

How an immigrant group grew in power and influence for the better - and worse.

Magazine

The cover for the March 11 2012 issue

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
The cover for the March 4 2012 issue

Putting college degrees to work
The cover for the February 26 2012 issue

24 hours in Kendall Square
The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected

Opinion

“Changing the conversation — from gender to money, from shame to sanity — would do everyone a world of good.”

Joanna Weiss, on birth control

Ideas

“The best-selling board game today is the board game that was the best-selling board game in 1936. That is Monopoly.”

Game publisher Eric Hautemont