News Analysis

With shift north, going gets tougher for Santorum

The upcoming Republican primary calendar holds a dwindling number of opportunities for Rick Santorum, making it difficult for him to rebound from the defeat he suffered in Illinois.

Mitt Romney wins Illinois primary

Romney’s resounding win stunted the momentum of rival Rick Santorum and gave the former Mass. governor ammunition to argue that it is time for the GOP to coalesce around him.

Nurses balk at bid to guide dealings with patients

Nurses unions say an increasing number of hospitals nationwide are asking nurses to adhere to standard scripts when talking to patients, down to how often they use a patient’s name.

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Parents fear ‘Hunger Games’ too violent for young fans

Epic fights are already raging between parents who fear the PG-13 film will be too rough for young children and the elementary schoolers who insist they can handle it.

Gambling commission light on casino experience

The newly formed state gambling commission, whose final two members were appointed yesterday, has little expertise in the casino industry it must license and regulate.

Restaurant wage suit gaining steam

More than 300 current and former employees of Back Bay Restaurant Group have joined a lawsuit that accuses the company of failing to pay minimum wages and overtime.

The Charles Street AME Church faced foreclosure by OneUnited Bank.

Roxbury church to file for bankruptcy

Members of the Charles Street AME Church voted to file for federal bankruptcy protection, heading off OneUnited Bank’s plan to auction the historic congregation’s property.

“Tonight’s win means we are that much closer to securing the nomination, uniting our party, and taking on President Obama. We are almost there.”

Mitt Romney,  in an e-mail to supporters

Globe Insiders

To Grammar’s House

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/SPRINGCLEANING2.jpg Spring cleaning for grammar rules

Grammar’s House can get a bit cluttered sometimes, often with rules that are capricious, spurious, or flat-out erroneous.

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Food

Munch Madness 2012

Dining Out

Kika Tapas brings Spanish flair to Kendall Square
Logan Mankins has undergone surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Logan Mankins may not be ready for training camp

Galleries

At area art galleries, artists illuminate worldly things

G Force

Subs fresh from the firehouse
A new Apple iPad was on display during an Apple event in San Francisco earlier this month.

Consumer Reports: New iPad runs ‘significantly hotter’
Jack Williams

Jack Williams leaving WBZ 11 p.m. newscast
The vital records include the intention to marry filed by John Adams and Abigail Smith on Feb. 25, 1764, with a note that the ceremony was performed Oct. 25.

Mass. historical records now searchable online
Patriots guard Logan Mankins had surgery after the Super bowl to repair a torn ACL, ESPN reported Monday night.

Report: Logan Mankins tore ACL

Cambridge panel OK’s Google’s expansion

G cover

Life lessons in Central Square

NCAA finds enthusiastic audience in Boston

Metro

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Cambridge’s Healy stepping down as city manager in 2013

Robert Healy, Cambridge city manager since 1981, will retire in 2013, ending one of the most durable municipal careers in Massachusetts.

Business

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Vendors will offer array of ethnic foods in downtown, Greenway

Boston’s supply of food trucks will increase significantly this spring, with officials authorizing several new vending locations from Copley Square to the Greenway.

Columnists

UConn fans make Huskies games at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., a festive affair.

Bob Ryan

Bob Ryan’s college basketball tour of New England

Joanna Weiss

Still waiting for a heroine of confidence

Brian McGrory

A crime then, and now

Jeff Jacoby

A safer society with guns

opinion | scot lehigh

Santorum’s contraception deception

Kevin Cullen

Let’s give sexual abuse justice time
Will Bill Belichick spend his draft picks this year on defenders to help support Tom Brady?

Tony Massarotti

Still no answers if Patriots have improved

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Start-up charts speed of 3G wireless carriers
A glass tunnel connects the new Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum wing to the original Gardner mansion.

Juliette Kayyem

Gardner’s narrative of resiliency

Bob Ryan

Kentucky’s run came out of the blue
Encyclopaedia Britannica editions on display at the New York Public Library.

JAMES CARROLL

An era, shelved

Yvonne Abraham

The road to wisdom

Nation & World

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Iraq blasts leave 43 dead ahead of summit

As the country prepares for a gathering of Arab leaders, a string of suicide attacks and bombings Tuesday was a reminder that violence still shakes Iraq’s stability.

Politics

Political Notebook

Restore Our Future, the political action committee backing Mitt Romney, spent $10.1 million on television ads, $775,000 on Internet ads, and $523,000 on direct mail last month, according to documents filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.

Super PAC spent $12m aiding Romney in Feb.

Restore Our Future, the political action committee backing Mitt Romney for president, spent $12.2 million last month as the former Mass. governor won the Michigan primary.

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Daisuke Matsuzaka has spent a lot of time in Fort Myers. As soon as he had the surgery last July, he was sent down to the minor league complex.

Daisuke Matsuzaka progressing well in rehab

Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine believes he can turn around the righthander when he returns from Tommy John surgery, probably in late May.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Owner Stephen Silverman (center), with Evando Ananias (right) and pizza maker Geovane Silva, at Ecco Pizzeria.

At Ecco Pizzeria, specialty pizzas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

It’s a big, clean, well-lit, friendly corner spot in Allston.

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Book Review

‘Where Did the Jobs Go and How Do We Get The m Back’ by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

The book offers a nonpartisan primer on the politics of employment.

Magazine

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Grover Norquist: Emperor of no
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Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
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Putting college degrees to work
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24 hours in Kendall Square

Opinion

“To those with an emotional bias against guns, it goes without saying that more guns in private hands invariably mean more crime and violence.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“If the Solutrean hypothesis becomes widely accepted, it would mean that the sea played a central part in human expansion. And in the matter of ‘who came first,’ it would mean that all the Americas have a new origin story to contend with.”

Gareth Cook