NFL playoffs

NFL investigating Patriots for deflating game balls

The Patriots? 45-7 win over the Colts in the AFC Championship Game did not come without a little controversy.

The last time the Seahawks and the Patriots met, Richard Sherman (left) picked off Tom Brady once.

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Super Bowl XLIX: How Patriots match up vs. Seahawks

Two of the NFL?s best defenses will go head-to-head when they meet in the NFL championship game.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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The rain didn?t let up and neither did the Patriots, who advanced to their sixth Super Bowl since 2001.

Patriots 45, Colts 7

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The Patriots advanced to their sixth Super Bowl in the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

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For the second straight postseason, LeGarrette Blount (148 yards rushing, 3 TDs) carved up Indy?s run defense.

Some suits allege retailers make customers think a ZIP code is needed to use a credit card.

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Mass. retailers who ask for ZIP codes hit with lawsuits

Critics allege retailers use the information to confirm shoppers? addresses and then bombard them with junk mail.

TORONTO, ON - DECEMBER 2: Tyler Seguin #91 of the Dallas Stars stretches prior to play against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on December 2, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)

After one-sided Bruins trade, it?s a breakaway for Tyler Seguin

After being traded in part because the Bruins believed he was too immature, Tyler Seguin has blossomed into a superstar in Dallas.

Weymouth police are investigating the incident, along with the Norfolk District Attorney?s office and State Police.

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Weymouth mother found dead, son killed by police

Paul Campbell, 49, was allegedly in an agitated state and armed with multiple knives outside their home in Weymouth.

18loosenukes - In this Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1997 file photo, soldiers prepare to destroy a ballistic SS-19 missile in the yard of the largest former Soviet military rocket base in Vakulenchuk, Ukraine, 220 kilometers (137 miles) west of Kiev. The U.S. helped Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations secure former Soviet nuclear weapons and dismantle some of them under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program initiated by Sens. Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar. (Associated Press)

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Russia ends US nuclear security alliance

The declaration ended one of the most successful areas of cooperation between the former Cold War adversaries.

James Carroll

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By now, even many of his once-passionate admirers admit to a profound disenchantment.

 Friends left flowers on Wareham Street in Middleborough, where Nathan Childs?s Grand Jeep Cherokee crashed early Sunday morning.

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After school performance, teen dies in car crash

Nathan Childs, 18, a senior at Middleborough High School, had a role in the school?s production of ?Grease: The Musical.?

Pope Francis led a mass at Rizal Park in Manila.

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Pope will accept invitation to address Congress, report says

Pope Francis will address a joint session of Congress before his visit to Philadelphia in September.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-7764.jpg King had a dream. His children have an army of lawyers.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. didn?t die with a particularly large estate, but his legacy has turned out to be worth a fortune.

Google is celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a local artist?s illustration.

Roxbury artist creates Google Doodle for MLK Day

Ekua Holmes?s illustration honoring the civil rights leader is the featured image on Google?s US homepage today.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

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King evoked the shame of his nation?s grievous racial injustices ? yet he never broke faith with that nation.

The Big Picture

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The Naga tribes of Myanmar

Around 120,000 people live in the Naga Self-Administered Zone, where they survive mainly by subsistence farming and hunting.

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