Even in prison, ?Whitey? Bulger is pushing boundaries

Basking in his perverse celebrity behind bars, the ancient hoodlum has been busy getting himself and others in trouble.

48 Oceanside Drive has been flooded at least 10 times in four decades.
The owner of the home at 48 Oceanside Drive had just repaired her $1 million vacation home from a devastating 2013 storm when it was hit hard by a blizzard in late January.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

A call to cull homes threatened by the sea

A growing movement is underway to level the homes that cost taxpayers the most to keep dry.

Kevin Cullen

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Home-care professionals just get on with it, because neither they nor the people they help have the luxury of just riding out the storm.

Ricardo Hernandez removed snow from the sidewalk along Boylston Street in Boston this past week. Another storm on tap could leave Mass. with up to two feet of snow by Tuesday.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Two feet of snow could hit region by early Tuesday

Mass. could see 6 to 12 inches by Sunday, but the hammer is expected to drop early Monday, forecasters said.

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Locals are readying for another round of snowfall while still contending with the wintry detritus from previous storms.

Cambridge Assistant City Manager Brian P. Murphy dies at 50

Murphy, a former Cambridge city councilor and deputy secretary for the state Department of Transportation, died suddenly Thursday.

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The former Olympian was driving one of the cars involved in a three-vehicle crash that killed one and injured five, officials said.

Gerald Voecks (left), Michael Hecht (second from left), and Jeff Hoffman (right) are working on technology to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars.

Sean Proctor/Globe Staff

Elder scientists work to send humans to Mars

A group of retiree-aged space pros is building an early version of a technology that could enable the next generation to breathe on Mars.

Professor Ewa Lajer-Burcharth did not need her university role  to utilize the Art Study Center at the Harvard Art Museums.

Art Study Center at Harvard allows close-up access to genius

It is hard not to be spellbound by the experience of being in close, unharried proximity to great works of art, made available especially for you.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/04/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/joehelen001sA.jpg A Gloucester couple?s love story spans the ages

?It doesn?t matter if you?re 23 or 52,? Helen said of marrying her husband. ?Life began for both of us.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Was8900260.jpg Brian Williams to take himself off NBC for ?several days?

Williams said he is temporarily stepping away amid questions about his memories of war coverage in Iraq.

Hyperlite Mountain Gear, where Deena Presby of Saco is a stitcher, and other businesses are helping keep the city?s textile tradition alive.

Fred Field for the Boston Globe

Biddeford?s mills at center of downtown revival

The mill district in Biddeford, Maine, was a symbol of its decline and decay, but now houses an array of startups and small businesses.

Austin

Cheap and warm winter getaways in the US

We sleuthed out a sampling of least expensive US cities, filtering for sunny skies and warmer-than-Boston temps.

Dinner and a movie ? all in one place

The dine-in movie experience combines yummy food, umbrella drinks, and plush seating.

Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback and Super Bowl MVP, holds the Super Bowl trophy during the New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX victory parade in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2015. Thousands of New England Patriots fans, most wearing several layers of clothing, hit the streets of Boston on Wednesday to celebrate their team's Super Bowl victory with a downtown parade after two massive snowstorms. REUTERS/Katherine Taylor (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT FOOTBALL)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Is Tom Brady the best athlete in Boston history?

Brady is the best combination of individual brilliance, statistical accomplishment, championship credentials, and pop culture panache.

Buzzsaw

John Oliver brings the facts with the funny

Just because a news anchor traffics in satire and irony doesn?t mean he works in the fake news industry.

Opinion

opinion | Flemming Rose

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The foreign editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten argues that living by the principle of ?do not offend? will end in a tyranny of silence.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month for January

A look at just some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.