Mass. braces for snow amid blizzard warning

Forecasters warned that Eastern Mass. will be lashed by high winds and blanketed by up to 14 inches of snow this weekend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_redlinebus7_met.jpg All MBTA service suspended Sunday

With a blizzard expected, the MBTA canceled late-night Saturday service and all public transit on Sunday.

The Eureka! puzzle store in Brookline is among the many businesses feeling the pinch.

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After spoiling 3 weekends, snow takes aim at Valentine?s Day

The accumulating winter snows have cost Mass. companies more than $1 billion in lost sales and productivity.

#WageAction planned to distribute candy such as this to low-wage workers.

Campaign promotes pay-raise bill

A coalition will hand out slogan M&M?s to advocate raising hourly wages to $15 for workers at major corporations.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/14/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/neander-535.jpg Our lost cousins, the Neanderthals

New research suggests they were far more similar to us than we thought. So why did our nearest relations really disappear?

Small, elite network heavily represented in academia, study finds

The pattern at top universities could shape what research is done, what collaborations occur, and which ideas catch on.

Prosecutor seeking to charge Argentine president in coverup

The charges allege Cristina Fernández de Kirchner covered up negotiations to shield Iranians from responsibility over a 1994 bombing.

Clogged roads can?t stop that very special delivery

The florists of Boston have a challenge this Valentine?s Day ? how to deliver those fragile bouquets in a snow-clogged city.

Passengers squeezed onto a bus during the morning commute at the Quincy Adams MBTA station Wednesday.

Evan Horowitz

Want to fix the T? Don?t forget to pay for it.

This week?s delays and derailments have renewed calls to fix our aging system. There?s a plan in place. But is it funded?

An aerial view of a heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak.

Brainiac

Why economic sanctions usually don?t work

When the US cuts economic ties with a country, other nations eagerly pick up the slack, political scientist Bryan Early says.

It?s huge, and proving irresistible to winter sports enthusiasts at MIT.

Residents, students are climbing the ?Alps of MIT?

A massive snow mound on the Cambridge campus has turned into a place for people to sled, ski, and climb.

Bartender Harrison Fish mixed a drink for the one patron at the bar at Boston Chops restaurant on Friday.

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Restaurants are open, but where are the customers?

As the snow piles up, so does our misery, and many of us want to do nothing but hunker down at home.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (left) with her colleagues at the State of the Union address last month.

Ginsburg not ?100 percent sober? at State of the Union

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she drank wine at dinner with other justices before the event, where cameras caught her nodding off.

Graphic: How to clear snow from your roof

Clearing your roof after heavy snowfall is important, especially if yours is vulnerable to collapse.

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The Globe?s Ty Burr and Janice Page share their choices for who will win, who should win, who shouldn?t be nominated, and who was robbed.

The Big Picture

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Snow keeps piling up in New England

The record-breaking snow amounts have caused major commuting issues and damaged property.