Details remain scarce on full service for MBTA

Delays and cancellations left commuters with long waits at North Station on Tuesday.

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MBTA officials said their timeline includes ?incremental? restoration of service and that they are working on a strategy.

BOSTON â?? 2/17/2015: Delays and cancellations left commuters with long waits at North Station on Tuesday. (Sean Proctor/Globe Staff)

Legislative fix to MBTA woes may come slowly

Legislators are frustrated by the MBTA?s failures, but so far there?s no consensus on a solution.

J.J. Giugliano Jr. plowd Pleasant Street near Monument Square in Charlestown Tuesday.

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Weary region finds a new outlook on snow: Just laugh

We?ll be telling our grandchildren about this awe-inspiring winter, so we might as well have some funny stories.

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Immigrants and their advocates took stock after a judge halted two initiatives by President Obama.

New York woman dies hiking in New Hampshire

The 32-year-old died after becoming stranded in a blizzard during a hike in the New Hampshire mountains.

02/17/15: Tewksbury, MA: A man was shot dead by Tewksbury police today following an incident in the parking lot of the Salter School. As Middlesex County D.A. Marian Ryan (foreground center) and Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan (foreground left) speak to reporters at the entrance to the school's parking lot, students are pictured leaving the building for the day. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:Metro topic: Tewksbury Shooting

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Police say man killed in shooting stabbed two people

Police in Tewksbury shot dead a man who they said stabbed two people at a school and was carrying a BB gun.

Foxborough-01/24/15-The Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks to the media to talk about his finding on the deflated football controversy. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (sports)

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Ben Volin | On football

Patriots locker room attendant eyed in Deflategate, report says

The locker room attendant tried to give an unapproved football to an official in the AFC Championship, ESPN reported.

PHOENIX, AZ - FEBRUARY 02: (L-R) Tom Brady of the New England Patriots holds the Super Bowl XLIX MVP trophy during a Chevrolet Super Bowl XLIX MVP press conference folowing the Patriots Super Bowl win over the Seattle Seahawks on February 2, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tom Brady should borrow a play from David Ortiz?s book

Fresh off some more postseason heroics, the Patriots QB should swing for the fences like the Red Sox slugger.

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?The fans here deserved more than what they?ve received,? said the team president.

Produce manager Michael Matta stocking the produce section at Brother?s Marketplace in Medfield.

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The wilt watch at local supermarkets

A change in shopping habits can help bring fresher vegetables to our tables ? even in the worst of winters.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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A business incubator in Dudley Square nurtures ideas away from the Boston area?s startup culture.

In this Feb. 9, 2015, photo, a Chinese chef prepares a mountain of Boston lobsters at the Auspicious Garden restaurant in Pangu Seven Star Hotel in Beijing. Every morning the Auspicious Garden restaurant in Beijing receives around 800 lobsters that have just crossed the Pacific aboard a cargo plane. In the evening, hundreds of diners fill the two-story restaurant in the gigantic hotel for a nearly $80 all-you-can-eat buffet with the New England specialty as the main attraction. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

American lobster is new Chinese New Year delicacy

Lobster is a festive delicacy and a good-luck symbol, as well as a mark of prosperity.

opinion | NICHOLAS BURNS

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If we are patient, strong, and unyielding, we will win against the Russian president like we won the Cold War.

The Big Picture

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Fire and ice in Japan

Winter festivals in Japan this past week have made for some interesting visual juxtapositions.