With three wins, Rick Santorum upends GOP race

A resurgent Santorum won contests in Colorado, Minnesota, and Missouri in a stunning sweep that raised fresh questions about front-runner Mitt Romney.

Obama seeks to defuse contraception rule uproar

The White House sought to ease objections from religious leaders to a new rule that would require health insurance plans to offer free birth control.

Celtics 94, Bobcats 84

Paul Pierce passes Larry Bird on Celtics’ scoring list

A 3-pointer in the third quarter against the Bobcats pushed Paul Pierce past Larry Bird for second on the Celtics’ all-time scoring list.

Longfellow Bridge loses outbound car lane in new design

As part of a new design, the rebuilt Longfellow Bridge will shrink to a single lane bound for Cambridge and gain wider bike lanes and sidewalks.

5.4 million US workers call it quits

A record-high number of people have disappeared from the labor force, most having given up looking and are not counted in the official jobless rate.

Senator seeks Chelsea inquiry

Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa wants an explanation for why the Chelsea Housing Authority permits managers to live in public housing almost rent-free.

No say for some who would be casinos’ neighbors

The new casino bill gives tremendous power to local residents to decide if a casino will be built in their community, but residents in neighboring towns are not so fortunate.

“What else will I do if that resume doesn’t work?’’

Barbara Bobea, laid off from a human resources job two years ago 

Globe Insiders

Globe Talks | Feb. 15, 6 p.m.

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Join the Boston Globe’s movie critics, Ty Burr and Wesley Morris, for a conversation about this year’s Academy Awards.

Inside The Boston Globe

Giving voice to slain social worker

Political Notebook

Pro-Romney super PAC donors identified

Galleries

Mechanics laid bare for thought

On football

Fateful pass a rare type for Welker
Salvatore DiMasi left the Moakley Federal Court last year after being sentenced to eight years in prison.

DiMasi may testify to US panel

Lowell Richards, Boston visionary, dies

Video | Opinion

Was Gisele right or wrong in defending Tom?

tech lab

Next gaming thrill: ‘Kingdoms of Amalur’

Black church reaches out to gay, transgender teens
Mitt Romney held a campaign rally today in Grand Junction, Colo.

Changing Colo. poses challenge to Republicans

MUSIC REVIEW

Sound Icon brings Haas’s ‘in vain’ into the dark

Patriots won hearts in year of great loss

Columnists

Derrick Z. Jackson

An environmental chain reaction

Scot Lehigh

DeLeo’s success with health reform

Jeff Jacoby

Ganging up on Ginsburg — way too quickly
Bill Belichick took questions for the final time this season yesterday.

Dan Shaughnessy

As losses go, we’ve seen worse than Patriots’

alex beam

Eat free or die

boston capital

Staples sees slow sales in economic recovery

Joanna Weiss

Facebook angst for the millions

Kevin Cullen

The homegoing of a Lonely Eagle

tech lab

Next gaming thrill: ‘Kingdoms of Amalur’
The defensive breakdown that led to Mario Manningham key catch in the fourth quarter last night was one of the plays that doomed the Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI.

Tony Massarotti

Better balance must be Patriots’ priority
Ahmad Bradshaw’s touchdown late in the fourth quarter turned into the winning touchdown.

Bob Ryan

Ultimately, Patriots couldn’t get Giants off field
The day after over 70 fans were killed during a riot, the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt, sits still. It was the deadliest soccer stadium disaster since 1996.

Juliette Kayyem

Not just a game

Metro

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Residents turn to towns for help battling coyotes

In Brookline, Newton, and Belmont, where coyote sightings have become more frequent, residents are urging town officials to take steps to control the population.

Business

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Fans flock to Schilling’s midnight delivery

More than 250 people waited Monday night for Curt Schilling to autograph their copies of “Kingdoms of Amalur,” the first release from his video game company.

Nation & World

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US to drastically scale back expansive embassy in Iraq

Less than two months after US troops left, the State Department is preparing to slash by as much as half the enormous diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq.

Politics

President Barack Obama spoke in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

Obama embraces super PAC funding, despite past criticisms

The president’s campaign manager wrote that, despite Obama’s past opposition, Democrats cannot play by two sets of rules.

Sports

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Women's Beanpot

Huskies work OT for all the beans

Northeastern’s captain converted a feed from Kendall Coyne 5:27 into overtime to lift the Huskies past BU, 4-3, in the Beanpot championship game.

Food and dining

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Art of the Heart: The area’s top chocolates

As Valentine’s Day approaches, here’s our survey of the region’s best chocolates.

Arts

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STAGE REVIEW

Fairy tale characters to the rescue in ‘Calvin’s Monster’

A simple story about confronting one’s fears has been transformed into a charming, high-energy musical by the Boston Children’s Theatre.

Magazine

The cover for the February 5 2012 issue

What if the lights go out?
The cover for the January 29 2012 issue

Reversing a restaurant curse
The cover for the January 22 2012 issue

Mother worries about her Occupy Wall Street protester son
The cover for the January 15 2012 issue

Mass. voting maps reflect State House evolution

Opinion

“A newly released report found that a range of insect-eating songbirds can concentrate mercury in their blood at rates that can stunt reproduction.”

Derrick Z. Jackson 

Ideas

“For American enthusiasts of the Kagame regime, the Ingabire case points to a dilemma: Rwanda’s remarkable reconciliation and success have gone hand in hand with severely curtailed freedom of speech.”

Peter Canellos,  on free expression in Rwanda