Bay State wary of Air Force base cuts

State and congressional leaders are bracing for a battle over a Pentagon plan to strip aircraft from one Air Force base in Western Mass. and possibly cut personnel at another.

Gay marriage a state-by-state tussle

New England is viewed as the nation’s bulwark of gay marriage, but same-sex marriage faces challenges in New England and across nation as states overturn their laws.

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Singer-songwriter Adele was the biggest winner at the 54th annual Grammy Awards.

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She won six awards, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, and Song of the Year.

Jennifer Hudson performs

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Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson performed "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute to Whitney Houston, who died Saturday at 48.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Host LL Cool J speaks onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Actor-rapper LL Cool J hosted the show held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: (L-R) Musicians Nils Lofgren, Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zant of the E Street Band perform onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the show.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Singers Jason Aldean (L) and Kelly Clarkson perform onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Country music singer Jason Aldean, left, was joined on stage by Kelly Clarkson.

Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay perform during the 54th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Rihanna, left, and Chris Martin of the band Coldplay performed together.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 12: Musician Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs onstage at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Dave Grohl and his band, Foo Fighters, performed last night.

Big wins, big losses at 54th Grammy Awards

With Whitney Houston’s shocking death the day before fresh in everyone’s minds, last night’s 54th Grammy Awards struck a mood both celebratory and somber.

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Push to rein in tuition rolling out

President Obama is expected to use his budget unveiling today to flesh out his threat last month to curb runaway college tuition increases.

A fast track to Fashion Week runways

Tomorrow night in New York City East Bridgewater mom Jackie Fraser-Swan will show her collection at one of Fashion Week’s most prestigious venues, Lincoln Center.

Fifty police officers were injured and at least 55 protesters were hospitalized during rioting in Athens yesterday.

Greece accepts austerity plan amid protests

As protesters looted shops and battled police in Athens yesterday, lawmakers approved an austerity package meant to keep the country from a debt default.

TripAdvisor’s new threat: Google

The travel review site has had a tough first two months as a public company, and now Google is ramping up the competition.

Venues vie for cultural recognition

More than 100 communities responded to the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s request to create cultural districts across the state.

“You can’t assume that you’ll just jack up tuition every single year.’’

President Obama, on runaway college tuition increases 

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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.

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Whitney Houston was everybody’s diva

Mattapan massacre trial starting

Dieting? There's an app for fat

Celtics 95, Bulls 91

Rondo nets triple-double as Celtics beat Rose-less Bulls

A girl who soared, but longed to belong
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Romance: It’s not all hearts and flowers

opinion | cartoon

‘Brave Newt World’ by Ward Sutton

Auditors noted, then ignored, McLaughlin pay

A dream exactly as old as Fenway

Weddings

Boston wedding venue guide

Top 10 love letters of the year

DESTINATIONS

Bands meet the middle, bowling meets punk

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Point-made guard after this effort

adrian walker

Romney can’t outrun past

Juliette Kayyem

Mass. vets tout skills with Comcast help

James Carroll

Bad option on the table

Yvonne Abraham

Playing with women’s rights

Jeff Jacoby

A second look at ‘The Third Jihad’

Joan Vennochi

The ‘Mad Men’ era of contraception
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Joanna Weiss

The Barstool podium

Adrian Walker

Rethinking the Esplanade

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A visit to the ‘friends and favors’ office

SCOT LEHIGH

Money, machine, but no message

Bob Ryan

Lakers’ win nothing to get nostalgic about

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Blaze destroys business block in Brighton

Emergency crews yesterday were forced to raze four Brighton businesses after the block was engulfed in a fire that resulted in four firefighters being sent to the hospital.

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TripAdvisor’s new threat: Google

The travel review site has had a tough first two months as a public company, and now Google is ramping up the competition.

Nation & World

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Arab states want Syria peacekeepers

The Arab League called yesterday for the UN Security Council to create a joint peacekeeping force for Syria.

Politics

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during an address to the 39th Conservative Political Action Committee February 9, 2012 at a hotel in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

GOP vows further battle on birth control

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he will push to overturn the requirement as another example of government meddling.

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Terriers seeking to reclaim territory in Beanpot

Boston University will attempt to shrug off their Friday lost against UMass when they take on Boston College tonight in the 60th annual Beanpot championship.

Health and wellness

G Force

Kelley Tuthill of WCVB-TV, a breast cancer survivor

Kelley Tuthill, a news reporter for Channel 5, spoke openly five years ago about her breast cancer diagnosis and this week she will be updating her story.

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Die Antwoord delivers edgy show at Paradise

The South African trio Die Antwoord’s vulgar concoction of underground art and street culture resulted in a show that was unexpectedly uplifting.

Magazine

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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

Opinion

“Finding a job can be as frustrating as finding true love, and definitely not as fun.”

Juliette Kayyem 

Ideas

“In the 50 years since the competition, architects have declared Kallmann and McKinnell’s City Hall one of the greatest buildings of the 20th century. Yet its relationship with the people of Boston has remained uneasy, even hostile.”

Leon Neyfakh on Boston’s City Hall