Much data, few answers in Cape Cod dolphin strandings

Vincent DeWitt for the Boston Globe

Most of the 178 stranded dolphins have been dead. Rescuing the live ones is exacting a toll that grows greater every day, while the reason for the strandings remains a mystery.

Emotional start for trial in deaths of 4

The Mattapan trial began yesterday with a preview of legal strategies and emotional arguments that drove the victims’ relatives to flee the courtroom, sobbing.

Ex-Globe reporter dies in Syria

Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning reporter whose graceful dispatches covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died yesterday.

Art Review

‘Figuring Color’ exhibit shows pigments of their imaginations

In the ICA’s sensuous antidote to winter, four artists have made works that suggest the human touch.

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Risking union ire, Romney slams Santorum’s labor votes

Mitt Romney is attacking Rick Santorum for his “unapologetic defense of big labor,’’ as part of a new attempt to paint his rival as beholden to a powerful Democratic ally.

Harvard’s Lin makes splash in New York

Jeremy Lin is a never-ending trending topic, the unexpected underdog who practically single-handedly brought the Knicks back from the dead.

ALEX BEAM

Netflix’s northern exposure

The streaming media provider aims to get people to turn off TVs and watch original shows like “Lilyhammer” online.

MIT president Susan Hockfield to step down

Hockfield said she felt MIT would be best served by a new leader as it embarks on a major fund-raising campaign.

“I don’t think that Jeremy Lin — if he succeeds — is the face of the New York Knicks. I think he’s the face of the NBA. He’s even the face of professional sports.”

Ronn Torossian,  chief executive and president of 5W Public Relations

Globe Insiders

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Inside The Boston Globe

Red Sox set to open spring training
Senator Scott Brown, a Republican, has a 9-point lead over Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, in a new poll of 600 people.

In new poll, Brown in lead over Warren

Warm winter earns rink a cold reception

School lunch as smart business

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Coriolanus’ resonates in 21st century
Gary Carter, right, celebrated along with New York Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez after clinching the National League East title in 1988.

Gary Carter, Hall of Fame catcher, has died

Movie Review

In ‘Rampart,’ Woody Harrelson makes an honest effort

Editorial

Truro lacks cause to demolish home

Curt Ingram has become a mini-celebrity in Brighton for doing iPhone repairs not covered by the warranty.

iPhone Curt’s accidental career
The Patriots may need to get more help for Pro Bowl defensive lineman Vince Wilfork in the offseason.

On football: Season review

Patriots by the numbers: Lots to improve on

State to back NStar, Northeast Utilities merger

ART REVIEW

Holt’s vision aligned with sun, earth

Columnists

ALEX BEAM

Netflix’s northern exposure

Boston Capital

A strange concession

Brian McGrory

Politics as usual

Tech Lab

Vita: too big, too pricey, no phone

Yvonne abraham

The senator and the slippery slope

Juliette Kayyem

Bridge to the future

Opinion | Joan Vennochi

Telling the real story of Camelot
Jeremy Lin, right, hit a game-winning shot for the Knicks last night and has become a sensation in the NBA.

Bob Ryan

Lin just latest Ivy Leaguer to shine in NBA

Brian McGrory

A model city councilor
David Ortiz

Christopher L. Gasper

A happy David Ortiz is great for Red Sox

Jeff Jacoby

On birth control, Obama imperiously overreaches
Claude Julien’s Bruins are headed out on a six-game road trip.

Tony Massarotti

Bruins not as good as they think they are

Metro

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Kennedy hits the campaign trail

Joseph Kennedy III’s entrance into the congressional race yesterday was met with a crush of reporters and enthusiastic supporters.

Business

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Jobless claims near 4-year low

Weekly applications for unemployment benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 348,000, the Labor Department said. That’s the lowest level since March 2008.

Nation & World

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Life sentence for ’09 attempt to bomb airliner

The Nigerian man who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner in 2009 was sentenced yesterday to life in prison.

Politics

Political notebook

Santorum’s income in 2011 rose to $3.6m

Rick Santorum’s personal finances detail the trajectory of a politician who became a millionaire, at times by capitalizing on his Beltway connections.

Sports

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Bulls 89, Celtics 80

Chicago Bulls' Omer Asik was hit by Boston Celtics' Chris Wilcox as Kevin Garnett looked on during the first half of last night’s game.

Celtics can't hold it together

The Celtics spent last night at United Center maddening Doc Rivers with a series of spurts followed by stretches of ineptitude.

Movies

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘This Means War’ a losing battle for Reese Witherspoon

This romantic comedy mixes other movies, television action shows, sitcoms, and comic strips, and features another terrible role for the Oscar-winning actress.

Arts

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CLASSICAL NOTES

Eric Owens’s tour brings him to Boston for Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis.’’ Below: the singer at Carnegie Hall in 2009.

Met star Eric Owens will solo with the BSO

The New Yorker’s Alex Ross called baritone Eric Owens’s performance in the Metropolitan Opera’s “Rheingold’’ the “chief glory’’ of the production.

Magazine

The cover for the February 12 2012 issue

Boston wedding venue guide
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

The man who crushed the Keystone XL pipeline

Opinion

“Looking through Facebook posts I sometimes wonder if life has ceased to be real to us unless it is shared, ‘liked,’ and commented upon by ‘friends.’

Roland Merullo 

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