Top official favors fare hike over service cut

Extensive cuts in MBTA service now appear less likely as leaders of the state’s transportation system near a deadline to erase a projected deficit.

Mitt Romney counts on home-court advantage

With some polls showing him trailing Rick Santorum in the Feb. 28 GOP primary in Michigan, Romney is leaning hard on his local ties and his father’s legacy.

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Plan for Vineyard’s first roundabout divides residents

A project to replace a four-way stop in Martha’s Vineyard with a roundabout has turned the nondescript crossroads into an unlikely battle line.

Remembering the Pendleton rescue

The Coast Guard commemorated “the greatest rescue by small boat in its history,” which was accomplished without a compass or a windshield 60 years ago yesterday.

Tornado victims still struggling in Monson

Last June’s freak tornado thundered through the tiny town in a matter of seconds. Eight months later, getting back to normal still seems a dream.

Harry Rogers and his children, Charlie, 10, and Claire, 5, walked the site of their former house in Monson.

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Harry Rogers and his children, Charlie, 10, and Claire, 5, walked the site of their former house in Monson.

The only things left on the site of the Rogers home is the granite steps and the mail box they installed after the tornado hit last year.

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The only things left on the site of the Rogers home is the granite steps and the mail box they installed after the tornado hit last year.

Charlie Rogers, 10, found one of his toy trucks in the debris of his family’s home almost a year after tornadoes destroyed homes in the area.

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Charlie Rogers, 10, found one of his toy trucks in the debris of his family’s home almost a year after tornadoes destroyed homes in the area.

The view toward Monson from Ely Road shows the destruction that still exists eight months later.

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The view toward Monson from Ely Road shows the destruction that still exists eight months later.

The Monson Police Department currently works out of trailers since their offices were damaged during last year’s tornado.

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The Monson Police Department currently works out of trailers since their offices were damaged during last year’s tornado.

Kim Slozak and her family now live in a trailer. The house in which she grew up is visible through the window.

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Kim Slozak and her family now live in a trailer. The house in which she grew up is visible through the window.

A closer look at a photo of Slozak’s home after it was destroyed by the tornado in 2011.

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A closer look at a photo of Slozak’s home after it was destroyed by the tornado in 2011.

Crews at work on the new home for Slozak and her family.

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Crews at work on the new home for Slozak and her family.

Ken and Jean Bailey survey the empty field at their Monson home where, before the tornado, there were trees all over their five-and-a-half acre property.

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Ken and Jean Bailey survey the empty field at their Monson home where, before the tornado, there were trees all over their five-and-a-half acre property.

The removal of the fallen trees at the Bailey property cost about $80,000 and the insurance did not cover the cost.

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The removal of the fallen trees at the Bailey property cost about $80,000 and the insurance did not cover the cost.

The area behind the Bailey’s home was so covered in trees that they couldn’t recall ever being able to see the town’s baseball field.

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The area behind the Bailey’s home was so covered in trees that they couldn’t recall ever being able to see the town’s baseball field.

A look toward Bethany Street in Monson where eight months after a tornado hit the area still shows the path of the tornado.

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A look toward Bethany Street in Monson where eight months after a tornado hit the area still shows the path of the tornado.

Bostonians dream big about a reborn Downtown Crossing

After years of staring at a crater, people have plenty of ideas about what they want there, and what the neighborhood needs to rebuild and revitalize.

Gareth Cook

The brain, weaponized

Insights into how the brain works could lead to a new family of neurochemical weapons that attack brain circuits — or create killing machines controlled by the mind.

Dan Shaughnessy

A ‘sorry’ from Red Sox would be nice

What happened last September with the Red Sox was an across-the-board decay of professionalism and a betrayal of the fans’ trust.

“I come get my mail, sit on my steps, and cry sometimes. I’m still paying the mortgage on a house that isn’t here.”

Pia Rogers,  whose Monson home was detroyed in last year’s tornado

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Globe editorial page editor Peter S. Canellos moderates a discussion with Globe writers Scott Helman, Scot Lehigh, and Frank Phillips on the Republican presidential candidate.

Inside The Boston Globe

Danica Patrick may be a Sprint Cup rookie but she has shown she knows her way around a speedway and the media as she prepares for the Daytona 500.

Danica Patrick learning on the run in NASCAR

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

Jerry Uelsmann develops dreams in the darkroom

Cooking

Recipes for blood oranges

CAMPAIGN 2012

Funding the Mass. race for US Senate

Ice cream shops, builders bask in business

Central Boston a gas station desert
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Red Sox notebook

Varitek gets invitation to camp

I’m afraid you have bicycle face
A pint of Spectrum Brewery bitter beer.

The rise of beeronomics

Chef serves mislabeled fish at state luncheon

Malcolm X house may get makeover

Carol Burnett, Amy Poehler share laughs with ‘Arrietty’

Columnists

Gareth Cook

The brain, weaponized

Joan Vennochi

Will DiMasi tell all?

Dan Shaughnessy

A ‘sorry’ from Red Sox would be nice

Joanna Weiss

Maybe Romney needs to get his Rambo on

Yvonne Abraham

Love, labor, and loss

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Apps bring business cards into the 21st century

LOVE LETTERS

Her jealousy exhausts him

Christopher L. Gasper

Wakefield a loss to Red Sox

Adrian Walker

Putting Johns in the dock

Renée Loth

Don’t block the vote for students

Lawrence Harmon

Menino should embrace War of 1812 celebration

ALEX BEAM

Netflix’s northern exposure

Metro

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The Historic Thomas Clark House in Belmont was moved to a location about a mile from its previous site, where it had been since 1760.

Historic Belmont home saved from demolition

The house, built in 1760, was to be torn down but was saved when donations came in to move it to a new site.

Business

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How going private helped BJ’s change its game

A behind-the-conference-room-door look shows a sometimes-tense process that led to the sale of the Westborough-based company.

Nation & World

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Whitney Houston’s voice soars at N.J. hometown funeral

Hundreds of mourners gathered at the legendary pop star’s hometown church in Newark for a three-hour remembrance of the talented but troubled superstar.

Politics

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke to supporters at a rally held at Union Station yesterday, in Kansas City, Mo.

Ron Paul gains 83 votes vs. Mitt Romney in Maine

Paul has gained 83 votes on Romney following a Republican presidential caucus in eastern Maine, but Romney still holds a 156-vote lead over Paul in statewide totals.

Sports

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On baseball

Jonathan Papelbon is glad to be a Phillie but tips his cap to the Sox.

For Jonathan Papelbon, one bullpen door closes, another opens

His body of work as a closer for the Red Sox had its warts, but you can’t deny that the new member of the Phillies has been one of the best in baseball.

Travel

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EUROPE

Sandra Bautier, co-owner of Marron Interior.

Shopping in Berlin’s trendy Mitte district

Trends and style, upscale and urban, new and reinvented converge in Mitte, the area still in the center of things.

Books

BOOK REVIEW

‘Juliette Gordon Low’ by Stacy A. Cordery

A daughter of privilege, “Crazy Daisy” Low, yearning for purpose at turn of century, founds an iconic organization.

Arts

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Glen Campbell exits the spotlight on a high note

At 75, Glen Campbell is experiencing a wave of renewed interest in his long career as an entertainer who blurred the lines between country and pop.

Magazine

The cover for the February 19 2012 issue

Renovated Newport firehouse is calm, cool, and collected
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

Opinion

“Brain science is a celebrated science. But it is time to confront the threats it poses.”

Gareth Cook 

Ideas

“Rich people have a harder time connecting with others. They are less charitable. They are less likely to help someone in trouble. And if you think you’d behave differently in their place, you’re wrong.”

Britt Peterson, on the psychology of being rich