South Carolina voters head to polls
Polls opened this morning in the state, capping a tumultuous and, at times, politically dizzying week of events and revelations in the Republican presidential nomination process.
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A roll of stickers to be given to voters are pictured at a polling station in Chapin, S.C.
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Newt Gingrich, who has surged in recent polls, appeared at a restaurant in Spartanburg, S.C., this morning.
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Mitt Romney waved from his bus as he left a campaign stop in Greenville, S.C., today.
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A Mitt Romney supporter waved a flag at a campaign event at in Greenville, S.C.
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A precinct worker checked in voters at a polling station in Latta, S.C.
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A voter cast his ballot in Columbia, S.C.
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Newt Gingrich, who has surged in recent polls, met with voters at a restaurant in Spartanburg, S.C., this morning.
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A South Carolina voter entered VFW to cast his ballot this morning in Columbia, S.C.
Mitt Romney says he’ll attend Florida debates
After being noncommittal yesterday, Mitt Romney said today he will attend the GOP presidential debates next week.
Gingrich offensive redraws race
Newt Gingrich’s wild ride through South Carolina has provided at least a short-term cure for a campaign that barely had a pulse coming out of New Hampshire and Iowa.
RENÉE LOTH
The T is in trouble with a capital T
If the T’s latest fare raises and service cuts come to pass, Boston risks becoming a place where the transit service is lousy and the prices are high: in other words, a bad joke.
Health insurers hold back on rate increases in Mass.
State regulators approved premium increases averaging 2.3 percent in the state’s “small group” market, the most modest hikes in at least a decade.
Snow starts blanketing region
A weekend storm started dropping snow on the state this morning and is expected to continue throughout the day.
A jolt for morning news
Boston television stations are revamping their programming in the fight for morning ratings, which are significant revenue generators.
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Anne Allred and Adam Williams are morning anchors at WHDH. The station’s early morning viewership is down over the past 12 months.
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Sarah French was brought on by WHDH as a morning in-studio reporter.
WFXT-TV
WFXT-TV named weekend anchor Shannon Mulaire as the replacement for longtime morning anchor Kim Carrigan.
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Gayle King cohosts "CBS This Morning."
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Charlie Rose also cohosts "CBS This Morning," which premiered this month with a harder news style.
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Patriots have a clear shot at title
This might be the best chance that Tom Brady, 34, and Bill Belichick, 60 in April, have left to add to their legacy and trophy collection.
“I’d like to see what he actually told Freddie Mac.”
Mitt Romney, speaking today about Newt Gingrich
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Columnists
Metro
Critic’s Notebook
Gift from daughter to mother: ‘Ethel’
A small army of Kennedys descended upon Park City, Utah, yesterday for the premiere of “Ethel,’’ documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy’s love letter to her mother.
Nation & World
Divers find another body in ship; death toll now 12
The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian divers today from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship.
Politics
Political Notebook
Brown sees a wealth of difference
Even as he defended Mitt Romney’s decision not to release his tax returns until April, Senator Scott Brown expressed astonishment yesterday at Romney’s vast wealth.
Business
Complaint describes loan fraud
A complaint before the Department of Labor revealed widespread mortgage fraud in the Mass. offices of Countrywide Financial Corp. prior to the nation’s housing bust.
Sports
Suns 79, Celtics 71
Celtics misfire without Rondo
The Boston Celtics scored just 15 points in the opening quarter and 16 in the fourth as they fell last night to the Phoenix Suns.
Arts
Photography Review
Spare scenes at Kayafas exhibit
At first glance, the 25 black-and-white photographs in “Peter Kayafas: Totems’’ recall the work of Wright Morris.
Opinion
“Rather than tormenting public transit riders, the government should be blessing them for taking 1.3 million car trips off the roads in Massachusetts each day.”
Renée Loth
Ideas
“The problem, as Shoup and his allies see it, is that parking on the street is simply too desirable. Because spaces are so cheap, drivers have a powerful incentive to spend time hunting for them.”
Leon Neyfakh on the case for the $6 parking meter