No fruition for Romney on major higher ed plans

A review of Mitt Romney’s higher education record as governor of Mass. reveals several sweeping proposals that all ran into a buzz saw in the Democratic-controlled Legislature.

The 80-foot-high video mast outside the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center holds seven fullcolor LED screens onametal spine.

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Plans develop for new video billboards in Boston

The emergence of striking outdoor video displays in Boston may represent a timid step toward a flashier future for a city with historically austere taste.

President’s severance from Roxbury college bars criticism

Outgoing Roxbury Community College president Terrence Gomes signed a resignation agreement that included confidentiality and nondisparagement clauses.

Patients driving direction of new drug research

Patients and their families are working with pharmaceutical companies, matching patients with clinical trials, paying for research, and lobbying to speed drug development.

Speaking up for patients

Cancer activists take their fight for drug approval to the BIO conference in Boston.

Winiker brothers mark 50 years of playing music

Over their career, brothers Bo and Bill Winiker have gone from playing for weddings to backing up Aretha Franklin at President Clinton’s inaugural ball.

Mass. Senate OK’s $49m MBTA bailout

The state Senate agreed to tap a little-known state surplus to help the T close its deficit, avoiding steeper fare increases and wider service cuts than those scheduled for July 1.

Brian McGrory

Mayor Menino’s war against cars

Signs around the city offer an almost infinite number of reasons why the average driver can’t park on Boston’s streets anymore.

The Mass. Eye and Ear project would reshape a twisting section of Storrow Drive into three acres of new parkland.

Mass. Eye and Ear wants to transform Storrow

The hospital will unveil a bold proposal that would reshape a twisting section of Storrow Drive and turn what are now parking lots into three acres of new parkland.

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Mike Austin at Austin Brothers Valley Farm in Belchertown went from dairy farming to beef cattle. He now has about 35 customers who pick up their beef at a half-dozen sites, and he hopes the business can grow while allowing for good practices.

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Local CSAs offer meat, fish, eggs, and chickens

Opinion | Adam Gray

Excellence in education
Laurelyn Roberts of ButterGirl Baking Co. in her kitchen space in Danvers.

ButterGirl Baking Co. offers happy treats at farmers’ markets
Alex Herrald and Crystal Arnette in the musical “The Consequences’’ at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.

Stage Review

Crystal Arnette rocks in ‘Consequences’

Roxbury college leader to step down
Upper Crust has repeatedly denied accusations for the past several years that it rescinded overtime compensation ordered by the labor agency.

Upper Crust accused of scheming on pay

Boston Capital

Manager steps down amid controversy
MASS Design Group’s Michael Murphy (left) and Alan Ricks.

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Architects of a new kind of health care
Marsden Hartley’s oil on masonite “Dogtown’’ (circa 1934).

Art Review

‘Dogtown’ captures a landscape of loneliness
Biotech industry representatives attended the BIO International Convention in Boston yesterday, the first of four days of panels, networking, and business dealing.

Federal drug review nettles biotech industry
Cast members of “A Chorus Line’’ at the Reagle Music Theatre.

Stage Review

Entertaining ‘Chorus Line’ still has some kicks
Mitt Romney now says Syrians are facing a “military onslaught’’ from their government, calls on the United States to facilitate arming the rebels, and blasts what he calls President Obama’s failure to act.

Romney’s stance on Syria a work in progress

Sports

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Battling his way back to the majors, former Cubs ace Mark Prior delivers a pitch for the Pawtucket Red Sox.

Mark Prior on verge of comeback with Red Sox

After having his career derailed by injuries, the former Cubs ace, now with Pawtucket, is looking to resurrect his career.

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The Worcester museum has struggled in the shadow of Boston’s institutions.

Worcester museum opens front door

Recently installed director Matthias Waschek is using free admission to attract donors and visitors to the Worcester Art Museum.

Columnists

scot lehigh

Scott Brown bests Vicki Kennedy

jeff jacoby

Forget the facts; our minds are made up
Roger Clemens walked out of federal court a vindicated man on Monday.

Bob Ryan

I’m happy Roger Clemens was acquitted

Brian McGrory

Mayor Menino’s war against cars

Innovation Economy

Lighting the way for better bulbs

Joanna Weiss

Revealing the boundaries of taste

JULIETTE KAYYEM

The darker side of the bio industry

Adrian Walker

A hero in the war on poverty
Kites fill the sky over Ahmadabad, India, as residents compete from their rooftops during the annual kite festival in January.

opinion | farah stockman

A man, a movie, and a kite

Tech Lab Plus

SpareOne’s emergency cellphone gets high marks

Boston Capital

Manager steps down amid controversy

Dan Shaughnessy

Valentine no longer in comfort of TV booth

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Robert E. Rubin (left) and Henry M. Paulson Jr. were keynote speakers at the annual BIO convention in Boston.

Former US Treasury secretaries sound alarm

Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Robert E. Rubin warned in a Boston appearance that decisive political action is needed in the United States and Europe to avert an economic crisis.

Politics

Political Notebook

Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts, but he was born in Michigan and raised in the suburbs outside Detroit.

Native son Mitt Romney returns home to Michigan

The likely Republican presidential nominee was back home in Michigan on Tuesday - where, he says, the “trees are the right height.’’

Nation & World

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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters demonstrated Tuesday in Tahrir Square, Cairo.

Mubarak’s health crisis complicates political turmoil

Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak suffered a stroke, and conflicting reports about his health swirled as throngs protested the ruling generals’ declarations of power.

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Book Review

Maggie Shipstead has set “Seating Arrangements,’’ her debut novel, on a fictional New England island.

‘Seating Arrangements’ by Maggie Shipstead

In her debut novel, she tracks a series of domestic disasters during a wedding weekend on a New England island.

Food & dining

The friendly atmosphere at Gennaro's 5 in the North End.

Gennaro’s 5 North Square gets an Italian-American remake

What is it about the North End? Part genuine, part theme-park salute to Italy.

“There has not been a time that companies paid as much attention to these patient groups and patients.”

Margaret Anderson,  executive director of FasterCures

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What if spanking works?
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5 casual feast recipes from Sam Jackson
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40 ideas for your New England summer weekends
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What does it take to become a Disney star?

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“We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures with a healthy respect for facts and logic and science.”

Jeff Jacoby 

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“Bashar Assad was, relatively speaking, normal, even a bit of a computer nerd. I should know: I spent more time face-to-face with him than perhaps any other American.”

David W. Lesch,  on the making of a Syrian dictator