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Romney seeks to connect with voters for Super Tuesday

As Super Tuesday looms with yet another make-or-break moment for his campaign, Mitt Romney is trying to rebuild his image but struggling to open up to voters.

4th Congressional District, meet Sean Bielat. Again.

Low-key and articulate, GOP contender Sean Bielat, who had a strong showing against Barney Frank in 2010, is preparing for a race against Joseph P. Kennedy III.

2011 storms trigger home insurance rate hikes

Consumers, already contending with the rising cost of gasoline, food, and other necessities, could now also face sharply higher home insurance premiums.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner will start its US run at Logan

The fuel-efficient Dreamliner is making it feasible for airlines to try new long-haul flights. For Boeing, there’s a lot riding on the plane’s inaugural US route, Boston-to-Tokyo.

In Canada, cod remain scarce despite ban

Twenty years after the Newfoundland cod fishery was shut down, the fish have not come back and a way of life is gone. New England scientists and fishermen fear it is an omen.

Newfoundlanders adjust to fishing without cod

The absence of cod resulted in an increase in the snow crab population in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland.

Editorial | From the archives: March 5, 1972

How The Globe began

The Boston Globe launched its first edition 140 years ago, on Monday, March 4, 1872. This article, published for the Globe’s centennial in 1972, tells the story of how the newspaper began.

Dan Shaughnessy

A change, it seems, amid fastballs from Jon Lester

Jon Lester is not just another established starting pitcher with the Red Sox getting his work in. He is a man on a mission to make amends.

iPad gives boy a voice at his bar mitzvah

Twelve-year-old Matthew Emmi, who is severely autistic and cannot read, write, or speak sentences, was able to lead the service by touching icons on an iPad.

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | March 21, 6 p.m.

Boston, a Comedy Captial

Join Dave Russo, Anthony Scibelli, Tony V, Jimmy Tingle, and Lenny Clark for a talk about the city’s comedy scene. Laughs guaranteed.

Inside The Boston Globe

Barbara Morgan’s image of Ansel Adams is on view in ‘‘Making Faces: Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists’’ at the Portland Museum of Art.

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

A focus on faces, familiarity, and Facebook

Whitney Houston waits for her first professional audition at CBS Records, circa 1982.

Whitney: Before we knew her

Tourism blossoms in Kuwait

A watercolor illustration made for the Esplanade Association.

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To make a better Esplanade, harness citizens’ passion

Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University.

Northeastern president named to Homeland Security council

Ideas

The lost liberal arts university of China

MIT awards pirate certificates to undergraduates

A rendering of the proposed Foxborough casino.

Wynn shows his hand to Foxborough

Globe Magazine

Putting college degrees to work

Whitney Jensen rehearsed “Rooster,” part of the Boston Ballet production “Play with Fire.”

DANCE REVIEW

Boston Ballet sizzles in ‘Play with Fire’

Images renew hope of finding student

BRING THE FAMILY

Model ships at the USS Constitution Museum

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Casino vision divides Foxborough

As residents got their first look at the resort casino envisioned by developer Steve Wynn, opinion was mixed, with some impressed and others dismissive.