Gingrich’s primary mission: win the South

Newt Gingrich insisted today that he has a viable path to the nomination, and that includes focusing on his home state of Georgia on Tuesday and other races in the South.

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.

Putin claims victory in Russian presidential vote

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rolled to victory in Russia’s presidential election today, according to exit polls cited by state television.

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.

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.

Celtics guard Rajon Rondo put pressure on Knicks guard Jeremy Lin in the first quarter.

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CELTICS 115, KNICKS 111 | OT

Rondo leads Celtics over Knicks

Rajon Rondo had his second triple-double in three games, spoiling Jeremy Lin’s return to Boston today and leading the Celtics to a 115-111 overtime victory over the Knicks.

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/04cod--90x90.jpg 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.

Olin College’s application process stresses teamwork

Dozens of high school seniors gathered at the Olin College of Engineering for an innovative admissions process designed to test their ability to work with others.

The Rangers celebrated a goal by Derek Stepan in the third period while Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas waited for play to resume. The Rangers defeated the Bruins 4-3.

Rangers 4, Bruins 3

Bruins come up short against the Rangers

The Rangers scored two tie-breaking goals in the third in a game in which the Bruins outshot the Rangers 33-17.

“It was devastating, like somebody just cut the legs right out from underneath me. It was the only thing I knew how to do.”

Bernard Chafe, 57,  on the cod fishing ban in Newfoundland

Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | March 21, 6 p.m.

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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

Last week at the Boeing plant in Everett, Wash., hundreds of workers scurried around four 787s in various stages of assembly.

Inside the Boston-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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

Globe Magazine

Putting college degrees to work
A watercolor illustration made for the Esplanade Association.

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To make a better Esplanade, harness citizens’ passion
Whitney Houston waits for her first professional audition at CBS Records, circa 1982.

Whitney: Before we knew her
Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University.

Northeastern president named to Homeland Security council
Collection: St. John's University-

Ideas

The lost liberal arts university of China
A rendering of the proposed Foxborough casino.

Wynn shows his hand to Foxborough

Tourism blossoms in Kuwait

MIT awards pirate certificates to undergraduates
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

Metro

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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.

Business

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Product Reviews

Frozen meals have advanced over the years

The best of the 19 chicken- or shrimp-based quick meals tested by Consumer Reports are so tasty that you might forget they came from a bag in the freezer aisle.

Columnists

Andrew Breitbart, a conservative blogger who published revealing photographs that led to the resignation of Representative Anthony Weiner of New York, died last week at 43.

Joanna Weiss

Passing of a provocateur

Jeff Jacoby

Yes, colleges are full of liberal elites

Joan Vennochi

Youth vote no lock for Obama
The scoreboard is truly a blank slate, as Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester warms up before the first exhibition game ever at JetBlue Park, against Northeastern.

Dan Shaughnessy

A change, it seems, amid fastballs from Jon Lester

Gareth Cook

Bridge year

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Incubating ideas from the rank-and-file

Dan Shaughnessy

Valentine managing Red Sox a different way

Adrian Walker

Business as usual

RENÉE LOTH

Bootstraps bunkum

love letters

Forgive and forget?

opinion | LAWRENCE HARMON

Finally, getting kids off the bus

Christopher L. Gasper

Numbers don’t lie, teams use advanced analysis

Nation & World

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South, Midwest assess ruin after tornadoes that killed 38

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged to find splinters where homes once stood and communications halted after dozens of tornadoes leveled towns.

Politics

Mitt Romney greeted people yesterday in Dayton, Ohio, where he sought to make a connection with voters.

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.

Sports

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Olympics

World champ Kayla Harrison overcame the pain of being sexually abused by a coach.

Kayla Harrison envisions golden moment at Olympics

World champ Kayla Harrison overcame the pain of being sexually abused by a coach. Now she’s focused on winning gold in judo in this summer’s Olympics.

Travel

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Massachusetts

10 taverns where respite, good cheer and vittles reside

Massachusetts Tavern Trail highlights Colonial-era watering holes from Boston to the Berkshires.

Books

BOOK REVIEW

‘House of Stone’ by Anthony Shadid

Weary of Mideast war, a renowned reporter decides to rebuild an ancestral Lebanese home, with its echoes of history of a land.

Arts

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music preview

The late Lazar Weiner at the piano while his son, composer and pianist Yehudi Wyner, plays.

Recalling Lazar Weiner, a master of the Yiddish art song

Weiner’s vast and highly diverse catalog of over 100 Yiddish songs — rarely recorded, very seldom performed — represents a deeply eloquent achievement.

Magazine

The cover for the March 4 2012 issue

Putting college degrees to work
The cover for the February 26 2012 issue

24 hours in Kendall Square
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

Opinion

“Vicious rhetoric sells books, draws eyeballs to web pages, and gets you hired by cable TV. It’s just no way to run a country.”

Joanna Weiss 

Ideas

“The story of St. John’s University reflects the power — and the threat — that such an education still represents to a proud nation that nevertheless hungers for new ideas.”

Patricia Wen  on the lost liberal arts university of China