Mattapan jury still deadlocked, but votes to continue

The jury in the Mattapan murder trial today reported it was deadlocked on nine pending charges, but voted to continue deliberations tomorrow.

Mitt Romney would hit ‘reset button’ for general election, aide says

A Romney aide said the candidate’s approach could be like an “Etch A Sketch” if he made it through the primaries to the general election.

Saints head coach Sean Payton, crouching, and ex-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams will both sit out the 2012 season.

NFL hands major punishments to Saints

The league suspended head coach Sean Payton one year and stripped the franchise of draft picks for incentivizing the use of dangerous tackling.

Ariad shares rise despite panel’s vote against drug

Shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. climbed Wednesday despite an FDA panel’s vote against the first cancer drug developed by the Cambridge biotechnology company.

‘‘The Hunger Games’’ stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, who is chosen to represent her district in nationally televised killing games.

Movie Review

‘The Hunger Games’ aims for solid entertainment and hits the mark

After a year of incessant pounding from the tribal drums of hype, the film adaptation of has arrived in theaters.

Editorial | 'Casablanca' at 70

As time goes by

In celebrating the classic film's 70th birthday, it is worth remembering the time and place that it came from, and the message behind the brilliance of its filmmaking.

Jeff Jacoby

A safer society with guns

There’s so much evidence that higher rates of gun ownership lead to lower rates of crime that it isn’t hard to fathom why fewer and fewer Americans want to ban handguns.

“Tonight’s win means we are that much closer to securing the nomination, uniting our party, and taking on President Obama. We are almost there.”

Mitt Romney,  in an e-mail to supporters

Globe Insiders

To Grammar’s House

http://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Images/SPRINGCLEANING2.jpg Spring cleaning for grammar rules

Grammar’s House can get a bit cluttered sometimes, often with rules that are capricious, spurious, or flat-out erroneous.

Inside The Boston Globe

UConn fans make Huskies games at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., a festive affair.

Bob Ryan’s college basketball tour of New England

Gambling commission light on casino experience

Mel Parnell, 89; won more games than any Sox lefty

Food

Munch Madness 2012
Anne Clancy (top), who just moved into the new section of South Boston’s Old Colony development (at rear) watched opening ceremonies.

Old Colony gets a bright new facelift
Logan Mankins has undergone surgery for a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Logan Mankins may not be ready for training camp

Dining Out

Kika Tapas brings Spanish flair to Kendall Square

Galleries

At area art galleries, artists illuminate worldly things

G Force

Subs fresh from the firehouse
A new Apple iPad was on display during an Apple event in San Francisco earlier this month.

Consumer Reports: New iPad runs ‘significantly hotter’
Jack Williams

Jack Williams leaving WBZ 11 p.m. newscast
The vital records include the intention to marry filed by John Adams and Abigail Smith on Feb. 25, 1764, with a note that the ceremony was performed Oct. 25.

Mass. historical records now searchable online

Metro

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Cambridge’s Healy stepping down as city manager in 2013

Robert Healy’s retirement will end one of the most durable municipal careers in Massachusetts.

Business

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Artist’s rendering of a new complex being proposed by New Balance alongside their existing offices on Guest Street in Brighton.

New Balance headquarters would house hotel, restaurants

The sneaker company unveiled new details and renderings for its proposed Brighton world headquarters.

Columnists

UConn fans make Huskies games at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., a festive affair.

Bob Ryan’s college basketball tour of New England

Joanna Weiss

Still waiting for a heroine of confidence
Shirley Simmons is pictured with Father Ernest Serino (left) and Reverend Charles Stith in this Sept. 30, 1979 photo.

Brian McGrory

A crime then, and now

Jeff Jacoby

A safer society with guns

opinion | scot lehigh

Santorum’s contraception deception

Kevin Cullen

Let’s give sexual abuse justice time
Will Bill Belichick spend his draft picks this year on defenders to help support Tom Brady?

Tony Massarotti

Still no answers if Patriots have improved

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Start-up charts speed of 3G wireless carriers
A glass tunnel connects the new Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum wing to the original Gardner mansion.

Juliette Kayyem

Gardner’s narrative of resiliency

Bob Ryan

Kentucky’s run came out of the blue
Encyclopaedia Britannica editions on display at the New York Public Library.

JAMES CARROLL

An era, shelved

Yvonne Abraham

The road to wisdom

Nation & World

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French police

France shooting suspect plans ‘discreet’ nighttime surrender

An official says the French gunman suspected of killing seven people plans to surrender at night. Police have surrounded him for more than 17 hours.

Politics

Political Notebook

Restore Our Future, the political action committee backing Mitt Romney, spent $10.1 million on television ads, $775,000 on Internet ads, and $523,000 on direct mail last month, according to documents filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission.

Super PAC spent $12m aiding Romney in Feb.

Restore Our Future, the political action committee backing Mitt Romney, put resources toward his efforts in Michigan and on Super Tuesday.

Sports

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Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said he believes shortstop Jose Iglesias, above, can hit at a major league level.

Bobby Valentine: Jose Iglesias ready for the majors

The manager said he hasn’t yet decided if Iglesias is prepared to open the season as the Red Sox’ starter.

Food & dining

Cheap Eats

Owner Stephen Silverman (center), with Evando Ananias (right) and pizza maker Geovane Silva, at Ecco Pizzeria.

At Ecco Pizzeria, specialty pizzas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner

It’s a big, clean, well-lit, friendly corner spot in Allston.

Arts

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Book Review

‘Where Did the Jobs Go and How Do We Get Them Back’ by Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

The book offers a nonpartisan primer on the politics of employment.

Magazine

The cover for the March 18 2012 issue

Grover Norquist: Emperor of no
The cover for the March 11 2012 issue

Stoughton’s Lori McKenna is writing her heart out
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

Opinion

“To those with an emotional bias against guns, it goes without saying that more guns in private hands invariably mean more crime and violence.”

Jeff Jacoby 

Ideas

“If the Solutrean hypothesis becomes widely accepted, it would mean that the sea played a central part in human expansion. And in the matter of ‘who came first,’ it would mean that all the Americas have a new origin story to contend with.”

Gareth Cook