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The business of never having to wait
Zack Dillahunty, here in a Newbury Street meeting spot, uses an iPhone app called Grindrto instantly find potential dates in his area.

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As demand for instant gratification seeps into every corner of our lives, both tangible and virtual, retailers are smelling profit in impatience.

Boston Celtics power forward Jeff Greendrove for a layup off transition late in the second quarter against the Orlando Magic at TD Garden Friday, Feb. 1.

Celtics 97, Magic 84

Even without key players, Celtics beat Magic

The Celtics won their third straight game and improved to .500, without Rajon Rondo or Jared Sullinger.

From left, Nataka Crayton-Walker, Greg Bodine, and Bobby Walker at a City Growers micro-farm in Dorchester.

Companies cultivating urban-farming initiatives

Though still in their infancy, urban farming firms hope their sustainable initiatives yield profits and public good.

Can juries tame prosecutors gone wild?

Some critics think ordinary citizens are the fix for a weak spot in the American justice system. Others think they’re being naive.

Secretary of State John Kerry, left, was sworn in by Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (right) in the company of his brother Cameron Kerry, wife Teresa Heinz Kerry, and daughter Dr. Vanessa Kerry.

John Kerry takes State Department oath

Kerry was sworn in as secretary of state in a small, private ceremony this afternoon.

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Scott Brown said Friday he would not run for US Senate.

Scott Brown will not run for US Senate

Brown, who shocked the political world with his special election win in 2010, initially announced he would not run via text message.

Bill Weld was governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to ’97.

SCOT LEHIGH

The search for a big senator

Mass. typically has big, nationally respected senators. With Brown out, let’s look at the new possible field through the prism of stature.

Harvard students linked to cheating scandal to withdraw

More than half of the students investigated by a college board were ordered to withdraw from the university for a period of time.

Hackers may have accessed 250,000 Twitter accounts

In the latest online attack, Twitter says hackers may have gained access to information on 250,000 of its more than 200 million active users.

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The Mystic Bridge opened for traffic on Feb. 26, 1950, and was renamed in honor of former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor Maurice J. Tobin in 1967.

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The Red Sox’ officially maintained a sellout streak last season despite playing before many empty seats.

Red Sox season-ticket renewals down 10%
A pedestrian walked through a snowy Public Garden on Jan. 29 (left), but on Jan. 30 (right), the Public Garden was green again as temperatures soared into the high 50s.

Globe photos of the week, Feb. 1, 2013
Spots cost $3.8 million for 30 seconds and rival the game itself, ratcheting up pressure on agencies to make clients happy — and keep their jobs.

Super Bowl a high-stakes game for ad makers

Scene & Heard

Music-obsessed find a trove of wonders at Weirdo Records

Christopher L. Gasper

Sorry Patriots fans, the Ravens will win
As the size the of average television is growing, the prices are plummeting.

At home, huge screen can be a hard sell

CARLO ROTELLA

Off the grid in Boston
BlackBerry’s Z10 is expected help reverse a slide in sales.

Tech Lab

BlackBerry poised to win affection anew
The cast of the commedia dell’arte classic turned each scene into a steadily escalating spiral of absurdity.

Stage Review

Hijinks are on the menu with ‘The Servant of Two Masters’

Boston’s downtown condo market soared in 2012

Abby Larson is married to her job, in a good way

Sports

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Shawn Thornton left the game after this fight with Buffalo’s John Scott on Thursday.

Shawn Thornton out with concussion

Thornton left Thursday’s game after a first-period fight with John Scott, and will miss 7-10 days, the Bruins said.

Metro

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Shawn Drumgold served 14 years on a wrongful conviction.

Court orders new trial in Shawn Drumgold lawsuit

Drumgold won a $14 million judgment against the City of Boston for a wrongful murder conviction.

Columnists

Bill Weld was governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to ’97.

SCOT LEHIGH

The search for a big senator

CARLO ROTELLA

Off the grid in Boston

Kevin Cullen

The virtues of inexperience
The Superdome is hosting the Super Bowl for the first time since 2002.

Dan Shaughnessy

Super Bowl a part of New Orleans recovery

Christopher L. Gasper

Sorry Patriots fans, the Ravens will win

Yvonne Abraham

Where is our state’s official groundhog?
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino arrives for his annual State of the City address at Faneuil Hall Tuesday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Menino, the king incumbent

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Immigration commission brings border states to table

SCOT LEHIGH

Cowan isn’t the best option
William ‘Mo’ Cowan

Yvonne Abraham

Cowan pick is 100 percent Patrick

Opinion | NICHOLAS BURNS

Kerry must engage China
San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a three-sport star in high school and he was drafted by the Chicago Cubs.

Dan Shaughnessy

Kaepernick looks like future of NFL

Nation & World

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Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has died at the age of 88.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York, dies

The combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin and embodied New York chutzpah was 88.

Politics

Steven Chu

Energy Secretary Steven Chu to step down

Chu drew fire for his handling of a $528 million loan to solar panel maker Solyndra, which went bankrupt.

Business

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Attorney General Coakley cited a serious violation of state law.

Robo-signing firm agrees to pay $1.6 million to Mass.

The settlement will resolve allegations a foreclosure processing company engaged in “robo-signing.” Attorney General Martha Coakley said.

Arts

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Actress Marion Cotillard (with Renee Rober, left, and Ben Moss) waves during the Hasty Pudding parade.

Marion Cotillard honored by Hasty Pudding

Cotillard looked entirely at ease while being honored Thursday as the troupe’s 2013 Woman of the Year.

Movies

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Movie Review

From left: Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, and Al Pacino in a scene from “Stand Up Guys.”

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken can’t lift ‘Stand Up Guys’

Fisher Stevens’s tone-deaf direction and a creepily misogynistic script push the movie right over a cliff.

Magazine

The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

New England traditional, with a twist
The cover for the January 20 2013 issue

The last days of Sylvia Plath
The cover for the January 13 2013 issue

Alfresco fabulous
The cover for the January 6 2013 issue

Best Boston Globe photos of the year, 2012

Opinion

“Life in New England and especially in Boston, where straight lines are in short supply, has reversed my polarities.”

Carlo Rotella 

Ideas

“Ten years after ‘victory’ in Iraq, we still don’t know what victory means. Without a clearer idea of what winning wars looks like, we risk falling into situations where they could go on forever”

Gal Beckerman on what victory means now 

”It would have a bigger presence in our home than any of the humans. Having my kids addicted to their phones and laptops and tablets is bad enough.”

Emily Kuvin,  on not buying an 80-inch television