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Loan mistake ensnares former Sovereign Bank aide

Carol Kelly, a former assistant to Sovereign Bank’s CEO, and her husband have been in a five-year battle with the bank over a mortgage paperwork dispute.

Weld, Healey in GOP won’t seek Senate seat

William F. Weld, Kerry Healey, and Tagg Romney won’t run for the seat, and on the Democratic side, Middlesex DA Gerard Leone also said he won’t enter the race.

Newton mayor urges support for tax increases

Setti Warren used his State of the City address Monday to rally support for his $11.4 million tax proposal, five weeks ahead of the vote on March 12.

On first day, Kerry vows to protect diplomats

On his first day as secretary of state, John Kerry said he would ensure the safety and security of personnel posted at US embassies and consulates around the world.

From left: Gregg Hammer, Janice Landry, Jon Dykstra, Meredith Beck, Andrew Crowe, and Irene Molloy in the Frank McCourt musical revue.

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Frank McCourt’s ‘The Irish’ is a celebration

Although structured as a kind of history lesson, “The Irish . . . and How They Got That Way” is really a celebration of a heritage.

BEANPOT | Boston college 4, Harvard 1

BC to face Northeastern in Beanpot title game

Boston College will go to its fourth straight Beanpot championship game after defeating Harvard at TD Garden.

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A labor, and legacy, of love

After 25 years, a Brookline candy shop’s legacy is about lending a hand and reaching across borders.

Data from apps help athletes raise the bar

The Boston area is developing a large family of companies that have created apps and Web programs to help usher in a new age of self-measurement.

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Scroll through a series of photos that Globe photographer David L. Ryan snapped from the air on Monday.

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The (Mystic) Tobin Bridge

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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A commercial for Axe showed a woman getting rescued by a lifeguard, but going for an astronaut instead.

Opinion | The Podium

Not buying offensive Super Bowl ads

Health

Finding the best therapist can be confusing

“When I landed the role, [Sarah Jessica Parker] sent me a very lovely note just kind of giving me her blessing and encouraging me,’’ says AnnaSophia Robb of playing the younger version of Carrie Bradshaw.

Filling big Manolos on ‘Carrie Diaries’

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s portrait is the most recent addition to the “They Also Ran Gallery,” above a bank lobby in Norton, Kan.

A tribute to presidential also-rans

Martha Coakley named only one of the schools she is investigating, American Career Institute, which abruptly shut down its eight locations in Massachusetts and Maryland last month.

Coakley widens probe of for-profit schools

Tim Kardatzke and Kristina Muskiewicz concentrated on their needlework at a Cambridge coed knitting group.

From bar hopping to knitting

In a Best Buy ad, Amy Poehler, of NBC’s ‘‘Parks and Recreation,’’ asks a store employee endless questions.

In between football, the ad game was played to win

Ex-House speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi (above) and lobbyist Richard McDonough were convicted of bribery in 2011.

DiMasi appeal to test ruling on bribery

The mobile app from Ubersense is used by elite athletes from 20 different sports — among them bobsledders.

The data to go the distance — quickly

“I think this was really the wake-up call for me,’’ Dr. Jonathan R. Welch says of the circumstances that led to his mother’s death.

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Mother’s death prompts doctor to critique her care

Going back to her days on the Boston Latin Academy track team, Annie Dookhan relentlessly pursued prestige.

Chasing renown on a path paved with lies

Bertil Hult, founder of EF Education First, in front of a piece of the Berlin Wall at the company’s Cambridge office. EF is doubling the size of its Cambridge campus.

Education First aims to bridge barriers

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49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh protested a non-call by the officials after a fourth down play against the Ravens.

Jim Harbaugh wrong to blame officials

The 49ers coach found plenty of fault with the officials in the loss to the Ravens, but he should have looked at his curious play-calling down the stretch.