Storm may bring up to 2 feet of snow

Boston may get up to two feet of snow as blizzard-like conditions are expected to hit the state on Friday.

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Scott Brown in negotiations to appear on Fox News

The former senator has told several Republicans that he will be on Fox, but a spokesperson said the talks are not final.

Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, spoke at a press conference with actor Amanda Peet (left), Martin Luther King III, and others at the US Captiol on Wednesday.

Kerry Kennedy joins group urging tighter gun laws in D.C.

The daughter of Robert F. Kennedy joined a Mayor Menino-led advocacy group in Washington to push for stronger firearms regulations.

The delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet use.

Postal Service to cut Saturday mail

The plan, which would need the approval of Congress, is aimed at saving about $2 billion.

Menino urges delay in key Boston school-assignment vote

Mayor Thomas M. Menino said he wants more time for community feedback and analysis on the plans.

Letter from Farm School: Spring seems far away

Outside, life has retreated deep within the soil to await the springtime thaw, apprentice Erik Jacobs writes from The Farm School.

Student farmer Caitlin Sargent looked out at one of The Farm School's Red Devon cows during chore time.

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Student farmer Caitlin Sargent looked out at one of The Farm School's Red Devon cows during chore time.

1/9/13 Orange, MA -- From left, chore partners Sarah Lederman of New York City and Momoko Hirose of Cambridge, Mass, work to load a wood fired boiler at the Farm School January 9, 2013. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

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Sarah Lederman of New York and Momoko Hirose of Cambridge loaded a wood-fired boiler.

1/10/13 Orange, MA -- Anne Cavanaugh of Lowell, Mass. rolls a log to the splitter at the Farm School in Orange, Mass. January 10, 2013. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

Anne Cavanaugh of Lowell rolled a log to the splitter.

1/16/13 Athol, MA -- Advance for Living. The Farm School's beef heard gather around a bail of hay during a snow storm January 16, 2013. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

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The Farm School’s beef herd during a January snowstorm.

12/20/12 Athol, MA -- Andrew Harrington of Barrington, RI works on a timber framing project in the greenhouse at the Farm School in Athol, Mass. December 20, 2012. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

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Andrew Harrington of Barrington, R.I., worked on a timber framing project.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/More%20Worlds.JPEG-0727b.jpg Closest habitable planets may be just 13 light-years away

Earth-like worlds may be much closer than previously thought, astronomers revealed Wednesday.

Adrian Walker

Roxbury health center missed its payday

Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center has been mired in controversies, but it had never failed to pay its staff, until last week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lackey-3402--90x90.jpg John Lackey vows to rebuild image, career

After the fried-chicken-and-beer scandal of 2011 hurt his image among some fans, the pitcher said he is determined to prove why the Red Sox invested in him.

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Rob Gronkowski needs to get his head on straight when it comes to the nightlife and endangering his well-being.

Christopher L. Gasper

Gronkowski’s antics are growing old
J. Chris Romero, director of operations at Albuquerque’s R. Greenleaf Organics, inspected bud development.

A guide for Mass. marijuana program
Web page results of ads that appeared on-screen when Harvard professor Latanya Sweeney typed her name in a google search. Ads featured services for arrest records. Sweeney conducted a study that concluded searches with

Racial bias alleged in Google’s ad results
Judge Raymond G. Dougan has drawn criticism from prosecutors.

Judge said to face new inquiry
The girlfriend of Aaron Swartz blamed US Attorney Carmen Ortiz of Massachusetts for his decision to take his life.

Activist’s suicide echoes in Congress
British officials have high hopes for the Silicon Roundabout and the nearby former Olympic Park as a home to a new technology center.

London looking for the ‘MIT magic’
Duy Tran, the 25-year-old owner of DooWee & Rice in Somerville, serves up such dishes as (from top) Vietnamese marinated beef noodles, spicy soy chicken wings, and pork baobaos.

Cheap Eats

Vietnamese fare far from traditional
Mumford & Sons front man Marcus Mumford performed at TD Garden.

Music Review

Passion marks Mumford & Sons show
Simen Johan’s “Untitled #133,” part of his “Until the Kingdom Comes” exhibit at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery.

Galleries

What’s up at Boston-area art galleries
Student Lucy Zhao studied table settings at an MIT miniclass on enhancing social skills.

Engineering etiquette at MIT’s charm school
The BSA national council announced they were considering to leave the decision of inclusion of gays to the local unit level.

Opinion | The Podium

A failure of leadership at the Boy Scouts of America
Devin Mahoney and Jon Niedzwiecki star in the A&E television show “Southie Rules.”

How real is Southie’s new reality show?

Sports

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Patriots review | Part 1 of 3

Stevan Ridley’s performance in 2012 helped the Patriots’ running backs improve as a group.

Why the Patriots actually improved in 2012

Despite their stinging playoff loss, the Patriots made major gains in 2012. Now, can they build on them in 2013?

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Mary Beth Heffernan

Mary Beth Heffernan confirmed as district court judge

The former Massachusetts public safety secretary was confirmed by the Governor’s Council in a 7-1 vote.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Roxcomp missed payday

JEFF JACOBY

A guaranteed flop for Mass.
State Representative Dan Winslow talked with bank officials last March during a meeting at the Wrentham Co-operative Bank.

SCOT LEHIGH

Finally, Mass. GOP has some likely candidates
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco celebrated as his team won the Super Bowl.

joanna weiss

Partnering up to battle TV violence
Rob Gronkowski needs to get his head on straight when it comes to the nightlife and endangering his well-being.

Christopher L. Gasper

Gronkowski’s antics are growing old
A home in San Antonio in 2009.

Opinion | FARAH STOCKMAN

The hazards of optimism

Kevin Cullen

Real-deal candidates

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Hillary, Tina, and girls like them

Adrian Walker

Seat may slip from Southie
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco won his first Super Bowl on Sunday against the 49ers.

Dan Shaughnessy

Super Bowl was one of the greatest

Yvonne Abraham

Small ending, big results?

JOAN VENNOCHI

How Patrick is shaping the face of Mass.

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Police investigated the scene of a shooting in the Globeville neighborhood in Denver on Wednesday.

2 children, 1 woman killed in Denver shooting

A third child was wounded in critical condition after an apparent shooting at a house in the northeast part of the city.

Politics

Sally Jewell

Sally Jewell picked to head Interior Dept.

Jewell, the chief executive officer of outdoors company Recreational Equipment, Inc., was selected by President Obama to replace Ken Salazar.

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Biogen Idec CEO George Scangos.

Biogen to pay $3.2b for full rights to MS drug

The Weston company will acquire the full rights to the multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri from its partner Elan Corp.

Arts

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Book Review

Castellani

‘All This Talk of Love’ by Christopher Castellani

Castellani introduces twin themes in his entertaining novel about an Italian immigrant family in America.

Food & dining

Student farmer Caitlin Sargent of San Anselmo, Calif., looked out at one of The Farm School's Red Devon cows during chore time on Jan. 16, 2013.

Letter from Farm School: Spring seems far away

Outside, life has retreated deep within the soil to await the springtime thaw, apprentice Erik Jacobs writes from The Farm School.

Magazine

The cover for the February 3 2013 issue

South End remodel: Rear window
The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

Cambodian-Americans confronting deportation
The cover for the January 20 2013 issue

My friend Tito
The cover for the January 13 2013 issue

Alfresco fabulous

Opinion

“In their willingness to step forward, both [Dan] Winslow and [Gabriel] Gomez aren’t just helping the GOP. They are doing the entire state a favor.”

Scot Lehigh 

Ideas

“To rein prosecutors back in, these scholars argue, America should reinstate ordinary citizens to their rightful place in the process, and with them a common-sense vision of fairness.”

Leon Neyfakh on how to solve prosecutorial overreach 

“We are changing the perception of marijuana. This is a wellness issue and we treat it that way.”

Willie Ford,  president of R. Greenleaf Organics