Weekend storms sap local budgets

Recent snowstorms are proving costly for local communities, which must shell out overtime pay to plow the streets.

Another storm headed to Mass. this weekend

Up to 1 foot of snow may fall in Central Mass., but it’s not yet clear exactly how much Boston could receive.

More than half of immigrants in Mass. are citizens

Analysts say the increase has been building here and ­nationally for years, pushing the number to record highs in the country.

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Police change investigators in Oscar Pistorius case

South African officials announced the change after learning the initial investigator faces attempted murder charges.

After his team won just 69 games in 2012, GM Ben Cherington is happy to have another opportunity.

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Dan Shaughnessy

Sox GM Ben Cherington merits blame too

Cherington seems to have been the Telfon GM for the Red Sox thus far. That might change if they underachieve this year.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Scott Brown less than candid? Bqhatevwr

The former Senator’s convoluted explanation for his Twitter messages chips away at Scott Brown Inc., a brand he needs to keep fresh and honest if he is to have a political future in Mass.

Pope Benedict XVI elevated Archbishop Sean O’Malley to cardinal at the Vatican on March 24, 2006.

Xavier L. Suarez

Why Cardinal O’Malley should be pope

In his humbleness, humor, language fluency, and caring are the makings of a pope.

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Elk may be found at sites designed for hunters of exotic or unusual animals.

Captive hunting in Vermont lures amid criticism

Bulger checked for heart issue again
“Skin is the biggest organ with a very important function — it protects the entire body,” says Violet Mkhitaryan, of Violet Skin Boutique.

Violet Mkhitaryan and the nature of healthy skin
Models walking the runway during the Anna Sui Fall 2013 show as part of New York Fashion Week.

Fashion Week questions answered (truthfully)
Clarissa Jones worked on signs at the Bird Street Community Center Wednesday in preparation for a jobs rally on Thursday.

Teen employment falls to 45-year low

events

The week ahead: Music
A cameraman caught the moments when Great White’s fireworks display ignited the fire.

From the archives , Feb. 22, 2003 | The station nightclub fire

In seconds, elation turned to horror
A new development by Roseland Property on the waterfront in East Boston will eventually include more than 550 apartments and 70,000 square feet of retail and civic space.

East Boston waterfront’s turn for renewal

Photos

Pedro Martinez back in camp with Red Sox
Celtics stars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett

Celtics are number crunching
Patricia Cornwell

Cornwell awarded $50.9m in suit

SCOT LEHIGH

The NRA’s sharp turn to the right

Sports

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Lakers center Dwight Howard went above Kevin Garnett with a shot.

Lakers get payback against the Celtics

The emotional Lakers, playing their first game since Jerry Buss’ death, pounded their rivals, who lost for the 2d straight night.

Metro

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Drew Coveney (left) and Jake Waterman, got a close-up look at the helicopter used in their rescue from a Halifax swamp from Mark Costa, a State Police tactical flight officer.

Halifax boys recall being lost in swamp

The boys praised the rescuers who came to their aid in a helicopter.

Columnists

Would Boston consider hosting the Olympic rings, which are headed to Sochi, Russia, next year?

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Would Boston consider an Olympic challenge?
After his team won just 69 games in 2012, GM Ben Cherington is happy to have another opportunity.

Dan Shaughnessy

Sox GM Ben Cherington merits blame too
Aqib Talib (right) and Alfonzo Dennard helped improve the Patriots’ secondary when they came on in the second half of last season.

Christopher L. Gasper

Now the Patriots must tag Aqib Talib
The FreedomPop (left) and Karma.

Tech Lab

Cheap access to the Internet is in the air

Adrian Walker

Health center gets 2d chance

opinion | farah stockman

Land rushes — and the people left behind

SCOT LEHIGH

The NRA’s sharp turn to the right

Kevin Cullen

Grounded, but uplifted
A small, unmanned aerial vehicle, during a demonstration at a Navy testing facility in Dahlgren, Va.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

For Obama, a license to kill
Rabbi David Hartman

JAMES CARROLL

Rabbi Hartman bridged the gap

Adrian Walker

Roxbury center on the right path
David Ortiz and Bobby Valentine talk last spring; this spring Ortiz ripped the now ex-Sox skipper.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox put blame on Valentine

Nation & World

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Flames and smoke rose from burned cars after an explosion shook central Damascus on Feb. 21, as seen in this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA.

53 killed in Damascus car bomb

The attack near the headquarters of Syria’s ruling party also wounded more than 200, and an airstrike on a rebel field hospital left 18 dead.

Politics

House Speaker John Boehner responded to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Feb. 14.

House GOP opposing tax increases

House Republicans are resolutely opposing tax increases to head off sequestration, all but ensuring the cuts will go into force March 1.

Business

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Mislabeled fish a national problem

In two years, one-third of more than 1,200 seafood samples in 21 states were found to be mislabeled.

Arts

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Book Review

Jess Walter, author of five novels, collects 13 tales in his first story collection.

‘We Live in Water’ by Jess Walter

Walter’s first story collection is terrifically crafted, sometimes funny, and often heartrendingly grim.

Style

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Christopher Muther works out with master trainer Albert Samano at the Boston Sports Club.

Why personal trainers often become a client’s best buddy

When we see our trainers more than we see our friends, how can they not end up our BFFs?

Magazine

The cover for the February 17 2013 issue

A trip to Rio de Janeiro, without leaving Boston
The cover for the February 10 2013 issue

Change on the Mystic
The cover for the February 3 2013 issue

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

New England traditional, with a twist

Opinion

“If [Soctt Brown is] now trying to look serious and thoughtful, tweeting nonsense undercuts the effort.”

Joan Vennochi 

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New England traffic has long negotiated the effects of our repetitive freeze-thaw cycle that leaves roads an obstacle course of potholes.

Ideas

“In 1925, Time Magazine reported on a doctor in Ann Arbor, Mich., who believed the average man’s hands were ‘contaminated with...secretions,’ and that people who insisted on shaking hands anyway were ‘purveyors of death.’ ”

Leon Neyfakh, on the risks of handshakes