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Obama says ‘now is the time’ on immigration

President Obama pushed for immigration overhaul in Las Vegas today, hailing the bipartisan efforts of a group of senators and unveiling his own plan for change.

Congressman Stephen Lynch answers questions during an interview in his Capitol Hill office in 2010.

US Rep. Stephen Lynch set to run for Senate

Lynch reserved a union hall in South Boston for a Thursday announcement that he is running in the special election to fill John F. Kerry’s seat.

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Senate confirms John Kerry as secretary of state

The Senate has voted 94 to 3 to confirm Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state.

A Free Syrian Army fighter sat next to a water pipe and looked towards a mirror to monitor forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in old Aleppo, January 29, 2013.

65 bodies found in Aleppo, Syrian activists say

It is unclear whether government loyalists or rebels killed the 65 men, almost all in their 20s and 30s, some found with hands tied behind their backs.

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys play KGB agents in Reagan-era Washington in FX’s new series “The Americans.”

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Wednesday preview | Television review

‘The Americans:’ Double lives in the Reagan era

Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are excellent in FX’s first-rate drama “The Americans,” in which they play fictional sleeper KGB agents in 1981.

Workers prepared Faneuil Hall Monday for Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s State of the City address Tuesday. Menino was expected to announce an initiative with Harvard and MIT to offer free onlinc courses at the city’s community centers.

State of the City | 7 p.m.

Menino to announce online education initiative

Mayor Thomas M. Menino plans to announce a partnership with Harvard and MIT through the universities’ experimental online initiative edX.

Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez denies link in latest PED scandal

The Yankees slugger distanced himself from a report linking him to a new cheating scandal, while MLB said it was “extremely disappointed’’ by the news.

The Prudential Center complex rises behind the Christian Science Plaza’s reflecting pool.

PAUL MCMORROW

Adjusting Boston’s High Spine

The Christian Science Plaza redevelopment is a watershed moment for Boston, but it’s also likely to prove bittersweet.

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Globe Insiders

Globe Talk | Jan. 30, 6 p.m.

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Globe subscribers will get a firsthand look at the “68 Blocks” special project from the journalists who created the series.

Globe exclusives

Mary Gundrum is grateful to the medical team at Boston Children’s Hospital that took care of her son Dominic Pio.

Child survives rare brain surgery
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith (right) got a concussion when he was tackled by St. Louis Rams linebacker Jo-Lonn Dunbar in November.

A $100m Harvard focus on NFL
Terry Francona oversaw a dramatic collapse in 2011, his final year with the Red Sox.

Book excerpt

How trust evaporated between Sox, Francona

Programmed iPhones accompany 24 rail conductors

FARAH STOCKMAN

Inauguration, Massachusetts style
Alicia Sacramone of Winchester will end her career as the most decorated American global gymnast.

Gymnast Alicia Sacramone retires
Some singles say they prefer group get-togethers because they are less pressured than one-on-one dates.

Dating sites remake the introductions
Boston’s Museum of Science aims to create a more vibrant entry that will take better advantage of the site’s waterfront porch.

Museum gallery will focus on Charles
Former Chelsea Housing chief Michael E. McLaughlin.

US may tell Chelsea to repay $7m in grants
“Oliver!” stars Jeffrey Sewell (left) as the Artful Dodger and Charlie Clinton as Oliver Twist.

Stage Review

Wheelock’s ‘Oliver!’ steals hearts

Album Review | SOUL POP

Not much new on Destiny’s Child’s ‘Love Songs’
Mayor Thomas M. Menino (shown speaking last year) said he is focused on the tone of this year’s address.

Menino and speech will draw scrutiny

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Randy Moss spoke at Super Bowl media day on Tuesday.

Randy Moss: ‘I’m the greatest receiver’ ever

The ex-Patriots receiver, now with the 49ers preparing for the Super Bowl, said he believes no one has ever been better than him.

Metro

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State Senator John A. Hart Jr. was first elected to the House in 1996 and to the Senate in 2002. He hosts the annual Saint Patrick’s breakfast in South Boston.

Jack Hart quitting state Senate today

Hart was a favorite to succeed Therese Murray as state Senate president.

Columnists

JOANNA WEISS

Bobby Jindal and the ‘stupid party’

Kevin Cullen

Judgment with wisdom

JULIETTE KAYYEM

From Seneca Falls to Stonewall and back again

Tech Lab Plus

Keyboard for the iPhone is a clever touch

FARAH STOCKMAN

Inauguration, Massachusetts style
Rajon Rondo looked to throw a pass in a game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Jan. 14 at the TD Garden in Boston. Rondo will miss the rest of the regular season with a knee injury.

Christopher L. Gasper

Rajon Rondo injury clouds Celtics future
CEO David Patrick (right), shown with founder Chuck Goldman, says 100-plus companies use Apperian’s technology.

Innovation Economy

Intel invests in creator of ‘app stores’

Yvonne Abraham

Close call that shouldn’t be

Derrick Z. Jackson

Obama’s more perfect union

JOANNA WEISS

Beyonce, the lip sync, and the lies

Innovation Economy

Amazon is busy, but secretive, in Kendall Square
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JOAN VENNOCHI

Put the brakes on tax breaks

Nation & World

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Transportation secretary Ray LaHood to step down

LaHood, the only Republican still in President Obama’s first-term Cabinet, said he plans to leave the administration.

Politics

“I’m going to make an appointment of . . . a good steward of the interests of the people,” Governor Deval Patrick said.

Governor Patrick’s interim senator pick near

With Senator Kerry set to resign, Patrick is expected to announce an interim senator tomorrow.

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An A123 Systems Inc. high power Nanophospate Lithium Ion Cell for Hybrid Electric Vehicles battery.

A123 purchase by Chinese firm approved

The Waltham battery maker filed for bankruptcy last year despite getting tens of millions in taxpayer money.

Arts

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Book REview

The cover “Good Kids” by Benjamin Nugent.

‘Good Kids’ by Benjamin Nugent

The book is a minimally derivative addition to the much-excavated genre of early adulthood relationship angst.

Lifestyle

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Marc Harris at one of his three Boston salons. “The challenge is maintaining that [level of attention] in the second visit,” he said. “But a busy stylist can see 40 to 60 clients a week.”

Why isn’t the second haircut as good as the first?

The situation is painful to anyone who’s ever felt the high of finding a great stylist — only to crash back to reality when the second cut doesn’t measure up.

Magazine

The cover for the January 27 2013 issue

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

My friend Tito
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

“The Massachusettsians who packed into a party at Legal Sea Foods in downtown D.C. on inauguration weekend shined like the bottles of wine they were drinking.”

Farah Stockman 

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 

“You get used to [the pain]. I hope this project gets us to a place where players some day don’t have to get used to it.”

Domonique Foxworth,  a former Ravens cornerback, on Harvard’s $100 million study of NFL players