A man who says he has relatives on board a missing flight spoke to journalists at Beijing International Airport.

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A man who says he has relatives on board a missing flight spoke to journalists at Beijing International Airport.

Malaysia Airlines says a flight headed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact over the South China Sea.

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Malaysia Airlines says a flight headed from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact over the South China Sea early Saturday, local time.

A woman cried at the Beijing airport. The flight was carrying 239 people.

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A woman cried at the Beijing airport. The flight was carrying 239 people.

CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya spoke during a press conference outside Kuala Lumpur.

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CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya spoke during a press conference outside Kuala Lumpur.

People stood beside the arrival board in Beijing, which shows the missing flight at the top.

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People stood beside the arrival board in Beijing, which shows the missing flight at the top.

Passengers included four Americans — three adults and an infant — the airline said.

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Passengers included four Americans — three adults and an infant — the airline said.

Signal of missing plane detected, Vietnamese media report

A Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight, which had 239 people aboard, went missing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.

Celtics guard Rajon Rondo threw a pass to Jeff Green, as the Nets’ Shaun Livingston provided pressure.

Celtics 91, Nets 84

Celtics chop down Nets

After arguably their most lifeless performance of the season, the Celtics bounced back, led by Rajon Rondo’s 20 points.

Harvard's Siyani Chambers went for the basket as Yale’s Matt Townsend defended during the second half.

Harvard 70, Yale 58

Harvard clinches NCAA Tournament berth

Harvard became the first team to clinch a berth in this year’s tournament with a win over Yale to capture the Ivy League title.

Sex offender, accused in 13 molestations, dies

John Burbine.

“Whatever he did, he did it at an opportune time when they weren’t looking,” said the lawyer for John Burbine, who was in jail awaiting trial.

Sheila MacRae.

‘Honeymooners’ actress Sheila MacRae dies at 92

The veteran stage, film, and TV performer was best known for playing Alice Kramden in the show’s 1960s revival.

Ideas

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It starts in 2015 and sounds like a scheme to rebuild the USSR, but its history is quite different — and troubling for the West.

Opinion

SCOT LEHIGH

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We haven’t had a frank discussion about how to expand the school day in a way that’s educationally effective and affordable.

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Wayfair announces $157m round of funding
Jake Peavy says he wants to quit using smokless tobacco because of his sons.

Tobacco chewing still an issue in majors
Canucks defenseman Alex Edler fit the profile of the type of player the Bruins wanted to assume some of Dennis Seidenberg’s responsibilities.

on hockey

How Bruins’ would-be deal with Canucks fizzled

Shai Yaacobi, 8, of Brookline played in front of the butterfly wall during a Purim party at the Boston Children’s Museum.

Globe photos of the week, March 7, 2014

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Post-graduation salaries: Show me the money
A woodcut showing heath hens, with two males in the foreground and a female in the background.

Extinct bird comes to life in archival film
Patricia Campatelli has been on leave since Jan. 14.

Register, deemed untruthful, to remain on leave

Kevin Cullen

Conflicted interest
First responders from across the country organized a convoy to wish seven-year-old Tyler Seddon a happy birthday.

Boy battling cancer gets to be chief for the day

Shirley Leung

A ‘favorite’ finds himself in line of fire

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David Ross (left) had a pregame chat with Mike Napoli before the Red Sox took on the Braves Friday. . (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Red Sox catcher David Ross ready to get started

Concussions interrupted Ross’s 2013 season, though a reprieve in the playoffs made the campaign a success.

Metro

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Work continued on the Callahan Tunnel project.

Callahan Tunnel to reopen Monday morning

Two and a half months after it was closed for repairs, the tunnel is scheduled to reopen ahead of schedule.

Columnists

A photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

JOANNA WEISS

Seeking a new Sagan

JOAN WICKERSHAM

Ugly mills, and the art they gave us

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Boston needs cooler buses

Alex Beam

Computer-generated nonsense
Pope Francis

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Pope Francis vs. critics on sex abuse: Both sides have a point

JEFF JACOBY

Bashing Netanyahu won’t bring peace closer
A screen displayed the trading day’s final tally for the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Close to 16,400, the index has surged since hitting a low near 6,500 five years ago during the financial crisis.

Shirley Leung

Ignored stock market roars back

Adrian Walker

Edging closer to acceptance
This is why we love spring training. Globe Staff Photo by Stan Grossfeld.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Some things in sports you can’t quantify

Boston Capital

Going card-free, for one day
A parade participant carried an Irish flag at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston last year.

Kevin Cullen

Irish should smile on those shunned

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Tax reform: Ski it if you dare

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Pro-Putin demonstrators held Russian national flags and posters reading “Crimea is Russian land!” in Moscow.

Crimea would be welcome as part of Russia, lawmaker says

The speaker of Russia’s upper house of parliament said Crimea would be welcome as an “equal subject.”

Politics

Volunteers waited for guests to be photographed with a cardboard cutout of Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md.

Religious conservatives facing off at conference

Friday marks the second day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, where thousands of activists seek to put their stamp on the GOP.

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A job fair for those in the military in Washington, D.C., in January.

US hiring improved in February

US employers added 175,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate rose as more people started looking for work.

Arts

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Tanya Donelly

Tanya Donelly goes solo with a little help from friends

Tanya Donelly returns with new music and two hometown shows with her old band, Throwing Muses.

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Sullivan Stapleton plays Athenian hero Themistocles and Eva Green is Artemisia, commander of the Persian fleet, in “300: Rise of an Empire.”

‘300’ takes a sidetrip, in 3-D

If “300” was a pep-talk on how to lose with dignity, “Rise of an Empire” is an inspirational speech on the value of teamwork.

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Ideas

“Without the elevator, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or residential high-rises, and city life as we know it would be impossible.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on why elevators matter