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• Patrick set to propose 19 cent increase in gasoline tax (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• MGH is faulted for delaying report of contagious outbreak (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
• Witness stops cooperating in FBI sting case (By Adrian Walker, Globe Staff)
• Prosecutors aimed to shield man in exortion case (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Bishop's controversial beliefs have deep roots (By Michael Paulson, Globe Staff)
• High salaries for MSPCA executives questioned (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Silent on running (By Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• Woman killed in Somerset house explosion (By Milton Valencia and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
• Unwilling witness jailed for refusing to testify in murder case (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Crash kills boy, injures 3 on I-195 (Boston Globe)
• A glimpse into probe of DiMasi dealings (Boston Globe)
• A city bids farewell to fallen soldier (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Parents of flu victim plan fund for city schools (By Elizabeth Cooney, Globe Correspondent)
• DA strikes deal with teenage partygoers (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Haifa mayor, wife to attend talks at area colleges (By James F. Smith, Globe Staff)
• Top MIT workers to forgo their raises (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)
• From a forgotten rescuer, a simple tribute makes its way to a president's grave (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
• NU offering postgraduate tuition break (Boston Globe)
• Turnpike ordered to give workers raise (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)

• Alan Simmons, specialist in satellite communications (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)
• Ruby Rogers; helped win key rights for mentally ill (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• Snooks Eaglin, R&B and jazz singer and guitarist; at 72 (By Stacey Plaisance, Associated Press)
• Andrew Werth, 74; developer of satellite technology, cyclist (By Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post)
• Obituaries In brief (Boston Globe)

• Chapter 6: Master of the Senate Massive Senate record built on small gestures (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• Report casts doubt on military's readiness (By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)
• Calif. plan will close $42b budget gap (Associated Press)
• Arizona boy, 9, pleads guilty in fatal shootings (Associated Press)
• Marion Barry to undergo kidney transplant (Associated Press)
• 19-year-old charged with setting 9 Pa. fires (Associated Press)
• Economy cited as shark attacks decline (Associated Press)
• S.C. judge rules Texas Hold 'em is a skill (Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)
• Food poisoning strikes as many as 1 in 4 each year, CDC says (By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
• Crestor shows gains in reducing stroke risk (Bloomberg News)
• Flight operator defends training programs and pilot in N.Y. crash (By Larry Neumeister and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press)
• FAA accused of stalling on air safety (By Joan Lowy, Associated Press)
• Obama treads lightly in Canada (By Jennifer Loven, Associated Press)
• Political Notebook Lobbyist, N.Y. Times reach deal to end defamation suit (Boston Globe)
• Hundreds line up in cold for handouts in Ohio (By James Hannah, Associated Press)

• Netanyahu gets key ally for Israeli post (By Ashraf Khalil, Los Angeles Times)
• Iraqi shoe-thrower defends actions at court hearing (Washington Post)
• Kremlin urged to mend ties with West (Associated Press)
• Amid protests, tourists flee Guadeloupe (Associated Press)
• Hundreds of languages face extinction (Associated Press)
• Ferry capsizing kills at least 27 in Bangladesh (Associated Press)
• Potential succession crisis in N. Korea may hamper nuclear talks (By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post)
• Clinton warns N. Korea to stop threatening South (By Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
• Gates says US willing to pay higher rent for Kyrgyz base (By Anne Gearan, Associated Press)
• Pakistani cleric holds peace talks with Taliban (Associated Press)
• Iran inches closer to being able to build nuclear bomb (By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times)
• Iraq releases results of provincial elections (By Brian Murphy, Associated Press)
• Kerry, two Democrats visit Gaza to assess damage, needs (By Taghreed el-Khodary, New York Times)
• 3 acquitted in '06 killing of Russian journalist (By Ellen Barry and Michael Schwirtz, New York Times)

• Globe Editorial Not so fast on teacher layoffs
• Globe Editorial John Kerry's role in Damascus
• Globe Editorial A new look at the drug war
• Ellen Goodman Wall Street bust a hidden blessing for grads?
• David L. Phillips Turkey's strained ties to the West
• Charles Chieppo Losing a fiscal shell game
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• Jazz 90, Celtics 85 Garnett injures knee (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan A good move? Stay put (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• A couple of coaches (By Stan Grossfeld, Globe Staff)
• All Pedroia, all the time? (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Red Sox notebook Baldelli forced to take it slow (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Israeli secures visa for Dubai event (Boston Globe)
• He's going full force (By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook A-Rod cousin found (Associated Press)
• Patriots notebook Patriots re-sign Yates (By Mike Reiss and Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Celtics notebook O'Bryant shipped out (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• NBA notebook Alston dealt to Magic (Associated Press)
• Spurs 83, Pistons 79 Spurs keep Pistons on the skids (Associated Press)
• Bruins' moves must be carefully considered (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Penguins outlast Canadiens (Associated Press)
• Sports Media Milbury has an opinion when he's at the mike (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Memorable Mike Milbury quotes (Boston Globe)
• This weekend on TV, radio (Boston Globe)
• Woods back in business (By Michael Whitmer, Globe Staff)
• Golf roundup Mickelson enjoys return to Riviera (Associated Press)
• Elite running to Boston (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• College basketball notes It's looking bad out there (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• UNC 92, BC 68 Tar Heels run BC off the court (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• College basketball roundup Duke stops St. John's (Staff and Wire Services)
• Boys basketball Madison Park, O'Bryant clash (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)
• School roundup Lowell's late effort sparks Nantucket (By Amara Grautski, Globe Correspondent)
• At the races Trainer Dutrow hopes to be front-and-center again (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Contenders (Boston Globe)

• Homeowners anxious for details (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Partners loses $185m in quarter (By Jeffrey Krasner, Globe Staff)
• Putnam again hires former Fidelity official (By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff)
• SPENDING SMART As far as gadgets go, patience pays off (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Frank's encouraging words for SEC (By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff)
• BOSTON CAPITAL Long-term potential (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Producer prices rise in January (Bloomberg News)
• FBI tracks down missing financier Stanford in Virginia (Bloomberg News)
• Battered Dow slumps to six-year low (Associated Press)
• Sales of psoriasis drug may be halted (Bloomberg News)
• US wants more names from Swiss bank (Associated Press)
• Credit card defaults expected to soar (Bloomberg News)
• CVS profit climbs 17% in 4th quarter (Bloomberg News)
• Upbeat outlook boosts EnerNOC shares (Associated Press)
• European panel backs Genzyme plan (Associated Press)
• 30-year mortgage rates fall (Bloomberg News)
• Jabil Circuit to end Billerica operations, lay off 300 (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)

• NIGHTLIFE Bang Camaro's video game night (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• JAZZ Not strictly Sinatra (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• COMEDY Drama kings and queens (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• FILM Three grandmothers, Africa, and AIDS (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• DINING A special meal for brides to be (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | BATES WILDER Bates Wilder is a man of many roles (By Megan Tench, Globe Staff)
• Wesley Morris's Oscar predictions (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Welsey Morris and Ty Burr take their best shots at predicting the Oscar winners (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Ty Burr's Oscar predictions (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• MOVIE REVIEW  'Secret of the Grain' is a feast of a family epic (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• MOVIE REVIEW  'Fired Up!' falls flat as cheerleading farce (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• MOVIE REVIEW  'Fanboys' is a road movie in hyperspace (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• MOVIE REVIEW  'A fine Godard film sees the light (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW 'The Somme' deftly chronicles a massive WWI battle (By Chuck Leddy, Globe Correspondent)
• Ooh la la Lautrec: Exhibit captures artist's Paris (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
• STAGE REVIEW Last laughs in 'Endgame' (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• Critic's picks: Theater (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• Zoe Scofield choreographs a multimedia 'devil' (By Valerie Gladstone, Globe Correspondent)
• BSO releases CDs, announces Levine's new programs (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• N.H. band Wild Light is moving toward center stage (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• Eminem is back, with a new hit single (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• On meteorologist Matt Noyes's iPod (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
• Ben Kweller's country roots are showing (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Critics' picks: Pop music (Globe staff)
• Juana Molina is more than a one-woman band (By Sarah Tomlinson, Globe Correspondent)
• Appreciation Remembering 'the den mother of the Boston rock scene' (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• 'Taking Chance' team wanted to show a different side of Iraq war (By David Germain, Associated Press)
• Music Review J. Geils Band rocks the House (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW BSO concludes survey of Mozart symphonies on a high note (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
• Names Budding battle of flower shows (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Boston Globe)
• Conan readies to leave 'Late Night' (By Matea Gold, Los Angeles Times)
• Celebrity news Jury gets tour of Spector home (Boston Globe)
• For Oscars, Hollywood must balance economic awareness, star power (By Monica Corcoran and Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times)

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