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• Democrats back off on health bill, say there’s ‘no rush’

• Dan Payne: What voters were saying at the polls

• Haiti’s children on their own on shattered streets
• Emotions run high as leaders debate rebuilding plans
• UMass lineman blocks out the anguish

• Governor seeks more changes to state pensions

• Obama to acknowledge voter angst with new agenda (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• Brown reaches out on Boston Democratic turf (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• City violates pension law a third time, panel finds (By Andrew Ryan and Donovan Slack, Globe Staff)
• Kerrigan family faced dilemma with adult son (By Peter Schworm and Milton Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Fire deaths fall to lowest level in Massachusetts since WWII (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Governor seeks more changes to state pensions (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)
• Vote is unanimous to close Springfield charter school (By James Vaznis, Globe Staff)
• Brian McGrory Structural failing (By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist)
• Wind knocked out of Mt. Washington record (By Holly Ramer, Associated Press)
• Suspect in killing of Yale student pleads not guilty (By John Christoffersen, Associated Press)
• New England in brief John Paul II Academy will consolidate (Boston Globe)
• Suit filed over man’s death after police checkpoint confrontation (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• State board hears law school debated (By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff)
• EPA’s plan for new stormwater runoff regulations will be costly (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Jurors in Riley trial hear more about father (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
• Emotions run high as civic leaders debate Haitian rebuilding plans (By James F. Smith, Globe Staff)
• Vermont has more deaths per capita in Iraq war than other states (By John Curran, Associated Press)
• Woman, 82, struck by errant fire hose in Cambridge (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• Norwood High hockey player may undergo spinal surgery today (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• Wife of N.H. governor backs obesity screening (By Norma Love, Associated Press)

• Marguerite Broman, 94, mother and businesswoman (By Stefanie Geisler, Globe Correspondent)
• John Fitzgerald, film critic, journalist, and teacher; 83 (By J.M. Lawrence, Globe Correspondent)
• Pernell Roberts, 81; starred in ‘Bonanza,’ ‘Trapper John’ (Associated Press)
• Charles Mathias, at 87; former US senator from Md. (By Matt Schudel, Washington Post)
• Laughlin Phillips, CIA agent and museum director; at 85 (By Adam Bernstein, Washington Post)
• Bob Noorda, 82, designer revamped NYC subway signs (By Steven Heller, New York Times)

• Obama to acknowledge voter angst with new agenda (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)
• US ill-prepared for biological attack, panel finds (By Joby Warrick, Washington Post)
• Funds for Alaska’s clergy abuse victims OK’d (Associated Press)
• LA plans to close most marijuana clinics (Associated Press)
• Man facing weapons charges had map of base (Associated Press)
• Sand pit dooms one of Mars rovers (Associated Press)
• Cold weather takes toll on Fla. manatees (Associated Press)
• Democrats back off on health bill, say there’s ‘no rush’ (By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
• Senate rejects deficit task force (By Lori Montgomery, Washington Post)
• Political Notebook $8.8b to assist military families (Boston Globe)
• Four charged in phone tampering scheme at Louisiana senator’s office (By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
• US bans texting for all commercial drivers (By Angela Greiling Keane, Bloomberg News)

• Infections taking hold of survivors in Haiti’s squalor (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
• Insurgents launch another attack in Baghdad (By Qais Mizher and Leila Fadel, Washington Post)
• NATO, Russia resume military ties (Associated Press)
• 5 Hong Kong legislators quit, seek democracy (Associated Press)
• Group alleges rights abuses in Mideast (Associated Press)
• Guatemala arrests ex-leader wanted in US (Associated Press)
• Koreas exchange artillery fire on coast (Associated Press)
• US halts aid to Kenyan education programs (Associated Press)
• French limits on Muslim veil use defined (Associated Press)
• Car bomb wounds 14 near US base in Afghan capital (By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
• Haiti’s children on their own on shattered streets (By Deborah Sontag, New York Times)
• Israel to reject UN panel’s call for investigation of Gaza war (By Amy Teibel, Associated Press)
• Scientists flocking to China fossil excavation (By Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post)
• Pilot in Beirut crash made ‘fast and strange turn’ after takeoff (By Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
• US revisits strategy on supporting Yemen (By Matthew Lee and Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Rogue probation office needs real oversight
• Globe Editorial New Orleans: Salvation in the Superdome
• Globe Editorial Reappoint Ben Bernanke
• Jeff Jacoby Income angst? Not for public employees
• Scot Lehigh The governor: A pop quiz
• Dan Payne What voters were saying at the polls
• Cornelius Hurley Banks need to return subsidy

• UMass lineman blocks out the anguish (By Albert R. Breer, Globe Staff)
• US women’s hockey team has a ‘Miracle’ worker (By John Powers, Globe Staff)
• Colts are perfectly happy with their standing (By Monique Walker, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Some interesting items found in desk drawer of a sports mind (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Patriots notebook Tackle sheds light on injuries (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• NFL notebook Group focuses on brain injuries (Associated Press)
• Sports Log Vonn and Miller headline US ski team (Boston Globe)
• Celtics notebook This is where the elite meet (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Bruins notebook Bruins’ Rask remains winless as a reliever (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook Hermida and Red Sox reach agreement on one-year deal (By Amalie Benjamin, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Sevens are lucky for Capitals and Senators (Associated Press)
• NBA roundup Lakers find road groove (Associated Press)
• Australian Open Venus loses, but Serena marches on (Associated Press)
• BC 75, Clemson 69 Spirited BC dumps Clemson (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• College roundup Downey, SC stun Kentucky (From Staff and Wire Reports)
• School roundup Lynn English stops Winthrop (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)

• Home sales have first yearly rise since ’04 (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Survey Has the Mass. housing market hit bottom?
• Cuts in aid drag down Boston Medical Center’s debt rating (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Saab owners, dealers celebrate sale to Dutch sports car company (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
• Readers share memories of their Saabs
• Grousbeck to lead Mass. Eye and Ear board (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Galvin charges broker in $697m notes sale (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• Foxwoods dealers will form union, a first under tribal law (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
• Fed’s challenge: withdrawal of stimulus funds (By Jeannine Aversa, Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION EMC forecasts gain in sales in 2010 (Bloomberg News)
• AROUND THE REGION Foreign sales boost Waters’ earnings (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION Parametric profit more than triples (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION Satellite TV firms sue over Mass. tax (Associated Press)
• Home Depot to cut jobs, close 3 stores (Bloomberg News)
• Nipro recalls 2m medical needles (Associated Press)
• After just a year, Borders CEO quits (Bloomberg News)
• Ex-Treasury boss to testify about AIG (Associated Press)
• Toyota halts US sales of Camry, 7 other models (By Ken Thomas, Associated Press)
• Mortgage relief plan gets a boost (By Alan Zibel, Associated Press)
• Verizon to cut 13,000 jobs; earnings miss estimates (By Amy Thomson, Bloomberg News)
• IRS pushes corporations on tax shelters (By Lynnley Browning, New York Times)
• FCC seeking answers on wireless termination fees (By Joelle Tessler, Associated Press)
• Consumer confidence at highest level since September ’08 (By Courtney Schlisserman, Bloomberg News)

• A whole new world of snacking (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
• Photos Snack suggestions for Greater Boston
• Voices His space vs. our place (By Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• Names Ayla Brown’s still looking for Mr. Right (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• Your take Snow fun being green (Boston Globe)
• Plonk of the month Plonk of the Month: some reds for under $12 (Boston Globe)
• At Newburyport bakery, their daily bread is a daily passion (By Bridget Samburg, Globe Correspondent)
• Food and Travel In Sedona, a creative take on traditional Mexican (By Amy Sutherland, Globe Correspondent)
• Food and Travel Recipe for Elote (Boston Globe)
• Sunday supper and more Sunday Supper from a pork shoulder (By Lisa Zwirn, Globe Correspondent)
• Sunday supper and more Sunday supper and more: shopping list (Boston Globe)
• Sunday supper and more Recipe for braised pork shoulder with apple-fig sauce (Boston Globe)
• Sunday supper and more Recipe for pulled pork sandwiches (Boston Globe)
• Joy of baking Recipe for rocky road cookies (Boston Globe)
• Joy of baking Stove-top cinnamon-rice pudding (Boston Globe)
• Recipe for oven fries (Boston Globe)
• Wine in the pot Recipe for roast chicken legs with red-wine pan gravy (Boston Globe)
• G Force | Dennis Tourse and Jamie Rogers Big-game teamwork from catering chefs (By Alex Spanko, Globe Staff)
• Cheap eats A flavor-filled Falafel Corner (Boston Globe)
• Book review ‘Stealing Fatima’ explores the intersection of faith and doubt (By Julie Wittes Schlack, Globe Correspondent)
• Galleries Exhibits blends visual panache with a sense of art history (By Cate McQuaid, Globe Correspondent)
• Janice Y.K. Lee strikes a chord with readers with ‘The Piano Teacher’ (By Hillel Italie, Associated Press)
• Short orders Fresh food with a hint of spring at Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market (Boston Globe)
• Short orders Homebaked Bliss cookies are homebaked heaven (Boston Globe)
• Short orders These beans mean business (Boston Globe)
• Let's eat Recipe for White House whipped sweet potatoes (Boston Globe)
• Let's eat Recipe for scrambled eggs with mushrooms and herbs (Boston Globe)
• Things to do An Evening With Grace Bumbry at Boston University (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Ozzy Osbourne signs copies of his book at BU (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Performed and heard (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Reel Love film screenings in Cambridge (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Winter White Party at the Estate (Boston Globe)
• Capsule movie reviews (Boston Globe)
• Critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Daily guide (Boston Globe)
• On demand picks (Boston Globe)
• Oliver Stone says US should learn from the 20th century (By Michael Casey, Associated Press)
• Casting director has stars in her eyes (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
• More Celebrity news Shepard Fairey case ongoing (Associated Press)

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