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• Brian McGrory: Health care costs are killing city
• Steven Syre: Nurses feeling the crunch

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• More opt for low-cost health coverage (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• In tiny Upton, many signs of growth (By Akilah Johnson, Globe Staff)
• Lincoln shrinks, and wonders why (By Patricia Wen, Globe Staff)
• Ex-councilor Chuck Turner grooms successor, targets foes (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)
• Fidelity tells governor that jobs move is final (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• Public to pay for former House speaker DiMasi’s lawyers (By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff)
• Associate in lawyer’s alleged money laundering scheme ID’d (By Shelley Murphy and Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Brian McGrory Health care costs are killing city (By Brian McGrory, Globe Columnist)
• Patrick awaits answers on tunnel problem (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• BOSTON Gun death is city’s 6th homicide this year (Boston Globe)
• LITTLETON, N.H. Federal safety panel to review bus crash (Boston Globe)
• NEWBURY Police chase, disable car; driver charged (Boston Globe)
• PROVIDENCE State wants funds to host sailing race (Boston Globe)
• PORTLAND, MAINE Mass. man found guilty in sham weddings (Boston Globe)
• THOMASTON, MAINE Pair lose suit against cement factory (Boston Globe)
• Fate of New Hampshire killer alleging insanity now in hands of jury (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• Connolly colleagues press for his release (By Curt Anderson, Associated Press)
• Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in ’09 Harvard shooting (By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff)
• Student from Middlebury College goes missing in Syria (Associated Press)
• Charges against Pace football players dropped (By Jim Fitzgerald, Associated Press)
• Man faces charge of threatening Stonehill (By Neal Riley, Globe Correspondent)
• L.L. Bean, MBTA wrap up free ride deal (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• Jamaica extradition key in Conn. bail bond case (By Dave Collins, Associated Press)
• Boston students, parents sound off over expired food (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• Conn. municipal leaders applaud budget (By Susan Haigh, Associated Press)
• R.I. mobster admits to trying to order hit (By Ian MacDougall, Associated Press)
• Afghan activist Malalai Joya issued visa by US (By Jenna Duncan, Globe Correspondent)

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• Dancing free (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)

• Medford, Woburn men among 11 missing since ’43 to be buried with honors (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)

• Bills for clearing all that winter snow come due (By Jennette Barnes, Globe Correspondent)

• Richard Leacock, influential in growth of cinéma-vérité (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
• Muriel Pokross; philanthropist, advocate for hearing-impaired (By Gil Bliss, Globe Correspondent)
• Rocco J. Antonelli; ran against Dukakis in 1970 election; ex-Middlesex treasurer (Boston Globe)
• Emil Corwin, 107; retired at 96 after government career (By T. Rees Shapiro, Washington Post)
• G. Alan Marlatt, 69; advocated for change in treating addiction (By Dennis Hevesi, New York Times)
• Lanford Wilson, 73; playwright won Pulitzer (By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press)
• Hazel Rowley, 59, biographer of Roosevelts, Richard Wright (By Margalit Fox, New York Times)
• Ladislav Novak, Czech soccer coach and player; at 79 (Associated Press)

• Census shows nation growing more diverse and less urban (By Hope Yen, Associated Press)
• Man gets 32 years in honor student’s death (Associated Press)
• Condos served as maternity site for Chinese (Associated Press)
• With cherry festival, a bow to victims (Associated Press)
• Judge to rule if triplets can see disabled mom (Associated Press)
• Political Notebook Bachmann may launch presidential bid by May, a top adviser says (Boston Globe)
• Pentagon orders temporary hold on alternative fighter engine funding (Associated Press)
• FBI can delay Miranda warnings to terror suspects (By Pete Yost, Associated Press)
• Errant air controller is tested for drugs (By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post)
• For Al Qaeda operative, Detroit wasn’t feature of master plan (By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, Associated Press)
• Texas dig solidifies evidence of settlers (By David Brown, Washington Post)

• Deal set for NATO to lead Libya ‘no-fly ’ mission (By Elisabeth Bumiller and David D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times)
• Family detained after hiding twin babies at border (Associated Press)
• China cracks down on indoor smoking (New York Times)
• Faked records spur India to check pilots (Bloomberg News)
• UK man guilty in ‘Night Stalker’ rapes (Associated Press)
• Syria may lift some laws seen as repressive (By Hussein Malla and Zeina Karam, Associated Press)
• Level of radioactive iodine in Tokyo water supply falls (By David Jolly, New York Times)
• Rockets from Gaza land deep in Israel (By Aron Heller, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial Boston needs to add taxis, spur regional cooperation
• Globe Editorial BU: The student-athlete Hall of Fame
• Globe Editorial Nuns deserve full accounting
• Kim Marshall Visit classrooms early and often, and give new tools to principals
• Tom Fortmann and Linda Noonan Focus on how students perform, not on mere process of teaching
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• Bruins 7, Canadiens 0 Bruins run Montreal into a figurative wall (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Dan Shaughnessy Performance was simply smashing (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Bob Ryan Thrilling double feature (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Skinner defends himself (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Muse an inspiration to Eagles (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• On Baseball Always a deep concern (By Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe)
• Red Sox Notebook Marlin has a blast against Buchholz (By Nick Cafardo and Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Ex-Eagles great Bednarik hospitalized (Boston Globe)
• Baseball Notebook Doping expert testifies (Associated Press)
• Golf Roundup Levin blows past Bay Hill field (Associated Press)
• Celtics Notebook The push is on at practice (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• NBA Roundup Dallas, Nowitzki hit their marks (Associated Press)
• NHL Roundup Penguins get drop on Flyers (Associated Press)
• Boychuk’s goal was quick start (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Bruins Notebook Recchi made waves in bid to help Chara (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Florida 83, BYU 74 Florida outlasts BYU (By David Brandt, Associated Press)
• Butler 61, Wisconsin 54 Butler knocks off Badgers (By Brett Martel, Associated Press)
• Nothing but blue skies for Calipari (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Kansas enjoys a smooth path (By Paul Weber, Associated Press)
• NCAA Notebook Missouri eyes new direction (Associated Press)
• UConn 74, San Diego St. 67 UConn drives past San Diego State (By Greg Beacham, Associated Press)
• Arizona 93, Duke 77 Duke routed by Arizona (By Beth Harris, Associated Press)
• College Hockey Notebook Kreider OK to play (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Women's college basketball notebook Cavaliers send Eagles packing (Associated Press)
• BAA adds 10K race in June (Boston Globe)

• Airlines get more creative with fees (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
• Vt. public radio fears cuts if funding is lost (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
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• 14 charged with cheating homebuyer tax credit program (By Jenifer B. McKim, Globe Staff)
• Possible closure of shellfish cleansing plant threatens diggers’ livelihoods (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
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• AT&T plans upgrades to cell service in Mass. (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Boston Capital Nurses feeling the crunch (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Plan to ease EU debt crisis upstaged at summit (By Gabriele Steinhauser, Associated Press)
• Durable goods orders slip in Feb. (By Bob Willis, Bloomberg News)
• Survey shows small firms are hiring (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• AROUND THE REGION PerkinElmer makes 2 deals for firms (Associated Press)
• Walgreen to acquire Drugstore.com (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• India’s billionaires urged to give more (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Cable firm, LightSquared in talks (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• Proctor & Gamble, Teva in venture (By Bloomberg News, Boston Globe)
• Around the Region L.L. Bean adopts free-shipping plan (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Around the region FDA permits Boston Scientific device (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• State Street on track after crisis, CEO says (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• US car plants brace for shortage (By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press)
• Candice Choi That ‘free’ checking account probably comes with a lot of strings attached (By Candice Choi, Associated Press)
• State antitrust actions may put pressure on Google (By Sara Forden and Brian Womack, Bloomberg News)
• Jury hears wiretaps in insider trade case (Bloomberg News)
• Profit reports, job-market gains boost stocks (Boston Globe)
• MARKET MOVERS IMAX plans rapid expansion in China (Boston Globe)
• MASS. MOVERS Talbots speeds up plan to overhaul chain (Boston Globe)
• Ford Motor Co. (Boston Globe)
• Home Depot Inc. (Boston Globe)
• Scholastic Corp. (Boston Globe)

• Karen Allen crafts a career — and a life (By Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review  ‘White Irish Drinkers’ lacks emotional kick (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• Theater Review ‘Hair’ recaptures spirit of the ’60s (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review  ‘Win Win,’ Paul Giamatti come out on top (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• Liz Longley’s voice comes shining through (By Juliet Pennington, Globe Correspondent)
• The Bourne legacy: A taxing problem for the Animal Rescue League on Cape Cod (By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist)
• Art Review BC exhibit’s objects range from instruments of war to relics of multiple religions (By Sebastian Smee, Globe Staff)
• The Tip Local 149 is changing the flavor of South Boston (By Devra First, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review  Wimpy Kid’ sequel filled with fun boy humor (By Tom Russo, Globe Correspondent)
• Television Review Kate Winslet carries a thoroughly modern ‘Mildred’ (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Kate Winslet on playing Mildred Pierce (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Television Review Dysfunctional family really works in Showtime’s ‘Shameless’ (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Scene & Heard Throwback rock powerhouse Viva Viva gets its act together (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• Kurt Vile is leaping up from the underground (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review  ‘Monogamy’ forces the issue through improvisation (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• Movie Review  ‘Orgasm Inc.’ is not faking it (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Noisy Neighbors: Hot Molasses (By Jonathan Perry, Globe Correspondent)
• Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ will open Boston Lyric Opera’s new season (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Berlioz, Bellini to come from Opera Boston (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Classical Notes At 40, Thomas Adès is finally at ease with attention (By David Weininger, Globe Correspondent)
• Todd Rundgren discusses his five favorite cities (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Night Watch: Dyke Night (By Michael Brodeur, Globe Staff)
• Book Review Gore Vidal’s mystery novels, written under the name Edgar Box, are reissued (By Diane White, Boston Globe)
• Critic's Corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• ‘Hereafter’ available on Comcast Movies: All Movies (Boston Globe)
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• Surfing the Net With Kids: clean, funny jokes (By Barbara Feldman, Boston Globe)
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• Celebrity News Taylor laid to rest (Boston Globe)
• Movie Review  ‘Sucker Punch’ is more video game than action movie (By Ty Burr, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW A warm welcome for Ellie Goulding at the Paradise (By James Reed, Globe Staff)

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