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• Obama: Deal near on budget; Boehner less optimistic
• GOP targets Dodd-Frank financial regulation
• Making a case vs. Obama’s health care law

• Patrick zeroes in on alleged pension abuses (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• They get snow but they don’t get the joke (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• Video Snowstorm doesn't keep Community Boating from opening
• Old South Church repairs begin soon (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• New moose may be neighbor (By Vivian Ho, Globe Correspondent)
• Governor hails firefighters’ heroism in rescue (By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff)
• Adrian Walker A councilor’s wrenching decision (By Adrian Walker, Globe Columnist)
• Cardinal says he will fund pensions (By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
• Mass. Guardsman killed in Afghanistan (By Meghan E. Irons, Globe Staff)
• Police find woman’s body in Chelsea (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• BOSTON Traces of radioctive iodine found in air (Boston Globe)
• BOSTON Man allegedly impersonated US marshal (Boston Globe)
• REHOBOTH Town to suspend police chief for two days (Boston Globe)
• KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. Mass. fugitive profiled on TV is arrested (Boston Globe)
• WORCESTER Man avoids charges in stabbing of pit bull (Boston Globe)
• NEW YORK 2 convicted murderers to get life sentences (Boston Globe)
• N.H. lawmaker calls Manchester bishop ‘pedophile pimp’ (By Norma Love and Holly Ramer, Associated Press)
• Student from Vt. released by Syria (By John Curran, Associated Press)
• 6 Israeli lawmakers to visit US for study of Jewish community (By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press)
• Fall River councilor protests attorney general’s action (By Vivian Ho, Globe Correspondent)
• Man held in Boston is suspect in earlier Watertown bank heist (By Nicholas Goss, Globe Correspondent)
• Morning sweep nets 22 arrests in Quincy (By Jessica Bartlett, Globe Correspondent)
• Cambridge College picks new president (By Katherine Landergan, Globe Correspondent)
• US reviews concerns on harassment at Yale (By John Christoffersen, Associated Press)
• Star Watch Saturn temporarily crosses paths with Virgo and the crow (By Alan M. MacRobert, Globe Correspondent)

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• Artist’s exhibit at Arlington gallery explores growing up gay and Mormon (By Kathleen Burge, Globe Staff)

• For local players dreaming big, baseball proves a fickle game (By Maureen Mullen, Globe Correspondent)

• MILTON Milton ponders 5 options for Poor Farm land (By Johanna Seltz, Globe Correspondent)

• Lou Gorman; general manager built contending Red Sox teams (By Amalie Benjamin and Chad Finn, Globe Staff)
• George Martin; kept Marathon on right financial path; at 85 (By Laurie D. Willis, Globe Correspondent)
• Jim Seymour, Notre Dame star set standard for receivers; at 64 (By Bruce Weber, New York Times)
• H.R.F. Keating, 84, British crime novelist (By Bruce Weber, New York Times)
• Claudia Heill; judo standout won silver medal at Olympics (Associated Press)

• Brown walking fine line on budget cuts (By Theo Emery, Globe Staff)
• Making a case vs. Obama’s health care law (By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff)
• Mine workers rally in Pa. for rights of public employees (Associated Press)
• Mont. lawmaker attacks DUI laws (Associated Press)
• Price of preterm-birth medicine cut (Associated Press)
• School bus crash kills girl, injures 10 (Associated Press)
• Tenn., Ky. turn over lethal-injection drug (Associated Press)
• US highway deaths lowest since 1949 (Associated Press)
• Atheist group seeking recognition by Army (By Tom Breen, Associated Press)
• Political Notebook GOP targets Dodd-Frank financial regulation (Boston Globe)
• Obama says deal near on budget trims, but Boehner less optimistic (By David Espo, Associated Press)

• Afghans kill 12 in protest over Koran-burning (By Enayat Najafizada and Rod Nordland, New York Times)
• UN AIDS report sets ambitious goal (Associated Press)
• Bomber kills 3 outside Iraq mosque (Associated Press)
• British POW says he snuck into Auschwitz (Associated Press)
• Necropsy shows Berlin polar bear’s encephalitis led to collapse, drowning (Associated Press)
• Four convicted in Tonga ferry sinking (Associated Press)
• US officials foresee a Libya stalemate (By Joby Warrick and Liz Sly, Washington Post)
• Emboldened protesters speak out in Middle East; four are killed in Syria (By Edward Cody, Washington Post)
• Ivory Coast fighters tighten circle around defiant Gbagbo (By Rukmini Callimachi and Marco Chown Oved, Associated Press)
• Damage to reactor called severe (By David E. Sanger and David Jolly, New York Times)

• Globe Editorial Rather than arm Libyan rebels, US should let others do it
• Globe Editorial Final Four: One more defanging of NCAA
• Globe Editorial Reps must revisit priorities
• Derrick Z. Jackson It’s still oil and nuclear power for Obama
• Renée Loth Revisionist art history
• Ray Elliott Spurring innovation through repeal of the medical device tax

• Rangers 9, Red Sox 5 Red Sox lose opener (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
• Dan Shaughnessy Red Sox’ initial hurdle results in a stumble (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• Hawks 88, Celtics 83 Celtics fizzle at the finish (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Programmed the right way (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• On basketball Death of the killer instinct (By Gary Washburn, Globe Staff)
• Celtics notebook O’Neal thrown right into mix (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Foot on mend, Brady takes to the field (Boston Globe)
• Roundup Johnson, Buck spark Marlins (Associated Press)
• Notables (Boston Globe)
• On baseball Crawford’s debut a real dud (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Red Sox notebook Ortiz gets his timing right (By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff)
• Deep thoughts not for Lester (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Commentary In tough business, he managed to be sweet (By Nick Cafardo, Globe Staff)
• Baseball notebook Holliday hit homer, then underwent appendectomy (Associated Press)
• Bruins notebook Bruins’ goal is to remain sharp (By Barbara Matson, Globe Correspondent)
• Thrashers thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• Cochrane takes on veteran role (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• Timbers vs. Revolution (Boston Globe)
• NHL roundup Devils staying alive (Associated Press)
• Lamb in like a lion (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• NCAA notebook Mid-majors have shot on big stage (By Mark Blaudschun, Globe Staff)
• Taking one last shot (By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff)
• Golf roundup Lewis heats up at Nabisco (Associated Press)

• Surge in jobs fuels economic optimism (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Cuts could close career training centers (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• Steward plans buyout of Morton Hospital (By Robert Weisman, Globe Staff)
• Improvements underway (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Moody’s lowers its outlook on Fidelity (By Todd Wallack, Globe Staff)
• Local plant sends robots to the rescue (By Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff)
• Video Local robots get ready to head to Japan
• Photos Waltham robots help in Japan effort
• Portugal sells bonds, but Fitch cuts rating (New York Times)
• Big airlines try again with $10 fare increase (Associated Press)
• Archie Comics plans series for gay character (Associated Press)
• US OK’s pay for officials at companies getting aid (Associated Press)
• Calorie posting rule excludes theaters (By William Neuman, New York Times)
• New auto sales grow as drivers downsize (By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press)
• The Savings Game Some websites can make it fun, even a social event, to reach financial goals (By Anya Kamenetz, Globe Correspondent)
• Stocks stage rally on March job growth (Boston Globe)
• MARKET MOVERS Doughnut maker records loss in quarter (Boston Globe)
• MASS. MOVERS LogMeIn Inc. jumps on patent ruling (Boston Globe)
• Wynn Resorts Ltd. (Boston Globe)
• Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (Boston Globe)
• Logitech International (Boston Globe)

• Boston to make a Fashion Week statement (By Christopher Muther, Globe Staff)
• Susan Callender teaches etiquette, beyond the salad fork (By Liza Weisstuch, Globe Correspondent)
• Etiquette tips for corporate employees and children (By Liza Weisstuch, Globe Correspondent)
• Amos Lee reaches out with ‘Mission Bell’ (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• Bring the Family Gorilla tactics at the Franklin Park Zoo (By Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff)
• 99 Bottles A red ale with the taste of spring (By Steve Greenlee, Globe Staff)
• G Force Patti LuPone on what makes a good song (By Laura Collins-Hughes, Globe Staff)
• Lia Ices sings in moods and textures (By James Reed, Globe Staff)
• After 20 years, Speakeasy and its founder are still going strong (By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent)
• Stage Review Too little, too late for New Rep’s ‘Five Years’ (By Terry Byrne, Globe Correspondent)
• Book Review In ‘Sempre Susan,’ an insider’s view of Susan Sontag (By Alice Gregory, Boston Globe)
• Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• 02demands (Boston Globe)
• Daily TV and radio guide (Boston Globe)
• Annie's Mailbox Should she throw out freeloading adult son? (Boston Globe)
• Chess Notes (By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff, Boston Globe)
• This day in history (Boston Globe)
• To do list (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Dance Review ‘Thunder rumbles’ in troupe’s Boston debut (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• THEATER REVIEW An inspired and audacious ‘Chautauqua!’ (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Pianist Evgeny Kissin offers new flourish from the past (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Names Sheen show scoop includes Snoop (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
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• Names Heigl foundation delivers dogs to Salem (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Globe Staff)
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