Patriots fans excited before big game
Patriots fans tailgating for today’s game say they are confident their team will beat the Ravens.
Patriots’ flexible players have opponents snowed
The Patriots, especially lately, have been squeezing every last drop of versatility out of their roster, all in the name of doing what’s best for the team.
On football
Chuck Pagano has Ravens in attack mode
The Ravens’ first-year defensive coordinator has Baltimore’s defense set to be aggressive against the Patriots, hoping to rattle Tom Brady and New England’s offense.
Ravens’ dynamic duo has timeless quality
Ed Reed and Ray Lewis realize that at this stage in their careers, getting this close to the Super Bowl gives them a precious opportunity.
Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona said on her Facebook page she intends to resign from Congress this week to concentrate on her recovery.
Former Penn State coach Paterno dead at 85
Joe Paterno, who racked up more wins than anyone else in major college football but was fired from Penn State amid a child sex abuse scandal, has died.
Romney to release tax returns on Tuesday
Mitt Romney said today that he will release his tax returns on Tuesday and not wait until April, as he seeks to bury swirling questions about his finances.
McLaughlin raised money for Murray, employees say
A Globe investigation shows that former Chelsea housing chief Michael E. McLaughlin ran an extensive political operation for Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray.
Ideas
The lonely superpower
As the United States is discovering, it’s not so easy to be the solo heavyweight.
“We don’t have the kind of money that at least one of the other candidates has, but we do have the ideas and people.”
Newt Gingrich, after his victory last night in the South Carolina Republican primary
Inside The Boston Globe
Columnists
Metro
Fire in Allston critically injures one
A Boston University student was hospitalized with critical injuries this morning after he leaped from the top floors of an Allston apartment engulfed by a massive fire.
Nation & World
12th body, captain’s documents found in cruise liner
Divers in the Costa Concordia found a woman’s body, and scuba-diving police swam through the captain’s cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the ship.
Politics
Analysis
Suddenly for Romney, Florida win seems a must
Faced with intense attacks by Newt Gingrich and others, in the hostile territory of a Bible-belt red state, Mitt Romney seemed knocked off stride, and off message.
Business
Job seeker uses social media to spread the word
Effective job searches have become marketing campaigns, and social media, as Dave Cutler shows, provide the tools to promote the product: the job candidate.
Sports
Rangers 3, Bruins 2
Bruins lose showdown in OT
The first meeting between the Rangers and the Bruins, the top two clubs in the NHL’s Eastern Conference, was 3.6 seconds shy of a shootout yesterday.
Travel
Explore New England
Boston’s North End vs. Providence’s Federal Hill
Both neighborhoods have been the Little Italies of their respective cities for well over a century, yet they couldn’t look more different.
Books
Book Review
‘The Flight of Gemma Hardy’ by Margot Livesey
The author creates a well-plotted, well-crafted, innovatively interpreted modern twist on a timeless classic.
Arts
ART REVIEW
Sebastian Smee looks at ‘Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed’
Zoffany ranks with Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hogarth, and Joseph Wright of Derby in the annals of 18th century British art. An exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art aims to give him his due.
Ideas
“The unipolar world isn’t necessarily better than what preceded it, either for the US or for the rest of the world. It might even be worse.”
Thanassis Cambanis, on the trouble with American dominance