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• Graphic Stimulus funds in play

• Anger at Lawrence mayor threatens $35m state bailout plan (By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff)
• Patrick tries to regain grass roots (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• Striving to prevent suicide by train (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• Suit over secondhand smoke targets real estate broker (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Boston police to lay off civilian liaisons (By Meghan E. Irons and Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• Case of alleged extortion, with an upscale twist (By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff)
• Ex-trader’s vision keeps school’s mission clear (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)
• Woman charged as accessory in Shrewsbury sister-in-law’s death (By Christina Pazzanese, Globe Correspondent)
• Kevin Cullen What goes around (By Kevin Cullen, Globe Columnist)
• Real killer still ‘out there,’ according to teen charged in school stabbing death (By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff)
• Green party hopeful taps anger (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief Bill would close lewd messaging loophole (Boston Globe)
• State explores toll collection options for Mass. Pike (By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff)
• Fire hose case still open, say prosecutors (By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff)
• Criminal inquiry launched into blast at Conn. plant (By John Christoffersen, Associated Press)

• John Murtha, 77; congressman became foe of Iraq war (By David Stout, New York Times)
• Bob Pickett; football coach at UMass for six seasons; 77 (By Marvin Pave, Globe Correspondent)
• Carl Kaysen, 89, MIT professor, economist, and JFK adviser (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)

• Michael Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty (By Anthony McCartney, Associated Press)
• Mid-Atlantic braces for winter’s Round 2 (By ASSOCIATED PRESS, Boston Globe)
• Endeavour blasts off on shuttle program’s final night launch (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Study looks at parental age in autism risk (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Man arrested in airport security breach (By ASSOCIATED PRESS, Boston Globe)
• Officer to help retrieve Edwards tape (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• Ex-Clinton advisers recall health care battle (By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press)
• Administration wants health insurer to justify drastic rate hikes (Associated Press)
• Political Notebook Cohen’s departure gives Ill. Democrats a do-over (Boston Globe)
• Obama proposes federal climate change agency (By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post)
• Differing Al Qaeda images paint a still-dangerous foe (By Joby Warrick, Washington Post)
• Saints’ victory raises New Orleanians’ spirits, hope for city’s future (By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press)

• Iran’s push for higher-grade nuclear fuel raises alarms (By Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post)
• Paperwork hinders private airlifts of ill Haitian children (By New York Times, Boston Globe)
• In landslide, Costa Rica elects its first woman president (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• UK’s Brown pledges to boost cancer care (By Associated Press, Boston Globe)
• UK deaths in Afghanistan hit 256 (By Robert H. Reid, Associated Press)
• Militants allegedly targeting Americans at hotel arrested (By Babar Dogar, Associated Press)
• Ex-Sri Lankan candidate arrested (By Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
• West Bank municipal elections set for July (By Karin Laub, Associated Press)
• Monitors praise Ukraine vote (By Simon Shuster, Associated Press)

• Globe Editorial A mayor’s selfishness puts Lawrence at risk
• Globe Editorial ‘Real men’: Dumb beer ads, courageous footballers
• Globe Editorial ‘Lost’: Network TV gets brainier
• Globe Editorial Bragging wrongs in Mideast
• Lawrence Harmon Books gather dust without librarians for teens
• Derrick Z. Jackson Taking a bullet on Wall St.
• Laurence J. Ronan and Lisa I. Iezzoni The long-term aftershocks of care
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• BC 4, BU 3 Keeping the lid on (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Christopher L. Gasper Classics like this make familiar title game anything but stale (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Dan Shaughnessy These e-mailers are happy to write about a wrong (By Dan Shaughnessy, Globe Columnist)
• On football Conference call? NFC is the answer (By Albert R. Breer, Globe Staff)
• Saints are still in heaven (By Adam Kilgore, Globe Staff)
• Super Bowl was the most-watched program in TV history (By David Bauder, Associated Press)
• Sports Log Gainey steps down as Canadiens GM (Boston Globe)
• He takes uncomfortable seat (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• Sabres thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• Revved-up Patrick pushes up NASCAR debut (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• College basketball roundup Villanova takes top-5 showdown (Staff and Wire Reports)
• Celtics notebook They have hit a switch (By Frank Dell’Apa, Globe Staff)
• NBA roundup Carter puts on show to lift Magic (Associated Press)
• NHL roundup Flyers, Richards tip Devils (Associated Press)
• Quite the experience for freshmen (By Brion O’Connor, Globe Correspondent)
• Beanpot notebook Honors roll in for Boston College goalie Muse in Beanpot (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• NU 4, Harvard 1 Northeastern Huskies dog Harvard for Beanpot consolation (By Nancy Marrapese-Burrell, Globe Staff)
• Drama to take place at women’s Beanpot between Harvard, NU (By Barbara Matson, Globe Correspondent)
• School roundup MIAA football playoffs score a financial touchdown (By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff)

• Credit crunch crippling Mass. efforts to award stimulus aid to developers (By Casey Ross, Globe Staff)
• Patrick small business proposals don’t have enough firepower (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Skidding market may hurt Mass. companies planning to go public (By D.C. Denison, Globe Staff)
• Unite Here unhappy with convention center food deal (By Katie Johnston Chase, Globe Staff)
• Boston Capital CVS's benefits operation has disappointed investors (By Steven Syre, Globe Columnist)
• Ruling due on SEC, bank deal (By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press)
• Toyota recalling Prius in Japan (By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press)
• Resale values of Toyotas drop sharply (By Dave Carpenter, Associated Press)
• Rates higher on short-term T-bills (Associated Press)
• Minn. man faces March sentencing (Associated Press)
• Ex-Intel official guilty in Galleon case (Bloomberg News)
• UPS may lay off at least 300 pilots (Bloomberg News)
• Feinberg, Goldman CEO talked of pay (Bloomberg News)
• AROUND THE REGION Boys’ brands to boost Hasbro in ’10 (Associated Press)
• AROUND THE REGION NStar asks to ease some supply rates (Globe Staff)
• AROUND THE REGION Vermont city says broker lost $21m (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• Merrill’s former CEO will head CIT Group (By Stephen Bernard, Associated Press)
• More tainted milk found in China (By Cara Anna, Associated Press)
• A towering symbol of Dubai’s problems (By Adam Schreck, Associated Press)
• Sovereign has loss for year (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• Magazines hit by drop in circulation numbers (By Andrew Vanacore, Associated Press)
• Jill Kelley Refinancing a mortgage? Make sure that’s really going to cut your total costs (By Jill Kelley , Cox Newspapers)
• MASS. MOVERS TechTarget profit revised, CFO resigns (Boston Globe)
• MARKET MOVERS Supply glut could hurt solar makers’ stocks (Boston Globe)
• Dow below 10,000 for first time since Nov. (Boston Globe)

• How a piano prodigy with autism is navigating a performing career and college at Berklee (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff) | Video The improviser
• STAGE REVIEW In ‘Compulsion,’ a Frank discussion with a lot of talk (By Louise Kennedy, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | SAM LLOYD A funny thing happened to a cappella group the Blanks (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• TELEVISION REVIEW Déjà vu drama in ‘Past Life’ (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW ‘Routes of Man’ traces roads and the bumps along the way (By Ethan Gilsdorf, Globe Correspondent)
• THREE TO SEE Writer who explored unwitting cell donor Henrietta Lacks to read in Cambridge (By Irene Muniz, Globe Correspondent)
• MUSIC REVIEW An engaging, even thunderous, piano duet (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• TV critic’s corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Daily television guide (Boston Globe)
• On Demand movie picks (Boston Globe)
• Michael Vick’s show on BET is a lesson in contrition (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post)
• DEAR MARGO Dear Margo advises woman with home-schooled but ominously isolated younger sisters (Boston Globe)
• Poker column: playing aggressively (By Steve Rosenbloom, Boston Globe)
• Party Lines: Photos by Bill Brett (Boston Globe)
• Sunday’s Child is David, 16 (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Renee Fleming coming to Harvard (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Diane Paulus takes center stage (Boston Globe)
• Things to do Groovaloo performs in Worcester tonight (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Things to do Dorm Sessions 7 at Berklee (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• Names 'Island' guys (By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein, Boston Globe)
• Celebrity news Sheen and wife working things out? (Boston Globe)

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