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• Recession pummels nation, state
• Senators seeking changes to stimulus

• Video A business dream ends

• Bottle law proposal gets mixed reaction

• Profile: Judd Gregg
• Obama offers help for labor, middle class
• Obama calls child health bill a down payment on his vow
• Daschle missed $128,000 in taxes over three years

• Higher rents, slow sales oust merchants from Newbury St. (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• Stricken man evacuated from MBTA train six stops after his collapse (By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff)
• Physicians skeptical Mass. tax on sweets will curb obesity rate (By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff)
• Utility gets deadline to detail storm response (By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff)
• Municipal officials worry about how cities, to (By Eric Moskowitz, Globe Staff)
• CHART Projected town-by-town state aid cuts
• Officers accused of using home in wait for warrant (By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff)
• At St. Joseph, hope for another miracle as school faces closure (By Kathy McCabe, Globe Staff)
• News of closing brings tears and a vow at Nazareth School (By Megan Woolhouse, Globe Staff)
• New England in brief City approves Suffolk art school plan (Boston Globe)
• Alleged con man could face deportation (By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff)
• Dartmouth boy struck, carried 60 feet while crossing street (By David Abel, Globe Staff)
• MBTA set record for ridership in 2008 (Globe Staff)
• Wind turbine is alternative energy source in Medford (By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff)
• Two resign posts in Mass. governor's Cabinet (By Matt Viser and Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)
• Policeman injured in Gloucester house explosion out of hospital (By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff)

• Juan Tennyson; political activist kept pulse of Boston (By Bryan Marquard, Globe Staff)
• John Martyn, songwriter admired by Clapton (By Ben Sisario, New York Times)

• Gregg emerges as key GOP ally of Obama (By Michael Kranish and Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff)
• GOP chooses black leader as chairman (By Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff)
• Conviction in '84 killing overturned (Boston Globe)
• Lost equipment no breach, lab asserts (Boston Globe)
• Right whale euthanized on N.C. island (Boston Globe)
• Dose of own stem cells reverses patients' early-stage multiple sclerosis (Boston Globe)
• Sister charged with assaulting bride (Boston Globe)
• 7 tourists killed in Arizona bus crash (Boston Globe)
• Mother of octuplets already had 6 children (By Thomas Watkins and Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press)
• Group urges fast action to curb acidity of oceans (New York Times)
• Daschle missed $128,000 in taxes over three years (By Ceci Connolly, Washington Post)
• Political Notebook Obama says SCHIP bill is down payment on his vow (Boston Globe)
• Obama offers help for labor, middle class (By David Stout, New York Times)
• Judd Gregg (Boston Globe)
• Senators seeking changes to stimulus (By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press)
• For the record (Boston Globe)
• New governor of Illinois calls for ethics overhaul (Associated Press)

• Tension rises with Iraq's elections pending (By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times)
• Bishop who denied Holocaust apologizes to pope (Boston Globe)
• Obama confers with Chinese leader (Boston Globe)
• Tigers kill at least 7 in north India (Boston Globe)
• Waterford Crystal closed amid crippling debts (Boston Globe)
• At economic forum, a plea to not forget the world's poor (Boston Globe)
• Britons protest hiring of foreign workers (Associated Press)
• Russia, Cuba renew partnership, with no word on military link (By Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times)
• NATO backtracks after leak about proposed tactic in Afghanistan (By Judy Dempsey, International Herald Tribune)
• Opposition to share power with Mugabe in Zimbabwe (By Celia W. Dugger, New York Times)
• South Korea remains hopeful on talks with North (Associated Press)
• Hamas leader cites victory in Gaza as supporters rally (By Ben Hubbard, Associated Press)
• Carter reprises peacemaker role (By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff)

• Globe Editorial Transparency begins at home
• Globe editorial Options for Iraq, and for US
• Globe editorial Time to hang up and drive
• Ted Landsmark It's time to end busing in Boston
• Elaine Ray Please don't dis D.C., Mr. President
• Jaclyn Saffir A lesson for Brandeis: Include your students
• Cathy Young Will there be a thaw in US-Russian relations?

• Comebacker for Varitek (By Tony Massarotti, Globe Staff)
• Bob Ryan Charge Boras with wild pitch, client with error in judgment (By Bob Ryan, Globe Columnist)
• Celtics 86, Pistons 78 Celtics score a TKO (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• After pounding by Patriots, Cardinals turned it around (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Defense crests (By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff)
• Australian Open Nadal stands test of time (By Christopher Clarey, New York Times)
• Auto Racing notes This was Valentine's day (By Michael Vega, Globe Staff)
• Sports Log Lab testing syringes from McNamee (Boston Globe)
• Celtics notebook Allen, Rondo make do (By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff)
• Rangers thumbnails (Boston Globe)
• Bruins notebook 'Ax' to grind, for now (By Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff)
• NHL roundup Devils do it again in overtime (Associated Press)
• NBA roundup Cleveland is perfect host (22-0) (Associated Press)
• Golf roundup Watney in lead; Mickelson out (Associated Press)
• Patriots notebook Harrison a return man? (By Christopher L. Gasper, Globe Staff)
• Super Bowl notebook Goodell: Study erroneous (By Mike Reiss, Globe Staff)
• Voters to select NFL Hall of Fame class today (Boston Globe)
• College basketball roundup Eggleston, Penn slip by Crimson (Associated Press)
• BC's Raji hanging in despite injury (By Julian Benbow, Globe Staff)
• Harvard 3, Union 1 Harvard breaks through (By Barbara Matson, Globe Staff)
• College hockey roundup Parker joins 800 club as Terriers roll into Beanpot (Boston Globe)
• School roundup Scott on the mark, but Scituate on the ball (By Evan MacDonald, Globe Correspondent)

• Lenders abruptly cut off lines of credit (By Beth Healy, Globe Staff)
• Higher rents, slow sales oust merchants from Newbury St. (By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff)
• Recession pummels nation, state (By Robert Gavin, Globe Staff)
• Advertisers giving 110% (By Brian Steinberg, Globe Correspondent)
• Wind turbine firms feel downturn's pinch (By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff)
• Officials aim to refine bailout effort (By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press)
• Refining profits fuel Exxon Mobil, Chevron (Boston Globe)
• Freddie, Fannie extend eviction freeze to March (Boston Globe)
• US opens criminal probe of plant linked to salmonella (Boston Globe)
• Fidelity spokeswoman confirms it's not for sale (Boston Globe)
• FDA advisers say Darvon should be banned (Associated Press)
• Coca-Cola to retire 'classic' from packaging (Bloomberg News)
• Digital TV delay back on track (Bloomberg News)
• Even liquor industry feels recession pinch (Associated Press)

• JAZZ/FUNK/GOSPEL Jazzman gets physical (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• JAZZ High school jazz aces in concert (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• ROOTS MUSIC Seeing the light with the Sacred Shakers (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• THEATER Another curse reversed at Factory Theater (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• G FORCE | STEPHEN CROES A dean with connections at Berklee (By Joseph P. Kahn, Globe Staff)
• Bring the family (By June Wulff, Globe Staff)
• PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW Photography exhibit offers a backstage pass to rock's stars (By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff)
• MUSIC REVIEW Antibalas "battles'' the Roots (By Sarah Rodman, Globe Staff)
• BOOK REVIEW 'Reclaiming Paris' is a rich, spiritual journey of self-discovery (By Johnny Diaz, Globe Staff)
• WHY WE LOVE BOSTON IN WINTER Why we love Boston in winter: getting peace (Globe Staff)
• Critic's corner (By Matthew Gilbert, Globe Staff)
• Our version of 'The A-Team' (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Henry (By Mark Shanahan, Globe Staff)
• MOVIE REVIEW  In 'Wendy and Lucy,' a woman and her dog take to the road (By Wesley Morris, Globe Staff)
• Names Red Sox owner engaged (By Mark Shanahan & Paysha Rhone, Boston Globe)
• More celebrity news DMX gets 90 days (Boston Globe)
• MUSIC REVIEW Levine leads BSO in Verdi masterpiece (By Jeremy Eichler, Globe Staff)
• Dance Review Tango's drama intensifies in theater context (By Karen Campbell, Globe Correspondent)
• Race is on to design black history museum (By Brett Zongker, Associated Press)
• Voices Lessons learned from his literary hero (By Don Aucoin, Globe Staff)

• Infiniti's FX makes a statement (By G. Chambers Williams III, San Antonio Express-News)

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