Illinois primary could be pivotal

By Matt Viser

Mitt Romney and his allies have significantly increased their advertising and are ramping up the type of negative attacks that have been a hallmark of his narrow wins.

Suspect in Afghan massacre identified

By Adam Geller

The lawyer of a soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians confirmed Friday the suspect is 38-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

The widow and daughters of a Pakistani immigrant killed by a white supremacist in a 9/11 revenge attack became U.S. citizens Friday in a touching ceremony that one daughter described as the fulfillment of their father’s dream for his children. “Obviously, he’s in our thoughts every day but especially today,’’ Usna Hasan said about her father, Waqar Hasan, who was fatally shot at a Dallas convenience four days after 9/11.

Suspect in Afghan massacre identified

By Adam Geller

The lawyer of a soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians confirmed Friday the suspect is 38-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales.

Karzai at ‘end of the rope’ in deaths

By Ratthew Rosenberg and Sharifullah Sahak

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai chastised the US on Friday over what he termed its lack of cooperation in the probe over a soldier accused in a mass shooting.

By Bassem Mroue

Syrian rebels ignited a new front outside Damascus in the first significant fighting there since regime forces swept over the suburbs weeks ago.

letters | ENTERING COLLEGE UNPREPARED

"It’s important to note that both public high schools and community colleges across the Commonwealth are deeply concerned about this issue, and are working together to develop solutions." - Lane A. Glenn

letters | ENTERING COLLEGE UNPREPARED

"The hard and honest question is this: Why are the colleges admitting students whom they know are not prepared for the rigors before them?" - Michael J. Maguire

Editorial cartoon: One tough crowd

Cartoonist Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution comments on the reaction to the story that Mitt Romney once drove to Canada with the family’s dog in a box on his car’s roof

WALTHAM

A Bentley University graduate student from China was struck and killed by a vehicle as she crossed Beaver Street at the school’s campus Friday afternoon, Waltham police said.

BOSTON

ASuffolk jury was sent home for the weekend Friday after failing to reach a verdict in the case of two men charged in a quadruple murder in Mattapan.

By Chris Reidy

The French drug maker that bought Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge, said Friday it will buy Pluromed Inc., a Woburn-based medical device company.

The Dow snapped a seven-day gain after an increase in oil prices and a rise in the cost of living in February sparked inflation concerns.

MARKET MOVERS

Fruit producer Dole beats estimates

Dole Food Co. saw a healthy gain Friday, earlier advancing 14 percent, the most intraday since its IPO in October 2009.

Gloria Sachs, 85, designer for women in business world

By Dennis Hevesi

Gloria Sachs, a fashion designer who tapped into a growing market of women seeking understated elegance in clothes, died Monday.

James B. Morehead, at 95; World War II fighter pilot

By T. Rees Shapiro

James B. Morehead, a retired Air Force colonel and a highly decorated World War II combat ace who earned the sobriquet Wildman for his brazen air attacks in the Pacific, died March 11.

Noble Fleming; searched world for tea worthy of US tables

By Dennis Hevesichinchin

Noble Fleming, who for nearly 50 years sipped and sniffed from teaspoons and fine china cups to ensure the quality of tea for millions of Americans, died Feb. 24.

Lehigh 75, Duke 70

Lehigh springs upset on Duke

By Steve Reed

Lehigh upset Duke, 75-70, to become the second No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 during a wild Friday.

Christopher L. Gasper

By Christopher L. Gasper

The Bruins have to rediscover the play that carried them to the Stanley Cup championship and quickly.

Kings 120, Celtics 95

Celtics go quietly against Kings

By Gary Washburn

The Celtics came out lackadaisical and were outplayed, outhustled, and even out trash-talked by an upstart Kings team missing its best player.

Daily guide

ON WGBH High School Quiz Show 6 p.m. WGBH (Channel 2) Hingham vs.Milton.

On Demand Picks

SEMI-PRO (Comcast Movie Collections: Basketball Movies) An amiably sloppy basketball comedy that’s pretty much what we’ve come to expect from Will Ferrell – it’s probably time to reboot the franchise. The star plays the doofus owner/power forward for a loser team in the “outlaw’’ ABA of the mid-’70s, and the Disco Decade is as much a character as anyone onscreen. A salty, silly boys’ night out. With Woody Harrelson, Andre Benjamin, and an excellent funk soundtrack. (R; runs through March 31) TY BURR

Reflection for the day

Man is in love and loves what vanishes,