Cold weather stalls U.S. auto sales in December

U.S. auto sales fell short of expectations last month, thanks to strong November sales and cold December weather, but the industry is in a good position for 2014, experts said. General Motors sales fell 6.3 percent last month, Toyota sales fell 1.7...

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Tropical Foods gets $ to expand

A third-generation Dudley Square landmark is expanding next door in a complex $15 million deal involving several city and state agencies along with the two brothers who own Tropical Foods. Begun in 1974 by their grandfather, Pastor Medina, in a rented...

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Mass. police fear pot farm robberies

Cops say they fear the legal pot farms allowed under the state's new medicinal marijuana law could turn into crime magnets that will draw armed criminals and turn into a law enforcement nightmare. "If someone is going to go in and try to wipe out these...

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Condo works on three levels

This updated triplex in a bow-fronted brick rowhouse on Southie's East Side has a South End feel without the price, and a top-floor family room with a gas fireplace and front and rear decks with ocean and city views. The two-bedroom unit at 339 K ...

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Feds OK Mashpee pact with Mass. on casino

The Mashpee Wampanoags came one step closer yesterday to building a resort casino in Taunton, after federal officials effectively approved the tribe's gaming pact with the state. The Bureau of Indian Affairs' approval of the agreement, which outlines...

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Skimpy health law plans leave some 'underinsured'

WASHINGTON — For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama's health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go unfulfilled. It's true that patients...

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Boeing machinists OK contract tied to 777X

SEATTLE — The stakes were high and the vote was close as Boeing production workers agreed to concede some benefits in order to secure assembly of the new 777X airplane for the Puget Sound region. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Boeing hailed Friday's...

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Obama calls for restoring unemployment benefits

HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment insurance is a "vital economic lifeline" for many people. And...

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2014 an important year for NH's Northern Pass plan

CONCORD, N.H. — The coming year will bring critical deadlines and key developments in a private company's plan to run electrical transmission lines from Canada through New Hampshire. What it will not provide is any letup in the arguments on both sides...

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Providing health care complicated in rural areas

FREEPORT, Fla. — In this rural part of the Panhandle, Christopher Mitchell finds few takers when he delivers his message about the importance of exploring insurance options under the federal health overhaul. People in the conservative-leaning area tend...

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