More states grant in-state tuition to immigrants

WASHINGTON — Four states passed statutes last year that will allow students who came to the U.S. without legal permission as minors to pay in-state college tuition. The National Conference of State Legislatures says 15 states now have in-state tuition...

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Big-firm woes send stocks into dive

Stocks tumbled yesterday after disappointing quarterly results from big-name companies including Amazon.com and ongoing turmoil in overseas markets, capping the toughest January for the U.S. stock market in four years. The Dow Jones industrial average...

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Mayor Marty Walsh: I won’t bust Boston budget

Mayor Martin J. Walsh told business leaders yesterday that he wouldn't use rainy-day funds to balance the Hub's budget or use one-time revenues for ongoing expenses — despite a looming budget shortfall — as he outlined his agenda for economic development...

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Toney chains end health coverage

Add Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue to the list of retailers ending health insurance for part-timers in response to new Obamacare regulations. The chains decided to no longer offer coverage to associates who average less than 30 hours of work...

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Converted ‘Cottage’ charms

This unique, high-end brick home is carved out of a former psychiatric 
patient residence on former McLean Hospital property in Belmont. Part of the 120-unit Woodlands at Belmont Hill, this home at 9 Meadows Lane is one of several historic hospital...

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Yahoo won’t say how many emails hacked

A day after Yahoo Inc. said it recently identified a "coordinated effort" to gain unauthorized access to its Yahoo Mail accounts, the nation's second largest email service declined to say how many accounts were affected or how it discovered the problem....

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Stock investors hit from all sides in January

NEW YORK — Stock investors were hit from all sides in January. Concerns about the global economy and U.S. company earnings, as well as turmoil in emerging markets, led the Dow Jones industrial average to its worst start since 2009. However, many investors...

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Mass. women promote Cape Ann gourmet sea salt

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The location of the harvest is a secret because ... well, because the Salt Ladies want to keep it that way. And it does not do to cross the Salt Ladies. The unseasonably balmy 40-degree temperatures of Martin Luther King Jr. Day...

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Obama running out of reasons to reject Keystone XL

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is running out of reasons to say no to Keystone XL, the proposed oil pipeline that's long been looming over his environmental legacy. Five years after the pipeline's backers first asked the Obama administration for...

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Music a big focus in Super Bowl ads

NEW YORK — Music is taking center stage at the Super Bowl — and not just during the halftime show. Bank of America will have rock band U2 sing a new song during a commercial break. Pop band OneRepublic jams in a Bud Light ad. And the legendary Bob Dylan's...

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