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Fiscal cliff could cost Mass. 50,000 jobs

The state is one of the most vulnerable to the deep budget cuts because it receives a disproportionate share of federal defense, research, and development money.

‘Heavy, wet snow’ to blanket region

A major winter storm that could dump up to eight inches of snow in some areas will arrive this afternoon.

Obama and congressional leaders try to avoid fiscal cliff

Senate leaders will spend the weekend trying to patch together a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. Obama said if a compromise isn’t reached, he will push for a vote.

A tangled debate centers on newborns’ DNA

DNA sequencing yields useful information about traits and predisposition to disease, but is creating an ethical dilemma for doctors and parents.

Flu outbreak hitting Massachusetts early and hard

The level of illness has already surpassed the peaks of the last two flu seasons, officials said.

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In season of resolutions, parents line up to fess up

Did I care more than my son did if he made the middle school basketball team?

Oscar Epstein, Mass.’s oldest employee, keeps on working

Epstein, 89, joined the Department of Transportation’s Highway Division in 1949. His salary was around $3,000. He now makes $80,000.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Wistful hopes for US offshore wind energy

Will Obama’s reelection and whatever fiscal plan eventually emerges in Washington keep the turbines spinning — or will the future of energy whirl right on past us?

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Bill Russell’s career

The Celtics legend defended personal dignity in the face of institutionalized racism in society as aggressively as he defended the basket on the court.