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Massachusetts consumers have paid for fuel they didn’t receive because utilities aren’t replacing miles of old, leaky pipelines quickly enough.
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In the next 17 months, critics will label the governor a lame duck, candidates will take aim at his record, and legislators may ignore him.
State Representative Martin J. Walsh of Dorchester collected almost $245,000 last month, with nearly half of it from labor.
Clover Food Lab chief executive Ayr Muir was forthright when a salmonella outbreak was tied to his restaurant chain.
Lawyers for Bulger sought to bolster their claims that the gangster never killed women and was falsely branded an informant.
Late Wednesday, lawyers for James “Whitey” Bulger filed a series of photos chronicling his life and will ask the judge to let them present the photos as evidence to jurors.
Tech Lab
Leap Motion controller is futile gestureEngineers at Leap Motion, a device that turns gestures into digital commands, have created a solution to a problem that nobody’s got.
President Obama made his first visit to Vineyard Golf Club when he was a senator from Illinois, and the club is expecting Obama again later this month when he visits Martha’s Vineyard.
Prisoner, sheriff shot at Mass. Eye and EarThe prisoner remained in critical condition Wednesday night at Massachusetts General Hospital, officials said.
NICHOLAS BURNS
Kerry as secretary of state is reasserting America’s primacy in the two pivotal regions for US security — the Middle East and Asia.
Stephen Drew came through with a clutch hit in extra innings, scoring Dustin Pedroia and putting the Red Sox back on top of the AL East.
Mass. Republicans descended on a Dorchester gas station Wednesday to protest the hikes that will raise the price of gas in this state.
The latest leaked NSA document provided new details on the way the agency monitors Web browsing around the world.
President Obama sought to calm Democrats as they prepared to head home to face voters, assuring them they are “on the right side of history.”
Michael S. Dell’s effort to buy the company was thrown into jeopardy, as the board refused his demand to change the voting rules on the huge buyout.
The opening of Kathryn Parker Almanas’s show at Yellow Peril Gallery draws a balance between attraction and repulsion.
Affogato, the dish of ice cream covered with espresso, satisfies two cravings at once.
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