Yankee Quill honors for 5 New England journalists

BOSTON — Five New England journalists, including a 19th century poet, will receive Yankee Quill awards this fall for their professional contributions. The annual awards are given by the Academy of New England Journalists through the New England Society...

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Pittsfield man starts baseball bat company

PITTSFIELD  — Casey O'Donnell believes there's no sweeter sound than the crack a wooden bat makes when it connects with the leather hide and stitches of a baseball. Perhaps that's why the 27-year-old entrepreneur began making custom baseball bats...

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Grants will help Mass. undersea "kites" project

BOSTON — Three Massachusetts research facilities are getting a boost from the federal government, including money to help find out if undersea "kites" can reliably produce renewable energy. The National Science Foundation is awarding nearly $2 million...

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New England's love affair with natural gas cools

MONTPELIER, Vt. — New England's love affair with natural gas appears to be showing strain as the regional power grid operator voices worry about too much demand on limited supplies and a leading environmental group criticizes the fuel it once supported....

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Across tobacco country, crops wilt from rain

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jason Elliott had one of his best stands of burley tobacco growing until the rains started. Five days and seven inches of precipitation later, about a quarter of his crop was ruined, trimming thousands of dollars from his payday when...

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Commercial rental rates shooting up

The Hub's commercial rental rates are rising, bolstered by the city's better-than-average recovery from the recession, the firm Cushman & Wakefield said during its semi-annual market update yesterday. Boston has now regained more jobs than it lost...

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Newport jazzes up condo options

Looking to escape the sweltering summer heat, but can't decide between a full service high rise and an ocean-front cottage? Well, both options are available in Rhode Island at either the Carnegie Abbey Club or the Newport Beach Club. The Carnegie Abbey...

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Sedative use drops at Mass. nursing homes

BOSTON — An industry group says a pilot program to reduce the use of anti-psychotic medications in 11 Massachusetts nursing homes has reduced their use by 21 percent in the first year. The initiative was prompted by a 2010 Boston Globe (http://b.globe.com/157uUHD...

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Mixed open on Wall Street; bank stocks rise

Stocks are getting off to a mixed start on Wall Street a day after the market closed at a record high. Bank stocks were mostly higher after JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo reported earnings that beat analysts' expectations. The Dow Jones industrial...

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Summit aims to increase diversity in innovation economy

More than 250 people will gather at MIT beginning today for a three-day conference aimed at increasing the number of women and minorities in the innovation economy. Gov. Deval Patrick, talk show host Tavis Smiley and record producer Quincy Jones will...

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US unemployment benefit applications rise to 360K

WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits rose 16,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, although the level remains consistent with steady hiring. The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week...

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BlackBerry still a pick to win

A lukewarm launch of BlackBerry's top-of-the-line smartphones and lower than expected sales numbers have left the Canadian company's investors searching for answers, but experts said it is just the start of a long rebuilding process. Speaking at the...

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$12 billion in aid for Egypt only temporary boost

CAIRO — A promise of $12 billion in aid from wealthy Arab Gulf nations would give Egypt's new military-backed leadership breathing room by paying for vital food and fuel imports. But the benefits would be only temporary, because Egypt's broken economy...

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Mass. official probing higher risk investments

BOSTON — Massachusetts Secretary William Galvin has launched an investigation into the sale of higher risk investments to seniors. Galvin said his office is looking into the sale of so-called "alternative investments" to seniors. Galvin said those...

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Stocks rise after Bernanke allays stimulus fear

NEW YORK — Stocks broke through record highs in early trading Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank is in no hurry to stop supporting the economy. Bernanke said the U.S. economy still needed help because unemployment...

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EU partially lifts ban on Philippine airlines

MANILA, Philippines — The European Union has partially lifted a ban on the entry of Philippine planes after aviation authorities in Manila addressed safety concerns, removing an obstacle to a robust flow of tourists and trade between Europe and the Southeast...

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US wholesale stockpiles shrink in May, sales rise

WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesalers cut back on restocking in May even as sales rose, indicating economic growth could pick up later this year as they rebuild their stockpiles. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that wholesale stockpiles shrank 0.5 percent...

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The price of surveillance: Gov't pays to snoop

WASHINGTON — How much are your private conversations worth to the government? Turns out, it can be a lot, depending on the technology. In the era of intense government surveillance and secret court orders, a murky multimillion-dollar market has emerged....

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Senate to try again on student loan vote

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are trying to restore lower interest rates on student loans, a week after Congress' inaction caused those rates to double. A procedural vote is scheduled for Wednesday on a Democratic-backed Senate measure that would return...

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High-tech gadgets monitor seniors' safety at home

WASHINGTON — It could mean no more having to check up on Mom or Dad every morning: Motion sensors on the wall and a monitor under the mattress one day might automatically alert you to early signs of trouble well before an elderly loved one gets sick...

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Kroger to buy Harris Teeter for about $2.44B

NEW YORK — Kroger, the country's largest traditional supermarket operator, said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. for about $2.44 billion in cash, boosting its presence in key southeastern and mid-Atlantic markets. Under...

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US job openings, hiring rise slightly in May

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised slightly more jobs in May and hired more workers, further signs of steady improvement in the job market. The Labor Department said Tuesday that job openings rose 28,000 to 3.83 million in May from April. That's...

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Greek municipal workers strike for 2nd day

ATHENS, Greece — Greek municipal workers went on strike for the second day Tuesday to protest their inclusion in a government plan to reduce the number of civil servants and meet criteria for the country to continue receiving vital funds from its international...

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US safety agency investigating Hyundai Santa Fe

DETROIT — U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that the Hyundai Santa Fe sport utility vehicle can suddenly lose power. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has two complaints that the right-front axle shaft can...

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Boehner to Obama: Why a break for businesses only?

WASHINGTON — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law's requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance. If the White House can grant a one-year...

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Appeals court hearing BP challenge on spill claims

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court is hearing BP's bid to challenge what could be billions of dollars in settlement payouts to businesses claiming they lost money after the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Lawyers for BP and Gulf Coast...

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Companies move ahead with Bangladesh safety accord

NEW YORK — A group of primarily European retailers and clothing makers said Monday that it plans to inspect clothing factories in Bangladesh that make garments for the companies within the next nine months and will concentrate renovations on those that...

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Fiat exercises option to buy more Chrysler stock

DETROIT — Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third option to buy a small amount of Chrysler stock, but the sale won't go through until a U.S. court settles a dispute over the price. Fiat said Monday that it offered $254.7 million for another 3.3...

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Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt news conference

CAIRO — Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt's military on the killing of at least 40 people, most of them supporters of Egypt's ousted president, outside an army facility....

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Thomson Reuters suspends early data access

Thomson Reuters will suspend its practice of distributing results from consumer surveys a couple seconds early to clients who pay the news and business information provider for advance access. A company spokeswoman said Monday that Thomson Reuters will...

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Loyalty cards not going away

When Shaw's Supermarkets ended its 13-year-old loyalty card program, it bucked a well-established retail practice of collecting as much data as possible about customers and their buying habits. With the move, the West Bridgewater chain — according to...

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Ex-fans line up in Mass. to dump Hernandez jersey

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Hundreds of one-time fans are trading in their Aaron Hernandez jerseys. The New England Patriots are letting fans trade in their No. 81 jerseys for a different one on Saturday and Sunday. The ex-Patriots tight end has been charged...

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Moms create laundry-free sheets, linens

Sure, all parents worry when they send their kids off to college for the first time. But by the end of the first semester, Kirsten Lambert and Joan Ripple discovered a very disturbing fact: College kids hate to wash their bed sheets, so they don't ......

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Flying car on a roll

Fifteen months after it created a sensation at the New York International Auto Show, Terrafugia's "flying car" will make its first airshow appearance later this month, as the Woburn company works on a next-generation prototype. The Transition is scheduled...

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