Concern grows over Asian crab's spread in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine — A species of invasive crab with a voracious appetite that first showed up in the United States 25 years ago has spread to far eastern Maine, and marine ecologists are worried about its potential impact on the environment. A group of...

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Obama to public: Don't give up on health sign-ups

WASHINGTON — Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, President Barack Obama said frustrated Americans "definitely shouldn't give up" on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal...

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Egypt journalist gets 6-month suspended sentence

CAIRO — An Egyptian military court convicted an award-winning journalist Saturday of endangering national security by spreading false information in his coverage of operations against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula, and handed him a six-month...

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Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas

An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting...

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Spain quakes increasing near gas storage plant

MADRID — Spain's geographical institute says there has been a large increase in the number of small earthquakes off the country's east coast, where a large underground gas storage plant is being tested before going into operation. Government officials...

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Legal Sea Foods looks to hook ‘stupid’ ideas for ads

Legal Sea Foods wants to see just how stupid people are willing to get to land in its latest advertisements. The Boston restaurant chain is calling for photos of "less than intelligent behavior" — brainless acts, momentary lapses in judgment or clearly...

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No slots filled at Caesars’ jobs ‘forum’

As the state Gaming Commission cleared the way for three proposals to move forward yesterday, an "employment forum" Caesars Entertainment and Suffolk Downs said it held to tout job opportunities at their proposed resort casino appeared to be more of...

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Twitter dishes tantalizing tidbits in IPO treatise

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter, a privately held company built on blurbs, has finally laid itself bare in documents that read more like a treatise than a tweet. The roughly 800-page filing Twitter Inc. released late Thursday on its way to an eagerly anticipated...

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MBTA, union sue over arbitrator's pay award

BOSTON — MBTA management and the union representing some workers have filed dueling lawsuits in a dispute over an arbitrator's award that would increase T workers' salaries by an average of more than 10 percent. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority...

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Fred Toucher: ‘Huge swell’ of support for Pitino hang-up

A host of the "Toucher and Rich Show" this morning fired back at critics of their on-air radio hang-up on ex-Celtics coach Rick Pitino, saying there was a "swell" of support for an antic he described as deliberately "dumb" "There's like this wave of...

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Helping out furloughed workers

Furloughed federal workers who don't know when they'll get their next paychecks are being offered everything from free food to a free pass on car payments. With about 800,000 federal employees now jobless, Pork Barrel BBQ in Alexandria, Va., just outside...

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Bill filed to greenlight $1B convention center expansion

Lawmakers may soon decide whether to launch a 
$1 billion expansion of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center — a project that would add 1.3 million square feet of space, including additional exhibit and meeting areas and another, larger ballroom....

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Suspended: Drug trials, public health initiatives

Each week that the tug-of-war on Capitol Hill continues, the National Institutes of Health will turn away about 200 patients, including children with cancer, from its clinical research center, while local clinical trials remain on hold. "The longer...

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Developer bags prime parcel

Construction will begin as early as next week on a 12-story apartment and retail building — including a possible supermarket — on Canal Street just a block from the TD Garden in a deal announced yesterday between developers and the state transportation...

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Weekly US jobless aid applications tick up to 308K

WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose just 1,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 308,000, hovering near six-year lows. Companies are still cutting very few jobs, however the decline in layoffs has not been accompanied...

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Long French dispute with Wikipedia appears to end

PARIS — A long-running feud between French intelligence services and Wikipedia over an entry on "classified" information appears to be over after France's efforts to obscure details about a military installation backfired, instead turning it into an...

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ECB's Draghi: willing to act to support economy

PARIS — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi said the eurozone economy is still fragile and the bank is willing to use "all available instruments" to keep market interest rates from rising and hurting a fledgling recovery. He said the bank would...

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Pro-marijuana ads to run on Portland area buses

PORTLAND, Maine — Plans to run ads on Portland area buses and bus shelters promoting a referendum question that would legalize recreational use of marijuana is drawing fire from groups that fight substance abuse. The ads are funded by the Marijuana...

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Revlon CEO Ennis resigns from post

NEW YORK — Makeup company Revlon Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Alan Ennis is leaving to pursue other interests. The company named former CEO David Kennedy to the post on an interim basis. Ennis had served as CEO since May 2009. The company, controlled...

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US budget deadlock spooks investors

LONDON — Financial markets grew increasingly downbeat Wednesday as investors fretted over the partial shutdown of the U.S. government. Even Italy's stock market gave up ground despite widespread relief over the Italian government's victory in a confidence...

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US manufacturing expands at best pace in 2½ years

WASHINGTON — US factory activity expanded last month at the fastest pace in 2 ½ years, an encouraging sign that manufacturing could lift economic growth and hiring in the coming months. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing...

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GM, Toyota, VW sales stall out in September

DETROIT — Sales fell at General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen in September, an odd month that appears likely to snap a 27-month streak of gains for the U.S. auto industry. GM posted an 11 percent decline compared with a year ago as the company even...

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Frontier sold to ultra-cheap airline investor

Frontier Airlines is being sold to William Franke, a pioneer of the cheap tickets and high fees airline business that has spread overseas and is growing in the U.S. Franke is the former chairman of Spirit Airlines, which has earned consistent profits...

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Justices to hear appeal over 'Raging Bull'

WASHINGTON — The daughter of the man who wrote the Oscar-winning movie "Raging Bull" is hoping the Supreme Court will give her a final second TKO against a movie studio for ownership of boxer Jake LaMotta's life story. The high court on Tuesday agreed...

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GM September US sales fall 11 percent

DETROIT — General Motors says its September sales dropped 11 percent from a year ago. Even the company's big pickup trucks saw sales declines, with the Chevy Silverado down almost 11 percent and the GMC Sierra off 2 percent. Industry analysts are predicting...

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IKEA starts selling solar panels for homes

STOCKHOLM — Swedish flat-pack furniture giant IKEA will start selling residential solar panels at its stores in Britain, the first step in its plan to bring renewable energy to the mainstream market worldwide. The company started selling solar panels...

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Markets rocked by showdowns in DC and Rome

LONDON — Financial markets were rocked Monday by fears that the U.S. government was heading for a partial shutdown and amid renewed political instability in Italy. Despite a raft of economic news due around the world this week, the focus of attention...

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Obamacare dispute sends gov't to brink of shutdown

WASHINGTON — Compromise elusive, Republicans and Democrats engaged in finger-pointing Monday just hours before the first government shutdown in 17 years, driven by an intractable budget dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law....

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Judge hears claims BP lied to feds about oil spill

NEW ORLEANS — A trial over BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has resumed with a federal judge hearing claims that the company misled federal officials and withheld information about the amount of crude spewing from its blown-out well. During...

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American Airlines plans to hire 1,500 pilots

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines says it will hire 1,500 pilots over the next five years. That's in addition to recalling all of the airline's pilots who have been furloughed. American plans to start recruiting new pilots this fall. It's already...

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Mazda recalls midsize cars to fix door latches

DETROIT — Mazda is recalling 161,400 midsize cars in the U.S. because the doors can open while they're being driven. The recall affects Mazda 6 cars from the 2009 through 2013 model years. The company says the door latch mounting screws can loosen....

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Trout habitat being restored in Maine stream

FRENCHTOWN TOWNSHIP, Maine — Maine's wildlife agency is restoring brook trout habitat in a stream in the Moosehead Lake area. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Plum Creek land and timber company have been working together to enhance...

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White House: GOP bill 'reckless,' 'irresponsible'

WASHINGTON — The White House says a House Republican bill that would delay a major provision of President Barack Obama's health care law is reckless and irresponsible. Obama spokesman Jay Carney also says any Republican who votes for the bill is "voting...

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Friendly’s fights slide

Two years after filing for bankruptcy, Friendly's Ice Cream continues to churn away at a tall order: reinvigorating a 78-year-old chain competing against the likes of Applebee's, Panera, IHOP and Chipotle. While analysts cite progress important to a...

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App’s the way to monitor baby

A Boston-based MassChallenge finalist is taking baby-monitoring beyond devices that record only sight or sound. The SensibleBaby SmartOne is a onesie with a front pocket containing an embedded sensor that sends a constant signal to a nearby smartphone...

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