Few options for Obama to fix cancellations problem

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he'll do everything he can to help people coping with health insurance cancellations, but legally and practically his options appear limited. That means the latest political problem engulfing Obama's health care...

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Classics that keep memories alive

There is nothing like a classic car to bring back memories from years ago, but it takes work to build and maintain a legacy. "Few things get brand recognition like a name with a story," said car expert Mike McGrath, features editor at Edmunds.com. "You...

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New rule demands parity for mental health coverage

WASHINGTON — It's final: Health insurance companies must cover mental illness and substance abuse just as they cover physical diseases. The Obama administration issued new regulations Friday that spell out how a 5-year-old mental health parity law will...

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Trans fat doesn't stir much 'nanny state' debate

WASHINGTON — They are among our most personal daily decisions: what to eat or drink. Maybe what to inhale. Now that the government's banning trans fat, does that mean it's revving up to take away our choice to consume all sorts of other unhealthy stuff?...

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Craft beer makers heading to Mass. Statehouse

BOSTON — Craft beer makers are planning to head to Beacon Hill to oppose a law they say is choking off job growth in the industry. Members of the Massachusetts Brewers Guild say lawmakers need to update 41-year-old franchise laws they say tether brewers...

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Worcester health insurer lays off 62 workers

WORCESTER, Mass. — A Worcester-based health insurance provider has announced that it is laying off 62 workers, or about 6 percent of its total workforce. Fallon Community Health Plan President and Chief Executive Patrick Hughes said in a written statement...

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Amenities rival upscale hotels’

It's not new for apartment buildings to be customized with common areas, including pools, gyms and game rooms, but some of today's high-end buildings are outdoing each other with services and features that rival the most upscale hotels. "Modern and...

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NBC wins space race, will televise Branson flight

NEW YORK — NBC has won the television space race. The network announced Friday it has signed a deal with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic to televise the company's first commercial space flight. Branson and his two adult children, Holly and Sam, will...

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CBS admits error in Benghazi '60 Minutes' story

NEW YORK — CBS News said Friday that it was misled by a "60 Minutes" source who claimed he was on the on the scene of a 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, when it now turns out there are serious doubts about whether he was. "We were...

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US added surprisingly strong 204,000 jobs in Oct.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring in a month when the government was partly shut down for 16 days. And far more jobs were added in August and September than previously thought. The Labor Department...

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Startups urged to fight patent trolls

The booming Bay State startup economy is being threatened by patent trolls — patent-owning firms with frivolous or overreaching infringement claims — and needs to fight back, industry leaders and Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday. LevelUp...

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Fannie Mae posts 7th straight profit in 3Q

WASHINGTON — Mortgage giant Fannie Mae earned $8.7 billion in the July through September period, its seventh straight profitable quarter. The government-controlled company will have nearly repaid in full its taxpayer bailout of five years ago, after...

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US unemployment benefit applications fall to 336K

WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000 last week, bringing applications to pre-recession levels. The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average dropped...

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Twitter set for public stock debut on NYSE

NEW YORK — The New York Stock Exchange trading floor is crowded with traders and journalists on the morning of Twitter's public stock debut, with a busy trading day expected. The company's shares, priced at $26, value Twitter at more than $18 billion....

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Facebook to open engineering office in Cambridge

Social media giant Facebook is coming home — at least with one office. The social network, founded at Harvard by Mark Zuckerberg and others, announced this morning it will open an engineering office in Cambridge, its fifth official engineering office....

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Swiss probe metals refiner over Congo gold

GENEVA — Swiss prosecutors confirmed Wednesday that a criminal investigation has been opened against one of the world's largest processors of precious metals over allegations that it laundered gold obtained through war crimes. Earlier this week, the...

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Gov't to sell Treasury security with variable rate

WASHINGTON — The government says that it will begin selling Treasury securities next year that have variable interest rates. It's the first new Treasury security in 17 years. Treasury officials said Wednesday that the initial offering on Jan. 29 will...

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ECB rate cut hopes shore up markets

LONDON — Markets, particularly in mainland Europe, rose Wednesday amid hopes that the European Central Bank may be moved to cut interest rates to shore up the recovery from recession. The Fed has been the central bank most in the news in recent months...

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UN: CO2 pollution levels at annual record high

GENEVA — World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday. The heat-trapping gas, pumped into the air by cars and smokestacks, was measured at 393.1 parts...

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Health law clock is ticking for sickest patients

PORTLAND, Ore. — With federal and state online health care marketplaces experiencing glitches a month into implementation, concern is mounting for a vulnerable group of people who were supposed to be among the health law's earliest beneficiaries. Hundreds...

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Open Text buying GXS Group in $1.17B deal

NEW YORK — The software company Open Text will spend approximately $1.17 billion to acquire cloud-technology provider GXS Group in a cash-and-stock deal. Open Text, based in Waterloo, Ontario, will pay about $1.07 billion in cash and $100 million of...

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Greek bailout creditors get an earful in Athens

ATHENS, Greece — Representatives of Greece's bailout creditors received an earful on the first day of new talks on potential additions to the financially battered country's austerity burden. Armed with a bullhorn, a few dozen civil servants chanted...

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What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?

San Francisco's mayor says he doesn't know what it is. Police say it's not their jurisdiction. And government inspectors are sworn to secrecy. Google is erecting a four-story structure in the heart of the San Francisco Bay but is managing to conceal...

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T-Mobile subscribers up for 2nd straight quarter

BELLEVUE, Wash. — T-Mobile's initiatives to break wireless industry conventions seem to be working. The No. 4 wireless company said Tuesday that it added 643,000 long-term, good-credit phone customers in the latest quarter. It's the second straight...

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Twitter just one symptom of IPO fever's return

IPO fever is back. Five years after the financial crisis dampened enthusiasm for initial public offerings, investors are again eager to buy shares when companies start trading. Twitter is the star this week, but the number of offerings shows that it's...

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UAE says online photos require subject's consent

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are warning social media users that photos of individuals posted online without their consent could lead to jail. The comments carried Monday in Al Ittihad newspaper say posting...

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Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wage

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A government-appointed panel in Bangladesh voted Monday to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers to about $66 a month — still the lowest in the world and well below what workers have been seeking. The harsh and often...

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UK business group makes case for staying in EU

LONDON — Britain's main business group concluded Monday that the benefits of staying in the European Union outweigh the costs, though reforms are urgently needed for that to remain in the national interest. The Confederation of British Industry released...

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AP-CNBC poll: Twitter faces skeptical investors

NEW YORK — Twitter faces skepticism from potential investors and the broader public ahead of its initial public offering, according to an Associated Press-CNBC poll released Monday. Some 36 percent of Americans say buying stock in the 7-year-old short...

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Bailout creditors, Greece to restart reform talks

ATHENS, Greece — Representatives of Greece's bailout creditors are in Athens to restart negotiations on the course of austerity measures and reforms. Officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund...

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French minister: journalists shot to death in Mali

PARIS — Two French journalists kidnapped and killed in northern Mali were shot to death and their bodies were found near the car that sped them to their doom, French foreign minister said Sunday. Laurent Fabius sketched out the few known details of...

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EBay says sorry for Holocaust items on site

LONDON — Online auction site eBay has apologized after a newspaper found apparent Holocaust memorabilia, including the clothes of concentration camp victims, being offered for sale. Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper said items included shoes and a...

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Obama's health law finally gets real for America

WASHINGTON — Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk, and really does affect them and people they know. A cranky federal website is complicating access to new coverage and some...

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Experts say nuclear power needed to slow warming

PITTSBURGH — Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel...

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Poll: Older Americans nix Social Security changes

CHICAGO — A poll shows strong opposition among older Americans to most proposals that would cut Social Security benefits. The survey by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that about 6 in 10 people age 50 and older oppose...

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