Skimpy health law plans leave some 'underinsured'

WASHINGTON — For working people making modest wages and struggling with high medical bills from chronic disease, President Barack Obama's health care plan sounds like long-awaited relief. But the promise could go unfulfilled. It's true that patients...

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Feds OK Mashpee pact with Mass. on casino

The Mashpee Wampanoags came one step closer yesterday to building a resort casino in Taunton, after federal officials effectively approved the tribe's gaming pact with the state. The Bureau of Indian Affairs' approval of the agreement, which outlines...

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Cold weather stalls U.S. auto sales in December

U.S. auto sales fell short of expectations last month, thanks to strong November sales and cold December weather, but the industry is in a good position for 2014, experts said. General Motors sales fell 6.3 percent last month, Toyota sales fell 1.7...

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Boeing machinists OK contract tied to 777X

SEATTLE — The stakes were high and the vote was close as Boeing production workers agreed to concede some benefits in order to secure assembly of the new 777X airplane for the Puget Sound region. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Boeing hailed Friday's...

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Obama calls for restoring unemployment benefits

HONOLULU — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to reinstate jobless benefits for more than a million Americans. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the unemployment insurance is a "vital economic lifeline" for many people. And...

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Lavish parties, uninhibited tourists rule in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas held one its biggest ever New Year's Eve celebrations, with sold-out concerts and an eight-minute long fireworks show that was billed as the largest in the country. Big-ticket musical acts Bruno Mars, John Legend and Maroon 5 helped...

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Hub buildings change hands

A flurry of transactions closed a heady year for the Boston real estate market, including the sales of a rare portfolio of Boylston and Newbury street properties, One Winthrop Square and The Block on Congress. Bethesda, Md.-based ASB Real Estate Investments...

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Driven to distraction

The next technology-vs.-real-life clash is shaping up in the car — again — as anti-distracted-driving advocates call for a ban of Google's futuristic Glass behind the wheel, though some techies say the Internet-enhanced spectacles could end up making...

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New Shack out to Shake up Newbury St.

Shake Shack, the much-ballyhooed burger chain from New York, is heading for Boston's Newbury Street next year. The, 5,600-square-foot, two-level location at 236 Newbury St. will be Shake Shack's third store in Massachusetts and its largest yet. Shake...

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Justice delays health law's birth control mandate

WASHINGTON — Only hours before the law was to take effect, a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday blocked implementation of part of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance...

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US stocks are little changed as 2013 winds down

NEW YORK — Stocks are little changed in the early going as Wall Street gets ready to close the books on a historic year. The Dow Jones industrial average was up nine points, or less than 0.1 percent, at 16,487 in the first few minutes of trading Monday....

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Crocs CEO leaving as Blackstone invests $200M

NIWOT, Colo. — The company that makes Crocs shoes is getting a $200 million bailout from a private equity fund, and its CEO is retiring. Crocs says it will use the money from Blackstone, plus cash on hand, for a $350 million share buyback. The deal...

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NBC's 'Today' show returns to glory days

NEW YORK — The glory days returned for the "Today" show — for one day at least — as NBC's morning show brought back Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley for a one-day nostalgia turn as co-hosts on Monday. Gumbel and Pauley, who worked together on "Today" from...

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Armed group attacks state radio, TV in Congo

DAKAR, Senegal — Assailants armed with machetes and automatic weapons attacked the state television station, the airport and the main military base in Congo's capital in what appeared to be a coup attempt early Monday, before being repelled by the country's...

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Stocks are flat in quiet end-of-year trading

NEW YORK — Stocks were little changed in early trading Monday as investors closed out their positions for what has been a historic year on Wall Street. Traders had little corporate or economic news to work through. The bond market was quiet as well....

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Mass. couple promote new craft beer business model

BELMONT, Mass. — Kate Baker and Suzanne Schalow founded Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont in 2010, and today, at any given time, its 1,500 square feet of retail space are filled with more than 1,000 beers from 350 breweries. Beers are organized by region,...

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Gaming foes await SJC decision

Attorney General Martha Coakley is pushing for swift action by the state Supreme Judicial Court on the legality of a ballot initiative to repeal the Bay State's two-year-old expanded gaming law, a question that looms large over the awarding of casino...

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Is an older Cadillac a good candidate for synthetic oil?

I recently purchased a 2001 Cadillac Deville with 52,000 original miles. The service advisor at the dealership recommended using conventional oil or a synthetic blend. I was told there can be problems with synthetic oil causing gasket failure on older...

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Market Basket’s CEO blasts board’s website

Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas has taken the grocery chain's contentious board to task over alleged inaccuracies on a website that it's using to communicate with workers. In a letter to chairman Keith Cowan that Demoulas shared with employees,...

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Federal health market surpasses 1 million signups

HONOLULU — A December surge propelled health care sign-ups through the government's rehabilitated website past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration said Sunday, reflecting new signs of life for the problem-plagued federal insurance exchange....

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