Contract deal reached for workers at NY nuke plant

RYE BROOK, N.Y. — The owner of the Indian Point nuclear power plant says a contract agreement has been reached with its largest union, avoiding a strike or lockout. Entergy Nuclear and Local 1-2 of the Utility Workers of America reached a tentative...

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Obama: 2014 can be breakthrough year for US

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he believes 2014 can be a breakthrough year for the country. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the U.S. is primed to bring back jobs lost in the recession or to overseas competitors. But he...

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AC casino hopes for quick end to fake-chips probe

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — An Atlantic City casino where someone may have used fake chips at a poker tournament hopes to learn on Saturday whether the suspended games should be allowed to continue. The first event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open was suspended...

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Horse slaughter blocked by federal law

SANTA FE, N.M. — The resumption of commercial horse slaughter in the U.S. was blocked Friday as President Barack Obama signed a budget measure that withholds money for required federal inspections of the slaughtering process. Although the measure provides...

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Bangladesh reporters held for 'fabricating' story

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh has ordered three journalists held in detention on charges of publishing a false story that alleged Indian security forces had joined Bangladeshi troops in a crackdown before the recent controversial elections....

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Mass. hospital group to defend expansion

BOSTON — The largest hospital and physician network in Massachusetts is defending its plan to merge with Weymouth's South Shore Hospital and a related doctors' group, saying it save about $27 million annually in health care costs. Partners HealthCare,...

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Web glitches hurt Obamacare-created health insurer

An experimental new health insurance company created under a provision of Obamacare — with 
$88.5 million in federal funds — is now struggling to enroll members because of the state's broken Health Connector website. "It's not a pleasant turn of events,...

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B.R.A. OKs $500M Landmark center

Mayor Martin J. Walsh told hundreds of retailers the city will soon usher in a "new era of transparency" at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, just hours before the agency met for the first time since he took office, approving a massive Landmark Center...

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High-end rentals offer way of life

It may be off-season for rentals, but a thousand high-end apartments have hit the Boston market. The Victor near North Station has come on with 286 units, there's 381 apartments at the Kensington in Chinatown, the 99-unit Gatehouse 75 in Charlestown...

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Partners: State board wrong on South Shore Hospital acquisition

Medical giant Partners HealthCare is hitting back after a state commission last month said its proposed acquisition of South Shore Hospital would raise costs and do nothing for the quality of care. In a document it will give the Health Policy Commission...

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NY woman resentenced for decking Walmart worker

BATAVIA, N.Y. — A 28-year-old woman has been given a court-ordered one-year sentence for punching a 70-year-old cashier at a western New York Wal-Mart on Christmas Eve 2011. The Daily News of Batavia reports  Jacquetta Simmons was resentenced Monday...

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US retail sales inch up, but holiday spending weak

WASHINGTON — Americans bought more clothes in December, shopped more frequently online and ate out more often, providing a boost to economic growth at the end of the year. But sales at most traditional stores declined, as the holiday shopping season...

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Wells Fargo earnings rise 11 percent

Fourth-quarter profit for Wells Fargo & Co., the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, jumped 11 percent as a steep drop in mortgage lending was offset by increased interest income. EARNINGS: Net income after dividend payments on preferred stock rose to...

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Holiday sales up 3.8 pct, retail trade group says

NEW YORK — A major retail trade group says holiday sales rose 3.8.percent, just below the group's 3.9 percent forecast. The National Retail Federation said Tuesday that retail sales for November and December combined totaled $601.8 billion, according...

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GM global sales hit 9.7M last year, beats VW

DETROIT — General Motors says it sold 9.71 million cars and trucks last year. That's up 4 percent from a year ago, but probably not enough to beat Toyota for the global sales crown. GM light vehicle sales were led by growth in China and the United Kingdom....

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HUD probes NJ's $25M Sandy marketing campaign

TRENTON, N.J. — Federal officials are taking a closer look at how New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's administration spent $25 million to promote the Jersey shore in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.'s office says the...

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Chevy sweep: Corvette, Silverado take show awards

DETROIT — General Motors' Chevrolet brand swept the North American Car of the Year and North American Truck/Utility of the Year on Monday, giving the resurgent Detroit automaker another boost at the beginning of the Motor City's annual auto show. The...

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Stock futures fall ahead of open

U.S. stock futures were lower shortly before the opening bell on a week where the pace of company earnings reports picks up. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 28 points to 16,353. The Standard & Poor's 500 index futures...

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Stocks edge lower in early trade; Lululemon drops

NEW YORK — Stocks are slightly lower in early trading on Wall Street as the pace of corporate earnings reports picks up. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 30 points, or 0.2 percent, at 16,407 in the first few minutes of trading Monday. The...

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Chicken plant closes again after cockroach cleanup

LIVINGSTON, Calif. — A California chicken farm that reopened over the weekend after it was shut because of a cockroach infestation says it's "voluntarily and temporarily" suspending operations again. Foster Farms said Sunday it was closing the plant...

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Just one Mass. compounder registers with FDA

A Massachusetts hospital is one of 14 compounding pharmacies nationwide that has voluntarily registered with the Food and Drug Administration as the federal agency pushes states to inform businesses of new regulations passed in the wake of a deadly fungal...

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VW Golf diesel teaches lessons about glowplugs

I have a 2001 VW Golf TDI. It starts right up but after I drive a few feet, the "Check engine" light pops on. I get a code P0380. I replaced the glow plugs, as they had 120,000 miles on them. Any help would really be appreciated. According to my ALLDATA...

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Boston apps find common home

One of the most popular fitness apps in the country was created in Boston, and many locals, including some who use RunKeeper, have no idea. That's the problem Tom O'Keefe is trying to solve with DownloadBoston, an effort to increase awareness of Boston-made...

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Entrepreneur: Boost Calif. wages to $12-an-hour

LOS ANGELES — Democrats across the nation are eager to make increasing the minimum wage a defining campaign issue in 2014, but in California a proposal to boost the pay rate to $12 an hour is coming from a different point on the political compass. Ron...

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Entrepreneur: Boost Calif. wages to $12-an-hour

LOS ANGELES — Democrats across the nation are eager to make increasing the minimum wage a defining campaign issue in 2014, but in California a proposal to boost the pay rate to $12 an hour is coming from a different point on the political compass. Ron...

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