Lawmakers defeat an effort to repeal the state’s 2-year-old law and return to civil unions.
2012
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Chance to claw a Mass. lobster halted
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Turns out using the claw to snag lobsters from a tank doesn’t wash in one Massachusetts town. The Board of Health in Framingham ordered a restaurant to remove a live lobster vending machine that works like popular arcade games where players maneuver a joystick-controlled claw to try to grab prizes. The owner […]
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Briefcase
No-news day leaves stocks mostly in a holding pattern U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday after a quiet trading day that left the indexes little changed. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 45.57 points, or 0.3 percent, to 13,124.62. It had been up 20 shortly after the opening bell. The Dow had its biggest loss […]
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Home sales add up to best winter in five years
The increase in purchases of previously occupied housing is a welcome sign for the depressed market.
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Subsidy’s end looms over wind power
The wind-energy industry faces a halt to new projects if a federal tax break isn’t renewed.
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Shelby Lynne: song and chance
The singer-songwriter, who rose to the challenge of playing all the instruments on her latest album, will perform at One Longfellow tonight.
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CD Review: Pete Kilpatrick, new band reach new heights with ‘Heavy Fire’
The new CD is a conglomerate of charming and intricately arranged, sweet-sounding rock.
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From the editor: Readers weigh in on TV’s sickening dose of reality
Last week, I wrote about the sorry state of reality television and invited readers to chime in with their opinions. Of the dozen or so phone calls and emails I received, none disagreed with my assessment that reality TV had become more sensationalistic to the point of disgusting. Here are some of the comments (edited […]
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One man’s story of forgiveness and healing
Dan Williams uses music and personal stories to relate incidents from his life.
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Making Noise: New CD reflects Torres’ evolution as seeker, seer
Vanessa Torres grew up on a “diet of Latin American folk music.”