By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON — Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic. The 3-2 vote […]

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN — Germany’s Parliament overwhelmingly approved the four-month extension of Greece’s financial bailout on Friday, despite unease over the new government in Athens. Lawmakers voted 542-32 to back the bailout extension. There were 13 abstentions. Greece was granted the extension by its European creditors in exchange for a commitment to […]

Police: woman let daughter sip drink SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A Lynn woman is facing child endangerment charges for allegedly allowing her 2-year-old toddler to take sips of her margarita at a Salem bar and pouring a little of the alcoholic beverage into the girl’s no-spill cup. Sheldy Nelson was held on $1,000 bail after […]

HAVANA — Over six decades rolling premium cigars with his small, wrinkled hands, Arnaldo Alfonso has taken pride in seeing his “habanos” sampled by visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. Now he’s delighted by the idea of customers lighting them up in New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere in the United States, where Cuban […]