NJ second-home owners in limbo a year after Sandy

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Jersey shore's vacation bungalows and cottages have for decades staked out little plots of paradise where families who scrimped and saved could while away summer evenings, parents having drinks on the deck and kids working...

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Groups accuse Egypt satirist of defaming military

CAIRO — An official in Egypt says complaints already have been filed against a popular television satirist, less than 24 hours after returning to air following a coup in the country. Bassem Youssef, often compared to U.S. comedian Jon Stewart, mocked...

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OSHA fines Avon co. in death

The U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration has fined an Avon construction company $21,560 for four "serious" safety violations after the death of one of its workers at a Plymouth job site in July. Diaz Construction Co. worker Jason Faria...

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Style built in to sunny, 4-level Newton condo

This updated townhouse in Newton's Auburndale neighborhood may not look large from the outside, but it has four levels with 3,000 square feet of airy living space. The four-bedroom end-unit at 580 Auburn St. is part of the three-building, six-townhouse...

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JPMorgan's $5B settlement doesn't end its troubles

WASHINGTON — The $5.1 billion that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay hardly ends its legal troubles over mortgage securities it sold. It's merely a down payment. JPMorgan still faces heavy financial burdens. The bank has set aside $23 billion to cover...

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Another month of fixes for health care website

WASHINGTON — It should be working well by the end of November. That's the Obama administration's rough timetable for completing a long list of fixes to HealthCare.gov, the new, trouble-plagued website for uninsured Americans to get coverage. Summarizing...

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For Obama, health care woes may have staying power

WASHINGTON — For nearly five years, Republicans have struggled to make a scandal stick to President Barack Obama's White House. One by one, the controversies — Solyndra, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, and others — hit a fever pitch, but then faded away....

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Facebook off limits for Macedonian clergy

SKOPJE, Macedonia — The Macedonian Orthodox Church has banned it clergy from using Facebook to protect against abuse and "new phenomena of confessions and intimate conversations with young people," local media report. Reports on Saturday said the Holy...

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9 Ohio, W.Va. residents sue DuPont Co. over cancer

CINCINNATI — Nine Ohio and West Virginia residents who have cancer and other diseases have filed federal lawsuits this month against chemical giant DuPont, alleging the company knowingly contaminated drinking-water supplies with a chemical used by one...

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A year after Sandy, a slow recovery for thousands

NEW YORK — A year after Superstorm Sandy, thousands of people are still trying to fix their wrecked homes. The violent storm that struck the northeast U.S. on Oct. 29, 2012, has given way to an uneven recovery, stymied by bureaucracy, insurance disputes...

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