Senate to unveil Massachusetts budget plan

BOSTON — State budget deliberations are set to resume on Beacon Hill as lawmakers wrestle over details of a proposed $36.2 billion spending plan for the July 1 fiscal year. The Senate Ways and Means Committee is scheduled on Wednesday to release its...

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Republicans highlight jobs bills in weekly address

WASHINGTON — House Republicans say President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats should match their focus on bills designed to promote jobs. In the weekly Republican radio and Internet address, House Republicans list more than a dozen bills that have...

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Car Smart: New Subaru WRX rocks it on road

Wow — fasten your seat belt, grab hold of the six-speed stick and let the clutch fly! We're driving the 2015 Subaru WRX STI. Once the plaything for folks who liked spirited driving at a relatively low cost and the king of rally racers, the newly redesigned...

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Property of Hub Ponzi schemers will be sold off

The property of a convicted West Roxbury Ponzi schemer and his wife will be sold to recoup some of their $9.77 million in debt, the majority of which is owed to swindled clients. Steven Palladino is at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole after being sentenced...

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Pats’ goal: Get fans to use app while at Gillette

The New England Patriots are rolling out new digital features in a bid to entice fans who now sit on the couch at home to come sit in the stands at Gillette Stadium. "It's incumbent on us who own teams and own stadiums to make sure we're keeping it...

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Southie’s D St. to have big outdoor arts space

A no-man's-land stretch of D Street in South Boston will be transformed into an interim outdoor space that could be used for art installations, concerts, pop-up restaurants — even Major League Bocce — under a $1.1 million plan the Massachusetts Convention...

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Dynamic duo: The success of Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre

NEW YORK — They truly are marching to the beat of their own drum. It's as though anything Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre touches turns to gold: The dynamic duo marked epic-level success when they introduced Eminem to the music world 15 years ago, and their...

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Pregnant women gain new options under health law

WASHINGTON — The health care law has opened up a new opportunity for some mothers-to-be to save on medical bills for childbirth. Lower-income women who signed up for a private policy in the new insurance exchanges will have access to additional coverage...

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Let the sun shine in _ on White House solar panels

WASHINGTON — Technicians have finished installing solar panels on the White House roof, capping a project that President Barack Obama hopes will send a signal that renewable energy is feasible and environmentally shrewd. Obama said in 2010 that he would...

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Merkel defends Germany's early retirement plans

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending plans to allow some Germans to retire on full pensions at 63 and insisting they won't stop her advocating painful reforms in other countries. Germany is raising the retirement age gradually to 67 from 65...

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