Plan to reopen New England fishing spots debated

BOSTON — A plan to allow certain New England fishermen back into fishing grounds where they've long been banned was so objectionable to environmentalists that two groups sued to kill it months before it was officially released. And after the proposal...

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Twitter gives France data in anti-Semitic posts

PARIS — Twitter has given French authorities information that can help identify the authors of a series of racist and anti-Semitic tweets that carried French hashtags, and the social media site also has agreed to work with a Jewish student group that...

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Obama's gift to ESPN's Kornheiser is game of golf

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's birthday gift to ESPN commentator Tony Kornheiser is a game of golf. With the president. The White House said Obama teed off Saturday with Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, co-hosts of the sports network's "Pardon...

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Study: Locations key to gambling success in Mass.

If Massachusetts picks the right locations for its new gaming resorts, it will pull the plug on much of the $853 million Bay State gamblers spent last year in New England states while drawing gamblers from other states, a new study says. "Where the...

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MGM, anti-casino group make final push before Springfield vote

A big-money casino and a grass-roots movement have entered full campaign mode in the days leading up to Tuesday's referendum in Springfield when residents vote on the $850 million casino proposed by MGM Resorts. Both opponents and supporters of the...

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Drink detectors make a stir

Three years ago, Mike Abramson was at a Boston nightclub celebrating a friend's birthday when he ordered a gin and tonic that turned out to be both impossible to remember and impossible to forget. "The next thing I recall is being shuffled over the...

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Asiana says TV station damaged its reputation

SEOUL, South Korea — Asiana Airlines said Sunday its reputation was damaged by a report on a San Francisco TV station that used bogus and racially offensive names for four pilots on its plane that crashed earlier this month and is considering legal action....

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Correction: TV-Fox News-Kelly story

NEW YORK — In a July 2 story about Megyn Kelly of Fox News Channel moving to prime time, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the agent for Fox News host Greta Van Susteren did not return a call seeking comment. Van Susteren is not represented...

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These routes will take you to a lower down payment

WASHINGTON — It's a crucial question for many first-time and moderate-­income buyers in rebounding markets across the country: Where do we find the lowest down payment, lowest monthly cost loans? The answers are changing. True zero-down alternatives...

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Ex-Goldman Sachs trader faces NY SEC civil trial

NEW YORK — A judge presiding over the civil trial of a former Goldman Sachs trader accused of misleading investors about the true prospects of their bet on a package of mortgage-based securities has summed up the charges against him with a fairytale,...

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