The state’s approval of a plan to replace the coal-burning Salem Harbor Power Station with a gas-fueled plant is being challenged.
Gambling industry insiders are concerned that stringent reporting requirements will annoy slot players and destroy high-end play.
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Lawmakers from coastal states are banding together to reverse increases in federal flood insurance premiums mandated by a bill passed in 2012.
Maureen Dahill’s story has become a symbol of the growing pains of a neighborhood struggling to maintain its traditions.
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Dan Shaughnessy | AFC title game, 3 p.m., CBS
The matchup between the Patriots and Broncos really is a bigger deal than all the other “pre” Super Bowl games.
A flood of cheap heroin has thrust the state into an addiction crisis, a grave threat to younger residents and to a way of life.
TOM KEANE
The first great wave of Internet applications got us all connected. The next wave will be to figure out how to reverse that.
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Osagie K. Obasogie set out to find out what “race” means to people who’ve never been able to see skin color.
CARLO ROTELLA
Football ad face-off: Cars vs. gadgetsGadget and car ads are the Tom Brady and Peyton Manning of untruth-in-advertising.
After an 0-12 senior season at Southern Mississippi, Collins has walked into one of the most successful organizations in pro sports.
The governor briefly joined about 60 eighth-graders working at the Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School in Roxbury.
The US and other international powers have pushed hard for the conference, set to begin Wednesday near Geneva.
A swing through Florida proved no sunny retreat for Governor Chris Christie on Saturday.
Wage and immigration rules are among some of the major issues that economists and business leaders will closely monitor this year.
The con-artist caper won the award for outstanding cast, boosting its already strong Oscar prospects.
For $20 round trip from North Station, Wachusett Mountain has long been the metro skier’s go-to spot for a quick getaway.
Solid Midwestern values seasoned by charm and affection and lovely writing provide a welcome detour off the tabloid path.
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Scouting in the Boston areaTake a look at the Boston-area history of the Boy Scouts of America since the 1920s.
If urban farming took off, what would Boston look like?A new ordinance makes it legal, even easy, to start a farm in the city. Here’s what the future could hold.
