The states are weighing their options against CGI Group, a Montreal-based information technology firm also working on the federal rollout.
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The traffic accident was bad. Steve Whitcomb, a veteran Brookline, N.H., firefighter, was among the responders. “This was the worst fear come true,” Brookline’s chief said.
Disease trackers are investigating two cases of a rare and severe tick-borne illness, Powassan virus, prompting warnings that the threat from ticks can persist into December.
The delays were blamed on poor weather earlier this week in parts of the country as well as overloaded systems.
Now “Life According to Sam,” which recently premiered on HBO, has been shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards nominations for best documentary.
Shirley Leung
There will be a First Night in 2014 thanks to departing Mayor Thomas Menino — but now everyone has to show up.
Dumont, 27, has been called “the godfather” of freeskiing, a testament to his limit-pushing and longevity.
Many of today’s rinks are constructed in retail environments, where companies hope to play off ice-skating nostalgia to help drive business.
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There will be the usual spate of after-Christmas sales, including a few technology bargains.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Don’t mix bikes and politicsIt isn’t just conservatives who can be annoyed by urban bicyclists. Liberal motorists, too, may find themselves seething at people on two wheels.
Belichick’s approach is why his Patriot teams have reached the conference championship game seven times in 13 seasons.
Owen Perry, 12, and his mother, Karen, are both battling cancer and looking forward to the day Owen gets to go home.
Edward Snowden invoked George Orwell and warned of the dangers of unchecked government surveillance in a televised Christmas message.
Preparations for the long-planned $60 million restoration began this month as officials suspended tours of the upper structure and prepared to string protective netting.
About one-third of consumers returned at least one gift last year, and many still do it the old-fashioned way: at a customer service counter.
Critics’ picks for upcoming concerts around the region, including First Night Boston with Patti Smith and Dean Wareham.
Drew and Jonathan Scott, the matched set of Canadian brothers who seem to dominate the programming on HGTV, on what to expect in homes in 2014.
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Watch the ‘Broken City’ Insiders eventVideo of a discussion with The Boston Globe’s Washington bureau of the gridlock in Washington and what can be done to end it.
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When doctors prescribe books to heal the mind Can you read your way to psychological health? Britain is finding out.
