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BOSTON – Staples founder Tom Stemberg died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66 years old and lived in the Chestnut Hill section of Brookline. He had reportedly been diagnosed with cancer in 2013.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen museums in seven countries have been named recipients of Bank of America grants for the conservation of artworks ranging from an Edouard Manet painting to a colossal ancient Chinese Buddha. The 2015 Art Conservation Project grants totaling more than $1 million were announced Friday. The recipients
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BOSTON – Cape Cod activists and students, environmentalists, and state legislators gathered at the State House and called for the immediate shutdown of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Entergy announced on Oct. 13 that Pilgrim will close by June 2019, due to low energy prices and declining revenue. But as the activists
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After activists on Thursday rallied for the immediate shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Gov. Charlie Baker said he wants to balance the safety of the impending decommissioning of the plant with the region's power needs. The Entergy Corp.-owned plant, which last week announced
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BOSTON — Highway officials have found a widespread problem of cracked construction nuts within the Big Dig tunnel system, leading workers to inspect more than 100,000 nuts, Highway Administrator Tom Tinlin disclosed Wednesday. Hundreds of deficient nuts have been identified through the system, though officials said there are no safety
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STATE HOUSE — The free unregulated ride for the burgeoning daily online fantasy sports industry in Massachusetts appears to be coming to an end. Along with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission's announcement that it plans to discuss daily fantasy sports at a public meeting next week, Beacon Hill leaders seemed
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Next year, the city of Salem will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Caroline Emmerton, a champion of immigrants. In 1999, the Salem Evening News and its panel of local historians honored her as the "Person of the Century." Emmerton was an exceptional philanthropist who
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Following U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's lead, Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican measure that would have banned the flow of federal dollars to so-called sanctuary cities, or municipalities that have policies barring police from working with federal immigration authorities. Massachusetts Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed
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