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Greater Boston shows most population gains as rural areas shrink

BOSTON – Most recent population growth in Massachusetts has occurred in Boston and the metro area, while the number of residents in some rural counties and on Cape Cod actually shrank, U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday show. Compared with some other parts of the nation, particularly in parts of

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Ex-U.S. Secret Service official named Mass. Homeland Security advisor

By Michael P. Norton A veteran U.S. Secret Service official who was assigned to the presidential protective division and the agency's headquarters was named this week as the Baker administration's undersecretary for homeland security.