We might not have gotten the Super Bowl matchup we wanted, but it is what it is. On a perhaps less serious note, here are some news items to help fill your Monday. — The lead detective in last century’s ...

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Call it the “old hat” syndrome. That’s the likeliest explanation for why prices for AFC Championship game tickets on StubHub, an online ticket market place, are lower than those for the NFC Championship game. As of 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, for ...

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WAYLAND, Mass. — Hundreds of thousands of people across the Northeast shivered at the prospect of days without heat or lights after a freak October snowstorm over the weekend, and many towns postponed trick-or-treating Monday in what seemed like a ...

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Hurricane Irene has led to the deaths of at least 31 people in 10 states: CONNECTICUT — In Prospect, 89-year-old Charlotte Levine was killed early Sunday when a falling tree limb pulled power lines onto her house and started a ...

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NEW YORK — Verizon says striking workers have taken their demonstrations too far, and the telecommunications company is suing in five Eastern states to limit picketing and stop what it claims is harassment, sabotage and blocking access to its facilities. ...

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Thousands of Verizon landline workers took to picket lines Monday from Massachusetts to Baltimore to Virginia, fighting management demands for contract givebacks and disputing that their work is unprofitable. Verizon Communication Inc. countered that its 45,000 unionized workers in the ...

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BOSTON — A Massachusetts gun-maker has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to the families of one man who was killed and another man who was wounded in a shooting involving a gun allegedly stolen from the company, a national gun-control ...

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CANTON, Massachusetts — The parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins says it plans to go public, confirming weeks of Wall Street speculation. Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. didn’t say how many shares it will offer or when the offering will ...

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BOSTON, MA — During oral arguments in Smith v. Bayer, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court questioned whether a federal court had the authority to stop a state court from certifying a class action when the federal court had ...

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BOSTON — The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees on Thursday tapped Robert Caret to be the new president of the five-campus UMass system. Caret will replace departing UMass President Jack Wilson, who is stepping down June 30. Caret is ...

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