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Amtrak has rolled out wireless Internet access on all 20 of its Acela Express trains between Washington and Boston and in six major stations along the northeast corridor. (source: Boston Globe) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Massachusetts home prices and sales surged in January, providing added evidence that the state’s real estate market is on the rise. (source: Boston) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

BOSTON A Boston man charged with fatally stabbing a 23-year-old man early Sunday morning will be held without bail, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Mitchell Martinez, 23, was charged with stabbing Richard Bevins after an altercation near Harvard and Brigh... (source: Boston Globe) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Even if you haven't used a CoinStar kiosk to count your loose coins at an area Stop & Shop, Shaw's or Walmart, you could probably guess there is a catch. But only for some people. For others, it's a shopping bargain.

A 30-year state police veteran is the new U.S. Marshal for Massachusetts. Retired state police Detective Lieutenant John Gibbons was sworn in on Friday in a ceremony at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston. (source: Examiner) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The bidding for a 5,700-square-foot single-family home on Brimmer Street in Beacon Hill opened at $4.975 million, went once, went twice, and - with no bids entered - went back to private sale about a minute after the auction began. (source: Boston) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

IOWA CITY – Michael Lombardo, who was fired as city manager of Iowa City last year, is a finalist for a job in Massachusetts. Lombardo is one of three finalists to become the first town manager of Hamilton, Mass., according to the Salem News. Interviews for the Hamilton job are Friday and Saturday, and the town [...]

Patti Page sang about the "sand dunes and salty air" of Cape Cod in a song recorded more than 50 years ago. Now she's being honored with her own road on the Massachusetts vacation haven. The town of Barnstable and the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce unveiled ... (source: Examiner) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Any Massachusetts business storing or transmitting someone's personal information must have a written security plan. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Sales of new homes plunged to a record low in January, underscoring the formidable challenges facing the housing industry as it tries to recover from the worst slump in decades. (source: Boston) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts House has approved a bill that would let the cash-strapped city of Lawrence obtain a loan of up to $35 million to balance its budget. Under the measure, the state would appoint a fiscal overseer to develop a three-year finance plan for Lawrence and determine the city's ability to get its fiscal house in order. The overseer would also review all city department ...

The winter storm plodding across the Northeast has left more than a million homes and businesses without power. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Gov. Deval Patrick will be headlining a fisheries summit. The governor will be at the Whaling Museum in New Bedford on Monday as local fishermen address new rules taking effect May 1. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

A union local representing 5,000 Stop & Shop workers in Connecticut gave notice Wednesday that it could strike as soon as 3 p.m. today, as negotiators for the supermarket chain and the union fell short of an agreement.

Republican and Democratic critics are taking aim at a new $5 fee the Registry of Motor Vehicles is charging customers who want to do their business with a real person. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

From now until the end of the month, Shaw's Supermarkets customers who participated in its fuel discount program at area gas stations can turn in their Shaw's Rewards Cards at participating Irving Oil locations in exchange for Irving Fuel Rewards cards.

High winds that gusted at more than 60 miles per hour left tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents without power, toppled trees and tore roofs off buildings. By noon Friday, National Grid reported about 65,000 customers without power, mostly in the no... (source: Examiner) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Massachusetts home prices and sales surged in January, providing added evidence that the state’s real estate market is on the rise. (source: Boston) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Gov. Deval Patrick is asking for more federal help for Massachusetts hospitals that treat a disproportionate share of those covered by the state-sponsored health plans Commonwealth Care and MassHealth. Under an existing agreement, federal matching funds fo... (source: Examiner) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Gov. Deval Patrick is leading Republican Charles Baker and independent Timothy Cahill in the latest public Massachusetts gubernatorial poll. A Suffolk University/WHDH-TV survey released Friday showed Patrick with 33 percent of the vote, compared to 25 perc... (source: Examiner) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

BOSTON A Boston man charged with fatally stabbing a 23-year-old man early Sunday morning will be held without bail, Suffolk County prosecutors said. Mitchell Martinez, 23, was charged with stabbing Richard Bevins after an altercation near Harvard and Brigh... (source: Boston Globe) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

House Speaker Robert DeLeo will unveil expanded gambling legislation for Massachusetts before the end of the month, according to a top Statehouse official, and a key element is a proposal to use some of its expected licensing fees to support existing manuf... (source: Examiner) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

The number of foreclosures initiated by lenders in January dropped to the lowest level in more than a year in Massachusetts, an indication that fewer people may lose their homes this year. (source: Boston) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

It’s meant to jolt borrowers from the complacency of debt: A new credit card statement that spells out the price of making only minimum payments. (source: Boston) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

TRENTON, N.J. - Drug maker Merck & Co. has made its final, $4.1 billion payment into a fund to settle tens of thousands of US claims that withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks or strokes, the company said in a regulatory filing yesterday. (source: Boston) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

DEAR TOM AND RAY: I live in Albany and own a 2009 Dodge Journey, all-wheel drive, with 19-inch wheels and tires. I didn't realize it at the time, but getting these optional huge wheels has made it impossible to find winter tires. So I have to buy another set of smaller 17-inch wheels to put my winter tires on.

Staples Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit slid as consumers and small businesses continued to delay purchases of larger-ticket office-supply items. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

On Monday, tough new regulations to protect personal information collected from consumers will take effect in Massachusetts, and companies throughout the US are scrambling to get ready. (source: Boston) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Rodney Green scored 30 points to lead La Salle to an 89-78 victory over Massachusetts on Wednesday night.

The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Massachusetts Lottery's "Megabucks" game were: 05-34-35-42-44-47 (source: Examiner) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

New legislation now being proposed in the Massachusetts state legislature to ban circumcision of any male children, including Jewish children, comes very close to saying, "Yes, it should be a crime." Circumcision of infant males has been a requirement of Jewish faith and identity since the time of Abraham.

High winds that gusted at more than 60 miles per hour left tens of thousands of Massachusetts residents without power, toppled trees and tore roofs off buildings. By noon Friday, National Grid reported about 65,000 customers without power, mostly in the no... (source: Examiner) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A central Pennsylvania judge has ordered a woman jailed on $1 million bond until her extradition hearing on charges that she abducted of her 13-month-old niece in Massachusetts. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Waterbury-based Webster Financial Corp. repaid $100 million to the federal government Wednesday, a quarter of what it received under the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program.

The Massachusetts Senate is taking up a bill that would ban text messaging while driving. The ban is included in legislation that would also require drivers 75 and older to undergo cognitive and physical screenings every three years. (source: Examiner) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Two-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Vince Wilfork has agreed to a long-term contract that will keep him with the New England Patriots. The team put the franchise tag on Wilfork last month, keeping him from becoming a free agent and giving the sides more time to ... (source: Examiner) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

The Massachusetts Senate is taking up a bill that would ban text messaging while driving. The ban is included in legislation that would also require drivers 75 and older to undergo cognitive and physical screenings every three years. (source: Examiner) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

The move this week to downgrade a proposed consumer financial protection agency to lure bipartisan support instead appears to be undermining the Obama administration's effort to overhaul regulation of the entire industry.

Home sales in the Northeast tumbled from December to January, but were still 17 percent above year-ago levels, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. The median sales price in the nine-state region was $245,300, up nearly 9 percent from January ... (source: Examiner) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

ORONO – The University of Massachusetts was a desperate hockey team playing in an environment that hasn’t been kind in recent years.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: (source: Boston) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

BOSTON - Communities that have taken the authority offered by the Massachusetts Legislature to impose a meals tax have generally found they are bringing in more revenue than expected.

Three more hospitals signed contracts with a state health insurance program after Connecticut's largest insurer changed its own working agreement with hospitals across the state.Roughly 13,000 uninsured adults covered by the state-run Charter Oak Health Plan now can get hospital treatment in all eight counties. Twenty of the state's 32 hospitals are now signed up. Windham Hospital, Day Kimball Healthcare in Putnam and Middlesex Hospital have signed contracts with Charter Oak since late January,

Gasoline prices have risen 2 cents on average in Massachusetts, the first weekly increase since mid-January. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Legislation approved by the Massachusetts House yesterday would enable the city to borrow up to $35 million and still allow its new administration a chance to resolve a mammoth budget deficit without a state takeover of finances.

Patti Page, who once sang about the "sand dunes and salty air" and "quaint little villages here and there" of Cape Cod is being honored with her own road on the vacation haven. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

The attorney for Amy Bishop's parents says there's "no question" it was an accident when Bishop shot her brother in 1986. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

Oregon Oyster Farms has issued a product recall involving oyster meat and oysters in the shell harvested this month from Yaquina Bay. (source: Boston Globe) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Logan International Airport has plunged to nearly the bottom of customer satisfaction ratings among 20 of North America’s medium-size airports, faring better than only New York’s La Guardia Airport, according to a study released yesterday by J.... (source: Boston) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Stock futures rose Tuesday following gains globally overnight. Overseas markets rallied on upbeat economic reports in Asia and growing hopes European leaders will complete a bailout for debt-burdened Greece. (source: Boston) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com