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Business

Your Next Car: What's It Going to Be?

Gas mileage, style, affordability, predicted life span or practicality – what qualities are you looking for in your next car?

Government

Should Schools Stop Sending 'Fat Letters'?

Some state legislators are moving to ban schools sending home letters to students who score overweight or obese on the Body Mass Index. Are the letters good public health policy, unwanted state intrusion or maybe both?

Police & Fire

Coakley: Neither Drugs Nor Money Motivated JP Drug Lab 'Rogue Chemist' Annie Dookhan

It still isn't clear what drove a JP State Drug Lab chemist allegedly to taint evidence in thousands of cases. The attorney general says two common reasons don't appear to apply: a drug habit or money trouble.

Police & Fire

Chemist Annie Dookhan, at Heart of State Drug Lab Scandal, Alleged to Have Lied Under Oath About Her Education

The chemist whom the state blames for tainting evidence in thousands of drug cases appears to have lied on the witness stand about having a master's degree in chemistry.

Government

Transportation Boss Favors Fare Hikes, But Not Service Cuts

In an interview with the Boston Globe, State Transportation Secretary Richard Davey said the state is scrambling to raise enough revenue so that proposed service cuts can be scotched.

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