New England faces record power costs

Electricity prices in Boston, which reached record premiums to New York costs last month, are poised to remain at all-time highs through March because of bottlenecks on natural-gas pipelines.

Not all the of the year's best films got Oscar nods

It was the year when Christian Baled out of Wayne Manor and rolled into Union Station. Exchanging his Batman cowl for a bad comb-over, he left Robin behind and began stealing folks blind, in "American Hustle." Goodbye, rotten Gotham City — hello, city of Robert Goddard!

Net neutrality sounds so warm and fuzzy. In a world of often uncivil discourse, a dose of neutrality sounds like just the thing, particularly when it comes from the Federal Communications Commission, and is wrapped in a promise of keeping Internet traffic flowing freely for all.
Even in ultra-liberal Amherst, where we had thought just about anything goes — particularly if decorously contained within the pages of a book in the public library — it turns out that attempts at censorship can still be found.
When states adopted Common Core's mathematics standards, they were told (among other things) that these standards would make all high school students "college- and career-ready" and strengthen the critical pipeline for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Brady or Manning: Who's the GOAT?

Co. blamed for W.Va. spill files for bankruptcy

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water has filed for bankruptcy.

• California governor proclaims state in a drought
• Minnesota Orchestra back with 2 weeks of concerts
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• What they're saying about Obama's NSA speech
• Fed review finds civil rights issues in NM, Colo.

• Mass. RMV chief named to post in Patrick cabinet
• Citizens help nab Boston carjacking suspect
• Mirren earns Harvard's Hasty Pudding award
• Methuen man charged with slashing man's throat
• New Bedford man dies at city seafood plant