Ernst & Young CEO James Turley becomes the first member of the Boy Scouts’ executive board known to publicly disapprove of the policy.
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Former ‘Goodfellas’ gangster Henry Hill dies
An associate in New York’s Lucchese crime family, Hill told detailed and disturbing and often hilarious tales of life in the mob in the 1986 book “Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family.”
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Whitey Bulger’s girlfriend to appeal jail sentence
Catherine Greig, the mobster’s longtime lover, was sentenced to 8 years in prison this week for conspiracy to harbor a fugitive and identity fraud.
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Dell eyes more than $2B in cuts over 3 years
The company has been struggling with weak PC sales as consumers increasingly shift to tablets and smartphones.
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Hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire
Dr. Jose Montero, state director of public health, will meet with the media Wednesday afternoon to give an update of the investigation.
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Somalia’s capital no longer ‘World’s Most Dangerous City’
The seaside city is enjoying a peace that, except for the infrequent attack, has lasted the better part of a year.
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School budget approved in RSU4
WALES — The $17.6 million budget for the 2012–2013 school year budget won approval 438-376 in Regional School Unit 4, despite being rejected by Wales voters. Here is a vote breakdown by town: Litchfield 196 yes; 190 no; Sabattus 178 yes; 115 no; Wales 64 yes; 71 no. “I’m not surprised,” said Superintendent James Hodgkin […]
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Italy hit by market fears of contagion from Spain
A sale of 12-month bonds demonstrates the speed with which market jitters spread from Spain following Madrid’s weekend concession that its banks need a bailout.
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RSU4 voters opt for school repairs
WALES — Residents of the three towns that make up Regional School Unit 4, Litchfield Sabattus and Wales, favor repairing existing schools and keeping the two primary schools in operation. The voters made their preferences known in a nonbinding referendum at the polls Tuesday. The majority of voters — 443 from all three towns — […]