Poor count estimates plague New England fisheries

BOSTON — What science says about the number of fish in the waters off New England shapes the rules that govern the region's struggling fishing fleet. And lately for key species, those estimates have been way off. Some federal population estimates for...

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Amusement park regulations, inspections vary in US

DALLAS — From Six Flags to Walt Disney World, there's no federal oversight of permanent amusement parks, and regulations vary from state to state. The death of a woman who fell 75 feet from Six Flags Over Texas' Texas Giant roller coaster is reinvigorating...

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Ford recalls some 2013 C-Max hybrids over roofs

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is recalling 33,021 C-Max hybrid cars because they may not adequately protect occupants' heads in a crash. Vehicles involved were made between Jan. 19, 2012, and June 25, 2013 and don't have panoramic roofs. C-Max hybrids with...

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Translating the tech

When Joe Morone, Jon Warman and Diana Brazzell were dorm mates at Brown University, they shared a vision of the importance of higher education and academic research, but they also knew that research, detailed in academic journals, could often be long,...

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Student entrepreneurs venture into business

Fresh-roasted coffee, artisan mango liqueur and glow-in-the-dark ultimate frisbee gear — those are some of the products ready to launch out of a Babson College summer crash course for young entrepreneurs. The 10-week summer venture program featured...

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Radio, TV personality David 'Kidd' Kraddick dies

David "Kidd" Kraddick, the high-octane radio and TV host of the "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" show heard on dozens of U.S. radio stations, has died at a charity golf event near New Orleans, a publicist said. Kraddick was 53. The Texas-based radio and...

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Co-founder of Russia's biggest search engine dies

MOSCOW — Ilya Segalovich, the co-founder of Russia's largest search engine, Yandex, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 48. Segalovich died Saturday at a London hospital, Yandex director general and fellow founder Arkady Volozh said. Volozh said...

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Russian cargo ship docks with space station

MOSCOW — Russia's space agency says that its cargo ship has docked successfully with the International Space Station. Roscosmos says the unmanned Progress M-20M spacecraft moored at the station Sunday about six hours after its launch from the Baikonur...

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New fruit fly could hurt Maine wild-blueberry crop

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's wild-blueberry growers are monitoring their fields for a harmful new fruit fly that arrived in the United States five years ago and poses a threat to the state's crop. With the blueberry harvest kicking into gear later this...

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Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limit

WASHINGTON — Congress needs to raise the debt limit and take away the "cloud of uncertainty" about the nation's ability to pay its bills, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "The fight over the debt limit in 2011 hurt...

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