Grocer powers on with idea

State permitting will pave the way for food waste from 213 Stop & Shop supermarkets to be converted into energy to power the grocery chain's Freetown distribution center. Quincy-based Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. plans to build a multimillion-dollar,...

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Sandy aid to Hoboken on par with other NJ towns

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey city whose Democratic mayor alleged that GOP Gov. Chris Christie's administration threatened to hold up Superstorm Sandy aid if she wouldn't support a development project doesn't appear to have been slighted by the state's...

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A look at Superstorm Sandy aid in New Jersey

Following is a breakdown of aid by the numbers from Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey, where Democratic Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has said state officials threatened to hold back funding if she did not support a development deal. The administration of Republican...

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Johansson addresses criticism over SodaStream deal

LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson has responded to criticism over her new ad campaign for an Israeli company that operates in the West Bank, but she's not pulling out of the endorsement deal. The 29-year-old actress said in a statement released Friday...

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Smoking out the rough idle and stalling of Expedition

I have a 2001 Ford Expedition with the 5.4-liter V8 and 103,000 miles. At 98,000 miles it developed a rough idle and began stalling at stop signs. My local mechanic noticed low fuel pressure and replaced the fuel filter and fuel pump. It ran good but...

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Perks entice top engineers

As Boston's tech scene explodes and successful companies continue to grow at a breakneck pace, firms are stepping up to make sure top engineers end up at their desks and not at the business next door. "If you want access to the best talent, you have...

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Price for first-class stamp rises to 49 cents

WASHINGTON — It's going to cost you a few pennies more to mail a letter. The cost of a first-class postage stamp is now 49 cents — 3 cents more than before. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into effect on Sunday. Many people...

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German TV: Snowden says NSA also spies on industry

BERLIN — Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden claims in a new interview that the U.S. agency is involved in industrial espionage. German public television broadcaster ARD released a written statement before an interview airing Sunday night in which...

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Police arrest man in Japan tainted food scandal

TOKYO — Japanese police arrested a factory worker at a plant that churned out food laced with pesticide, which led to massive poisoning and a recall of more than 6 million packages of frozen food. Police on Sunday identified the suspect as Toshiki Abe,...

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Health law tricky for parents of Medicaid kids

CONCORD, N.H. — Parents shopping for health insurance through the new federal marketplace are running into trouble when their children might be eligible for Medicaid but they are not. Some have been surprised to learn that children who are eligible...

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