Massachusetts halts tax refunds after TurboTax issue

BOSTON — Massachusetts officials have temporarily halted refunds on state tax returns after a nationwide increase in fraudulent tax returns filed through TurboTax. State Revenue Commissioner Amy Pitter said the agency, acting out of an abundance of...

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EPA to help towns adapt to flooding Two Massachusetts communities have been chosen to receive help from the Environmental Protection Agency in finding ways to become more resilient to flooding. Scituate and Newburyport were chosen to receive EPA technical...

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Activists to press for more affordable housing options

BOSTON — Increasing the number of rental assistance vouchers and preserving existing subsidized housing units are just two of the proposals included in a report to be unveiled by affordable housing activists at the Statehouse. The On Solid Ground Coalition...

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Environmental group promoting illegal fishing crackdown

A nonprofit group says its new live satellite system will help regulators deter illegal fishing, a problem federal regulators say costs more than $9 billion around the world every year. "Project Eyes on the Seas" was launched in January and uses multiple...

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NBC's Brian Williams, under investigation, will take break from 'Nightly News'

Brian Williams said he will take a break "for the next several days" from "NBC Nightly News," the network's flagship evening newscast, in the wake of his disclosure this week that he had made false claims about a 2003 newsgathering expedition in Iraq....

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Land Rover, Jaguar will recall 104,000 vehicles

WASHINGTON — Land Rover and Jaguar are recalling 104,000 vehicles because of problems with the brakes and lights. The largest recall involves a brake-hose issue that Jaguar Land Rover North America studied and dismissed, only to reopen after an accident....

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Advocates say 150,000 need more fuel assistance due to harsh winter

Advocates for the poor are calling on state officials to provide immediate aid to approximately 150,000 low-income Massachusetts households — about one-third of them seniors — who have exhausted their fuel-assistance benefits due to one of the coldest...

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Brian Wiliams on hiatus as NBC investigates

Brian Williams' decision to temporarily step away from "NBC Nightly News" amid a swirling controversy over false comments he made about his war reporting in Iraq won't be enough to salvage his free-falling career, say media analysts, who are calling...

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App tracking appetite gets NIH grant

Researchers at UMass Medical School and Worcester Polytechnic Institute have received a
$2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a smartphone app that will take a bite out of overeating caused by stress. Development of the...

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Ronan Farrow charts new course at MSNBC

The roving news correspondent worked his sources in Paris for days, with nary a chance to eat. His efforts paid off, with a couple of exclusive interviews with interesting people affected by the tragic Charlie Hebdo murders. Next he had to prepare to...

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