Maine seafood company owner pleads guilty

PORTLAND, Maine — The owner of a Maine seafood company has pleaded guilty to instructing an employee to make cash withdrawals to avoid Treasury Department reporting requirements, money used to bypass lobster coop purchasing rules. The Portland Press...

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Subcompact cars fare poorly in new crash tests

DETROIT — Subcompact cars fared poorly in new crash tests performed by an insurance industry group. None of the 12 minicars tested got the highest rating of "good" from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The Chevrolet Spark was the only car...

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AP Exclusive: New regs sought for child car seats

WASHINGTON — Child car seats would for the first time have to protect children from death and injury in side-impact crashes under regulations the government is proposing, The Associated Press has learned. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

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Greenfield hospital declares labor impasse

GREENFIELD, Mass. — Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield has declared an impasse in its 28 months of negotiations with nurses and announced it will immediately put into effect changes it has sought through contract talks. The move outraged...

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Booze-delivery start-up Drizly raises $2.25M

Boston-based alcohol delivery start-up Drizly has raised $2.25 million in venture financing, the company said today. "It took us over a year of building and testing, and now, after the last 9 months and many thousands of orders later, Drizly is alcohol...

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Stocks edge lower as investors assess earnings

NEW YORK — Stocks edged mostly lower Wednesday as investors pored over the latest batch of company earnings reports. IBM dropped after its revenue fell short of forecasts from financial analysts. Chipmaker AMD also plunged after predicting a drop in...

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US stocks are mixed in early trading

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is mixed in early trading after disappointing results from IBM. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 41 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,372 shortly after the market opened Wednesday. The Standard & Poor's 500...

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Court struggles with restitution for child porn

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court lent a sympathetic ear Wednesday to a victim of child pornography who wants the court to make it easier for victims to collect money from people convicted of downloading and viewing the pornographic images. The woman known...

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'Ellen DeGeneres Show' becomes available in China

BEIJING — Ellen DeGeneres's talk show is getting a new audience — viewers in China. The lighthearted, celebrity-focused show is now available in China on video site Sohu within 48 hours of its original U.S. broadcast. It is the first U.S. daily talk...

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European businesses rushing to find Iran bonanza

BRUSSELS — France is sending business executives by the planeload to Iran. German and Dutch entrepreneurs are taking courses on how to close a deal in Tehran, and car makers are drawing up plans for investment. Europe's business community is abuzz with...

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