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Google giving away Zagat ratings in search results

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 18:01:06 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Google is adding a new entree to its menu: free restaurant ratings from the Zagat review service. Zagat,...

White House issues veto threat on veterans bill

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:52:34 -0400

WASHINGTON - The White House is warning that President Barack Obama will veto a widely popular House spending bill...

R.I. hires firm for 38 Studios financial audit

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Herald Staff) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:17:38 -0400

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced today that Deloitte has been retained to work with Braver...

Southie couple were beaten, stabbed to death

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Matt Stout) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:06:59 -0400

The couple found murdered Sunday after an early morning fire ripped through a South Boston housing project...

State's all signed up

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Joe Battenfeld) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:04:40 -0400

Massachusetts motorists facing summertime delays on Route 128 will soon be getting relief from the state: another...

Rosengren: Fed should do more to boost economy

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Jerry Kronenberg) — Wed, 30 May 2012 17:02:03 -0400

Boston Federal Reserve chief Eric Rosengren says the Fed needs to do more to boost the U.S. economy or see joblessness...

Teen exchanged 193 texts

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Laurel J. Sweet) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:58:53 -0400

A Haverhill teen sent or received 193 text messages in the hours leading up to the second he drove head-on...

GPS follows the money - and bank robbery suspect

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Richard Weir) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:58:12 -0400

A Cambridge bank robbery suspect who police said used an MBTA bus to make his getaway was nabbed yesterday after...

Gov. Patrick endorses Warren - 'I love this candidate'

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Hillary Chabot) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:45:06 -0400

In an unusual move, Gov. Deval Patrick endorsed Elizabeth Warren today in the hotly contested U.S. Senate race...

Visa's transactions fall 3 percent in April

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:39:38 -0400

NEW YORK - Visa says its card transactions in the U.S. fell by 3 percent overall in April. And the payments...

Catcher bolsters Roger Clemens' claim on B12 needles

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:34:01 -0400

WASHINGTON - Roger Clemens' former catcher with the Toronto Blue Jays testified today that he had seen vitamin...

AG's office confirms investigation of for-profit colleges

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Matt Murphy) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:16:10 -0400

Ratcheting up the pressure on for-profit education firms, Attorney General Martha Coakley today confirmed that...

Porn video was shot on the grounds of L.A. Coliseum

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Paul Pringle and Rong-Gong Lin II) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:13:19 -0400

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum field is the place where the USC Trojans play football, two Summer...

Feds trim Mass. zone aimed to draw offshore wind

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:04:01 -0400

The federal government has further scaled down an area off Massachusetts where it hopes to attract offshore wind...

Patriots pick Alfonzo Dennard pleads not guilty to pre-draft assault

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:57:08 -0400

LINCOLN, Neb. - New England Patriots draft pick Alfonzo Dennard has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer...

American kidnapped in Benin, US Embassy says

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:50:34 -0400

DAKAR, Senegal - An American citizen has been kidnapped in the normally peaceful and politically stable nation...

Obama calls Romney; congratulates him on GOP nod

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:43:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama called Mitt Romney today to congratulate him on winning the Republican nomination,...

2 killed, 3 wounded in shooting at Seattle cafe

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:29:26 -0400

SEATTLE - A gunman opened fire at a cafe in Seattles University district Wednesday, killing two people and wounding...

Judge won't delay Jerry Sandusky's sex-abuse trial

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:16:56 -0400

BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A judge has denied a request from former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky to delay...

French journalist released in Colombia

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:10:50 -0400

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia - A French journalist released to a humanitarian delegation by leftist rebels says he was...

Iraq president rebuffs move to unseat premier

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:42:24 -0400

BAGHDAD - Lawmakers say a broad alliance of political opponents of the Iraqi prime minister has failed to persuade...

It isn't even funny, Barney gets a pass

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Howie Carr) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:39:15 -0400

Imagine if a Republican, say U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, were to use the Trayvon Martin shooting as the basis for a...

State pension fund's chief investment officer resigns

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Jerry Kronenberg) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:36:57 -0400

The Massachusetts pension fund's chief investment officer is stepping down after 12 years to enter the private...

Foie gras feeding frenzy grows as California ban nears

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:31:00 -0400

This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead. Chefs...

Hosni Mubarak's sons to be tried for insider trading

trose@heraldinteractive.com (Associated Press) — Wed, 30 May 2012 14:27:32 -0400

CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak's two sons were charged Wednesday with insider trading and referred to trial before a criminal...