Celtics owner Pagliuca takes over Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) _ The group leading the bid to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston shook up its management …
Why many experts missed this: Cheap oil can hurt US economy
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ If there was one thing most economists agreed on at the start of the year, …
Nigerian airlines cancel flights amid fuel crisis
By MICHELLE FAUL LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) _ Nigerian airlines grounded flights Saturday as a months-long fuel shortage worsened, aggravated by a strike disrupting fuel deliveries …
State health care industry spent $19M lobbying lawmakers
By STEVE LeBLANC BOSTON (AP) _ Hospitals, insurers, doctors, unions and pharmaceutical companies spent a record $19 million lobbying Beacon Hill lawmakers last year, a …
Medical pot businesses to battle black market for customers
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ When retailers open state-approved medical marijuana shops in Illinois later this year, they will face …
Clemson dismisses defensive end Ogundeko following arrest
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) _ Clemson backup defensive end Ebenezer Ogundeko has been dismissed from the football team after he was arrested and charged with financial …
Feds: Temple professor offered China data on US-made device
By JOSH CORNFIELD PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ The chairman of Temple University’s physics department was arrested in what prosecutors said was a scheme to provide U.S. …
Herbicide used in Vietnam War has lingering effect on vets
By SALLY ASHER Enid News & Eagle ENID, Okla. (AP) _ The effects of the Vietnam War still are reaching Enid in 2015. During the …
Coal, medicine, trains top Tokyo’s Asia infrastructure plan
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) _ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s offer of $110 billion in fresh infrastructure financing for Asia is as …
California farmers strike a deal to cut water use
By FENIT NIRAPPIL and SCOTT SMITH SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ California farmers who hold some of the state’s strongest water rights avoided the threat of …