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Crude oil tumbled after the Labor Department reported that the US unemployment rate surged to a 26-year high, undermining speculation that fuel consumption will rebound next year.

A potentially explosive standoff between an Edgartown man and members of the Martha's Vineyard tactical response team ended peacefully last Thursday.

Faced with the recession, cities and towns are pressing for more liquor licenses to stimulate their economies by attracting new restaurants.

With upward of 60 Massachusetts school districts seeking new leadership, school leaders lamented last night that it's a tough year to be looking for a superintendent.

The Canadian dollar extended gains to hit a new one-year high against the U.S. dollar as oil prices surged and in the wake of strong Canadian jobs data late last week.

Absentee ballots for the Woburn Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2009 are now available in the Office of the City Clerk.

While job losses have a dampening effect, consumer spending and talks with Iran on nuclear programme could push crude oil prices higher.

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Crude oil spent the last quarter range-bound at around $70, but energy prices moved sharply higher on Wednesday with the December futures contract rising from $66.60 to $71.05, or nearly 7% -- the largest range crude oil has traded in at least 60 days.

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As Medford residents brace for another New England winter, Clickfil.com , a new heating oil delivery company, aims to help local residents save money by offering a Web-based service that can save consumers as much as 30 cents per gallon, according to a public-relations company.

Crude oil futures may decline as U.S. fuel stockpiles increase and refiners prepare to idle units for seasonal maintenance.

By Judith Maas TODAY: David Allen Sibley signs 'The Sibley Guide to Trees,' at 3 p.m., at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord ... Illustrator Matt Tavares and author Kristin Kladstrup discuss their children's book, 'The Gingerbread Pirates,' at 3 p.m., at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester ... Carolyn Rubenstein discusses 'Perseverance: True ...

Voters in Ward 1, Precinct 2 will continue to use the Clapp School Gymnasium for voting.

What could be better than a big, old, rambling farmhouse with up-to-date features, a front porch, and a five-minute walk to the lovely downtown shops of Winchester, the elementary school, and the commuter rail into Boston? Even this stretch of Mystic Valley Parkway sees most of its traffic during commuter hours and is otherwise peaceful.

11 attacks at the Garden of Remembrance in the Boston Public Garden. Families of the victims were joined by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and other top city officials at the 7:30 a.m. ceremony, which unfolded as bells at the Arlington Street Church rang out "God Bless America." "This year is different becasue it's all centered around serivce," said ...

Selectman Michael McCoy was a teenager and at the wrong end of a speeding ticket when he first met Wilmington Police Sgt.

Crude oil fluctuated after the U.S. jobless rate in August jumped to the highest level since 1983, reinforcing concern that consumer spending in the worlda s biggest oil-consuming country will drop.

State police say a 77-year-old man who stepped into the right travel lane of Route 128 South in Woburn has been struck and killed by a tractor-trailer. John Herlihy of Winchester was struck at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday and pronounced dead at the scene at 5:47 a.m. The truck driver, 57-year-old Moses Yahaya of Jersey City, N.J., told police that ...

For five days in April, he was at the center of a high-seas hostage drama that captured the world's attention.