NANTUCKET, Mass. -- Earl threatened one Nantucket man’s home on Friday. Huge waves pounded the back of Gene Ratner’s ocean-side home in Nantucket all day long as the storm approached....

CHATHAM, Mass. -- A strong downpour hit the Cape Friday evening as Earl's impact began to be felt. Most of Main Street in Chatham shut down before sundown before the heavy rains started to fall....

NANTUCKET, Mass. -- As Earl skirts by Nantucket, crowds gathered along the shoreline to see what the storm would bring. "I gotta tell you, if my dad were here right now, he'd say,...

YARMOUTH, Mass. -- The outer edges of Earl arrived in Yarmouth on Friday night, bringing horizontal rain pushed by strong winds. Many people made their way to the beach after sunset to catch a...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater in New Hampshire. Authorities said another boater spotted an abandoned vessel off of Portsmouth Harbor. When crews arrived,...

Johnson strengthened his Ryder Cup case Friday by rolling in putts from everywhere in easy scoring conditions ahead of Hurricane Earl, giving him an 8-under 63 and a share of the lead with...

BOSTON -- As we've seen, a lot of people along the coast have tried to take some time to prepare for Earl just in case, but what about when the storm is over? Your house, boat, tree, basement and...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Officials at Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) headquarters in Framingham continued to make preparations for Hurricane Earl Friday afternoon. MEMA was in emergency...

BOSTON -- After a spring and summer of silence in Los Angeles, Manny Ramirez is suddenly very chatty as a member of the Chicago White Sox. One of the side benefits of Ramirez switching teams is that...

Consider briefly the number of devices that can access the Web -- cell phones, smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets, game consoles. Now imagine trying to build a website that functions well...

N EWARK, N.J. — Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers’ Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New England. Train service was...

The project proposed by Weaver's Cove Energy LLC has drawn opposition from residents and officials in Massachusetts and Rhode Island who say it poses unacceptable risks. Tankers carrying LNG would...

remains an enigma. He’s quietly gone through the summer, watching mostly from the sidelines during New England’s four preseason contests. Not exactly what he or his team must have...

NANTUCKET, Mass. -- Waves continued to grow on Friday evening as Hurricane Earl approached Nantucket. The heavy surf created 10-12 foot waves as spectators stood on the beach to watch the waves roll...

CHATHAM, Mass. – The surf began to pick up Friday on the Cape as Hurricane Earl rolls in. While the storm seems to be weakening, people on the Cape aren’t getting their hopes up just yet....

Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has undergone successful surgery on the navicular bone of his left foot. Pedroia had a screw inserted on Friday to promote...

Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Friday's contest between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was rained out. The threat of Hurricane Earl heading toward Boston forced officials to make the...

Johnson strengthened his case as a Ryder Cup pick Friday by rolling in putts from everywhere in easy scoring conditions ahead of Hurricane Earl, giving him an 8-under 63 to share the early lead with...

BOSTON (AP) — The game between the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox was postponed Friday because of the threat of severe weather from Hurricane...

BOSTON -- What had seemed somewhat inevitable over the last week officially occurred on Friday, as Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia had surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to repair the...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Hurricane Earl played havoc with travelers' Labor Day weekend plans even as it weakened Friday on its path up the East Coast toward New...

P ALMER - A Massachusetts judge has entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of five call firefighters accused of setting fires in three vacant buildings in Brimfield and Holland. The state Fire...

CHATHAM, Mass.— Officials in Chatham say they are relieved that Earl has weakened but are still warning residents and tourists not to "tempt fate" by venturing too close to the water at the...

WOODS HOLE, Mass.— The Coast Guard has closed ports in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as a precaution until the passage of Hurricane...

BOSTON— Massachusetts has collected $89 million more in taxes during August compared with the same month last year, but that still fell $70 Million below the estimate for the...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – At the MEMA headquarters in Framingham, Governor Deval Patrick held a press conference to update the public on Hurricane Earl Friday afternoon. “The National Weather...

BOSTON -- The Red Sox and White Sox won't play any baseball at Fenway Park on Friday night. Instead, they will play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. The decision to postpone Friday's game was...

Baker's ad attacks Cahill and Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick for raising taxes and not doing enough to rein in spending. Baker also offers a new campaign slogan: "We can do...

General Accounting Office . Bay State residents filed some 40,000 claims for credits, according to report, which ranks the number and dollar amounts of housing credit claims by state as of July 3 of...

Caturano and Company in July, said the Boston-based accounting firm is expected to add about $30 million to its fiscal 2011 revenue. That expectation was disclosed in an SEC filing this week...

Revenue for the commonwealth of Massachusetts rose 6.9 percent, compared to the year-ago month, to $1.4 billion in August, which is typically not a big month for tax collections. While sales tax...

, is stepping down at the end of this year on the heels of a tumultuous run that saw the local community development corporation book a net operating loss of $2.2 million in fiscal 2009. CEO...

has added $5.2 million in a new financing, according to a report published late Thursday. With the financing, part of a planned $10 million Series B round led by new venture capital investor...

Bruker Corp. , plans to go public with an initial public offering in which the superconducting technology company is looking to raise approximately $100 million. According to the form filed with...

first announced in July . As part of the acquisition, Verenium’s pilot plant and demonstration-scale facility in Jennings, La., is now owned by BP. BP also takes over the Cambridge...

YARMOUTH, Mass. -- As Hurricane Earl neared Massachusetts, people on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket prepared to get to where they wanted to be as the waited out Earl. Concern focused...

SCITUATE, Mass. -- It’s not just Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket that have to worry about Hurricane Earl’s arrival Friday. South Shore communities all must prepare...

EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- Many towns on Martha’s Vineyard have declared a state of emergency Friday as Hurricane Earl makes its way up the east coast. Typically shops on Martha’s Vineyard are...