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The state Legislature could take up an insurance reform bill if a special session is held this fall, but the effort to provide homeowners relief is likely dead for the year.

A Midwestern businessman with Truro ancestral roots and a penchant for change began his new volunteer job yesterday, as the town's representative to the Cape Cod Commission.

Among the flurry of bills passed in the final hours of last night's legislative session at the Statehouse, was one of the most aggressive plans in the country to cut carbon emissions.

DETROIT — General Motors announced a staggering $15.5-billion second-quarter loss yesterday, much of it from one-time, noncash costs from its sweeping plan to respond to high gas prices and the credit crunch that have produced the worst U.S.

A painting of a golden sunset turned a pretty penny for a Cape family yesterday.

WASHINGTON — Stores, factories and other businesses large and small showed workers the door last month, sending unemployment to its highest rate in four years and adding to the evidence an economic recovery remains far off.

The state's Department of Public Utilities has moved to break the link between utility profits and electricity sales, a change that could help consumers reduce their energy use and the size of their electric bill.