Detroit: No water shutoffs for next 15 days

DETROIT — Detroit suspended its aggressive policy of cutting off water to customers with unpaid bills on Monday, the latest response to a controversy that has prompted large protests and caught the attention of the judge overseeing the city's bankruptcy....

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McDonald's, KFC in China face new food scandal

BEIJING — McDonald's and KFC in China faced a new food safety scare Monday after a Shanghai television station reported a supplier sold them expired beef and chicken. The companies said they immediately stopped using meat from the supplier, Husi Food...

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US stock slip to start the week; Six Flags sinks

NEW YORK — The stock market drifted lower to start the week as more companies line up to post their quarterly earnings. Hasbro and Six Flags sank after turning in disappointing results, while concerns over tensions between Russia and the West also occupied...

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Verizon boosts FiOS uploads to match downloads

NEW YORK — Verizon is boosting the upload speeds of nearly all its FiOS connections to match the download speeds, vastly shortening the time it takes for subscribers to send videos and back up their files online. Starting Monday, all new subscribers...

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Mass. gas prices drop a nickel

BOSTON — Massachusetts gasoline prices are down a nickel per gallon. AAA Southern New England reports Monday that the cost of a gallon of self-serve regular has dropped 5 cents to an average of $3.62. The current price is 6 cents per gallon lower than...

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Obama gives protection to gay, transgender workers

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday gave employment protection to gay and transgender workers in the federal government and its contracting agencies, after being convinced by advocates of what he called the "irrefutable rightness of your cause."...

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World stocks slide as pressure on Russia grows

LONDON — Global stock markets fell again on Monday as tensions grew between Russia and the West over the downing of an airliner in eastern Ukraine. The shooting down last week of the Malaysia Airlines plane with 298 people aboard has worried some investors...

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Thirst for US craft beer grows overseas

RICHMOND, Va. — Helping to quench a growing thirst for American craft beer overseas, some of the United States' largest craft breweries are setting up shop in Europe, challenging the very beers that inspired them on their home turfs. It's the latest...

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Market Basket feud escalates with firings, rally

TEWKSBURY, Mass. — A family feud over control over the Market Basket supermarket chain escalated Monday as thousands of employees and their supporters rallied at the company's headquarters for a second time and called for the reinstatement of their former...

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German supermarket tycoon Albrecht dead at 94

BERLIN — Karl Albrecht, co-founder of the Aldi grocery store empire and one of the world's richest people, has died in the western German city of Essen. He was 94. Essen's city hall told The Associated Press that Albrecht was buried Monday in a family...

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