BOSTON — Boston Beer Co., maker of Samuel Adams brand beer, raised its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday, citing operating performance and favorable commodity and energy costs.

BOSTON — In a Dec. 9 story about EnerNOC Inc.’s acquisition of Cogent Energy Inc., The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of EnerNOC’s CEO. His correct name is Tim Healy, not Tom Healy.

Prosecutor: No charges to be filed in fatal Boston fire truck crash into apartment building

Mass. finds steak don’t measure up, fines Ruby Tuesday supplier $700 for shorting customers

National Book Award winner about civil rights figure makes finals for new youth literary prize

BOSTON — A book about civil rights heroine Claudette Colvin that won a National Book Award last month is among the five finalists for a new prize for young adult nonfiction.

Woman pulled by moving Boston subway train after handbag gets caught in door ponders action

Judge orders Boston student to destroy illegal music downloads, refuses gag order on criticism

Vicki Kennedy, continuing public re-emergence, recalls reading husband’s memoir aloud with him

Rare copy of 1st Poe book, ‘Tamerlane,’ could fetch record for American literature in NYC sale

Rare 1st Poe book could fetch record at NY auction

Jay Light, dean of Harvard Business School, to retire in June; search to begin for successor

Harvard Business School dean to retire in June

Boston city youth panel says Lady Gaga, Jamie Foxx songs among those unhealthy for teens

Boston teen panel: Lady Gaga, Foxx songs unhealthy

‘Big Brother 9′ winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he awaits trial on drug charges

‘Big Brother 9′ winner ordered to drug center

Mass. gov. pledges $150 million affordable housing fund; signs law to preserve existing units

Mass. pledges $150 million affordable housing fund

AP Exclusive: Obama aunt hurt by self-imposed exile from 1st family due to immigration status

AP Exclusive: Obama aunt anguished by separation

Mass. man pleads guilty to $20M fraud that funded extravagant lifestyle, mistresses, jets

Mass. man admits $20M fraud at trusts company

Scallopers in Northeast criticize fishing cuts that come even as stocks continue to boom

Northeast scallopers decry cuts as stocks boom

Boston woman cooks Thanksgiving dinner while helping daughter deliver baby at home

Boston woman delivers grandchild on Thanksgiving

Text-a-Tip programs help police get info from anonymous tipsters in anti-snitching culture

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Pink dress that Jackie Kennedy wore during 1962 White House holiday season on display in Mass.

New Jackie Kennedy dress on display at JFK Library

Mass. transgender killer seeking sex-change operation asks judge for electrolysis treatments

Transgender murderer renews electrolysis request

Massachusetts’ unemployment rate drops to 8.9 percent in October for 1st time since June 2007

Mass. jobless rate drops to 8.9 percent in October

Foreclosures in Massachusetts soar nearly 30 percent in October from previous month

Foreclosures in Massachusetts increase in October

First Marblehead bank unit finishes sale of private education loans amid potential sale

First Marblehead bank unit sells education loans

Somali pirates attack US-flagged Maersk Alabama for second time; guards repel attack

US ship repels pirates with guns and sound blasts

Analyst upgrades Boston Scientific and Zimmer, lifts estimates on peers citing decreased risk

Sector Snap: UBS upbeat on medical tech stocks

Scalloper industry asked NOAA head to restore some cuts, calling them “rapid and unnecessary”

Managers unveil proposed new rules for NE fishery that regulate fishermen through “sectors”

Boston Beer raises 2009 profit outlook, cites operating performance, favorable costs

Police say Boston drug-trafficking suspect mutilated fingers to conceal identity

About 3 dozen Boston students sickened when natural gas accidentally released in school

Boston Scientific says it will use proceeds of $2 billion offering to prepay loan

Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story