Cubist Pharmaceuticals completes $92.5 million buyout of Calixa Therapeutics

Cubist completes $92.5 million Calixa buyout

Mass. school district rebuts father’s claim, denies suspending student for crucifix sketch

Mass. school denies suspending student for drawing

Book 99 years overdue returned to Massachusetts library; Fine totals $361.65, but not required

Book 99 years overdue returned to Mass. library

Book 99-years overdue returned to Mass. library; Fine came to $361.65, but not required

Book 99-years overdue returned to Mass. library

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

Boston Beer raises 2009 profit outlook

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.

Mass. man returns book to library that was nearly a century overdue

Man returns book to Mass. library overdue 99 years

Mass. 2nd-grader sent home, told to have an evaluation, after drawing Jesus on a cross

Mass. 2nd-grader sent home for crucifix drawing

Interactive Data to buy electronic trading network firm 7ticks to shave latency from data feed

Interactive Data to buy trading technology firm

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

Police: Mass. suspect mutilated fingers to hide ID

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

Boston students sickened by accidental gas release

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

Boston Scientific completes $2 billion offering

Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story

Correction: EnerNOC acquisition story

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

DA: No charges in fatal Boston fire truck crash

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

Mass. fines supplier $700 for selling small steaks

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

New prize for young adult books announced

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.

Mass. driver who ran over mother duck walking with 12 ducklings is convicted of animal cruelty

Mass. driver convicted of running over mother duck

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

Woman’s handbag caught in door of Boston train

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

Student ordered to destroy downloaded music files

New York Times Co. says Telegram & Gazette of Worcester, Mass. will not be sold

Times Co. says it will not sell Worcester paper

Officials say financing lined up for 9-story parking garage at key transit stop in Mass.

Financing in place for transit garage in Mass.

HPRT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage deal; proceeds will go toward paying down debt

HRPT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage

NH sports reporter facing new charges for allegedly running Mass. prostitution business

NH sports reporter faces more prostitution charges

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