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Costs snarling
health overhaul

Soaring healthcare costs, combined with the recession, are threatening to undermine the gains from Massachusetts' 2006 healthcare overhaul, according to the third annual "Update on Health Reform in Massachusetts" published today. (By Kay Lazar, Globe Staff)

Business warms to Democratic leaders

As the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepared to pass a landmark climate change bill earlier this month, committee leaders received a glowing letter from an unexpected source: the chairman of Dow Chemical Co. (By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff)

Coakley keeps eye
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Attorney General Martha Coakley spent Friday afternoon in the rarefied environs of the White House Rose Garden, among the onlookers as President Obama signed into law the so-called Credit Card Bill of Rights. (By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff)

Against a current craze

Robert Gerber and three buddies, huffing on a pebble beach below Swan's Falls, loaded up two canoes with enough camping gear, beer, and bug spray to launch a good-size expedition instead of a relaxing weekend paddle on the lazy Saco River. (By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff)

Fresh faces join push
to build casinos in Bay State

The renewed quest on Beacon Hill to legalize gambling has attracted a fresh set of casino interests to Massachusetts, promising another high-dollar lobbying blitz in coming months by developers sensing potential for a big jackpot. (By Matt Viser, Globe Staff)

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