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Massachusetts sets strict targets on greenhouse gases Massachusetts will seek to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels over the next 10 years, giving the state one of the strictest emissions codes in the country under new regulations to be set by the Patrick administration.  Read More Texting T driver gets 2 years probation for trolley crash A former Boston subway driver who authorities say was texting his girlfriend just before his trolley slammed into the rear of another one, injuring more than 60 people, has changed his plea to guilty. Aiden Quinn pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Suffolk Superior Court to gross negligence by a person in control of a common carrier in connection with the May 2009 crash at the Government Center subway stop. Read More OUR OPINION: Probe needed to determine adequacy of storm response When the cleanup is done, when displaced residents are back in their homes, when the power is on and the streets cleared, some hard questions will need to be asked and answered about service providers’ response to this storm. Read More COMMENTARY: Immigration is giving us a leg up Population growth driven by immigration and solid birth rates is one of the best stimulus packages available as new people, whether born here or migrating here, help crank up the economy. Read More Cops: Weymouth pair caught breaking into store during blizzard Two Weymouth men face charges they tried to take advantage of the storm Sunday night and broke into a jewelry store. Weymouth police caught the men outside Harts Jewelry on Washington Street at about 10 p.m. Sunday. Read More Kingston fifth-graders donate gifts to homeless shelter Lisa Rapalje’s class at Kingston Intermediate School assembled stockings and baskets of crafts to go along with some games and toys to donate the shelter. Read More Practice your golf swing in the bar  While snow coats the fairways at South Shore Country Club, duffers still can work on their swings in the club’s newest venue, The Tour sports bar. Read More Quincy is temporary home for rays destined for new exhibit at New England Aquarium  As they flap and glide beneath the water’s surface, they look like a cross between a skate and a shark. The New England Aquarium collected several cownose rays this summer and is holding them in Quincy until the spring, when they will be moved to Boston to become part of a new exhibit called the Shark and Ray Touch Tank. The cownoses, about 12 to 18 inches long, will join several juvenile bonnethead sharks in a shallow 25,000-gallon tank at the aquarium in April.
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