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Pediatrics report details risks from energy drinks Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products.  Read More Quincy soldiers among 26th Yankee Brigade bound for Afghanistan Quincy, Hanover, Pembroke and Brockton residents are among the 200 members of the 26th Yankee Brigade and 26th Signal Company who left Reading Tuesday bound for Afghanistan. Read More Texas mom pleads guilty to locking child in closet A Texas mother has pleaded guilty to locking her 12-year-old daughter in a closet every day after school for about a year, only letting her out to use the restroom and eat. Read More Reports warns that employee health care costs threaten city and town budgets Municipal officials in the state’s 50 largest cities and towns are on the hook for $20 billion in retiree health care benefits and have set aside almost nothing to pay those obligations, according to a new report touted as the first-ever analysis of municipal retiree health care liabilities. Read More Panel: FBI overstated science behind anthrax probe Federal investigators overstated the strength of the scientific evidence against a late Army researcher blamed for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001, a panel of scientists said Tuesday after an 18-month review. However, the panel didn't contradict the FBI's conclusion that the researcher was behind the letters. Read More Quincy City Council approves borrowing $9 million for new middle school The Quincy City Council voted 7-2 Monday night to borrow $9 million to build a new Central Middle School. Read More Merchants, officials say best yet to come from North Abington upgrade Read More Mother -daughter team opens 'paint and sip' business  On a recent Tuesday night, Susie Jacobs stood at an easel, a glass of white wine in one hand and a paintbrush in the other. Read More | Special Sections
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