New England

Hurricanes Irene and Lee flooded thousands of cars across the Northeast, totaling them. Such heavily damaged vehicles get "salvage" titles to warn potential buyers, but thanks to greedy scammers and lax interstate oversight, many of those "total losses" are about to resurface on America's used car lots -- with clean titles.

When it comes to bold weather-related boasts, it's hard to beat the Post Office's unofficial motto: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." Yet even the USPS pales beside the standard set by the New York Stock Exchange.

Winter in the Northeast was particularly brutal this year, but not enough to account for the likely record prices. Blame crude oil's recent price jump for that. But the chills could become even worse if Obama's proposed cut in low-income energy subsidies passes.

An Atlantic States Marine Fisheries report recommends a five-year ban on lobster fishing from south of Cape Cod to North Carolina to allow depleted stocks to recover. The Lobster Technical Committee says lobster levels in southern New England waters have dropped in 10 years from 35 million to 15...

The state's worst natural disaster in 200 years came at a time when its economy was already struggling. But federal aid will start pouring in, and this could jump-start a recovery.

Ski resorts are loving the winter storms that have pounded the East Coast. In industry lingo, "Backyard Syndrome" means people are overtaken by a desire to ski or snowboard if they see snow around their homes.

New England's largest real estate company announced plans to team up with the region's largest food retailer to develop small real estate offices based in supermarkets in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Well, why not? If it's convenient to have your bank's ATM machine...

New England Patriots' fans may still be in pain over coach Bill Belichick's risky, and failed, choice to throw a pass for a first down when he was at fourth-and-two against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night. On the Pats' 28-yard line with just over two minutes on the clock, the botched play...

The New York Times Co. (NYT) and the Newspaper Guild have been at loggerheads for weeks over the publisher's demand that the union agree to steep pay cuts or face the closure of New England's largest newspaper. Now the rhetoric is starting to heat up ahead of a June 8 union vote. "The Boston Globe...

Every generation seems to discover barter anew. A few companies are using the internet to work out the kinks of trading one thing for another with no cash. But for 73 years the readers of Yankee Magazine have been able to do the same for free, first on the pages of the New England institution and...