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Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner will unveil the proposed tax code overhaul Wednesday, but it is unlikely to be passed in an election year.

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French Labor Minister Xavier Bertrand told Europe 1 radio on Wednesday that Peugeot Chief Executive Philippe Varin “informed me last night of these discussions for a strategic partnership, and told me it was good news for the company.”

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An Afrikaner family has applied for asylum in the United States, claiming that as white South Africans they face racism back home. Erin Conway-Smith

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A South African family is seeking asylum in the United States, claiming that as white Afrikaner farmers they face racial discrimination back home.

The family's lawyer has been contacting US academics to try and get scholarly opinions that would help with their case, South African daily the Times reported today. Lawyer Rehim Babaoglu said the family is too afraid to be identified.

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The US Embassy in Kabul announced it was on lockdown, after warning that protests at a nearby American military base were turning violent. "Please, everyone, be safe out there," it tweeted.

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The US Embassy in Kabul announced it was on lockdown, after warning that protests at a nearby American military base were turning violent. "Please, everyone, be safe out there," it tweeted.

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For every presidential candidate, there's now at least one $1 million donor. Millionaire and billionaire executives have unlocked their personal bank vaults to write seven-figure checks to support the campaigns of President Barack Obama and Republicans Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul.

A new survey shows that a surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote.

A former Boston-area woman's parents testified in a closed inquest two years ago that she accidentally shot her brother to death in their home in 1986, court records show.

A new program hosted by the Culinary Institute of America is teaching wounded veterans who served during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to cook healthy meals.

What did US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say to Australia's embattled Foreign Minister during a private chat at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Mexico?

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The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Mega Millions" game were: 09-30-39-42-47, Mega Ball: 37

"The simple truth is that I cannot continue to serve as foreign minister if I do not have Prime Minister Gillard's support," Kevin Rudd said.

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Two former senior executives at Quincy Medical Center who were fired after a for-profit company took over the hospital are asking a judge to order the company to pay them $600,000 in severance pay.

A man who was shot to death Sunday night in the South End has been identified as Mohamed Hassan, 21, of Boston, the Police Department said.

Residents and businesses affected by a four-alarm fire Jan. 16 in Brookline can now apply for low-interest disaster loans, the US Small Business Administration said yesterday.

Two girls from Lynn English High School who were involved in a fight that was recorded and uploaded to YouTube have been summoned to court, Carrie Kimball-Monahan, spokeswoman for the Essex district attorney’s office said in an e-mail.

A female was shot last night in or near a home on Blue Hill Avenue, police said.

A man involved in a fiery crash on the Braga Bridge over the weekend said he crashed after someone fired a gun at him.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute student accused of raping another student over the weekend, despite the woman’s alleged pleas for him to stop, was ordered in Central District Court yesterday to stay away from all college property. Gregory R. Gardner Jr., 22, of 7 Dean St., Apt. 1, was arraigned on two counts of rape and one count each of kidnapping and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. The charges stem from an alleged rape that occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning in the parking lot of Bancroft Tower.