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BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Boston has scheduled a hearing in a class-action lawsuit by Walmart employees who sued the retail chain for denying health benefits to their same-sex spouses. A proposed settlement of $7.5 million would pay for claims by current and former Walmart associates in the U...

Nothing worse than government in your face, for no apparent reason. Monday evening, the Dartmouth Board of Selectmen voted Yes to allow some of their stores to open on this Black Friday at 1 AM. Yes, that's the Friday after Thanksgiving...

The wife of a Massachusetts woman who filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Wal-Mart of wrongly denying employee benefits for same-sex spouses has died. GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders says Dee Smithson, of New Bedford, died Friday of ovarian cancer. ...

Wareham Police arrest three people after a shoplifting incident in the town. Wal-Mart employees alerted police of the theft of a notebook computer Thursday afternoon, describing the two suspects and the getaway vehicle. Police soon spotted the vehicle about a mile away from the Wal-Mart...

A federal agency says Wal-Mart discriminated against a lesbian employee who sought health coverage for her ailing wife and has ordered ``a just resolution'' for violating her civil rights. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ordered the retail giant to work with Jacqueline Cote of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who hopes the determination will help her pay off $100,000 in medical bills..

Fairahven Police are looking for three men who allegedly jumped and robbed a 55-year-old man in the Wal-Mart plaza. The victim says money orders and cash were taken in the attack. Sgt. Kevin Kobza tells WBSM News, the robbery took place around 8:30pm Tuesday night in the alleyway between Wal-Mart and AAA Travel Agency...