Steve LeBlanc

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A solar panel from Bright Saver sits at Craig Keenan's home Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Baltimore.
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A Paqui One Chip Challenge chip is displayed in Boston, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023.
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Concern Mounts Over Spicy Chip Challenge
Retailers pulled the product from shelves at the manufacturer's request.
September 11, 2023
A package of Paqui One Chip Challenge spicy tortilla chips is seen on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Boston.
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Paqui Pulls One Chip Challenge After Teen's Death
The maker of the extremely spicy tortilla chip is working to remove the product from stores as authorities investigate.
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Gun Makers Ask Court to Dismiss Mexican Government Lawsuit
The lawsuit argues that the companies fueled violence in Mexico through negligent and illegal commercial practices.
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Generic Drug Makers Used Code Words to Fix Prices
A lawsuit says the representatives used phrases like 'playing nice in the sandbox' and 'fluff pricing' in emails to one another.
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Senior Reactor Operator Christina Renaud, left, speaks with Training Supervisor Paul Gresh, center, and Control Room Supervisor Bob Sheridan, right, in the Control Room Simulator moments before a simulated reactor shutdown, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, at a training facility several miles from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, in Plymouth, Mass. The simulated shutdown was performed in front of members of the media Tuesday ahead of the planned actual shutdown of the aging reactor on Friday, May 31.
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Nuke Plant Workers Prep for Shutdown
A team of workers will begin the process of reducing the plant's power output from the current 40% of its capacity to zero.
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This July 6, 2017 file photo shows prescription drugs in a glass flask at the state crime lab in Taylorsville, Utah. Attorneys general from more than 40 states are alleging the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer, arthritis and other medical conditions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court Friday, May 10, 2019 also names 15 individual senior executives responsible for sales, marketing and pricing.
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Price Fixing Suit Filed for Generic Drugs
40 states are alleging the nation's largest generic drug manufacturers conspired to artificially inflate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs.
May 13, 2019
Three of Deepwater Wind's turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I. Using federal offshore leases, wind power projects along the East Coast are pressing ahead in 2018.
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Trump Likes Coal, Not Hostile to Wind
Using federal offshore leases, wind power projects are pressing ahead with the goal of transforming the electric grid and providing energy to millions of homes.
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The decision could put pressure on regulators to approve other infrastructure projects to help ease electricity prices.
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GE Pledges $50M
The announcement came as GE unveils more details about their pending move to the city, which will create about 4,000 jobs.
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The New Futuristic Textiles Hub at MIT
Congressman Joe Kennedy said new fabrics are modernizing everything from battlefield communication to medical care, and the hub will support the next generation of manufacturing technology and the development of a skilled workforce.
April 1, 2016
In this Jan. 15, 2015, file photo, Michigan State Police Sgt. Matt Rogers and Trooper Don Zinz bring the Aeryon SkyRanger in for a landing during a demonstration of the new Unmanned Aircraft System at the State Police training track in Dimondale, Mich. State transportation departments across the country are increasingly studying the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, better known as drones, for everything from inspecting bridges to helping clear car accidents.
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Traffic Backed Up? Bridge Out? More States Deploying Drones
State transportation departments are increasingly studying the use of drones for everything from inspecting bridges to clearing car accidents.
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