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Coca-Cola Buys Moxie

Matthew McDonald

Coca-Cola is acquiring strong-tasting Moxie, a New England regional tonic long associated with Maine.

The soda giant announced that it is acquiring Moxie from Coca-Cola of Northern New England, of Bedford, New Hampshire, which is an independent company that partners with Coca-Cola.

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California Man Arrested For Threatening Boston Globe Employees, Feds Say

Matthew McDonald

A 68-year-old California man called The Boston Globe multiple times and threatened to shoot employees there after the newspaper coordinated anti-Trump editorials in mid-August over Trump's use of the term "enemy of the people" to refer to the mainstream media.

Robert D. Chain, of Encino, California, was arrested in California on Wednesday morning and charged with one count of making threatening communications in interstate commerce, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, a Trump appointee.

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