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Newspaper group faults domestic violence bill

The head of a newspaper association is faulting a portion of a bill intended to overhaul the state's domestic violence laws.

Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association Executive Director Robert Ambrogi criticized the bill for seeking to prohibit information about domestic violence arrests from being included in daily police logs and records, which are public.

Supporters of the bill say the move is designed to protect victims.

Ambrogi said keeping the information out of police logs could have the unintended consequence of shielding perpetrators from public disclosure — including public officials or others in positions of trust or authority.

AG still probing North Adams hospital closure despite sale of real estate

Attorney General Martha Coakley said yesterday that her office's probe into the abrupt closure in March of North Adams Regional Hospital will continue. Coakley, a North Adams native who is also running for governor, responded after a federal bankruptcy judge yesterday approved the sale of the hospital's real estate to the parent of Berkshire Medical Center for $4 million.

Dow drops 317 points, worse since Feb., on bad earnings reports

The stock market had its worst one-day drop since February, driven down by a confluence of worries, from weak company earnings to the looming end of stimulus from the Federal Reserve.

Whole Foods Market and Exxon Mobil were among companies that fell after reporting results or forecasts that disappointed investors.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 317.06 points, or 1.9 percent, to 16,563.30. The Nasdaq composite fell 93.13 points, or 2.1 percent, to 4,369.77.

Today

•  Labor Department releases employment data for July.
•  Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for June.
•  DLA Piper has announced Donovan Lloyd Powell, left, has joined the firm as an associate in its real estate practice in Boston. Powell has a broad-based practice in transactional real estate, representing buyers and sellers of office properties, multifamily properties, shopping centers and mixed use projects, as well as landlords in leasing industrial, retail and residential properties. Before joining DLA Piper, Donovan clerked at the Massachusetts Trial Court - Land Court Department for Alexander H. Sands III.

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