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Local merchants use Facebook, Twitter to attract and keep customers

Social media including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube also enable businesses to announce events, sales and specials and get instant feedback from patrons, as merchants in Lodi, Calif., have discovered. While preparing for a busy Friday-night dinner service, Ruben Larrazolo, owner of Alebrijes Mexican Bistro in Lodi, told his Facebook friends to guess what the evening's special would be.

Local sobriety checkpoints snag drunken drivers

Almost every weekend, the Massachusetts State Police set up stations on secondary highways and saturation patrols with the aim of catching drunken drivers. 

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MORGANTOWN - West Virginia's offense looked as if it was still on summer vacation for most of the first half. Then quarterback Geno Smith got the Mountaineers moving against an FCS opponent in his first career start.

Toward a local syzygy: aligning deals, check-ins and places - Check-ins are only the beginning. Here's what lies ahead ...

The check-in is hardly the apogee of the local consumer experience. It works, for now, but it won't be the long-term solution for customer/business relationships and physical point of presence. So what will replace it? Here's a look at the local sector's near-term future.