Tours of luxurious condo 
to aid Children’s Hospital

If you're in the market for a waterfront home on the North Shore, expect to pay top dollar. But if $2.5 million is more than you can afford, you can still get a glimpse of luxury beginning next month at a new Swampscott condominium with sweeping views...

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Sturdy Chevy Silverado shows versatility

Whether you're pulling a boat, camper or trailer, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado not only has the towing capacity and power to handle just about any job, its sophisticated features, combined with a well-appointed cabin, can make a long road trip to a summer...

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Microhotel developers revise plans

Hospitality market conditions dictate that bigger is better when it comes to hotel rooms, according to a developer of a proposed microhotel in Boston's Theatre District. Amherst Media Investors has altered its plans for a moderately priced, select-service...

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Palmer casino proposal unveiled

Local officials in Palmer will vote Tuesday on a deal with Mohegan Sun that would pay the town nearly $3 million upfront, followed by at least $15.2 million annually, in exchange for allowing the company to build a $1 billion casino there. If the Town...

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Cream of the crop of hot Boston market

Home prices are still surging, but the pace of the gains has steadied as interest rates continue to rise, according to the most recent S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. Still, there are some eye-popping properties up for sale in Boston — if you're...

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Tooth Fairy inflation: Price of a tooth nears $4

NEW YORK — Days of finding a quarter under your pillow are long gone. The Tooth Fairy no longer leaves loose change. Kids this year are getting an average of $3.70 per lost tooth, a 23 percent jump over last year's rate of $3 a tooth, according to a...

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Boston fast food workers planning to stage strike

BOSTON — Fast-food workers across Boston are preparing to walk off the job to protest what they say are low wages and poor benefits. The protests are part of what organizers say are similar walkouts planned in dozens of cities Thursday to push chains...

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Global stocks rise as talk of a Syria strike eases

BANGKOK — Global stock markets rebounded Thursday as jitters began to ease about a possible international military response to the Syrian conflict. The U.S. appeared to be edging closer to intervention in Syria after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said...

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Vodafone confirms talks to sell Verizon stake

LONDON — Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile phone companies, has confirmed it is in discussions with Verizon Communications to sell its operations in the United States. The British wireless provider is mulling its options for its 45 percent...

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Three intrigue for next Microsoft CEO

Microsoft — the largest software maker in the world and a critical Kendall Square anchor — needs a new grand marshal following longtime CEO Steve Ballmer's sudden announcement that he is retiring within a year. The Redmond, Wash.-based company needs...

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Nonprofit created to wage food fight

Two Bay State groups dedicated to improving lives through food are teaming up to create a new nonprofit that aims to bring more fresh, local food to school cafeterias. Project Bread, an anti-hunger organization, will bring Massachusetts Farm to School,...

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Economists: future deficits top US fiscal problem

NEW YORK — The biggest fiscal challenge facing the U.S. is the size of projected deficits in the 2020s and 2030s, according to a survey of business economists. The National Association for Business Economics surveyed 220 of its members in July and August....

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Buick LaCrosse gets stuck in park

My car is a 2008 Buick 
LaCrosse with the automatic shift on the steering column. It has begun sticking when in "park" and won't release even though I press the brake pedal hard. I had to push the car forward and back before the shift-lever would release....

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Patent sought for infant-saving AIR

A pioneering MIT researcher is tackling the huge problem of infant deaths with a simple device he put together on the night he learned that nearly 2 million children die on the day they are born. "I had a few sensors literally lying in the trash in...

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3-D Pancam's big potential

Video cameras can do a lot today, but picture one that has such varied uses as entertainment, surveillance, facial recognition — even interior design — and you've pretty much got the Pancam — or Eric Prechtl's vision of it, anyway. With enough seed...

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