Spruce up home for spring rush

With the busy spring real estate season starting, it's time for sellers to spruce up their property. The work can go a long way toward luring potential buyers clicking through the photos that accompany online listings as well as bump up a home's selling...

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New Balance gives Boston its sole

New Balance is releasing a new running shoe with a distinctive Boston flavor just in time for next month's 119th Boston Marathon. The limited-edition Fresh Foam Zante Boston sneaker features the Boston skyline on its insole and the word "Fastah" on...

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House votes Suffolk Downs simulcast race extension With just days until a license is set to expire for Suffolk Downs, the House passed a bill yesterday giving the racetrack another month to simulcast races while lawmakers continue work on legislation...

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Obama praises payday lender rules, vows veto of limitations

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Embracing proposed new rules aimed at payday lenders, President Barack Obama on Thursday said working families need protections from heavy debt burdens and warned Republicans that he would veto attempts to unravel regulations that...

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Hotel bid process seen as ripe for collusion

Massport is allowing development groups seeking to build an $800 million Seaport District hotel to team up with the same hotel partners, creating an unusual situation that critics say could be exploited and lead to collusion if a hotel chain was to share...

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Census: Florida city tops list of fastest-growing areas

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sure, Florida's got sunshine, beaches and palm trees. But the driving force behind it being home to many of the nation's fastest-growing cities has been the return of hospitality, trade and construction jobs. New figures released Thursday...

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Twitter launches Periscope live-streaming video app

Twitter has launched live-streaming video app Periscope, developed by the startup it bought earlier in 2015 for a reported $100 million, upping the battle with overnight mobile-app streaming sensation Meerkat. "We think it's a perfect complement to...

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Uber, insurance companies agree on bill

Ride-sharing company Uber has reached an agreement with major insurance companies on a model bill that would cover drivers anytime they are working. "It's a national agreement with a number of major insurance carriers to come together and agree on some...

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Meerkat vs. Periscope: Live-stream video apps ride latest digital wave

Live-streaming video is the next big thing in social media, and now Twitter has thrown its hat into the ring with Periscope, a new app that lets anyone with a cellphone show off their ukulele chops in real time around the world. Released yesterday,...

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Internet outages reveal gaps in US broadband infrastructure

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — When vandals sliced a fiber-optic cable in the Arizona desert last month, they did more than time-warp thousands of people back to an era before computers, credit cards or even phones. They exposed a glaring vulnerability in the nation's...

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