Boston Celtics owners invest in skateboard league

BOSTON — There might not be many obvious similarities between high-tech electric car racing and some dude in a hoodie riding a skateboard. To Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck and his fellow investors at Causeway Media Partners, it's all about re-imagining...

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Obama to trumpet tourism at Baseball Hall of Fame

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he's heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame to stress how tourism can lead to good-paying jobs. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says he'll be in Cooperstown, New York, on Thursday. Obama also is...

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Etsy pop-up shop returning to Newbury St. A group of local artists who sell their jewelry, photography, glassware and other work on Etsy, the online handmade marketplace, will open a Newbury Street pop-up shop May 30. The temporary Newbury Handmade...

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Victims’ lawyer blasts GM, feds

A Texas lawyer representing the families of more than 60 people killed and 600 seriously injured in accidents allegedly caused by faulty ignition switches in General Motors vehicles criticized the automaker and the federal regulatory agency that fined...

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Home Smart: By the banks of the river Charles

This Dover home sits high above the Charles River and takes full advantage of the views from a living room, sunroom, bedroom and outdoor rear decks. While the 1953 clapboard home has a blocky-looking exterior, the home's interior was completely renovated...

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Car Smart: Jaguar sports some new spots

At first glance, there's not much that distinguishes the Jaguar XF from a Ford Fusion or a Volvo S80, but all you need to do is hop inside to see and feel the difference. Luxury comes from the interior and the driving experience, not the exterior. Long...

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Government fine hardly the end of GM recall saga

DETROIT — General Motors' agreement to pay a $35 million federal fine for concealing defects in small-car ignition switches and to give the government greater oversight of its safety procedures closes one chapter of the automaker's recall saga. But it's...

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Investors play it safe as doubt over economy rises

NEW YORK — Wall Street has caught a case of the jitters. Employers are hiring at their fastest pace in 2 ½ years, the economy is expected to expand by a robust 3.5 percent this quarter and corporate earnings have hit a record. But you wouldn't know...

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Silent virus a rare, dangerous risk for the unborn

CHICAGO — It's a common, usually harmless virus. But in a rare, unlucky set of circumstances, it can be devastating for infants whose mothers become infected during pregnancy. Brain damage, deafness and other birth defects are among potential problems...

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Turkish miner who survived says company to blame

SAVASTEPE, Turkey — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey's worst mining disaster: company negligence. And he knows one other thing — he's never going back down any mine again. Bicak, 24, had just ended his...

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