Subaru enhances its Legacy

Still the class leader in affordable all-wheel-drive vehicles and a New England favorite, Subaru has refreshed the Legacy Sport sedan for 2014. Despite being a "boutique" brand, not one of the automotive powerhouses, Subaru is a must-shop when working...

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Cape Wind blows both ways

Cape Wind and its opponents are both claiming victory after a U.S. District Court judge yesterday upheld the Interior Department's approval of the proposed $2.6 billion offshore wind farm but said two federal agencies violated the Endangered Species...

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Penn breaks ground on Plainridge slots parlor

Penn National Gaming broke ground on its $225 million slots parlor at the Plainridge harness racetrack in Plainville, which is expected to open in "a little over a year," company officials said. Plainridge Park Casino will be an integrated gaming and...

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‘Dynamic’ $hift for Green Monster

Prices for seats and standing-room tickets for Fenway Park's Green Monster will be based on what the market will bear this season. The Red Sox have adopted so-called "dynamic" pricing for the tickets, which means prices — much like those for airline...

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Obama touts overhaul of rules on who gets overtime

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says it's not right that businesses that treat their employers fairly can be undercut by competitors who don't. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama is promoting his plan to update rules about which workers...

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Obama overtime plan already stirring controversy

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's move to make more workers eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay is being hailed by Democrats who see it as a potent midterm election issue and condemned by Republicans and business leaders as presidential overreach....

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Firm to help find cures for children

Although their stories differed in detail, they shared a passion and a purpose no parent would envy: finding a cure for the diseases that afflict — and, in some instances, might one day kill — their children. At the ribbon-cutting yesterday for Intellimedix,...

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Jury deliberations near in Madoff worker trial

NEW YORK — After a five-month-long look at what the government learned about Bernard Madoff's epic fraud, jurors are close to beginning to weigh whether five of his former employees were his conspirators or his dupes. A Manhattan federal jury could...

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BP regains ability to do work for government

WASHINGTON — The oil company behind the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history can once again perform work for the federal government. Under an agreement reached Thursday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than two dozen BP entities...

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Dems grapple with dilemma on Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON — Democrats are grappling with an election-year dilemma posed by the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Wealthy party donors are funding candidates who oppose the project — a high-profile symbol of the political debate over climate change. But some...

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Endangered: Boston condos under $500G

The number of Boston condominiums for sale for under $500,000 has plummeted by 84 percent over the past four years, leaving many people priced out of the market, statistics show. There were 424 active condo listings in the city as of March 10, and only...

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Doctors eye Google Glass

Doctors at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are bringing the cutting-edge technology of Google Glass to the emergency room — for instant, hands-free access to patients' records — and experts predict the device will soon be a common sight in Boston's...

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The Ticker

Flood bill passes Mass. House The state House of Representatives has unanimously approved a bill aimed at softening the impact of new federal flood insurance rules on many coastal homeowners. The measure would tie the level of flood insurance that...

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Twitter feathers nest in Cambridge

Twitter plans to aggressively hire local brainiacs for its new Kendall Square headquarters for Twitter TV and Crashlytics — two ventures the San Francisco social media colossus sees as the keys to its future. "This is absolutely critical stuff that's...

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Shops focus on race, recovery

Nearly a year after the first bomb exploded in front of Marathon Sports during the 117th Boston Marathon, the Boylston Street store has recovered financially, but emotionally the scars linger. "That's going to be there for a while," owner Colin Peddie...

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Democrats clock all-nighter with climate talk

WASHINGTON — Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of the devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction. Addressing a nearly empty chamber and visitor gallery, more than two dozen speakers...

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Value of European listings hits 10-year average

LONDON — In another sign that Europe's economy is turning the corner, a leading ratings agency found Tuesday that the value of new stock market listings in 2013 recovered to match the 10-year average. Standard & Poor's said 13 billion euros ($16.6...

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Japan lab weighing retraction of stem cell paper

TOKYO — A Japanese government-funded laboratory said Tuesday it is considering retracting a research paper describing a simple way of turning ordinary cells from mice into stem cells. The Riken Center for Development Biology in Kobe, Japan, has been...

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British transit union leader Bob Crow dies at 52

LONDON — British transit union leader Bob Crow — a hero to many of his members but a scourge to London commuters — has died at the age of 52. The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union said Crow, its general secretary since 2002, died early Tuesday. It...

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US House committee investigating GM recall

DETROIT — A congressional committee is investigating the way General Motors and a federal safety agency handled a deadly ignition switch problem in compact cars. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton of Michigan says the National Highway...

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Collecting disabled workers' judgment difficult

DES MOINES, Iowa — Federal and state officials are having trouble collecting the multimillion-dollar judgment a Texas company was ordered to pay for mistreating 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa labor camp. The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/1nwRGmj...

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Survey: Uninsured rate drops; health law cited

WASHINGTON — With just three weeks left to sign up under President Barack Obama's health care law, a major survey tracking the rollout finds that the uninsured rate keeps going down. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, released Monday, found that...

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Don't bite on bitcoin

The fact that bitcoin is becoming more popular — with an ATM at South Station and even spinoff startups — is not a sign that it is a legitimate or stable currency. Nine months ago, I told you you'd be hearing a lot more about bitcoin. But I declined...

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Medical marijuana business prospects topic of Boston forum

As Massachusetts gears up for its entry into the medical marijuana business, entrepreneurs will meet Saturday for a forum on the new industry. Hosted by the National Cannabis Industry Association, the all-day Northeast CannaBusiness Symposium will focus...

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Markets kept in check by Asian developments

LONDON — The mood in financial markets steadied Monday despite earlier big losses in Asia following disappointing Chinese and Japanese economic data. Despite the calmer tone in the European trading sessions, traders, particularly in oil markets, are...

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Casinos’ projections trump panel’s

The annual gaming revenue projected by the competing Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts casino proposals exceed a new state Gaming Commission study, which factors in competition from the slots parlor the commission green-lighted to open at the harness racetrack...

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Tee time part of Obama's Florida family vacation

KEY LARGO, Fla. — President Barack Obama got out on a Florida golf course Saturday with two former professional athletes and the cousin of one of his top advisers. Obama's foursome included Ahmad Rashad, Cyrus Walker and Alonzo Mourning, the White House...

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Austin tech firm had 20 employees on missing plane

AUSTIN, Texas — An Austin, Texas, technology company says 20 of its employees were aboard the Malaysia Airlines plane that went missing over the South China Sea. Jacey Zuniga, a spokeswoman for Freescale Semiconductor, says 12 Malaysian and 8 Chinese...

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Buick is showing classic symptoms of vapor lock

Here is a problem that I have fought for almost two years. My 2001 Buick Regal will not start after a shutdown and heat soak. The car has 128,000 miles, never shuts down while driving, starts and runs perfectly in the morning. When it won't restart,...

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Device aids weight loss

Doctors at three Massachusetts hospitals are recruiting people battling Type 2 diabetes and obesity for a clinical trial of a medical device that has been approved in other countries to reduce blood sugar and body weight without the need for the kind...

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