Logan runway gets debris detectors

Logan International Airport has installed a first-in-the nation automated runway debris detection system to prevent costly damage to planes and potentially save lives. "Our No. 1 priority is safety on the airfield and anytime we can enhance that safety...

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Hyundai shifts gears, turns heads

While I was photographing this car a man approached and asked what kind of car I had. Told a 2014 Hyundai Equus, he let out a whoop, a friendly cuss and exclaimed "A Hyundai!" and left chuckling about how much better the car was than the 1990s rust-buckets....

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FEMA unveiling new Hub flood zone maps

Suffolk County residents will get a first look today at new flood zone maps that have prompted outcry over rising federal flood insurance costs and a deluge of lawsuits across the nation. The Federal Emergency Management Agency today is unveiling the...

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Townhouse condo has roomy charm

A townhouse condo in Cambridge's Inman Square that's priced at nearly $1 million shows just how much has changed in the once-inexpensive neighborhood known for its funky, independently owned shops and eateries, including the iconic S&S Restaurant....

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Prairies vanish in the US push for green energy

ROSCOE, S.D. — Robert Malsam nearly went broke in the 1980s when corn was cheap. So now that prices are high and he can finally make a profit, he's not about to apologize for ripping up prairieland to plant corn. Across the Dakotas and Nebraska, more...

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US doctors urge wider use of cholesterol drugs

For decades, if you asked your doctor what your odds were of suffering a heart attack, the answer would turn on a number: your cholesterol level. Now the nation's first new heart disease prevention guidelines in a decade take a very different approach,...

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New guidelines for preventing heart attack, stroke

The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology have issued the first new guidelines in a decade for preventing heart attacks and strokes. Among other things, they call for twice as many Americans — one-third of all adults — to consider...

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World stocks lower as China meeting disappoints

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets sank Wednesday after a highly anticipated meeting of Chinese leaders did not announce bold reforms to overhaul a growth model that is running out of steam. European markets were muted. Communist Party leaders...

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NY ex-Madoff worker kept mouth shut as fraud grew

NEW YORK — In the many years he spent as a trader at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, David Kugel learned that investments that Madoff claimed to be making for clients were fiction. Kugel, 68, knew that because he was instrumental in concocting...

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Low-rate policies fueling world growth carry risks

WASHINGTON — Five years after a global financial crisis erupted, the world's biggest economies still need to be propped up. They're growing and hiring a little faster and creating more jobs, but only with extraordinary aid from central banks or government...

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Wal-Mart steps up competition for holiday shopping

As more stores push for Thanksgiving shoppers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is stepping up its game for the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. The world's largest retailer said Tuesday that it will start to offer its holiday blockbuster deals...

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Asia stocks gain with eye on China; Europe down

SEOUL, South Korea — Asian stock markets mostly closed higher Tuesday amid light trading as investors waited for Beijing to announce whether a four-day policy meeting had produced reforms to shake up China's state-dominated economy. Major European benchmarks...

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Cos. left to their own devices

Venture capital funding for one of the Bay State's key industries — medical device companies — is drying up, forcing startups to adapt and become mature quicker than in the past, according to industry insiders. "In terms of VC funding, we're really...

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Here’s a primer on continuously variable transmissions

I read your column with interest each Saturday in a local newspaper and was wondering if you would be willing to comment on the pros and cons of continuously variable transmissions (CVT) and multi-geared transmissions. Absolutely! So that everyone...

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Miami Herald writer freed from Venezuela custody

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan authorities on Saturday released a Miami Herald reporter they had detained two days earlier while he reported on the South American country's economic crisis. The Miami Herald reported on its website that Jim Wyss was...

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Housing 100 vets in 100 days

As the country honors its servicemen and servicewomen tomorrow, Navy veteran Tim Pollard will be able to mark the holiday this year in the comfort of his own home. The 62-year-old is settling into a Boston apartment thanks to a public/private initiative...

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