New Jersey sports gambling suit tab: $2.8M, rising

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey's bid to legalize sports gambling has endured defeat after defeat in the courts, but one big winner has emerged, at taxpayer expense — the law firm hired to help Gov. Chris Christie defend a lawsuit filed by the four major pro...

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App matches complete strangers

For 20 days, when you wake up, go to sleep, and everywhere you go will be sent to a complete stranger, automatically. You haven't been hacked, and it's not Facebook's newest, privacy-blurring feature. It's 20 Day Stranger, an app designed by a group...

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Preparing Boston for high sea levels

Two years after Superstorm Sandy became a cautionary tale about the dangers of climate change, a team of experts will meet this week to come up with strategies to prepare Boston, Cambridge and Revere for rising sea levels. The Urban Land Institute will...

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Cape Wind opponents vow to continue fighting project

A federal judge has dismissed the latest lawsuit against Cape Wind, but opponents say they are not giving up on their fight to stop the long-delayed offshore wind farm. "We are still full steam ahead," said Audra Parker, president and CEO of the Alliance...

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Decoding the Apple-Samsung patent dispute

LOS ANGELES — Apple and Samsung are suing each other in courts and trade offices around the world, each making claims that the other copied patented mobile device features. The companies' most-recent legal tussle all but concluded on Friday, when a...

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Westfield State U. agog over new Google technology

WESTFIELD, Mass. — It was a futuristic sight, as about a dozen students, faculty, and community members gathered around a cluster of screens on the second floor of the Ely Library at Westfield State University late last month to behold a wonder of modern...

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'Orange Is the New Black' wins GLAAD Media Award

NEW YORK — GLAAD celebrates "Orange Is the New Black." The Netflix show set in a women's prison was named outstanding comedy series at the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards' New York ceremony. Cast members — including Laverne Cox, who won her own GLAAD...

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Buffett says US firms prosper as economy improves

OMAHA, Neb. — Investor Warren Buffett says the U.S. economy continues to improve gradually, and he doesn't think any price "bubbles" are developing. Buffett told Berkshire Hathaway shareholders at the company's annual meeting Saturday that American...

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Debate over 38 Studios bond default to heat up

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island has shelled out the first appropriated funds for its failed investment in Curt Schilling's 38 Studios company, but the debate over whether to honor the rest of the debt is expected to ramp up in the General Assembly. ...

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Powerade drops controversial ingredient

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo's Gatorade last year. The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been the target of a petition by a Mississippi teenager,...

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