CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient

WASHINGTON — A top federal health official says a health worker diagnosed with Ebola has been unable to identify a breach in procedures that might have led to her infection. Dr. Tom Frieden, head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says...

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Concord teen using Kickstarter to fund Nancy Drew game

For nearly a century, Nancy Drew, the bright, young amateur sleuth in the mystery series of the same name, has served as a role model for the likes of Hillary Rodham Clinton, former First Lady Laura Bush and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Now,...

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Global finance leaders pledge bold efforts

WASHINGTON — World financial leaders on Saturday promised "bold and ambitious" action to boost a global recovery that has shown recent disturbing signs of weakness. That pledge from the International Monetary Fund's policy-setting committee comes after...

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Local law firm serving craft beer industry

Local law firm Bowditch & Dewey is hopping on the explosive growth of craft breweries in Massachusetts and across the country with the creation of a specialty practice focusing on the beer industry niche. "It's a thriving and growing industry,"...

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Balky Suburban may have problem with low fuel pressure

I have a 1999 Chevy Suburban 1500 V-8. Frequently the car won't start. The engine turns over but won't catch. The odd thing is that there is a sequence of actions to get it to start that works every time. If I repeatedly crank three times and let it...

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Shift in kids' TV watching habits drives big changes to Discovery-Hasbro partnership

The seismic shifts in the way kids watch TV has led to major changes in the partnership between Discovery Communications and Hasbro in the Hub Network. The kidvid channel that launched in October 2010 will be rebranded Discovery Family Channel as of...

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AP Exclusive: California gives no-bid health pacts

LOS ANGELES — California's health insurance exchange has awarded $184 million in contracts without the competitive bidding and oversight that is standard practice across state government, including deals that sent millions of dollars to a firm whose...

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Ebola: How it spreads

Some facts about how Ebola spreads: WHEN IS EBOLA CONTAGIOUS? Only when someone is showing symptoms, which can start with vague symptoms including a fever, flu-like body aches and abdominal pain, and then vomiting and diarrhea. HOW DOES EBOLA SPREAD?...

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Box Office Mojo returns after one-day absence

Without explanation, the Box Office Mojo site has returned following an absence of slightly more than a day. The site vanished on Friday afternoon with the site redirecting users to parent Amazon.com's IMDb. It returned early Saturday evening but without...

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Box office: 'Gone Girl' edges out 'Dracula Untold,' 'The Judge' with $26.8 million

"Gone Girl," "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" and "Dracula Untold" emerged relatively unscathed from a pile-up at the box office this weekend, while Robert Downey Jr.'s "The Judge" got banged up from the collisions at the...

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