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Bidder snags two Boston parking spots for $560,000. Priceless.
There's nothing quite like having your own parking space when you live in a big city. Except perhaps having two of your own parking spaces, which is what one Bostonian has after bidding $560,000 at an auction for the pricey pieces of pavement. The...
Tags: Auction Service, The Boston Globe
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Soiree in the Sand
Crashing waves, ocean spray and a seemingly endless sun-draped horizon … the setting of an oceanside wedding ignites imagination and romance. Be it barefoot in the powder-fine white sands of a tropical island or a few miles from home in SoCal...Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Foods and Beverages, Seafood, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family
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Democrats make major push to hold Massachusetts Senate seat
WASHINGTON — With two weeks before Massachusetts votes in another special election for U.S. Senate, national Democrats are making a major play to retain the seat as a new poll shows a competitive race. As part of the closing push, President...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Democratic Party, Frank Lautenberg, Interior Policy, Xavier Becerra
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U.S. loses millions on coal leases, inspector general report says
This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON -- The Interior Department is losing tens of millions of dollars in revenue annually because it leases public land for coal mining at rock-bottom prices, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general The report focuses on coal...Tags: Mining, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Congress, Coal, Environmental Issues
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USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA
In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Students, University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts General Hospital, Finance
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Les Blank dies at 77; prolific documentary filmmaker
When Les Blank arrived in the lush, untamed Amazon in 1981 to make a documentary about Werner Herzog's film, "Fitzcarraldo," he knew the German's reputation as a daredevil director. Herzog had chosen the remote jungle locale, plagued by tribal...
Tags: Entertainment, The Seventh Seal (movie), Museum of Modern Art, Independent (Movie Genre), Music
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NBA center Jason Collins says he is gay
NBA center Jason Collins, who played for the Washington Wizards last season, has become the first male athlete still active in a major professional sport to come out as gay. Collins made his announcement to Sports Illustrated, which will feature Collins...
Tags: Washington Wizards, Jason Collins, National Basketball Association, Joseph P. Kennedy, Yvette Prieto
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How long it takes to get insurance OK to admit psychiatric patients
Psychiatrists spent an estimated 1 million hours on the phone getting insurance authorizations to admit people to hospitals – time the lead author of a study on the matter says could be better spent helping patients. And perhaps time the...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Science and Technology, Psychiatry, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Paul Williams dies at 64; pioneering chronicler of rock music
Paul Williams was returning to his dorm room when a fellow student relayed a message that was radical even for the 1960s: "Hey, Williams! You got a phone call from Bob Dylan." Not long before, it was Paul Simon who had rung Williams up on the hallway...
Tags: Ansell Limited, Ronald Reagan, Entertainment, Elizabeth II, Music
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CicLAvia lends big L.A. a 'small-town feel'
Closing down a large section of Venice Boulevard for CicLAvia was a welcome reprieve for some seeking a little solace from big city life. "They should do his every weekend," said Celina Fowler, 61, who lives near the intersection of Venice and La...
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Boston bombings: Officer lost all blood but is expected to recover
BOSTON -- A Boston officer shot and wounded in pursuit of the marathon bombing suspects last week had to be resuscitated after his heart stopped and he lost his entire blood supply, but doctors and relatives on Sunday said he was emerging from sedation...
Tags: Medical Research, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Shootings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Owner: Bombing suspect demanded his car back from shop on Tuesday
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The owner of an auto body shop near the home of the Boston bombing suspects said the younger brother appeared in his store on Tuesday, nervous and demanding his car immediately. Two weeks ago, said 44-year-old Gilberto Junior,...
Tags: Shootings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, FBI
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