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 Philly Best for Young Grads 

City of Brotherly Love has many of New York's charms—but at a big discount

May 1, 08 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cheesesteaks aren’t the only things luring young people to the City of Brotherly Love, MSNBC reports. A survey by Apartments.com and Careerbuilder that factors in the cost of apartments, job opportunities, and the number of 20-somethings, puts Philadelphia—$962 for a one-bedroom compared with $1,520 in NYC—... More »

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Chicago • Atlanta • Boston • New York • Detroit • Dallas • Los Angeles • Houston • housing • Phoenix • Philadelphia • Generation Y • college graduates

 Boy Marries
 Boy: Then What? 

Young married gays seek balance between tradition and nonconformity

Apr 27, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wedding bells have rung for more than 700 homosexual couples in Massachusetts since the state started marrying gays in 2004, prompting the New York Times to profile young gay men who said “I do.” But there are many things the spouses don’t do, such as follow... More »

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gay marriage • Boston • Vermont • Massachusetts • homosexuality • civil union

 Did the Egyptians
 Invent Concrete?

New theory on the Pyramids: 'less sweat and more smarts'

Apr 22, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Egyptians may have used concrete to build the pyramids, an MIT professor suggests, and he's using materials available at the time (and students as his slave labor), to test the theory on a small mock-up of a pyramid, reports the Boston Globe. "It could be they used... More »

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Boston • MIT • Pyramids • ancient Egypt • concrete • Linn Hobbs

 Cheruiyot, Tune Win Boston 

Kenyan racks up 4th victory; Ethiopian triumphs in closest women's finish

Apr 21, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya became the fourth man to win the Boston Marathon four times today, crossing the finish line on 2:07:46, 32 seconds slower than his own course record, the AP reports. Dire Tune of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:22:25, squeaking past... More »

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Kenya • Boston • Boston Marathon • Ethiopia • marathon • Robert Cheruiyot • Dire Tune • Alevtina Biktimirova

Conan's
Stalker Priest Pleads Guilty

Disorderly conduct conviction for Ajemian in harassing TV host

Apr 8, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Roman Catholic priest who stalked Conan O'Brien pleaded guilty today to disorderly conduct and apologized for his actions, WBZ-TV reports. Rev. David Ajemian, 46, sent the late-night talk-show host threatening letters on parish letterhead—referring to himself as "your stalker priest"—contacted O'Brien's parents, and got caught... More »

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Catholic Church • Boston • stalker • Conan O'Brien • priest • Archdiocese of Boston

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 As Cities Burned, 
 James Brown Saved Boston  

Documentary recalls unrest that followed King assassination

Apr 5, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, riots raged in many American cities. In Boston, where there had been unrest on the night of April 4, officials worried about the fallout of a James Brown concert scheduled for April 5 at a downtown arena. A new documentary... More »

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Boston • Kevin White • Martin Luther King Jr. • James Brown • Boston Garden

 Boston Dogs Best in the Land 

Nation scoured for the perfect hot dog stand

Mar 29, 08 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's best hot dog is to be found in Beantown, writes Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal. On the eve of a new baseball season, Sokolov criss-crossed the country in a quest to find the top dog. Hollywood, New York, and (especially) Chicago offered strong contenders, but perfection in... More »

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food • Chicago • Boston • fast food • hot dogs • Pink's • Shake Shack • Speed's

One if by Land, LED if by Sea...

Paul Revere's famous church stops living in the past, installs eco- friendly light bulbs

Mar 3, 08 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The green bulbs are coming, the green bulbs are coming! That’s the appropriate contemporary cry for a Paul Revere impersonator, who might still be able to use the Old North Church’s lanterns to warn of a British invasion—but would have to settle for LEDs. The Boston landmark... More »

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Boston • LEDs • Old North Church • Paul Revere • eco friendliness • Revolutionary War • North End

Storm Snarls NE Flights

Snow falls from Ohio to New England; icy roads kill 5 in Missouri

Feb 22, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A nasty winter storm swept across the country today, forcing major flight delays at New York City airports, closing schools from Ohio to Connecticut, and causing road accidents in Missouri that left 5 dead, the AP reports. Heavy snowfall in the New York metro area grounded 900 flights and led... More »

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New York City • Boston • car accident • Ohio • JFK Airport • Connecticut • Philadelphia • Missouri • air travel • Logan Airport • LaGuardia Airport • Newark airport • travel delays • winter storms • Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

St. Patty's, Holy Week Collide

Some Irish organizations reschedule parades from Palm Sunday; others stand firm

Feb 21, 08 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - This year’s calendar sees St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) falling during the week preceding Easter, which has caused most organizers to move parades forward to avoid forcing Irish Catholics to choose between heritage and the church's Holy Week, the Boston Globe reports. South Boston planners, however, refused to... More »

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Boston • Holy Week • St. Patrick's Day • Palm Sunday • Irish Catholicism • Irish Catholics

Century Mark Within Reach
for Many

Healthy habits boost chances of living to
100, even with illness

Feb 12, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even people with heart disease or diabetes can hit the century mark if they take care of themselves, two new studies say. The trick for living to 100 is managing illness well enough to stay independent. "It's kind of a threesome: get more years, better years, and better function,... More »

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elderly • Boston • science • lifestyle • healthy habits • Harvard • longevity • health research

Romney Gears Up
for Hard Fight

With mere scattered victories, he vows to battle to bitter end

Feb 6, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Victorious only in his home state of Massachusetts, Utah, and five caucus states, Mitt Romney vowed last night to stay in the campaign—and is digging in for a long, hard battle, AP reports. Speaking in Boston, Romney pledged to fight all the way to the convention, casting his campaign... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Super Tuesday • Boston • Mike Huckabee • Utah • West Virginia • Republican nomination

Big Dig's Big Mess Nets Big Settlement

Authorities to receive $458M for bungled Boston project

Jan 23, 08 6:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Contractors on the botched Boston construction project dubbed the Big Dig will pay state and federal authorities $458 million for its “gross failures.” But Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff will avoid criminal charges for a fatal 2006 ceiling collapse and won’t be banned from future government contracts, the Boston Herald... More »

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Boston • construction • contractors • Massachusetts • Big Dig • Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff • Deval Patrick

Comcast, TiVo Team Up
in Boston

National service will roll out later

Jan 22, 08 10:24 AM CST
(Newser) - TiVo and Comcast have rolled out their promised joint service in the Boston area, with national distribution to follow. The service sends TiVo software to Comcast-provided digital video recorders in a first that TiVo hopes to repeat with other cable providers, USA Today reports. TiVo lost hundreds of thousands... More »

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DirecTV • Comcast • Boston • DVR • digital video • TiVo

Cancer Pioneer Folkman Dead

Revolutionized treatment by cutting off blood supply to tumors

Jan 16, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Cancer researcher Judah Folkman, whose insights and tenacity spawned a whole new branch of oncology, died Monday at age 74, the Boston Globe reports. Folkman pioneered the notion that cancer tumors could be halted if their blood supply was cut off; he persevered despite decades of skepticism in the field... More »

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cancer • Harvard Medical School • Boston • obituary • cancer research • tumors • blood vessels • Judah Folkman

Superbug Strikes Gay Men

Resistant new strain of MRSA spreading fast

Jan 15, 08 7:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A new strain of the "flesh-eating" bacteria MRSA is spreading rapidly among gay men in Boston and San Francisco and there are warnings it could extend to a larger population, the New York Times reports. The drug-resistant strain seems to be spreading largely by sexual contact, but it can... More »

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San Francisco • Boston • staph infections • superbug • antibiotics • MRSA

Boston's $14.8B 'Big Dig' All Dug

Costliest highway project in US history finally complete

Dec 26, 07 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The most complicated and expensive highway project in American history is finally complete, AP reports. After 16 years of excavating and building, the ambitious "Big Dig" tunnel project under Boston will be turned over to the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority January 1. The final price tag was $14.8 billion—... More »

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Boston • construction • Big Dig • highways • excavation

Ron Paul 'Tea Party' Nets $6M

No blimp, but otherwise a steaming success

Dec 17, 07 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - In an event dubbed "Boston TeaParty07," supporters of quirky GOP candidate Ron Paul rallied in the Boston snow yesterday while donations from across the nation dropped a record-breaking one-day "money bomb" of $6 million into the campaign. Most of the funds were donated over the Internet. To... More »

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Boston • South Carolina • Ron Paul • campaign fundraising • Republican presidential primaries • blimp • Boston Harbor • Election 2008

Winter Is Here to Stay

Both regions face continued winter storms

Dec 14, 07 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - In the wake of an ice storm that cut power to millions, the Midwest is bracing for a second, with a 2 to 6 inches of snow headed for Kansas and Oklahoma, reports the AP. For the half-million still without power and those in emergency shelters, the next hit could... More »

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Northeast • Boston • Kansas • Oklahoma • winter travel • winter storm • ice storm • snow • Providence, RI

Paul Hopes Blimp Gives
Him a Lift

GOP candidate  launches political zeppelin next week

Dec 7, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The offbeat GOP presidential campaign of Texas Libertarian Ron Paul is soon to have a zany new form of publicity: a blimp. The blimp will launch next week in North Carolina and sail up the East Coast with banners in support of Ron Paul, Politico reports. Bearing slogans such as... More »

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Boston • New Hampshire • North Carolina • Ron Paul • Republican presidential primaries • blimp • Election 2008

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