Create a ‘Downton’ experience in Milton

Modeled after Le Petit Trianon chateau in Versailles, this Milton mansion with 11 fireplaces has museum-quality interiors imported from the New York City mansion of William Vanderbilt. The 25-room, 10,000-
square-foot mansion at 88 Milton St.,...

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Arnold lease hits the spot

Arnold Worldwide's announcement that it will relocate to the Millennium Tower/Burnham Building complex next year is expected to heighten interest in Downtown Crossing office and retail space in addition to jump-starting the project's construction. The...

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Feds give up to 1 year break on mortgage payments

NEW YORK — Federal mortgage payment relief has been extended up to one year for more than 200,000 homeowners whose houses were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the extension for homeowners...

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Local police grapple with response to cybercrimes

WASHINGTON — If a purse with $900 is stolen, the victim probably would call the police. If a computer hacker steals $900 from that person's bank account, what then? Call the police? Could they even help? Police now don't have widespread know-how to...

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EU officials seek more private investment in jobs

DUBLIN — With many of the European Union's economies mired in stagnation, EU officials are seeking to emulate part of the U.S. model for creating growth and jobs by fostering more private investment in businesses. Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan...

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Adjunct faculty to discuss forming union in Boston

BOSTON — Adjunct faculty members from across the Boston area are planning to meet to discuss the possibility of forming a union. Adjunct faculty are hired on a temporary basis and typically do not have the benefits of tenured faculty or those on a track...

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Medicare increase could ding some in middle class

WASHINGTON — Retired city worker Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget would raise...

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Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies

Born in the Deep South and caught up in the romance of journalism at an early age, George McArthur was not one to let social taboos or politics interfere with a good story. As a campus reporter for the local newspaper, covering civil rights and racial...

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Federal budget cuts poised to hit Mass. unemployed

BOSTON — Tens of thousands of out-of-work Massachusetts residents who have been collecting unemployment benefits for more than 26 weeks will see their federal unemployment insurance assistance cut by nearly 13 percent as the automatic federal budget...

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Egypt relaxes foreign currency rules

CAIRO — Egypt, which is in need of foreign currency, is relaxing its rules on how much cash air travelers can bring into the nation. Egyptian airport officials say that beginning Saturday passengers will be allowed to declare more than $10,000 in foreign...

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