Voters weigh expansion of bottle deposit law

BOSTON — Both sides in the debate over Question 2 on the Nov. 4 ballot say much has changed in the more than three decades since Massachusetts first passed a bottled deposit law. Proponents of the measure that would expand the scope of the law say a...

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Packies put cork in early hours

Boston residents looking to hit the packie at 10 a.m. on Sunday will still have to hunt high and low to find stores taking advantage of a new state law. Only 29 of Boston's 221 package stores have petitioned the city's Licensing Board for earlier openings...

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'Ouija' scares up box office win ahead of Keanu Reeves' 'John Wick'

The supernatural thriller "Ouija" has summoned a box office win, ahead of Keanu actioner "John Wick." Universal's séance pic scared up $8.3 million in the U.S. on Friday and has a weekend win its future as it heads toward a $20 million opening. "John...

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Colleagues: US doctor with Ebola was very careful

CONAKRY, Guinea — An American doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in Guinea was a hard worker who conscientiously followed safety procedures, two colleagues said Saturday. Craig Spencer is being treated for Ebola in New York City after coming...

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Land Rover made to go off-road

The Land Rover LR4 HSE is the luxury SUV for those who actually go off-road. More than just a boxier, gussied-up Jeep, the LR4 is equally at home on any surface. This upscale vehicle does it in style, with a straight-grained walnut-trimmed dashboard...

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North End condo is bright, beautiful

This top-floor duplex in the North End has lots of Old World charm with a sophisticated, updated interior. The two-bedroom condo at 22 Cooper St., unit 5, on the market for $585,000, is in a typical turn-of-the-century North End brick rowhouse and was...

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SpaceX founder envisions building city on Mars

The serial entrepreneur behind Tesla Motors and the California-based SpaceX believes there are "plenty" of people who would consider a one-way trip to Mars. Sounding like a cross between Captain Kirk and L. Ron Hubbard, Elon Musk said SpaceX's long-term...

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New Hub report denies a ‘brain drain’ exodus

A new BRA report debunks what Hub officials have long bemoaned as Boston's "brain drain" — the mass exodus of the young and college educated who flee the area soon after graduation and take their talents to high tech jobs in other cities. The report,...

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East Providence company recalls crab meat

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A company that sold crab meat in several states has recalled it after finding it was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The Rhode Island Department of Health says on Friday that Rome Packing Co., Inc., of East Providence,...

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WHO: Number of Ebola-linked cases passes 10,000

DAKAR, Senegal — More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of them have died, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa...

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