Seasonal, full-time work adds 321,000 jobs in Nov.

Hiring surged in November, with employers adding 321,000 jobs — the best month in nearly three years and the third best month since the end of the recession. The unemployment rate kept steady at 5.8 percent, the Labor Department said yesterday. A portion...

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Candy Crowley to leave CNN

Candy Crowley, a longtime political journalist who has been with CNN since 1987, is leaving the Time Warner-owned cable-news outlet after a 27-year tenure, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Friday. She has been CNN's chief political correspondent....

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Surge pricing: Uber's $40B valuation. Worth it?

NEW YORK — Can a company that didn't exist five years ago, an upstart with a knack for angering regulators who could close it down, really be worth $40 billion? That is the figure that had investors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley abuzz a day after...

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Range Rover Evoques urban luxury

The Range Rover Evoque, with its attitude for pavement with loads of off-road fortitude, is the most urban-oriented sport utility vehicle in the British automaker's lineup. Our tester included an all-wheel-drive system that automatically switches to...

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Advocates fear impact of Rolling Stone apology

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Advocates for sexual-assault victims say Rolling Stone's backpedaling from an explosive account of a gang rape at the University of Virginia doesn't change the fact that rape is a problem on college campuses and must be confronted...

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Mass. cos. rocket to success

Two companies with Bay State ties had key roles in NASA's new Orion spacecraft's historic 3,600-mile journey yesterday, developing the state-of the-art heat shield that protected it and the software that guided it to a safe landing. "One of the key...

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Sox again eye adding booze concessions

A year after the city endorsed extended alcohol sales at Fenway Park, the Red Sox are looking to further increase the number of concession stands selling booze at games and other events. The team is seeking city approval for liquor sales at two more...

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Leather District loft an open book

This redone New York-style Leather District loft was designed for book lovers, with built-in bookcases lining walls and dividing the open space into distinct rooms. The two-bedroom loft condo at 134 Beach St., Unit 3B, has white-painted wood-beam ceilings,...

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After brief blackout, CBS, Dish reach carriage deal covering WBZ and WSBK

CBS and Dish Network on Saturday morning said they reached a multiyear pact for carriage of CBS-owned stations across the U.S. as well as the Eye's cable networks, coming after CBS pulled its signals Friday night from the satcaster. The deal covers...

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Vatican probes 2 ex-bank managers for embezzlement

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican says two former managers of its bank have been put under investigation by the Holy See for suspected embezzlement in connection with real estate deals from 2001-2008. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi gave no details...

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