2012 presidential debate

Keeping track of political debates

The political debate season is off and running. Republican presidential candidates, or at least many of them, gathered at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.

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Disappearing restaurant cooks

When you dine out in a restaurant, you rarely think about whether it has enough staff. You just expect that someone will cook your meal,

Tom Cruise riding a motorcycle

BMW and Mission Impossible

Tom Cruise’s newest Mission: Impossible movie debuted this weekend with $56 million in U.S. ticket sales, easily making it the No. 1 film, according to

cars stopped at a red light

Vehicles get older, loans longer

New cars have turned high-tech, loaded with features you usually find on smartphones. But even with all these gadgets available in new cars, vehicles on

Whole foods store

The cheaper version of Whole Foods

Whole Foods wants to be cool. And it also wants a younger customer base. So, the upscale grocery store chain is going downscale — sort

newly-wed couple

Young couples want cash as wedding gifts

With the wedding season in full swing, a new generation of couples is starting their married life. If you’ve been to a wedding recently, however, you

A pedi-cab in San Francisco

The pedi-cab economy

Does your town have pedi-cabs, those bicycle driven carts that haul people and tourists around? You might think they’re a nuisance, as some motorists do,

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Why Boston’s 2024 Olympic bid failed

A 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston is officially off the table. The city’s bid organizers and the United States Olympic Committee agreed to withdraw Beantown’s

Intel Extreme Masters tournament in Poland

Big profits from video gaming

Performance-enhancing drugs have been a controversy in sports for some time. Now, the problem has crossed over to the virtual world. The Electronic Sports League,

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