Airport app lands just in time

Local entrepreneur Wayne Chen wants his new app to take off with harried air travelers — literally. The 67-year-old has created Connect On Time, a free app for iPhones and iPads that provides customized maps of 42 global airports and calculates how...

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Leaders laud contest to grant $ to struggling communities

Community leaders from the Hub's more economically hard-hit cities hailed a competition launched by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston last week as a necessary tool to spur cross-sector partnerships and improve the health and well-being of lower-income...

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Cities: deal us in big time

Host cities and towns negotiating with proposed resort casino operators shouldn't get too greedy, according to one gaming expert. "It does not help you to encourage massive promises — the politicians may like it, the lawyers may like it, but it doesn't...

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Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?

WASHINGTON — Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat. That's right, even if Internet retailers don't collect sales tax at the time of the purchase, you're required by law to...

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New jobs and energy gains helping lift US economy

WASHINGTON — A stronger-than-expected April rebound in job creation and recent dramatic discoveries of vast U.S. oil and gas reserves are helping to lift the American economy out its long funk. The economic advances also are drawing attention to the...

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Navy, NASA credit unions offering zero-down mortgages

WASHINGTON —
Who says lenders need to charge you a cash down payment when you take out a mortgage in this era of hyper-strict underwriting? Just about everybody: The biggest sources of home loan money — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — won't fund a loan...

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Skier visits up 20 percent at Northeast ski areas

PORTLAND, Maine — Buoyed by plentiful snow and good weather, Northeast ski resorts rebounded this past winter from a lackluster 2012 season that was plagued by lack of snow and high temperatures. For the 2012-13 ski season, ski areas in New England...

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Compulsive gambling funds off pace of new casinos

HARTFORD, Conn. — Tom Leksan lost nearly everything when gambling became an addiction with easy access to casinos. Once an Ohio lawyer, Leksan lost his job and marriage because of gambling, specifically blackjack. He had been gambling for years, he...

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Experts warn about donation drives after bombing

BOSTON — At least two online campaigns aimed to help David Henneberry buy a new boat after his was shot up while a Boston Marathon bombing suspect hid inside. And a handful of drives have cropped up to help the family of Martin Richard, the 8-year-old...

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CNN's Kurtz apologizes for errors in Collins story

NEW YORK — Media critic Howard Kurtz is apologizing for several errors in a column he wrote about gay basketball player Jason Collins this past week. Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources." He brought two other media critics onto his show Sunday...

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