Coffee shop on honor system works in North Dakota

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — The owner of a North Dakota coffee shop is flattered his decision to operate the business on the honor system garnered international attention earlier this summer, but those who equate it to the goodness of all humanity might want...

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11-story Albany hotel demolished amid fireworks

ALBANY, N.Y. — An 11-story hotel dating to the 1920s was demolished Saturday to make way for a new $66 million convention center in New York's capital. Fireworks exploded and crowds cheered as the Wellington Hotel Annex disappeared into a cloud of beige...

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Charter Communications reports Internet outage

STAMFORD, Conn. — Charter Communications Inc. said late Saturday that the company was aware of some customers experiencing Internet outages across its service area. Charter spokeswoman Kim Haas says the company is working to restore service and says...

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Watertown publisher cooks up mag with kid-friendly recipes

Five years ago, cookbook writer Sally Sampson was sick of hearing that the obesity epidemic was being fueled by a culture in which fast food was cheaper to buy than healthy food cooked at home. So she decided to try a little experiment: She assembled...

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Redesigning for hip tenants

Boston's architecture sector has rebounded with a vengeance after the housing bubble burst in 2008, and one firm — using a unique business model focused on younger, hip tenants — has grown exponentially and continues to pick up big-name projects. CBT...

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Market Basket team hopes to work

Market Basket employees "chomping at the bit" to get back to work are hoping a bid by ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas to buy the embattled supermarket chain will be inked this weekend, although a food industry expert said it may be too late to save the...

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'Doctor Who' season opener, starring Peter Capaldi, grabs 33% share in U.K.

LONDON -- "Doctor Who's" season curtain-raiser, in which actor Peter Capaldi makes his first proper appearance as the 12th Doctor, attracted an average 6.8 million viewers to the U.K.'s BBC One on Saturday. This repped a 33% share, and was the most-watched...

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Iceland lowers aviation alert level from volcano

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland lowered its aviation alert level to orange from red Sunday, saying there was no sign of an imminent eruption at the Bardarbunga volcano. And scientists at the Icelandic Meteorological Office said their announcement Saturday...

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Tax refunds may get hit due to health law credits

WASHINGTON — Nobody wants to start thinking about taxes around Labor Day. But it's not too early if you count on your tax refund every year and you're getting a tax credit to pay health insurance premiums under the new health law. Here's why: If your...

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Box office: 'Guardians of the Galaxy' back on top, 'Sin City 2′ flops

Teen girls and fanboys duked it out at the box office this weekend, with "Guardians of the Galaxy" getting the upper hand on newcomer "If I Stay" and scoring first place with a $17.6 million haul, according to studio estimates. It was the second time...

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