Device could quickly deliver wide-ranging medical info

A Cambridge company is attempting to create a real-world version of the famous tricorder on "Star Trek" — an instant scanning and analysis device that would be able take crucial vitals, as well as run dozens of medical tests — on one drop of blood, telling...

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Brace yourselves: Campaign cash buying tons of ads

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's airwaves are already jammed with political ads, most of them negative, in one of the Senate races nationwide that will decide which party claims the majority. The ads come one after another in an onslaught of spin that galls...

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Duo behind fake golf cart ads fight harassment law

BOSTON — Bernadette Lyons came home one day and found 10 strangers milling around her driveway looking for free golf carts. The next day, her husband, Jim, began getting phone calls late at night from people inquiring about a Harley Davidson motorcycle....

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Asia stocks rise on S&P high, China stimulus hopes

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Monday, lifted by another record high on Wall Street and expectations of stimulus in China after its manufacturing growth slowed. Investors looked ahead to this week's U.S. employment figures and a meeting of Europe's...

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Feds want nuclear waste train, but nowhere to go

ATLANTA — The U.S. government is looking for trains to haul radioactive waste from nuclear power plants to disposal sites. Too bad those trains have nowhere to go. Putting the cart before the horse, the U.S. Department of Energy recently asked companies...

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Low-cost camera a throwback

Fujifilm Instax Mini 8 ($64.60 and up, various retailers) Polaroid-style cameras are making a comeback, and you don't have to be an uber-hipster to appreciate that. With five exposure modes and an always-on flash, this 
basic point-and-shoot is meant...

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NASA: Power grid may be at risk

Perhaps, as a tech-savvy citizen, you are worried about the financial cost of data breaches, or our increased vulnerability to terrorist hackers, or the erosion of our digital civil liberties. Don't be. Instead, worry about the complete collapse of...

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Bad weather shuts down concerts, delays flights

PHILADELPHIA — Severe thunderstorms across the Northeast on Sunday slowed operations at airports, wreaked havoc at outdoor sporting and musical events in New York and Philadelphia and sent people scurrying from a beach after three men were struck by...

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Massachusetts launches 2-month tax amnesty program

BOSTON — Labor Day marks the launch of a two-month tax amnesty program in Massachusetts. The state Revenue Department says residents who owe taxes face no penalties if they pay during the period that begins Monday and ends Oct. 31 About 300,000 people...

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Obama promoting economic gains as elections near

WASHINGTON — Boosted by recent economic gains, President Barack Obama is sounding more bullish about the nation's recovery from the Great Recession and the White House is encouraging Democrats to show similar optimism as they head into the November mid-term...

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