Nevada complaint seeks to require condoms in porn

RENO, Nev. — A Los Angeles-based group that wants porn performers to wear condoms during film shoots has filed its first complaint in Nevada. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation filed a formal complaint with Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

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China's inflation stays at 2.3 percent in July

BEIJING — China's consumer price index rose 2.3 percent in July from a year earlier, well below the ruling Communist Party's 3.5 percent target for the year. The latest inflation rate was unchanged from June, according to data released Saturday by the...

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Logan employees hold rally for higher wages, union

Mobilizing to form a union in a quest for "livable wages," service workers at Logan International Airport rallied yesterday, flanked by Democratic pols, including gubernatorial candidates Attorney General Martha Coakley and state Treasurer Steve Grossman....

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Live large in Danvers 
brick estate

A million dollars buys a lot less house these days, and it's become the going rate for two-bedroom condos in Boston's most desirable neighborhoods. But with this brick estate at 9 Kenmore Drive in Danvers, you get a lot of house for $1.15 million —...

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Billion stolen usernames just tip of crime iceberg

The theft of 1.2 billion usernames and passwords by Russian hackers in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites is "likely the largest and therefore most significant and catastrophic cyber breach to date," part of a growing trend of attacks...

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The Ticker

Pfizer pays $35M to settle marketing case Pfizer will pay $35 million to resolve allegations by 42 states that its subsidiary, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, illegally marketed an organ transplant drug for unapproved uses. Massachusetts will get $726,000 under...

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Asia stocks fall on Russia-Ukraine concerns

MUMBAI, India — Worries over Russian troops amassing near the Ukraine border sent most Asian stock markets lower Wednesday. KEEPING SCORE: Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 1.1 percent to 15,154.65 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.6 percent to 24,498.32....

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Everett cleanup report on hold

A report that would detail how a contaminated site in Everett would be cleaned for a $1.3 billion Wynn casino will not be available to the state Gaming Commission before it makes its Boston-area license decision, after the state Department of Environmental...

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USB may be port of entry for malware

Black Hat, the most controversial information security conference in the world, kicks off this week in Las Vegas with a topic that affects nearly every consumer: the security of USB devices. USB — or Universal Serial Bus — is the ubiquitous port found...

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Wal-Mart's website to personalize shopping

NEW YORK — Wal-Mart, in its latest bid to compete with nemesis Amazon.com, is making changes to its website to personalize the online shopping experience of each customer. Wal-Mart is rolling out a feature that will enable its website to show shoppers...

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Explorer’s odd symptoms point to torque converter

My 2000 Ford Explorer 4-liter Control-Trac 4WD has 120,000 miles on it. At 84,000 miles the O/D (overdrive) light began flashing randomly. The shop identified fault code P0741, indicating a potential issue with the transmission. I chose to keep driving...

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Cool idea for saving produce

A MassChallenge finalist is developing mobile refrigeration units that run on sun and water and are capable of saving the nearly one-half of developing-world produce that spoils before it ever reaches the consumer. Evaptainers was the brainchild of...

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