New Shack out to Shake up Newbury St.

Shake Shack, the much-ballyhooed burger chain from New York, is heading for Boston's Newbury Street next year. The, 5,600-square-foot, two-level location at 236 Newbury St. will be Shake Shack's third store in Massachusetts and its largest yet. Shake...

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Missing Ga. bank director arrested in Brunswick

ATLANTA — A bank director accused of losing millions of investors' dollars before vanishing last year was arrested Tuesday during a traffic stop in a city in south Georgia. Aubrey Lee Price, 47, was arrested Wednesday during a stop for a vehicle and...

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Hub buildings change hands

A flurry of transactions closed a heady year for the Boston real estate market, including the sales of a rare portfolio of Boylston and Newbury street properties, One Winthrop Square and The Block on Congress. Bethesda, Md.-based ASB Real Estate Investments...

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Brewery responds to Starbucks letter with $6 check

ST. LOUIS — A small Missouri brewery has responded to a cease and desist letter from Starbucks by sending the coffee chain a check to cover what it calls the profit from use of the word "Frappicino" — a check for $6. Exit 6 Pub and Brewery in the St....

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3 apply to operate resort casinos in Mass.

BOSTON — Massachusetts gambling regulators said they would spend several months evaluating final applications submitted by three companies hoping to win licenses to build the state's first resort casinos. As expected, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International...

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Obama's tarnished health care law at a crossroads

WASHINGTON — All things good, bad and unpredictable converge with the new year for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as the law's major benefits take effect, along with an unpopular insurance mandate and a risk of more nerve-wracking disruptions...

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Casino hopefuls deal out applications on deadline

A last crucial deadline passed yesterday for hopeful resort casinos in the state — as all three contenders for the eastern and western region licenses submitted massive application files — setting up a battle for the Boston-area casino between two casino...

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Driven to distraction

The next technology-vs.-real-life clash is shaping up in the car — again — as anti-distracted-driving advocates call for a ban of Google's futuristic Glass behind the wheel, though some techies say the Internet-enhanced spectacles could end up making...

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Justice delays health law's birth control mandate

WASHINGTON — Only hours before the law was to take effect, a Supreme Court justice on Tuesday blocked implementation of part of President Barack Obama's health care law that would have forced some religion-affiliated organizations to provide health insurance...

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Lavish parties, uninhibited tourists rule in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas held one its biggest ever New Year's Eve celebrations, with sold-out concerts and an eight-minute long fireworks show that was billed as the largest in the country. Big-ticket musical acts Bruno Mars, John Legend and Maroon 5 helped...

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