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Boston, MA Metro News

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8 min ago | EETimes.eu

Mobile M2M market set for 24% CAGR growth, says analyst

The mobile machine-to-machine communications annual market is set to grow from less than $16 billion in 2008 to over $57 billion in 2014, according to Strategy Analytics .

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8 hrs ago | International Herald Tribune

Mass. House initially approves gender-neutral law

BOSTON : The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given its initial approval to a bill that would require all future legislation be written in language that is gender neutral.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, Northern Kentucky University

Wed Jul 23, 2008

The Daily Local News

Musical duo grows

But it is perhaps their relationship offstage that has most contributed to their success.

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Related Topix: Berklee College of Music, Belmont University

Tue Jul 22, 2008

WGIN-AM Portsmouth

Report: Romney Positioning Himself For VP Job

Mitt Romney's switch of $45 million in campaign loans into contributions means he is counting on a U.S. vice presidential post, said a Boston Globe analysis.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, 2008 Presidential Election, Boston Metro, John McCain

Kdka.com

Police Nab Suspected Foot Fetish Bandit In N.H.

Police in New Hampshire say they have captured the foot fetish bandit who has been assaulting local women at fitness centers, CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston reports.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, Windham, NH, Offbeat

WHEC-TV Rochester

10 people struck by lightning while standing under a tree

Four people are still in critical condition this morning after being struck by lightning in a Boston, Mass.

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Mon Jul 21, 2008

MediLexicon

Extra Care Housing Enabling More Older People And Those With Dementia ...

Health and Care Minister Ivan Lewis today announced the sites that will benefit from 80million of Government funding to build extra care housing, enabling more older people and those with dementia and long-term ...

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Boston Metro,

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Medical News Today

Ekaterina Helwein To Be Honoured At American Society For Microbiology Conference

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses ; HIV / AIDS ; Conferences Article Date: 19 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT The 2008 American Society for Microbiology ICAAC ...

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Tufts University, Microbiology, HIV/AIDS, Health

Sat Jul 19, 2008

MediLexicon

Menthol Used To Attract Young Smokers, Study

A new study by US researchers who examined internal industry documents, market and national survey reports and lab test results, concluded that the tobacco industry manipulated the menthol content of cigarettes ...

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, Medication, African-American

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Welcome to Topsail Voice

Why the Immune System Can Never Go on Vacation

The immune system can never go vacation, summer or winter. A travel bug can ruin a trip that has been planned for months.

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Related Topix: Travel

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Concord Monitor

Mass. Senate votes to allow marriage for out-of-state gays

The Massachusetts Senate voted yesterday to repeal a 1913 law used to bar out-of-state gay couples from marrying in the state, a law that critics say was originally aimed at interracial marriages.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, 2008 Presidential Election, Gay/Lesbian, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Boston Metro

Wed Jul 16, 2008

Boston.com

Obama to spend part of birthday in Boston

Barack Obama is planning to spend part of his 47th birthday in Massachusetts. The Democratic presidential contender will visit Boston Aug.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Boston Metro, Boston University, Boston College

Concord Monitor

Stepmom arrested in Florida

A 29-year-old Webster woman wanted for allegedly beating her 8-year-old stepdaughter for nearly nine hours was arrested yesterday afternoon in Florida after she emerged from a friend's home, according to the ...

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Related Topix: Concord, NH, State Prisons, Boston Metro

Tue Jul 15, 2008

WBZ TV

John Mellencamp performing in Boston on July 4, 2007.

Farm Aid, the nation's longest-running benefit concert, will be held this year in New England for the first time.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, New England College of Optometry

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Essex County Chronicles: Twisters rare, but not unknown north of Boston

A recent visit to the Midwest served as a reminder that people in that part of the country live in fear not only of floods like the ones that ravaged so many communities in Iowa and Missouri recently, but of ...

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Related Topix: Boston (University of Massachusetts System), Boston University, University of Massachusetts System, Boston College, Opinion

Mon Jul 14, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Handset market growth slows

Research firm Gartner cut its forecast for the cellphone market to 10-11 per cent.

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cellphones

Sun Jul 13, 2008

CNN

Gene discoveries yield autism clues

Harvard researchers have discovered half a dozen new genes involved in autism that suggest the disorder strikes in a brain that can't properly form new connections.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Biology, Science, Family, Kids, Autism, Health

Sat Jul 12, 2008

WBZ TV

Body Of Missing Man Found In Boston Harbor

The body of a 60-year-old Quincy court officer Anthony Tufo, who drowned after falling from a motorboat in Boston Harbor earlier this month, has been found.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro

MassLive.com

Tanker explosion shuts down Mass. highway

A fuel tanker rollover and explosion on Route 128 south in Needham has forced police to shut down the road.

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Related Topix: Explosion, Boston Metro

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Starpulse News Blog

'Sex & The City' Nights Hit By 'Fraudsters'

Bar owners in Boston, Massachusetts were allegedly duped into cancelling Sex And The City -themed nights after receiving fake cease-and-desist letters purporting to be from broadcaster HBO .

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