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Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who understood before anyone else how deeply we would live our lives through our devices, has died at the age of 56, only weeks after resigning as chief executive of the company in the midst of his battle with pancreatic cancer.
Boston Capital | Jan. 18, 2011
No other company has grown so big and enjoyed success so directly linked to a single person as Apple and Steve Jobs. So what does it mean for Apple if he isn't there?
Sarah Palin, whose summer bus tour raised speculation that she would seek the Republican presidential nomination, announced tonight that she will not run.
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George Clooney directed, co-wrote, and co-stars in this entertaining but hollow political drama, which features Ryan Gosling as an idealistic campaign whiz.
The troubled family restaurant chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced that it is closing 63 restaurants, which will leave around 20 people per location out of a job.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is changing President Obama’s jobs package to add a 5 percent tax on income above $1 million, a proposal that is sure to be blocked by Republicans.
The new state-of-the-art center in Needham, which will consolidate the center’s suburban cancer services, is scheduled to open in the spring of 2014.
“The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had.”
Bill Gates, on Steve Jobs
Around 2 p.m., a group of mostly Northeastern University students briefly blocked Atlantic Avenue in Boston, but there were no arrests.
Petitioners in Wellesley collected signatures in hopes of getting a question to repeal the individual health care mandate on next year’s state election ballot.
The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, who was bombed, beaten and repeatedly arrested in the fight for civil rights, died at 89.
Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an antiapartheid hero often described as South Africa’s conscience, criticized the ANC-led government as “disgraceful.”
Rask, just 24, projects to receive additional starts in net while the Bruins ease Thomas into his comfort zone this season.
Dinner brings a quiet atmosphere; brunch is a madhouse - and quite worthy of it.
Good news if you’ve been trying to cram in all 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s “The Clock.” You’ve got more time.
“How critical community gardens are to preserving a city’s fabric is now becoming clear.”
Derrick Z. Jackson
“To become a citizen of a nation is a choice that involves more sacrifice and pain than tearing down the sculpture of a dictator.”
Gal Beckerman, on the challenges facing some Middle Eastern countries