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Plainridge?s daily revenue per machine was $280 in September, down from $390 in July and $330 in August.
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Do we need to tip?At stake is something more than the tip-giving habits of American diners.
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The regulator of the nation?s gambling mecca ordered companies like DraftKings and FanDuel to obtain licenses to continue operating.
The State Board of Retirement will take up the issue behind closed doors at its regular meeting on Oct. 29.
Waterfront parcel draws strong interest from potential biddersMassport has seen wide interest in the thirty-acre South Boston site, despite a restriction that it be mostly reserved for marine industrial work.
When a puffy white cockatoo escaped, he went straight to one of the toniest streets in Brookline and got to work terrorizing residents.
Facing epidemic, Baker seeks to limit opioid prescriptionsThe governor?s proposal would place new restrictions on how many painkillers doctors and dentists can prescribe to a patient.
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A day after an appeals court ruled that the parishioners holding a vigil are trespassers, the group is still considering its legal options.
80-year-old marijuana dealer pleads guilty in federal courtUnder a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, Marshall Herbert Dion could serve 5 to 7 years in federal prison.
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Trump machine whirring on endless media exposureThe Republican presidential frontrunner is everywhere, all the time ? with little expense from his campaign.
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Sanders rejects donation from drug company CEOMartin Shkreli of Turing Pharmaceuticals has drawn criticism for dramatically increasing the price of a drug for parasitic infections.
The South End restaurant and performance theater will close after 43 years because the business is losing money.
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Let?s not make the T a vehicle for encouraging more young people to spend their time and money on booze.
The Colts are 3-2 entering Sunday?s showdown, but Luck isn?t the reason for the winning record.
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Need help making it in Boston? Try some free advice on wheels The UberMentor concept is simple: Get coaching, pitch an idea, or collect wisdom ? all from a stranger in the back seat of an Uber.
Bertha Hartry, a Cambridge archivist and women?s rights activist, dies at 85 Ms. Hartry was an archivist for the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and a longtime women?s rights activist.
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DraftKings, Airbnb exploit loopholes to cash inThe growing respectability of the barely legal economy holds a lesson for government at all levels.
In N.H., Rubio and Bush are in a zero sum gameJeb Bush is in third place in a new poll in New Hampshire with Marco Rubio just one point behind.
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A look at some of the 2015 balloonist gatherings around the globe.
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With Moments, we all might use TwitterTwo-thirds of registered Twitter users don?t actually use it. For them, Twitter has designed ?Moments.?
What did pope?s mea culpa mean? Take your pick of scandalsWhen the pope asked for forgiveness, he left everyone free to speculate on which scandals he had in mind.
Even when he?s not on the field, the veteran linebacker is an invaluable mentor to the younger Patriots.
Several truths became evident about the party and its future in this presidential race.
The teen accused of murdering his Danvers teacher in 2013 will undergo ?observation and examination? for up to 20 days.
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Massport will be auctioning off 95 cars that have been left at Boston?s airport.
The president will keep thousands of troops in the country through 2017, prolonging the US role in a war that has stretched for 14 years.
Rev Boston, an exclusive two-day boot camp, invited twenty women business leaders to participate in leadership training workshops.
The story of a child soldier in an unnamed African country, given sweep and wrenching detail by writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga, starring Idris Elba.
?M Train,? Smith?s second work of memoir, is a book close in spirit to her shambolic, freewheeling musical style.
We dated for years in high school, but my parents hated him and forbid me to see him. He was into things he shouldn?t have been.
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Deck House ReduxA new floor plan and a fresh palette prove the stalwart post-and-beam, open concept design is still relevant.
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Bernie Sanders rejects CEO Martin Shkreli?s campaign donation
Why food allergy fakers need to stop
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Donald Trump media and ratings savvy is fueling his long ride atop the Republican primary polls
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