Teams may cut ties to fantasy sports if states evaluating their legality determine the business violates gambling laws.
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The commission will look to answer the basic question of whether the games are allowed under state law.
N.H. Democrats find ?democratic socialist? president acceptable Fifty-two percent of likely Democratic primary voters said they have a ?very positive? or ?somewhat positive? view of socialism.
During the first half of 2015, the number of deaths from opioid overdoses increased about 6 percent from the same period last year.
Hiawatha Bray | tech lab
An Austin to Boston connection, Dell-style Dell Inc.?s pursuit of business customers is taking on greater urgency, and founder Michael Dell is primed to make Boston a big part of that effort.
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The National Geographic Channel plans to broadcast the surgery, but experts say such programming can be risky and exploitative.
Kerry, Netanyahu call for end to incitement amid violenceUS Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday waded into the volatile mix of spiraling Israeli-Palestinian tensions and violence.
There is no threat to the Methuen High School community at this time, according to police.
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The Dumpling Daughter vs. Dumpling Girl controversy is an all too typical situation.
Brady and Revis are performing at a particularly high level this season.
Eric Fehrnstrom
How will Benghazi hearings play out?Here are five questions to ponder as the story continues to unfold.
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Biden?s decision ends speculation about his plans Vice President Joe Biden said he would not seek the presidency because he did not have time to put together a successful bid.
Suspect arrested in rapes that rattled NantucketDavid Matterson, 35, was ordered held without bail on charges that he raped two women six years apart on the island.
Watertown 6, Melrose 0
Watertown ran its unbeaten streak to 154 games with a 6-0 victory over Melrose.
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You don?t have a lot of choices this year. Many of your district councilors are running unopposed.
Every year the Chester Historical Society sells scarecrow kits for $20 each.
FLYERS 5, BRUINS 4 | OT
The Bruins allowed two goals in the third period and then lost in overtime to remain winless at home so far this season.
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Vatican denies report pope has small, curable brain tumorThe Vatican said the pope is in good health and that his head is ?absolutely perfect.?
Richard B. Primack and Abraham J. Miller-Rushing
Thoreau is more relevant than everIn some ways, the modern myth of Henry David Thoreau doesn?t do the author justice.
Webb would effectively end bid with independent runIf Jim Webb runs as an independent, he will run without any built-in fund-raising and political infrastructure from the party.
Reuters
A year after Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas at pro-democracy protesters, a Reuters photographer revisited the scenes.
Michael Dell buying a home in Boston, report saysThe company that bears Dell?s name is buying EMC, the last of the tech titans that once dotted Boston?s suburbs.
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Vatican denies report that Pope Francis has brain tumorThe Vatican said the pope is in good health and that his head is ??absolutely perfect.??
Daniel Murphy homered for a postseason record sixth straight game as New York capped a NLCS in which the Mets never trailed.
Entertainers who pluck their guitars, dance, or juggle long knives may soon need to dip into their tip buckets to pay for a permit.
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Waylens is promising to ?put the fun back in the driver?s seat.?
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei previously had taken no official stance on the compact.
The 2012 vice presidential nominee?s move could give Republicans much-desired clarity after weeks of internal turmoil.
The state?s most valuable publicly traded company will also terminate a number of its drug research programs this year.
Patrick Nagatani?s retrospective at the Griffin Museum of Photography offers imagination on overdrive.
On Chinatown?s Tyler Street, Shojo serves the shaken cocktail Superhappyfunmakeagoodtimeagogo (or agogo for short).
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