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Emerson College student David Koenig was walking to work in Cambridge recently when he spotted a computer desk that someone had discarded on a street near Harvard Square. It was...

'Abuse-resistant' OxyContin Researchers say they've developed an "abuse-resistant" version of the widely prescribed opioid pain medication OxyContin. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Remoxy priority review, meaning that...

There are certain things you can count on in a punk house. A killer name: Anarchtica, Scribble Squat, Collective A Go-Go, Firebreathing Kangaroo. Lots of bikes and skateboards. Homemade tattoos....

When Mary Morrison retired last year, a priority on her to-do list was redecorating her home. The goal was to create a fresh look while decreasing the time spent on...

Dr. Robert Steinberg, a food-loving doctor who threw himself into the chocolate business, eventually joining with a former patient to make the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker brand into one of...

Jim and M.J. Berrien's gracious Cape Cod-style house rests on six acres, set back from a country road in Middlebury, Vt. Black locust trees frame the entrance. In the back,...

Henry Z. Steinway, the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93. Mr. Steinway once said...

In another breathtaking display of government intervention, top officials at the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve disclosed Thursday night that they had begun discussing with congressional leaders a plan to...

In another breathtaking display of government intervention, top officials at the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve began discussing with congressional leaders a plan to buy up vast numbers of distressed...

In Moscow on Thursday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomed new ambassadors to Russia -- including the new U.S. envoy, John Beyrle -- with remarks in which he indicated that he...