Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Verizon is actually expanding FiOS again, with new fiber in Boston and other top stories.

  • Verizon is actually expanding FiOS again, with new fiber in Boston

    Verizon is actually expanding FiOS again, with new fiber in Boston
    For a few years, it seemed pretty clear that Verizon wouldn't be expanding its fiber-based FiOS network. Further ReadingVerizon lost $2.23 billion, but FiOS and wireless businesses remain profitable. That changed today with an announcement from Boston, Massachusetts that Verizon will be "replacing its copper-based infrastructure with a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network platform across the city." Verizon will invest more than $300 million in the project over six years, and the city will p..
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  • Despite surge in attention, Boston luxury condos still can't compete ...

    Despite surge in attention, Boston luxury condos still can't compete ...
    Boston may be in the middle of a luxury condo building boom, but the prices of the city’s most exclusive digs have yet to match New York or even Miami levels, a new report shows. We may have two posh 60-story condo towers taking shape downtown, with the new Four Seasons (also known as One Dalton) and Millennium towers, but even so Boston just barely made the cut in Coldwell Banker’s new report on the top 20 cities in the U.S. for luxury condo sales. New York, Miami, Aspen, Colorado and Beverly ..
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  • Boston University students accuse music professor of sexual ...

    Boston University students accuse music professor of sexual ...
    Two Boston University students are suing a professor for alleged sexual harassment and the school's trustees for allegedly failing to meet their obligations under Title IX.Watch the reportAccording to the complaint, which was filed in Suffolk County Tuesday, Professor Eric Ruske had a reputation for "making offensive, vulgar and sexually charged statements to students."A copy of the complaint was sent to WCVB by attorney Carmen L. Durso, who represents plaintiffs Erin Shyr and Maria Currie.In 2..
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  • New video urges Boston firefighters to guard against cancer

    VIDEOFirefighters can do more to protect themselves from getting occupational-related cancer, the Boston Fire Department preaches in a new video aimed at raising awareness and curbing deaths.“We made this a priority,” Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said in an interview with the Globe, “because of skyrocketing cancer rates within the department and the need for us to take some proactive steps to try to mitigate some of these cancers.” Advertisement The video, posted on YouTube, features severa..
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  • LeGarrette Blount re-signs with Patriots

    LeGarrette Blount re-signs with Patriots
    The bulldozer is back in the building.Running back LeGarrette Blount re-signed with the Patriots on a one-year deal this morning, extending a relationship that has been fruitful for both sides since 2013. The contract is worth up to $2 million, including a $100,000 signing bonus, $40,000 workout bonus, $100,000 roster bonus, $760,000 base salary and $1 million in incentives.Blount has 378 carries for 1,756 yards and 16 touchdowns in 33 regular-season games with the Patriots. He also has 361 yar..
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  • C's Prep for Final Test as Playoff Seedings Pend

    C's Prep for Final Test as Playoff Seedings Pend
    WALTHAM, Mass. – The Boston Celtics hit the court at their training facility Tuesday afternoon for one final practice before discovering their postseason fate. One game remains for fifth-placed Boston: A must-win showdown against the fourth-placed Miami Heat Wednesday night at TD Garden. The season finale between those two teams will likely be the determining factor of whether or not the C’s clinch home court for the first round of the Playoffs. Securing that advantage is certainly the goa..
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  • City ponders how to boost hiring of certain groups in construction ...

    After years of disappointing results from an ordinance intended to increase the hiring of Boston residents, women, and minorities to construction jobs, the city of Boston is eyeing changes to make it more effective.“We’re in the middle of a major building boom in Boston, so we want to make sure we’re creating opportunities for everyone to be included in that,” said Karilyn Crockett, the city’s director of economic policy and research. Advertisement “There’s work to do on all of these constru..
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  • 'Cancel letter to Donald Trump,' Clinton White House wrote in 1996

    'Cancel letter to Donald Trump,' Clinton White House wrote in 1996
    WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump ignited some debate in the Clinton world well before he would become a Republican presidential front-runner. The question roiling the White House in 1996: Should the president of the United States acknowledge Trump’s 50th birthday? Advertisement “What are you [sic] thoughts on sending a birthday letter to Donald Trump — who turns 50 on June 14?” asked Betty Currie, Clinton’s personal secretary, in an e-mail to White House deputy political director Karen Hancox fo..
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  • Boston-based New Balance opposes TPP trade deal

    Boston-based New Balance opposes TPP trade deal
    BOSTON — New Balance CEO Rob DeMartini on Tuesday announced the Boston shoe company's opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal between a dozen countries negotiated by President Barack Obama's administration. DeMartini said the decision to go public with the company's opposition stemmed from frustration with the Obama administration's lack of action on an unrelated law that would allow New Balance to compete for a military contract. But DeMartini said there was no quid pro quo ..
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  • Watch demolition begin on Anthony's Pier 4, iconic Boston restaurant

    Watch demolition begin on Anthony's Pier 4, iconic Boston restaurant
    BOSTON – The chimney of Anthony’s Pier 4, thundered as it hit the ground on a rainy Tuesday morning, signaling the start of the former iconic restaurant’s demolition. Anthony Athanas, an Albanian, opened the Boston Harbor restaurant in 1963. It became a popular destination for celebrities like Jack Nicholson and Julia Child, as well as politicians like Richard Nixon and the Kennedys. The restaurant also drew in others like Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger who shot a man in the restaurant..
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David Ortiz' daughter surprises him with national anthem .Red Sox shut out in series-finale loss to Blue Jays .
New records: Judge granted FBI request vs. Apple in Boston gang ... .Arkansas killer Christopher Wilson shot dead during prison escape attempt .

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