EUROPE AGAIN: Reports raising concerns about European banks sent stocks lower in Europe, and the U.S. followed suit

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Summary Box: Europe worries send stocks lower

SEEKING SAFETY: Gold settled at a record high Tuesday as more worries resurfaced about European banks and the global economy. EUROPEAN FACTOR: European finance ministers said the recovery is still fragile. There were also reports that European banks may have..

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Summary Box: Worried investors turn to gold

For a couple of months now -- well, eight or nine -- I've had a two-inch thick stack of papers sitting on my desk, just to the left of my monitor, a reminder that I need to mail them off to a very nice woman in Maine named Gay Grant. But for some reason I just can't bring myself to

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I have lots of books in me. Now, do I want to write any . . .

You've mailed the big tuition check and packed your kid off to college, but will you and your offspring get your money's worth? Here are three books that provide some answers. Education - Shopping - Books - Colleges and Universities - Used and Rare

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Three books about the state of our colleges

An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Worcester native Andrew Haswell Green — a visionary who helped remake New York City in the 19th century — will be sold this week in an unprecedented four-day auction at the DCU Center in Worcester. Among the thousands of documents, artworks, china, clothing, and toys being sold are handwritten correspondence to and from ...

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Worcester auction has historians and collectors abuzz

Earlier this summer, Michael Ian Black took to his blog to defend himself against those appalled that the comedian was — gasp! — inserting rare advertisements to his popular Twitter feed.

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GREENVILLE, N.C.- In tough economic times, it's rare to find someone who is still putting what little they have toward a project that could benefit their community.  One man in Greenville is doing just that.

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Scrimping to Save a Piece of History

GREENVILLE, N.C.- In tough economic times, it's rare to find someone who is still putting what little they have toward a project that could benefit their community.  One man in Greenville is doing just that.

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Scrimping to Save a Piece of History

GREENVILLE, N.C.- In tough economic times, it's rare to find someone who is still putting what little they have toward a project that could benefit their community.  One man in Greenville is doing just that.

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Scrimping to Save a Piece of History

Colour-coded paperbacks launched in 1935 as cheap, disposable fiction have now become collectable items When the first Penguin paperbacks appeared they cost just sixpence the price of a packet of cigarettes and were hardly intended to be enduring items. But as the publisher celebrates its 75th birthday, Penguin titles are not only among the most recognisable in literature but also a magnet ...

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Penguin Books celebrates 75th birthday