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Zipcar shares soared in their market debut Thursday, after the car sharing company's initial public offering raised more money than it had expected.
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What will happen to the children of the suspects jailed this week on accusations of spying?
A white police sergeant and a black Harvard University professor both made mistakes in a confrontation last year that led to an arrest and a national debate on racial profiling, a report said.
Zipcar is seeking to raise $75 million through an initial public offering to pay off debt, the company said in a filing Monday.
A thousand miles off the coast of California floats the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of plastic trash whose exact size is unknown but some experts say is bigger than Texas. Where does it come from? Some of it can be traced back to the U.S. Only 7% of the plastic Americans consume gets recycled. The bulk is thrown into landfills or, worse, into our rivers, lakes, and oceans, where fish consume toxins that attach to the plastic. Then we consume the fish. Not good.
In 2002, a group of Babson College entrepreneurship students ran out of room on their whiteboard. They had spent hours brainstorming new business possibilities, and the sudden space crunch threatened to cramp their creativity.
In 2005, Harvard Business School student Josh Green was working as an intern at E Ink, the Cambridge, Mass., company that developed displays for the Amazon Kindle. His boss asked him to find an overseas manufacturer of electronic display components. How hard could that be?
An 82-year-old woman died Thursday, two days after a hose dangling off a passing fire truck struck her in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A radio without any knobs. A bathroom where a clear display wirelessly streams vital statistics on your health. And a user interface that takes brain waves and translates them into commands for a computer.
• On a break from shooting his new movie Wichita, Tom Cruise met up with wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri for an afternoon in the park in Cambridge, Mass. The trio also walked along the Charles River, taking in the sights. Earlier, Holmes and Suri went shopping and stopped for a bite at Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill.
Scott Griffith enters the parking lot outside his office in Cambridge, Mass., pulls out his iPhone, and taps a button on the screen. Suddenly a yellow Mini Cooper starts honking like a crazed goose.
In his first public appearance since the "Beer Summit" at the White House, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates joked about his controversial arrest last month in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and said he likes police Sgt. James Crowley.
Beer summits at the White House notwithstanding, not all controversies between the police and the citizens they serve are destined to turn into gauzy, orchestrated "teachable moments."
Many Latinos say they know how Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates felt during a recent arrest because they believe police often racially profile Hispanics, too.
It may have been the most famous "happy hour" in modern American history.
Lucia Whalen strolled down a sidewalk near Harvard University, enjoying a lunchtime ritual she'd repeated many times in her 15 years working in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But on this day, July 16, her outing would become something else altogether -- the first steps in a national drama.
The controversy involving the arrest of a black Harvard professor by a white police officer has brought race relations in America to the front burner.
In her first public appearance, the woman who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Wednesday she would make the call again if placed in the same situation.
A senior administration official said Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Police Department will be visiting the White House Thursday.
updated: Tue Jul 28 2009 12:03:00
CNN's Elaine Quijano reports that after the Gates confrontation, police are asking for some understanding.
The woman who made the 911 call that led to the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. never referred to black suspects when she called authorities for what she thought was a potential break-in.
updated: Mon Jul 27 2009 22:23:00
Listen to the entire 911 call that claimed that Professor Gates was breaking into his home.
The commissioner of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department said Thursday he "deeply regrets" the arrest of prominent black Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but stands by the procedures followed by his department.
updated: Fri Jul 24 2009 12:01:00
Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons talks with American Morning about the arrest of Henry Louis Gates.
The mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she is going to meet with the city's police chief to make sure the scenario that caused the arrest of a prominent black Harvard University professor does not happen again.
President Obama said that police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "acted stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard professor last week after a confrontation at the man's home.
updated: Thu Jul 23 2009 15:39:00
President Obama says that police 'acted stupidly' after they arrested, and later released a black Harvard professor.
updated: Wed Jul 22 2009 14:07:00
Joe Johns reports on controversy over the arrest of a Harvard professor. Was it a case of racial profiling?
Boris Kodjoe owns a mansion in Atlanta. But when he goes to answer his door, the black actor knows what it's like to be an outcast.
A prosecutor is dropping a charge against prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the city's police department recommended that the matter not be pursued.
Back in the 1960s, when Bob Metcalfe was in college, he would drive to MIT in Cambridge, Mass., from his home in Brooklyn, call home once he arrived, allow the phone to ring three times and hang up, to let his mother know he'd arrived safely.
The problem with pills is that you have to take them to work. That may sound obvious, but it's estimated that half the people taking prescription medication fail to stick to the regimen laid out by their doctor.
They survive cold season without a sniffle. They fly in germ-packed airplanes unscathed. And they somehow avoid stomach bugs that decimate the office. Wish you could be one of these women who never get sick? Try one or -- even better -- all of these seven secrets, and you may join this club come flu season.
Few things incite a frothing, wild-eyed rage like asking people to talk about bad bosses. People aren't just annoyed by poor leadership -- they sputter and snarl as they describe their superiors, lusting for the chance to hit that bad boss with a perfect, withering insult. Or perhaps a truck.
She may have dropped out of high school, but Charlize Theron still went to Harvard – for the day, at least.
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People in southern Peru are complaining of illnesses they believe are due to a meteorite. ITN's Juliet Bremner reports.
Buying items online has never been easier. But for many shoppers, receiving their purchases is the hard part
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Hiring productive people is crucial for businesses of any size, but in the case of startups it's especially vital - and tricky. With limited resources, small businesses can't afford to have employees who don't perform. What's more, they need to find individuals who are not only talented, but also willing to wear a lot of hats and work in an atmosphere of risk.
Wouldn't this be fabulous: Drink loads of wine, eat whatever you want, get fat -- and then pop a pill and you'll actually live longer and have more endurance.
In order to seal the deal in Mesa, the Bairds need to sell their home in Plymouth, Minn. Initially their concession to the slowing market was to price their home at $310,000, which is less than the $324,000 asking price for the most recent sale in the neighborhood, even though their house has a slightly better layout and nicer views.
New observations of a great big cosmic collision provide the best evidence yet that invisible and mysterious dark matter really does exist.
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When ordering a bottle at Henrietta's Table, an upscale New American restaurant at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass., you can get Dom Perignon at $155 a bottle or the slightly fizzy West County...
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