What makes Rory McIlroy compelling as a rival is he’s a generation younger than Tiger Woods.
2012
Unity Raceway will take new turn
The race track’s owner says he expects to reveal the identity of two new operators within a month.
Study: Older dads pass more mutations to kids
The new research should help correct an overemphasis on the riskiness of women giving birth at older ages, some researchers said.
Tax-cut standoff spells recession, CBO report warns
Two million new jobs could be lost if tax cuts expire because Democrats and Republicans can’t agree.
Dispatches
Three juvenile boys arrested in cigarettes burglary / Man injured in blast after gas poured on brush fire / Kennebunk police to host lecture on “bath salts” … and more news from around the state.
Big losses hit once-bright China solar industry
Financial problems likely will force painful changes after a major slump in global sales.
Co-founder sells ‘tiny chunk’ of Facebook shares
NEW YORK – Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz shed 450,000 shares of Facebook in the past few days for proceeds of about $9 million — a tiny chunk of his total stake. Moskovitz was Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard roommate when they founded Facebook in 2004. He disclosed in a regulatory filing late Tuesday that he sold the […]
People: Britain ablush over Harry photos
Prince Harry in flagrante delicto; J.K. Rowling visit Oct. 16; LL Cool J gets his man.
Fed may launch bond-buying program
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they may be ready to launch a new bond-buying program when they next meet in September. The goal would be to try to lower long-term interest rates to encourage more borrowing and spending. Minutes of their July 31-Aug. 1 policy meeting released Wednesday don’t explicitly say what […]
At the Movies
Opening: ‘Premium Rush’ / ‘2016: Obama’s America’ / ‘Lawless’ / ‘The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure’