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FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public

It's Facebook's big day.

Ex-Phillie defaults on $75M state loan

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios computer-game firm owes Rhode Island a pile of cash

Your Place: Swimming-pool safety; more on rusting dishwasher racks

Considering that it took an hour to regain feeling in many of my fingertips, it might not have been the brightest thing I’ve done recently. Yet, the swimming pool in my kinfolk’s back yard in northern Connecticut looked so inviting that I spent a half hour in it, despite a water temperature of 65 degrees — just eight degrees warmer than the air.

Home Economics: Defining ‘inadequate’ housing

The 1940 census was released by the National Archives in April, offering those interested the opportunity find out where Uncle Fritz and Aunt Bessie grew up. But experts have been privy for many years to information about housing in 1940, when ramped-up war production finally brought an end to the Great Depression.

Comcast eliminates Xfinity data cap, adds charge for high usage

With Internet usage spiking, Comcast Corp. will eliminate its monthly 250-gigabyte cap for Xfinity Internet subscribers but charge additional $10 fees for users who exceed 300 gigabytes. The 300-gigabyte limit could be used to videoconference on Skype for 225 hours, or watch more than 100 hours of Netflix movies.

Should unmarried couple buy house?

Q. We are an unmarried couple who are in the process of buying our first home. My credit is not so hot, so my friend will be assuming the mortgage while I put up the 20 percent down payment and half of the closing costs. We intend to share equally all mortgage, taxes, insurance, repairs, etc. What is the best way for us to take title to the house?

Atlas Resources buys more shale-gas leases in Texas

The collapse of natural gas prices has created a buying opportunity for Atlas Energy L.P., the Philadelphia company controlled by Edward E. Cohen’s family that cashed out most of its Marcellus Shale assets for billions in 2010.

Edwin C. Donaghy Jr., 88, retired PNC executive

Edwin C. Donaghy Jr. chose a usually cautious career, dealing with trust investments. But in World War II, he took far riskier assignments.

A change in the cards at casinos

Unless you've spent the last couple of years in Tierra del Fuego, you already know that the new Revel casino is the 47-story gorilla in Atlantic City. But nonstop coverage of the $2.4 billion pleasure dome's opening shouldn't lead anyone to believe nothing's happening elsewhere in the City That Senior Citizen Slot Players Forgot.

Baggage fee revenue declines for US Airways, other carriers

NEW YORK — U.S. airlines’ revenue from bag fees fell last year for the first time since they started collecting them, signaling that more passengers are packing light to save cash when they fly. The Transportation Department said Thursday that the 17 largest airlines made $3.36 billion in bag fees last year, down slightly from $3.40 billion in 2010.