Out came a bamboo steamer containing what resembled aged marshmallows dumplings cooked so long they were practically glued to the bottom of the container. The Chinese dumpling is a magnificent product of the human imagination: At its best, it is charming in appearance, chewy and savory, and can trigger a head rush like sashimi or blue cheese. For the most part, however, the dumpling has arrived here in bastardized form, as similar to the real thing as Kraft Parmesan cheese is to its...

Eyebrow-raising testimony today -- the cell phone used in 2002 by Jeremy Frazier, the Wellfleet man that Christopher McCowen alleges killed Christa Worthington,was listed in the name of Dave Murphy -- a former Somerville man who spent nine years in state prison on a murder rap and moved to Cape Cod after his release from prison in 2000. Eyebrow-raising testimony today -- the cell phone used in 2002 by Jeremy Frazier, the Wellfleet man that Christopher McCowen alleges killed Christa...

The unions are threatening to target the strike action at the oil industry, with the aim of stanching oil exports that count for 90 percent of the government's income. Labor unions yesterday rejected the Nigerian government's offer to halve a price hike on automobile fuel, only hours before its strike protesting the increase was set to begin. The 10-year Treasury note's yield, which hit five-year highs last week, fell to 5.09 percent from 5.14 percent late Monday - alleviating some worries...

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You know, the remotes that control temperature and unlock the liquor cabinet, plus the window overlay that displays the weather forecast and traffic conditions. I posted that slogan on my trend-spotter blog one fine, drunken evening when my brain was exploding from an overdose of geotagged social broadcasting. Meanwhile, gray-haired representatives are wigging out over the hordes of Americans who blithely abandon their passports to travel the world with European mobiles. You see, the...