Boulder Creek 34, Westview 33

Hamilton 41, Brophy Prep 6

Desert Ridge 52, Gilbert 14

Mountain Pointe 48, Cesar Chavez 6

Desert Vista 58, North 6

Desert Mountain 39, Notre Dame 15

Paradise Valley 45, North Canyon 6

Westlake (Calif.) 34, Red Mountain 27

Sandra Day O'Connor 14, Perry 13

Valley Vista 35, Mountain View (Mesa) 28

Deer Valley 42, Goldwater 7

Willow Canyon 19, Cactus Shadows 17

Vista Grande 21, Central 12

Cienega 27, Mountain View (Marana) 24

St. Mary's 20, Copper Canyon 18

Higley 44, Desert View 0

Ironwood Ridge 56, Apollo 13

Bradshaw Mountain 28, Lake Havasu 20

Sierra Linda 43, Kellis 36

Campo Verde 43, Thunderbird 10

Tolleson 62, Carl Hayden 0

Sunnyslope 47, Trevor Browne 0

Williams Field 35, Mesquite 7

La Joya 20, Youngker 10

Canyon Del Oro 48, Agua Fria 26

Buckeye 50, Casa Grande 26

Catalina 22, Palo Verde 20

Desert Edge 54, Prescott 7

Moon Valley 49, Independence 25

Seton Catholic 59, Maricopa 27

Phoenix Christian 35, McClintock 24

Pueblo 31, Santa Rita 20

Saguaro 65, South Mountain 0

Sunrise Mountain 38, Shadow Ridge 24

Catalina Foothills 24, Walden Grove 23

St. Johns 27, Chinle 7

Winslow 25, Blue Ridge 6

Wickenburg 67, Chino Valley 8

Combs 52, Canyon State 8

Snowflake 28, Estrella Foothills 21

Cortez 36, North Pointe Prep 13

Window Rock 75, Rock Point 6

Tempe Prep 30, Show Low 22

Arizona Lutheran 56, Valley Christian 20

Benson 49, San Manuel 6

Bourgade Catholic 35, Miami 14

Benjamin Franklin 19, Chandler Prep 19

Tuba City 42, Greyhills Academy 0

Lee Williams 26, Holbrook 7

Sedona Red Rock 47, Pinon 6

Joy Christian 28, Pusch Ridge 6

Santa Cruz Valley 50, Tanque Verde 0

Northwest Christian 45, Scottsdale Christian 0

San Tan Foothills 48, Tonopah Valley 6

Scottsdale Prep 26, Veritas Prep 6

Round Valley 60, Williams 6

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FORTUNE – Don’t like rhyming? It may seem you’re alone, as the Elf on the Shelf and its story, written entirely in verse, flood storefronts and friends’ homes alike this holiday season. Since its launch in 2005, the Christmas tradition snowballed from poem to multi-million dollar franchise: year-over-year growth has averaged 149%, sales hit $16.6 million in 2011, CBS premiered The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story last December, and a helium-filled Elf on the Shelf floated through Herald Square during Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in November.

After a bout of empty nest syndrome, Carol Aebersold wrote the story with her daughter Chanda Bell. It’s the tale of a scout elf who reports children’s behavior to Santa every night, then flies back to their homes in the morning; it’s a bit of hide-and-seek with the elf. They then recruited Bell’s twin Christa Pitts to quit her job as a QVC host and launch their publishing company, Creatively Classic Activities and Books (CCA&B). The three women, as saccharine as they are blue-eyed, discuss Santa as if he’s a mere sleigh ride away. After researching the best toy manufacturers, Aebersold claims, “We found Santa, who brought us the elves.” Pitts laughs, verifying that elves all come from the North Pole. (They don’t really. They’re manufactured overseas.)

A portrait of a stubborn Southern family lay under the fluff; scrappy and passionate, the women self-published five thousand $30 box sets seven years ago after countless publishers rejected their manuscript. (One response: Elf on the Shelf is destined for the damaged goods bin.) Pitts, 38, and Bell’s father owned a small steel fabrication company at the time; he let them squat in a small back office. They funded production with the sale of Pitts’ Pennsylvania house and a newly opened credit card. That first year, every single Elf on the Shelf unit sold. “We just were three strong-willed women who made it happen,” Aebersold, 64, recalls. Pitts agrees, citing her sister’s “incredible ability” to ignore naysayers and focus on her dream.

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The women deliberately started small, in two local markets: Marietta, Ga., where the company is based, and Charlotte, N.C. Attending community holiday festivals, they sold the product out of a trailer. The events were short, lasting only a few days. “Families would experience the Elf on the Shelf; when we left there would be a vacuum,” Pitts explains. Storeowners began reaching out, hoping to appease the demand of their customers. By the end of 2005, eighteen storefronts carried Elf on the Shelf.

Friends helped out with the burgeoning company, traveling from marketplace to marketplace. “There would be four of us in one hotel room, just like in college—like a sorority thing,” Aebersold says. “But we had a lot of fun.” Profits from 2005 funded the following year’s production, and profits from 2006 paid for 2007. That year, a paparazzo snapped actress Jennifer Garner carrying the Christmas toy, and the blogosphere went wild. A few weeks later, Pitts got an early morning call from her mom, who was on a book tour. “She was screaming, ‘We’re on the Today Show!’ I thought, what do you mean, there’s [an elf] in the background?” Today picked up a Dallas affiliate’s segment on the book. “They basically reran the package on national television without us knowing anything about it,” Pitts recalls.

The response was so great that Aebersold, Bell, and Pitts mobilized the Elf Emergency Response Team (EERT), a group of friends who gave up their weekends to assist the family. PayPal shut down Elf on the Shelf’s website to manage the traffic surge. “We had hundreds of voicemails, we had thousands of orders and it definitely was a turning point for the brand,” says Pitts. “We ended up turning around every single order in two days. If we had failed, we probably wouldn’t be here at this point.”

Next came the 2009 launch of a virtual North Pole on their website. Trick 3D, an animation studio owned by Pitts’ high school friend, created the interactive experience for Elf on the Shelf customers and fans. “Everyone, depending on his age, had a different idea of what the North Pole looked like or how it felt,” she says, remembering brainstorm sessions. “An animated series seemed like the next natural step,” Aebersold says. “It never occurred to us that we needed somebody to broadcast it. We just assumed someone would.” That naiveté worked; last year, CBS aired The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf’s Story.

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This past year, the rapidly growing franchise hit a literal new high. An Elf on the Shelf balloon floated alongside Buzz Lightyear in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The brawn behind the float’s appearance? Charlsie Niemiec, a 24-year old marketing manger at CCA&B. “Just as Chanda is dogged and determined, so too is our own Charlsie,” Pitts says. “I don’t think she’s every been okay with ‘no.’” Niemiec emailed the parade team for several months, calling them and leaving voicemails. She sent snail mail letters from scout elves at the North Pole. Her persistence paid off. “They emailed us back at Santa’s Workshop instead of any of our individual emails. We were very lucky, considering the high volume of emails that come in every day, to catch that specific message.” They set up a phone call and were told they had just 30 minutes—and the balloon team bit. “I think this year the Macy’s parade was really looking for some type of symbol of Christmas to add into it.”

Their success undeniable, Aebersold, Bell and Pitts have not escaped criticism. The Elf on the Shelf embodies, He sees you when you’re sleeping/He knows when you’re awake—lines disturbing to the cynical adult or Santa-fearing child. “It really breaks my heart to have people think it’s creepy,” Aebersold says, her voice quaking. “That is not the intent, and that is not the way we celebrated the tradition in our house. The way we want children and parents to look at the elf is: Who doesn’t want a best friend who is going to Santa to tell him how great you are?”

Shrugging off negativity, Pitts’ advice for other entrepreneurs is to do the same. “I’ve always been one who believes that you can do whatever it is you put your mind to if you’re willing to work hard enough,” she says. The trio’s love of Christmas may seem twee to some, but it’s the magic sauce behind Elf on the Shelf’s millions. “If we were going to be successful, we had to get people to embrace the brand.” They’ve always focused on creating family moments, and Aebersold says they will continue to do so. More scout elves, or something completely new? “Truly only Santa knows,” she says. “But [he] has an incredibly exciting something special for next year.”

Summary: Meet the three women behind the holiday phenomenon -- and learn how it's a family affair.


Can you blame him? For the past 18 months, he's played soccer almost non-stop.

When most of Major League Soccer put up their feet and enjoyed the 2014 World Cup from the couch, Dempsey was hard at work for the U.S. Men's National Team, which shook off its underdog status and advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament.

Afterwards, Dempsey resumed the MLS season -- going up against players with well-rested legs. And that burden he carried with his body wasn't limited to just the extra World Cup play: Dempsey had also been playing important World Cup qualifying matches and training with the national team in earnest for a full year before that.

Now, he's facing just a few more games before a much-deserved offseason -- his first true break in nearly two years.

But there's a lot at stake before Dempsey reaches the finish line. The Seattle Sounders have advanced to the Western Conference Championship against the Los Angeles Galaxy, the first game of which will will be played this Sunday.

Dempsey's Sounders face a tall task in that matchup. Seattle and Los Angeles enter as the top two teams in Major League Soccer over the regular season. And they're offensive juggernauts: The Galaxy scored 69 regular-season goals, while the Sounders had 65. Only one other team is within 10 goals of that production.

That could turn the Western Conference Championship into a wild west shootout. Dempsey will have to match the production of Los Angeles' Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, who are firing on all cylinders right now.

Dempsey has the advantage of a long layoff between the last round and Sunday's match -- 13 days, to be exact. But given Dempsey's condition, it may not be enough. The Sounders routinely spelled him throughout the regular season post-World Cup, with Dempsey insisting that he needed time to recover.

Those brief breaks served as useful bandages, but they did little to resolve the long-term problem: Dempsey's legs have a lot of miles on them in 2014. Two weeks may provide a little spark, but he'll be far from a spring chicken.

Dempsey already lacks the foot speed to beat defenders on breakaways, so he'll have to wield creativity to produce goals against the Galaxy.

The Sounders will almost surely have to do better than their performance against FC Dallas in the previous round, where a strong defensive performance helped the team advance despite just one goal in two matches.

The good news is that Dempsey has always been a crafty creator on offense. Although Obafemi Martins leads the Sounders in both goals and assists, Dempsey created 36 more shots than Martins during the regular season.

But Dempsey only scored on less than 10 percent of those shots. Martins' scoring percentage was 22 percent.

While Dempsey might simply be more aggressive in taking shots than his teammates, such a low scoring percentage could suggest that fatigue is affecting his ability to finish.

Dempsey will hold up through the last two to four games of the MLS playoffs, but whether he can bring his peak performance is another matter.

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01/05/2015 AT 06:00 PM EST

Keshia Knight Pulliam – who became the

Sunday – has only kind things to say about the man who once played her dad on

Pulliam, best known for portraying

's youngest daughter Rudy on the long-running NBC show, told

Monday that she only knows the 77-year-old comedian, who has been repeatedly

, as a "great man."

"Whoever is involved, those are the people who were there. I wasn't there," Pulliam told hosts Billy Bush and Kit Hoover. "I can only speak to the great man that I know and love, who has been so generous, who has been such a philanthropist, giving back millions of dollars to education and schools. And just the man I grew up knowing. It's really not my place to speak on that. Unfortunately, in the court of public opinion everyone has formed their opinion, but we're still in America and you're innocent until proven guilty of any crimes."

Pulliam is the first castmember from

to give interviews about the comedian, though

like Raven-Symoné have made comments via social media.

When asked if it was conceivable that so many women were assaulted by Cosby, Pulliam argued that while she was a "proponent" of women's issues – having created a free mentorship program for youths ages 11-16 – she also believes in "due process and fair being fair."

"I can only speak to the man I experienced and I know," said Pulliam, who goes on to describe him as "awesome." "Everything that's happened, it's so unfortunate, the whole thing is very, very unfortunate. But I can't ignore the legacy he's built."

Summary: The actress best known for playing Rudy on The Cosby Show reflects on the comedian's legacy


The bloodied floor and desks in the Charlie Hebdo newsroom, where 12 people were killed on Wednesday. (Supplied)

The first photograph has emerged of the Paris offices where 12 people were slain, as police close in on their killers.

The chilling image depicts a narrow corridor with blood-stained wooden floors and papers strewn across the floor.

In the far back corner an coat rests over the chair of its owner and beneath it a crimson pool, from which smeared footprints snake down the hall.

Pinned to the walls of the haunting murder scene are the very cartoons from the pages of Charlie Hebdo that plunged the French satirical newspaper into notoriety.

Charlie Hebdo's staff had been the target of death threats for years, starting in 2006 when it reprinted 12 cartoons of Islam's Prophet Mohammed published the previous year by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Even though the paper was under police protection, two masked men wielding assault rifles were able to carry out Wednesday's methodical, military-style attack and escape.

The magazine's editor, publisher and cartoonist, Stéphane Charbonnier, pen name "Charb", was killed Wednesday alongside nine others in the newsroom.

Four cartoonists — Jean "Cabu" Cabut, Bernard "Tignous" Verlhac, Georges Wolinski and Philippe Honore — also died in the attack.

A twelfth victim, Muslim police officer Ahmed Merabet, was gunned down outside the office.

The cartoon-reliant newspaper – with a name inspired by the American comic book character Charlie Brown from the series "Peanuts" (with "Hebdo" being French slang for weekly) – will next week bring out a special "survivors'" issue of eight pages instead of its usual 16, AFP reports.

It is anticipated to print one million copies, more than 20 times its average weekly circulation of 45,000.

The leftwing French daily newspaper Liberation will host Charlie Hebdo's journalists from Friday, because the weekly's own blood-soaked, bullet-riddled offices are sealed after the attack.

France's Le Monde newspaper and Canal+ television network are also providing assistance.

Meanwhile, French authorities have surrounded the Forêt de Retz, a 132 square km forest outside of Paris, where they believe brothers Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, are hiding.

Police are yet to confirm whether the alleged terrorists were behind a service station hold up, during which two men armed with AK47s, rifles and rocket launchers burst into the Avia servo in Villers-Cotteret Thursday morning.

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With arctic winds and single-digit temperatures, it’s the kind of week that makes most commuters grateful for heated cars and trains. The exception: winter bikers, the brave and brazen few who don’t seem bothered by this frigid weather. They are the holdouts who keep pedaling to work as if their fingers are freezer-proof. But what does it take to commute by bike and arrive with your extremities intact in a week like this?

Kate Ziegler has a few ideas.

On Thursday, easily the coldest morning yet this winter, Ziegler, 29, cycled the four miles from her home in Jamaica Plain to her office near South Station, as she does almost every workday.

“If you dress up to go outside in this weather, you might as well move around while you are out there,” she said.

Ziegler works as an operations coordinator at Mintz Levin, a law firm. For Thursday’s zero-degree ride, she picked from an overflowing drawer of athletic clothes she has assembled over the years.

Winter cyclists are the holdouts who keep pedaling to work as if their fingers are freezer-proof.

Let’s start with her head: A balaclava is pretty much non-negotiable. It’s a full-face mask that keeps the skin warm in chilly winds. Also, ski goggles, to keep the eyes thawed.

Then a combination ski and bike helmet, chosen because it has removable padding for added warmth — unlike a regular cycling helmet. Next up (or down, actually): two scarves.

The trick for core and arm warmth? Layers. Lots of them. Close to the skin, topped with a windbreaker jacket, and then an outer shell. On the legs: Ziegler tights, covered with running pants, then covered with snug biking pants.

“All of these should be synthetic, for faster drying,” Ziegler said. “No matter how cold it is, you may break a sweat.” There’s a shower at her office, she added, “but I only need it on hot summer days.”

Ziegler doesn’t like big boots on pedals so she uses nylon sneakers, with a wind protector over them.

For her fingers, Ziegler swears by fleece-lined ski gloves or Lobster Claw gloves (like mittens, but with the index finger free). On Thursday, she slipped in little hand warmers, to give her hands an extra boost. “Good gloves cost around $60. They are the only thing you need to invest in,” she said. “Everything else can be done with layers.”

At work, Ziegler leaves the bike out front and loads herself — and all that gear — into the elevator. In her 38th-floor office, she picks from a collection of business suits. On Fridays, most either go home or to a dry cleaner. “Colleagues are sometimes surprised how well I clean up,” she said, laughing.

Ziegler has been biking year round for eight years. Early on, others at her office would see her in the elevator and send her to the loading dock, thinking she was a bike courier. “I’d respond: No, really, I work here. You have a meeting with me at 11 a.m. Now most people have gotten used to me looking like a ninja.”

“When you bike through the winter,” she adds, “this may be most important: Don’t ever care what you look like.”

Summary: Winter bikers: They are the hold-outs who keep pedaling to work as if their fingers are freezer-proof. But what does it take to commute by bike and arrive with your extremities intact on a week like this? Kate Ziegler has a few ideas.


The developer of the long-stalled Fenway Center project is negotiating a partnership with a prominent West Coast real estate firm whose involvement could finally jump-start construction of the $550 million complex.

Gerding Edlen, a company based in Portland, Ore., is in talks to join developer John Rosenthal in building hundreds of homes, offices, and stores on state-owned property that straddles the Massachusetts Turnpike near Fenway Park.

If finalized, the deal would be a big step in the right direction for the seemingly star-crossed development. Fenway Center is among the most ambitious projects in Boston, but it has faced repeated bureaucratic snags and funding troubles, despite $4.6 million in property tax breaks from the city.

Most recently, delays caused the project to lose financial backing from the pension fund investor Bentall Kennedy, which pulled out earlier this year. Rosenthal, who never developed a major project in the city, has been searching for a new partner for several months.

Gerding Edlen is already building hundreds of apartments in neighborhoods across Boston. It developed the 315 on A apartment tower in the Fort Point Channel and is building 380 apartments on Albany Street in the South End. Earlier this week, it broke ground on yet another apartment and retail complex on the East Boston waterfront.

Executives with the company could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Rosenthal said he hoped to finalize a codevelopment deal with Gerding Edlen this month and start construction by next summer.

“This is going to create a whole new neighborhood out of ugly parking lots and windswept bridges,” Rosenthal said. “We’re fully permitted and approved, and with Gerding Edlen we will start by mid-2015 on the first air-rights project in Boston since Copley Place.”

Fenway Center calls for the construction of five buildings on 4.5 acres of land and air rights over the Turnpike. The 1.3 million-square-foot complex would contain about 550 homes, 80,000 square feet of stores and restaurants, and 167,000 square feet of office space. Multiple garages, including one straddling the Turnpike, will contain space for 1,290 cars. A revamped Yawkey commuter rail station has already opened at the edge of the property.

Initially, all of the residences in the complex were planned to be apartments, but Rosenthal said some could be converted to condominiums. The Boston condo market is hotter than it has been in decades, with a combination of high demand and low supply causing prices to soar.

Even with Gerding Edlen’s involvement, Fenway Center would still face many challenges. The partnership must nail down additional investors and financing and obtain government approval for any changes in its development components.

However, it has already received major city and state approvals, and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation recently extended a development agreement with Rosenthal through the end of 2015.

“This project has the potential to reshape the Fenway, and the city — through tax relief — has a stake in its success,” said Kate Norton, spokeswoman for Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “We look forward to seeing how this complex development comes together.”

The project is particularly complicated because it requires construction of a $65 million deck over the Turnpike to support its main parking garage and a 27-story office and residential tower.

Similar air rights projects have failed in recent decades, including the massive Columbus Center project, which fell apart amid the economic slowdown in late 2007. But several other projects over the Turnpike are now in various stages of planning.

Gerding Edlen has not completed any projects of Fenway Center’s magnitude in Boston, but it has developed several large complexes on the West Coast. In Portland, Ore., it built the Brewery Blocks, a 1.5 million-square-foot neighborhood of homes, stores, and offices in the city’s downtown. It also developed a similar condominium and retail project called South Park in Los Angeles.

After its completion, Fenway Center is expected to generate about $5.7 million a year in tax revenue. The developer would also pay the state $226 million to lease the 4.5-acre development site over 99 years.

Currently, the property generates about $152,000 a year for city coffers.

“There’s nothing easy about air-rights development,” Rosenthal said. “But I really believe that with the completion of Yawkey Station this will be a premier model for transit-oriented development in Boston.”

The 1.3 million-square-foot complex would contain about 550 homes, 80,000 square feet of stores and restaurants, and 167,000 square feet of office space.

Summary: The long-stalled Fenway Center development is negotiating a partnership with a prominent West Coast development firm whose investment could finally jump start construction of the $500 million project. Gerding Edlen, a Portland-Ore. based company, is in talks to join developer John Rosenthal in building hundreds of new homes, offices and retail stores on a cluster of dusty parking lots near Fenway Park.


The Claremont Trio is (from left) cellist Julia Bruskin, pianist Andrea Lam, and violinist Emily Bruskin.

No strangers to Calderwood Hall, the Claremont Trio returned to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Sunday to traverse three centuries of music in a nourishing and thoughtful program. This was the inaugural installment in the Claremont’s “Brahms Project,” a series of four concerts anchored around the four trios (for violin, cello, piano) of Johannes Brahms, all sturdy enough to steady any ship. For each concert, one of Brahms’s trios is paired with a work written in recent years for the Claremont, noted for its advocacy of music by composers who — yes, unlike Brahms — are still alive. Another work chosen from “music we love,” according to cellist Julia Bruskin, rounds out each program.

On Sunday, Brahms’s first Trio (in B major, Op. 8, composed 1854, revised 1890) cohabited with “Night Scenes” by Donald Crockett (2009) and the Trio in D minor (Op. 120) by Gabriel Fauré (1923). The performances felt intimate, comfortable, and assured — gemütlich, as Brahms might have said. But then the Claremont is something of a family affair: Julia Bruskin and violinist Emily Bruskin are twins who grew up in Cambridge. They met pianist Andrea Lam (a native of Sydney) at the Juilliard School and named their ensemble after the New York street (Claremont Avenue) near where they live.

They opened with Crockett’s “Night Scenes,” a suite with four sections bearing evocative titles (“Scatter the Barbarians,” “The Blue Guitar,” “Midnight Train,” “Night Hawks”). Crockett has described the movements as “film music for movies that don’t yet exist.” Judging by the accessibly moody, bluesy, atmospheric style, Crockett favors film noir. The spare scoring has the three instruments anxiously handing off small, intensely rhythmic motifs, like batons in a relay race. Occasionally a soulful tune emerges, particularly in “Night Hawks.” The cello and violin play mostly with mutes, while the pianist strikes what sound like cockeyed cocktail lounge chords.

Fauré’s diffident, autumnal trio is one of his last works. The indication “cantando” (“singing”) pervades this mellow, somewhat monochrome score. Oddly, the last movement opens with an apparently unconscious quotation from the famous aria “Ridi Pagliaccio” (“Laugh, Clown”) from Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” — a blood-and-guts opera Fauré reportedly detested.

In the Brahms Trio, the Claremont embraced lyricism. More could have been made of the sudden and stormy shifts in volume and dynamics, but this was a deeply satisfying reading. The infectious last movement waltz — warm, melancholy, luscious — left us anticipating the next installment in the series.

Summary: On Sunday, the Claremont Trio offered a nourishing and thoughtful program at the Gardner Museum: the inaugural installment in its “Brahms Project,” a series of four concerts anchored around the four trios of Johannes Brahms.


02/08/2015 AT 03:35 PM EST

is maintaining hope that she'll make it through.

"He's going to give her every chance to fight for her life," a source tells PEOPLE. "He's trying to keep as positive as possible."

The daughter of the late

and Bobby, Bobbi Kristina, 21,

facedown and unconscious in her bathtub Jan. 31, before being rushed to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia.

Bobbi Kristina has since been moved to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where she remains on life support. Her family, including

since she entered the hospital.

"I think they're going to try to wait and see [what happens]," the source says, adding of Brown: "In his mind, she's going to pull through – she's a fighter, and she's going to pull through. I think he's going to hold out as long as he possibly can."

As for Bobbi Kristina's current condition, a Brown family member told PEOPLE Sunday morning there was "no change."

Wednesday will mark the three-year anniversary of Bobbi Kristina's mother's death. Houston was found unconscious in a hotel bathroom in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2012; her death was ruled an

, and reports found cocaine, marijuana, Xanax, Benadryl and other medication in her system.

into Bobbi Kristina's drowning. Her boyfriend Nick Gordon is

at the center of the investigation.

Summary: "In his mind, she's going to pull through," a source tells PEOPLE


The prisoners are seen being led down the beach by masked militants. (Supplied)

Terror group ISIL has released a video purporting to show the graphic executions of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.

Titled "A Message Signed With Blood To The Nation Of The Cross", the footage released online shows handcuffed hostages wearing orange jumpsuits being beheaded by their black-suited captors on a seashore.

A graphic on the video indicates it was filmed "on the coast Wilayat Tarabulus by the Mediterranean Sea" in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

The prisoners were reportedly captured in January at a Tripoli apartment complex by ISIL fighters checking identification cards.

The video was distributed by Al-Hayat Media, ISIL's media arm. (Supplied)

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called an urgent meeting of Egypt's top national security body in the hours after the video was published.

“Safety for you crusaders is something you can only wish for,” a jihadist in military fatigues threatens on camera.

The video is substantially more graphic than previous ISIL beheading videos, showing the disturbing executions in full.

Earlier clips have cut away from the violence much earlier before showing the bodies of victims.

The video bears all the hallmarks of previous ISIL videos and was distributed by Al-Hayat Media, the group's media arm.

The ISIL English language magazine Dabiq claimed to be holding the men captive in January.

It is believed the video was filmed in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. (Supplied)

ISIL claims the executions are "revenge" for the plight of Camellia Shehata and Wafa Constantine, two Muslim women jihadists claim were imprisoned by the Egyptian Coptic Church after their conversion to Islam.

Egyptian women Ms Shehata and Ms Constantine were the wives of Coptic priests whose alleged conversion sparked a sectarian dispute in Egypt in 2010.

Ms Shehata went missing for five days in July that year after a domestic argument before police found her and escorted her back home.

When she went missing, Coptic Christians staged protests, but when she was returned, Islamists took to the streets alleging she had willingly converted to Islam and was being held by the church against her will.

Ms Constantine also went missing, in 2004, reportedly after her husband refused to give her a divorce. She was temporarily sequestered at a convent as reports of her conversion were circulated.

The release comes after a video showing Jordanian pilot Moaz Al-Kassasbeh being burned alive by ISIL soldiers was published online in early February.

Al-Kassasbeh was captured in December after his F-16 fighter jet crashed in Syria and his murder triggered a wave of airstrikes by the Jordanian military on ISIL targets.

The Jordanian government also executed two terrorist prisoners of their own in retaliation.

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Summary: Terror group ISIL has released a video purporting to show the graphic executions 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya.


Five different technologists from a wide range of industries will demo their work at the Boston TechBreakfast at the Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge. Tuesday, 8 to 10 a.m. Free.

The Massachusetts Export Center will host its Export Expo, featuring private sector and government officials speaking at around a dozen workshops and round-table discussions on international business and legal issues. The event is limited to 300 participants. Registration is $35, or free for Compliance Alliance members. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., State Transportation Building, 10 Park Plaza, Second Floor Conference Center, Boston.

Students from the Startup Institute who have completed an intensive eight-week program working at startups will give 60-second pitches on their interests and passions to prospective employers at the institute’s Talent Expo. 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Harvard Innovation Lab, 125 Western Ave., Boston.

The MIT Innovation Initiative hosts a conversation with Governor Deval Patrick on the topic of “Accelerating Innovation.” Patrick speaks with MIT president L. Rafael Reif and MIT’s associate deans for innovation, Vladimir Bulovic and Fiona Murray. Wong Auditorium on the MIT campus, Building E51, 2 Amherst St., Cambridge. 1 to 2 p.m. Registration is required. Free.

Team members from Code for Boston show off their civic technology projects at Demo Night. Cambridge Innovation Center, 5th floor Venture Cafe, 1 Broadway, Cambridge. The event is part of the City Awake social impact festival. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Free.

Summary: Technologists demo their work at the Boston TechBreakfast at Microsoft’s NERD Center.


The seeds of Greece’s current debt crisis were sown years ago. It was the poorest and least stable economy to join the Euro in 2000. Greek and European leaders hoped that joining the currency would force the country to adopt growth policies that would keep it from needing to devalue its currency just to stay competitive.

But the Greek government never adopted such policies. Instead, they cooked the books to gain admission into the Euro and to hide their high debt levels from other member nations.

Once the financial crisis hit, there was no way to sweep the harsh economic realities under the rug. Yields on Greek debt soared and, since 2009, Greece has relied on on the largesse of the rest of the Eurozone, most notably financially conscientious Germany, to remain solvent.

In return for its help, Germany has demanded that Greece slash its public budgets, sell off public assets, and reform its labor laws. These changes, some argue, will spur faster growth and allow Greece to become an upstanding citizen of the Eurozone.

Greece’s bailouts have allowed it to keep its creditors at bay, but they have been a short-term disaster for the nation’s economy. Facing depression conditions at home, the Greek electorate turned to a left-wing government in the parliamentary elections in January, which ran on promises to fight against the austerity conditions imposed upon it as conditions for its bailout.

Since then, Eurozone officials, and Germany in particular, have taken a hard line against Greece, refusing to loosen its bailout terms, out of fear that giving into Greece will embolden the left wings of other bailed out nations like Spain and Portugal.

But this logic misses the forest for the trees and might end up costing Germany and the Eurozone a lot more, in terms of hard cash and geopolitical power, according to Daniel Speckhard, former U.S. Ambassador to Greece.

Speckhard, who is now president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, argued in a recent interview with Fortune that because the debt negotiations are “silo-ed off” from discussions about European and Western unity in the face of global threats like ISIS and an increasingly bellicose Russia, Germany and the West risk letting Greece slip from their sphere of influence. Greece is a critical state for exerting American and Western influence in both the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

“Greece is much more important than people think,” says Speckhard. “The conventional wisdom is now that we can allow a Grexit and just cauterize the wound, but it’s not that simple.”

Speckhard points to the fact that Greece’s current left-wing ruling party, Syrzia, already has a close relationship with Russia. A day after he was elected to the post, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras objected to any further sanctions against Russia surrounding its support of separatists in Ukraine. And in May, Tsipras traveled to Russia, where he criticized the pro-European government which took power in Ukraine last year.

Other top government officials, like foreign minister Nikos Kotzias, have worked to water down the threat of further sanctions against Russia as well. The Greek and Russian people also have cultural ties, including a shared religion, which make cooperation more plausible.

From an economic perspective, the exit of Greece from the euro currency zone might not seem like such a loss. Greece’s GDP is roughly the size of Louisiana’s—even if the country were to suffer a financial crisis as the result of its exit, it’s unlikely that the trouble would spread to the global economy.

But if you think that fighting Russian aggression in Eastern Europe is important to maintain political and economic stability in the region, then taking a softer line on Greek debt may be worthwhile in the long run.

The International Monetary Fund estimates that aid from the West (including the U.S., the IMF, and the E.U.) to Ukraine could reach upwards of $40 billion, and there is no guarantee that this money will lead to an end of the Ukraine crisis; it is merely helping the Ukrainian government stay afloat.

Speckhard argues that Europe could, for far less money, loosen some of the terms of Greece’s bailout and give the Greek people time to realize that Syrzia can’t deliver on its populist promises and remain a member of the Euro currency.

The bean counters in Berlin and Brussels are worried such a solution would encourage Spain—which has its own left wing party gaining support—to renege on its bailout conditions. But Speckhard argues that taking a hard line on Greece won’t prevent this from happening anyway.

Economically speaking, Greece might not be globally significant. But at a time when the U.S. and Europe is fighting costly political battles in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, poking a country like Greece—which sits at the crossroads of these regions—could be far more expensive in the long run.

Summary: Former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Daniel Speckhard argues that European finance ministers are missing the forest for the trees when it comes to the Greek debt crisis.


Jamie co-founded DATA in 2002 and co-founded ONE in 2004. They merged in 2008. ONE's mission is to help the world's poorest countries beat AIDS and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. DATA, ONE and partners persuaded the Bush Administration and bipartisan leadership in the US congress, with others, to launch a series of initiatives for Africa. Through the G8, DATA helped negotiate and advocate for a new high watermark of promises at the 2005 Summit for Africa. Jamie was formerly global strategist for Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt, and prior to that worked at Christian Aid. In 2007 the World Economic Forum elected Jamie a Young Global Leader.


Updated APR 24, 2015 5:32p ET

LAS VEGAS (AP) Tommy Hearns understood what was expected from him the night 30 years ago when he stepped into the ring to face Marvin Hagler for the middleweight title.

There would be no running. There wouldn't even be that much boxing.

''I knew before I got in the ring I had to put a show on for the people,'' Hearns said. ''I knew I had to get him or they would say something is wrong with Tommy.''

Ring history was made that night in April 1985 in what may have been the best first round ever in a major title fight. Hearns and Hagler went toe-to-toe in fearsome exchanges that bloodied Hagler and eventually sapped the vaunted punching power of Hearns.

There's no evidence that Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will put on anything close to the epic three-rounder that was Hagler-Hearns. Mayweather has only one knockout in the last eight years, Pacquiao hasn't stopped anyone in nearly six, and there's a far better chance of them both fighting to the final bell of the 12th round than any other outcome.

But Hearns believes both fighters have to take risks they may not normally take, simply because of the magnitude of the richest fight ever.

''Mayweather has no authority to be Mayweather,'' Hearns said. ''He has to be defensive, but he has to be offensive, too. People will be offended if he doesn't. People will lose their minds.''

Though Pacquiao is a free swinger who built a career on stopping people in the ring (he's got 38 knockouts in 64 fights), Mayweather prides himself on winning while not getting hit. That sometimes makes for a dull fight, something he may feel forced to try and avoid because of the massive $180 million payday he is expected to get.

''Floyd Mayweather is going to try and take Manny Pacquiao's head off. You can count on that happening,'' Mayweather's promoter, Leonard Ellerbe said. ''He'll do it in a manner where he follows a game plan, but Floyd Mayweather is looking to finish him off. I strongly believe he will do just that.''

If Mayweather is uncharacteristically aggressive, that could play into the hands of Pacquiao, who needs to be able to find Mayweather in the ring to beat him. Still, oddsmakers in this gambling town make it nearly 3-1 that the fight will end with a decision.

''We'll keep him guessing when we're coming and we're not coming,'' Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach said. ''Floyd will be overwhelmed by the foot speed and the hand speed of Manny Pacquiao.''

Pacquiao showed some power in his last fight, knocking Chris Algieri down six times in Macau on his way to a lopsided decision win. But he couldn't finish Algieri off, and faces a fare more difficult style against the elusive Mayweather - one 47 other fighters have failed to figure out before him.

Former heavyweight champion George Foreman said Mayweather's tremendous counter-punching ability won't be enough for him to win the fight unless he engages Pacquiao more often than he has other fighters.

''Pacquiao is really a pop shot artist,'' Foreman said. ''It's hard to get a counter punch in on him, it's not that easy. Mayweather is by far a defensive genius but to win these rounds you're going to have to become an offensive fighter, too.''

Mayweather may have to fight more simply because his best defensive maneuver - the shoulder tuck away from a right hand - isn't effective against a southpaw like Pacquiao. Mayweather has struggled at times against southpaws in his career, particularly in 2006 when Zab Judah gave him fits before dropping a unanimous decision.

Mayweather has prepared by using several lefties as sparring partners, but it's his ability to adjust to an opponent in the ring that separates him from most fighters.

''We'll see what he brings to the table. I'm pretty sure our styles are totally different,'' Mayweather said. ''I fight with smarts. I've been on top for so long because every move is calculated, every move is thought out. I'm five to 10 steps ahead of my opponent.''

Mayweather will have a size advantage in the fight, which was evident when the two boxers got together at their Los Angeles press conference last month. Mayweather said he was surprised how much bigger he was than Pacquiao, who he accused of wearing lifts in his shoes to try and look bigger.

He may be able to pair that advantage with mistakes made by Pacquiao.

''He's a very, very reckless fighter,'' Mayweather said. ''In the (Juan Manuel) Marquez fight (where Pacquiao was knocked out in the sixth round) he was fighting very reckless. My career would have probably not lasted this long if I was that reckless.''

Hearns was a bit reckless, too, against the seemingly unstoppable Hagler. But their fight at Caesars Palace has stood the test of time, and even the loser has come to terms with it.

''I knew I had to do what I did,'' Hearns said. ''I was ready for a hard fight but not that hard. I broke my hand hitting that man in the side of the head. I was just trying to get rid of him so fast.''

Summary: Big fight is not Hagler-Hearns, so don't expect a knockout


Updated MAR 11, 2015 5:24p ET

NEW YORK (AP) Yankees right-hander Brayan Alcantara has been suspended for 72 games under baseball's minor league drug program for testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.

Alcantara, a 21-year-old right-hander, was 1-4 with a 4.21 ERA in 18 relief appearances last year for the Yankees' Dominican Summer League team and is 1-13 in three minor league seasons.

The suspension, announced Wednesday, was the 40th this year under the minor league program.

Summary: Yankees minor leaguer Alcantara suspended 72 games


The hunger for fake meat — or meatless meat — is getting bigger. So much so that the latest sales numbers of plant-based meat alternatives reached $553 million in 2012, representing a growth spurt of 8 percent from 2010. “We are doubling the business annually,” said Ethan Brown, CEO of Beyond Meat, which makes non-animal food products like the Beast Burger and has an active group of investors that includes Bill Gates and former Twitter execs Biz Stone and Evan Williams.

“We’re growing like a weed and expect to keep growing,” said Martha Pincoffs, founder of Minnesota-based Hot Dang Grain Burgers that makes meatless items, such as the “Big Tex,” a grain burger ready made for the barbecue. Her products are sold in many Whole Food stores across the country.

Why the increase in meatless meat? Those in the know say better health habits among consumers, along with tastier products, are providing a healthy financial benefit for businesses and investors. Also, there is a growing sense that the meatless meat industry is more environmentally friendly.

While only about 7% of U.S. consumers call themselves vegetarian, more people are changing their eating habits along with their environmental consciousness, said Rachel Greenberger, director of Food Sol, an entrepreneurial food program at Babson College. (Vegans avoid all animal products like milk.)

“Awareness of the plight of farm animals in our food system is sharply rising,” Greenberger argued. “And people realize that our planet and our bodies cannot support an industry that breeds and slaughters nine billion animals for food every year.”

The United Nations and the latest proposed USDA guidelines indicate that a switch to non-animal based proteins is necessary for survival of the planet, contended Dr. Joel Kahn, a cardiologist and vegan café owner. “For those reasons, fake meat is a growing market,” Kahn said.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, total cattle and beef consumption in the U.S. was 25.5 billion pounds in 2013, which translated into some $88 billion in retail value. Overall red meat consumption in the country has been declining over the last ten years while chicken consumption has slowly risen. In a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults, 36 percent of those polled said they ate less beef in 2013 than in 2012.

Meanwhile, the vegetarian market is a $2.8 billion-a-year industry, and a growing number of Americans–around 22.3 million–say they are inclined to follow a vegetarian diet with events like meatless Mondays. Sweet Earth Natural Foods’ Kelly Swette said the company should be profitable this year. Hot Dang Grain Burgers’ Pincoffs said business has been so good, she’s adding another full time position to her four-person staff.

While the U.S. meat industry claims not to see plant-based protein products as a threat to sales, it is fighting back against health concerns as well as claims over mistreatment of animals and environmental costs from raising and killing animals for meat.

On its website, the North American Meat Institute states that “scientific research affirms that meat and poultry are packed with essential and highly absorbable nutrients and can play a vital role in a healthy diet. Meat and poultry, eaten in combination with other recommended foods, also can optimize the nutrition that people derive from their balanced diets.”

The latest battle for the industry revolves around the USDA food guidelines mentioned by Dr.Kahn. They’re updated every five years and due for changes to be announced later this year. However, an advisory committee to the USDA has called for Americans to eat less red and processed meat.

That’s spurred an online effort by the American Association of Meat Processors to reject the newer restrictions while saying “meat’s nutrient density helps deliver a unique nutrition bundle, control appetite, aid in weight control and that the B12 in meat helps promote brain development and brain health.”

Interestingly, some in the vegetarian community contend that some plant-based alternatives made from ingredients like wheat, rice soy, nuts, spices, beans, vegetables and dairy products have dubious nutritional value. “Many fake meat items are highly processed and include ingredients meant to mimic the texture of meat but don’t carry any nutritional benefits,” said Ryland Engelhart, a partner in two vegan restaurants in Southern California that are expanding throughout the state.

“When the industry gets to the point when people can say ‘I can’t believe this isn’t real meat,’ that is when the majority of consumers will make the move,” said Matt Materazo, president of ADF Foods, which has a line of vegetarian offerings that account for half of the India-based firm’s yearly revenues.

That kind of appetite is already building, said Dan Gillotte, general manager of Wheatsville Food Co-op in Austin, Texas.

“People are tasting these products and are often very pleased and sometimes surprised how good they can be,” Gillotte said. “The sky is the limit for the future.”

Mark Koba is a free-lance journalist based in New Jersey.

Summary: Sales of meatless and vegetarian products are soaring, although only 7% of U.S. consumers call themselves vegetarian.


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37 Millyard #301 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2004, 758 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $179,750

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174 Haverhill St. #326 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2003, 1,145 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $305,000

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123 Wellman Ave. #123 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1984, 1,151 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $226,000

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56 Centre St. #5 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1999, 1,768 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $410,000

35 Collins St. #42 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2002, 1,608 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $325,000

18 Lawrence St. One-family Old Style, built in 1905, 1,251 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $257,550

156 Elliott St. #3 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1809, 1,419 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $180,000

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27 Hollingsworth St. Three-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1904, 3,207 square feet, 14 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $348,000

17 Amity St. RES-MTL BLDG, on 5,215-square-foot lot. $342,000

7 Haviland Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1930, 1,346 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 3,547-square-foot lot. $275,000

28 Everett St. One-family Ranch, built in 1955, 960 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 5,468-square-foot lot. $270,000

35 Spring Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,162 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,009-square-foot lot. $270,000

479 Chestnut St. One-family Old Style, built in 1915, 1,508 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,568-square-foot lot. $262,000

40 Elvir St. One-family Old Style, built in 1930, 1,389 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 8,620-square-foot lot. $245,000

12 Ocallaghan Way One-family Ranch, built in 1952, 1,324 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,375-square-foot lot. $243,000

20 Moon Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1959, 1,428 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $235,000

7 Greenwood Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 756 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 7,209-square-foot lot. $220,000

154 Lynnway #403 Condominium High-Rise, built in 1985, 870 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 189,102-square-foot lot. $158,000

7 Burns St. Two-family Colonial, built in 1900, 1,122 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,621-square-foot lot. $135,000

21 Endicott St. One-family Old Style, built in 2005, 1,280 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 2,876-square-foot lot. $130,000

108 Wyman St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 851 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,650-square-foot lot. $125,000

35 Spring Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,162 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,009-square-foot lot. $125,000

90 Light St. #7 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1988, 815 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 21,930-square-foot lot. $105,000

45 Pine Grove Ave. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1930, 560 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,955-square-foot lot. $100,000

17 Pine Hill Rd. RES-MTL BLDG, on 12,841-square-foot lot. $310,000

73-75 Converse Ave. Three-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1900, 3,047 square feet, 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, on 6,432-square-foot lot. $548,000

40 Belmont St. Three-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1900, 2,656 square feet, 15 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, on 4,852-square-foot lot. $475,000

41 Marshall Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,512 square feet, 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 22,570-square-foot lot. $339,900

11 Granville Place One-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,564 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 8,000-square-foot lot. $317,000

20-30 Daniels St. #106 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 1,016 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $262,000

21 Hickory Hill Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1968, 5,025 square feet, 10 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 104,677-square-foot lot. $1,100,000

160 Summer St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 936 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,628-square-foot lot. $351,000

19 Waldron Court One-family Antique, built in 1850, 4,505 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 13,395-square-foot lot. $1,250,000

86 Jersey St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1948, 1,637 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 9,336-square-foot lot. $465,000

39 Sevinor Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1938, 1,326 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,850-square-foot lot. $430,000

11 Green St. One-family Antique, built in 1725, 1,408 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 11,880-square-foot lot. $380,000

39 Oak Ridge Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1930, 1,938 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 6,825-square-foot lot. $742,500

30 Amaranth Place #30 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2006, 1,910 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 3 baths. $473,500

99 Mccormack Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1929, 1,152 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 3,600-square-foot lot. $415,000

15 Daniels St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 1,706 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,929-square-foot lot. $395,000

67 Fells Ave. One-family Conventional, built in 1915, 1,547 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,050-square-foot lot. $290,000

289 Park St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1925, 2,544 square feet, 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 6,118-square-foot lot. $220,000

10 Greenleaf Ave. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 2,396 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,013-square-foot lot. $151,600

391 Pleasant St. #206 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2006, 1,050 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $354,000

569 Franklin St. #6 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1910, 1,378 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $330,000

7 Maple St. #7 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1881, 933 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths. $204,000

5 Young Farm Rd. One-family Split Entry, built in 1973, 1,534 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 15,010-square-foot lot. $333,000

63 Riverdale St. One-family Gambrel, built in 1978, 1,728 square feet, 8 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 9,000-square-foot lot. $315,000

15 Vineyard Lane #15 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1998, 1,593 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $304,500

31 Vincent Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1970, 1,008 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 13,945-square-foot lot. $247,000

17 Lippold St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,866 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $237,000

21 Hampshire Rd. #311 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2002, 980 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $186,000

21 Hampshire Rd. #314 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2002, 980 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $184,500

2 Elm St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1930, 1,250 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 4,780-square-foot lot. $159,600

44 Chelmsford St. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1920, 2,127 square feet, 6 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,700-square-foot lot. $114,000

38 Village Rd. #501 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2003, 1,103 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $325,000

58 Peaslee Circle #58 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2011, 2,159 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $160,000

60 Peaslee Circle #60 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2011, 2,159 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $160,000

295 Nahant Rd. #B6 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1875, 530 square feet, 1 baths. $183,500

1 Great Meadow Rd. Two-family Conventional, built in 1993, 4,208 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 40,001-square-foot lot. $698,000

29 Plum Island Blvd MXU COM+RES , built in 1920, 3,062 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,598-square-foot lot. $600,000

39 Hill St. One-family Old Style, built in 1850, 1,512 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 11,700-square-foot lot. $541,600

9 Rawson Hill Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1967, 2,482 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 15,298-square-foot lot. $535,000

305 Abbott St. One-family Colonial, built in 2014, 2,878 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 25,265-square-foot lot. $666,400

30 Brentwood Circle One-family Cape Cod, built in 1969, 2,635 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 64,904-square-foot lot. $565,000

72 Mayflower Drive #10 Condominium. $523,000

41 Cedar Lane One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1974, 1,390 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 46,174-square-foot lot. $429,000

193-195 Middlesex St. Two-family Decker, built in 1900, 2,396 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 6,534-square-foot lot. $395,000

9 Dudley St. One-family Conventional, built in 1897, 1,879 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 9,148-square-foot lot. $369,000

160-162 Waverley Rd. Three-family Decker, built in 1900, 2,538 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 9,148-square-foot lot. $250,000

2 Harvest Drive #204 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 2006, 1,245 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $249,000

15 Kingston St. #15 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1966, 892 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $166,500

80 Edgelawn Ave. #6 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1967, 850 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $164,900

99 Edgelawn Ave. #3 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1967, 1,300 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $163,500

68 Jefferson St. #A Condominium Townhouse, built in 1966, 650 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $132,000

4 Colonial Hill Drive One-family Contemporary, built in 1986, 3,128 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,946-square-foot lot. $342,000

7 Felton Ter One-family Split Level, built in 1960, 1,584 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 15,939-square-foot lot. $400,000

40 Downing Rd. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1961, 1,428 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,001-square-foot lot. $390,000

3301 Woodbridge Rd. #3301 Condominium Townhse-End, built in 1987, 2,244 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $321,000

595 Lowell St. One-family Ranch, built in 1954, 1,280 square feet, 6 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 7,876-square-foot lot. $310,000

2 Danforth St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1952, 1,355 square feet, 6 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 7,601-square-foot lot. $305,000

3 Melody Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1962, 1,092 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 5,998-square-foot lot. $305,000

8 Crowninshield St. #216 Condominium Townhse-End, built in 2006, 1,194 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $266,000

129 Lowell St. #32 Condominium Townhse-End, built in 1985, 1,072 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $204,500

210 Washington St. #22 Condominium , built in 1985, 962 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $185,000

16 Francis Drive One-family Colonial, built in 1978, 2,895 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 13,069-square-foot lot. $611,200

40 Timberneck Drive One-family Colonial, built in 1954, 3,269 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 15,000-square-foot lot. $610,000

39 Taylor Lane #2006 Condominium. $473,500

45 Francis St. Two-family Conventional, built in 1950, 3,935 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 11,907-square-foot lot. $449,900

50 Witherbee Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1952, 2,300 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 3,855-square-foot lot. $415,000

632 Revere Beach Blvd RES-MTL BLDG, on 5,133-square-foot lot. $376,000

69 Fowler Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1946, 2,113 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,200-square-foot lot. $290,000

125 Lincoln St. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1964, 1,242 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,676-square-foot lot. $289,000

17 Mcclure St. One-family Ranch, built in 1965, 1,218 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 3,927-square-foot lot. $275,000

865 N Shore Rd. Two-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,381 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,400-square-foot lot. $233,000

44 Stark Ave. #A Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 996 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $222,000

350 Revere Beach Blvd #6D Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1988, 656 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $220,000

1020 Winthrop Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,148 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 3,400-square-foot lot. $195,000

66 Crescent Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,498 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,670-square-foot lot. $193,750

360 Revere Beach Blvd #311 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2005, 765 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $190,000

30 Mount Pleasant St. #3 Condominium. $575,000

8 Granite St. RES-MTL BLDG, on 6,001-square-foot lot. $453,000

17 Salem St. MXU RES+COM Mixed Bldgs, built in 1923, 6,840 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 3,430-square-foot lot. $640,000

1 Bradford St. One-family Old Style, built in 1915, 1,519 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 3,640-square-foot lot. $385,000

190-196 Essex St. #172 Condominium. $370,000

7 Randall St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1890, 3,214 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,500-square-foot lot. $362,700

40 Cavendish Circle #40 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1999, 1,891 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $335,000

9 Turner St. #A Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1850, 1,454 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 1,680-square-foot lot. $296,100

62 Willson St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1940, 1,386 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,215-square-foot lot. $284,000

35 Leavitt St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1915, 2,586 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,470-square-foot lot. $273,500

70 Leavitt St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1920, 2,716 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,120-square-foot lot. $229,000

19 Wisteria St. #3 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1920, 1,100 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $165,000

12 Nichols St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1870, 1,595 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,320-square-foot lot. $141,000

4 Derby Lane #F Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2007, 1,788 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $350,000

9 Bartlett St. One-family Ranch, built in 1930, 1,012 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 44,433-square-foot lot. $350,000

20 Bridge Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1875, 1,992 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,320-square-foot lot. $217,000

5 Aspen Ter One-family Colonial, built in 1932, 1,891 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,019-square-foot lot. $339,900

18 Adams Ave. One-family Conventional, built in 1889, 1,675 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 9,583-square-foot lot. $339,600

14 Parker St. One-family Conventional, built in 1910, 1,006 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 15,682-square-foot lot. $311,000

9 Broadway #301 Condominium , built in 1975, 2,077 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $275,000

11 Forest St. One-family Colonial, built in 1954, 3,081 square feet, 10 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 20,473-square-foot lot. $260,000

11 Forest St. One-family Colonial, built in 1954, 3,081 square feet, 10 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 20,473-square-foot lot. $260,000

46 Churchill St. One-family Conventional, built in 1930, 1,066 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,227-square-foot lot. $235,400

32 Foskett St. Two-family Decker, built in 1920, 2,771 square feet, 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,717-square-foot lot. $1,725,000

104 Holland St. Three-family Decker, built in 1910, 4,713 square feet, 18 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 7.5 baths, on 3,931-square-foot lot. $845,000

24 Sydney St. Three-family Decker, built in 1910, 3,394 square feet, 18 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 3,800-square-foot lot. $825,000

43 Robinson St. #2 Condominium. $690,000

105 Shore Drive Two-family Decker, built in 1920, 2,024 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,930-square-foot lot. $550,000

119 Josephine Ave. #3 Condominium Two Family, built in 1910, 1,100 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $540,000

274 Summer St. One-family Conventional, built in 1900, 2,567 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,334-square-foot lot. $525,000

432 Norfolk St. #4C Condominium Low-Rise, built in 2004, 686 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $405,000

29-R Myrtle St. #29R Condominium Townhse-End, built in 1989, 857 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $401,000

8 Avon St. #7 Condominium Low-Rise, built in 1970, 640 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths. $249,000

26 Winship Drive RES DEV LAND, on 11,368-square-foot lot. $813,419

55 Spring St. One-family Colonial, built in 2006, 1,872 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 29,730-square-foot lot. $560,000

1 S Hillside St. One-family Colonial, built in 1997, 2,064 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,314-square-foot lot. $540,000

7 Ledge St. One-family Old Style, built in 1880, 1,882 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 12,675-square-foot lot. $445,000

933 Humphrey St. One-family Colonial, built in 1900, 2,286 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 11,309-square-foot lot. $458,000

27 Laurel Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1953, 1,548 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 10,010-square-foot lot. $395,000

64 Parker Ave. RES UDV LAND, on 4,010-square-foot lot. $275,000

2 Eagle Drive #2 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2000, 1,142 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 100-square-foot lot. $254,000

148 Patrick Rd. #148 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1985, 1,240 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 100-square-foot lot. $230,000

307 Old Boston Rd. Two-family Two Family, built in 1925, 1,210 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 136,778-square-foot lot. $210,000

3 Pheasant Lane One-family Colonial, built in 1986, 3,386 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 44,755-square-foot lot. $650,000

37 Curtis St. One-family Colonial, built in 1952, 1,770 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 9,000-square-foot lot. $425,000

30 Karen Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1950, 1,377 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 8,000-square-foot lot. $420,000

26 Morningside Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1950, 1,304 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 12,129-square-foot lot. $387,500

103 Maple St. One-family Ranch, built in 1955, 1,162 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 41,307-square-foot lot. $122,000

38 Russells Way One-family Colonial, built in 1998, 2,704 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 28,142-square-foot lot. $611,000

2 Ashley Place One-family Gambrel, built in 1984, 2,674 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 86,684-square-foot lot. $480,000

33 Elm Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1973, 1,050 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,009-square-foot lot. $250,000

41-A Lake St. One-family Conventional, built in 1850, 3,466 square feet, 11 rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 17,512-square-foot lot. $399,688

5 Pineridge Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1950, 1,372 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 30,000-square-foot lot. $397,000

27 Blanchard Rd. One-family Ranch, built in 1987, 1,056 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 27,639-square-foot lot. $325,000

414 Highland Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1952, 3,826 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 12,998-square-foot lot. $838,000

27 Fells Rd. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1937, 1,474 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 12,519-square-foot lot. $805,000

22 Glenwood Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1958, 1,764 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 18,883-square-foot lot. $750,000

153 Washington St. #153 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1830, 1,555 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $680,000

7 Conant Rd. #58 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1999, 1,409 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $490,000

400 Cross St. #203 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2004, 1,529 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $415,000

293 Cross St. #293 Condominium Townhouse, built in 1960, 968 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $337,500

200 Swanton St. #411 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 1966, 606 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedrooms, 1 baths. $181,000

18 Park Drive One-family Cape Cod, built in 1959, 1,426 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,134-square-foot lot. $434,000

201 Main St. #37 Condominium Townhouse, built in 2000, 1,290 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $385,000

295 Salem St. #23 Condominium Condo/Apt, built in 2005, 1,206 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $375,000

237 Cambridge Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1915, 1,606 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 7,913-square-foot lot. $365,000

42-R Elijah St. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1986, 1,150 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 baths, on 14,275-square-foot lot. $248,325

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AMESBURY

58 Cedar St.


About a year ago Loren D. Estleman delivered himself of a novel featuring Amos Walker, a private eye who works out of Detroit. ''Motor City Blue'' turned out to be a competent composite - and the word is used advisedly - of the stereotypes of the hard-boiled species. Now comes ANGEL EYES (Houghton Mifflin, $11.95), and Amos Walker rides again.

Rides again, and talks much the same way. Unfortunately, the author is so determined to evoke the Hammett-Chandler school that he leaves his ear and discrimination aside. Here is a tough, street-wise cop talking to Walker: ''... and that suit you're wearing went out with poems that rhyme.'' Nice. Cute. But would that figure of speech have come out of the mouth of such a character? Or what about what Walker says to a blackmailer: ''Sing me a ballad ... and look out for sour notes, because I'm a music critic from way back and I'll know when you're off key.''

Tough is tough, but inanity is also inanity. Mr. Estleman can write, but he can also be terribly careless. ''Angel Eyes'' is hired by a dancer in a sleazy nightclub to trace her if she disappears, which she promptly does. So Walker has to contend with a big-time hood, a labor leader and assorted mayhem before he sorts everything out.

The dialogue in E.V. Cunningham's THE CASE OF THE SLIDING POOL (Delacorte, $10.95) also occasionally betrays a tin ear. Featuring Sgt. Masao Masuto, the American-born Japanese cop who has figured in three previous books, ''The Case of the Sliding Pool'' is an interesting conception. A skeleton is found in the concrete of a swimming pool that has slid down a hill during heavy rains. The bones have been there for at least 30 years. As Masuto investigates, people are killed -often before he can get to them. He is up against a brilliant, lethal man determined to keep his secret at any cost, and as before, Masuto calls on his relatives for significant help.

Eaton K. Goldthwaite has been writing mysteries since 1942, but he is not a prolific author. His FIRST YOU HAVE TO FIND HIM (Doubleday, $9.95) seems to be his first book since ''The Marble Forest'' in 1971. This new one is about Frank and Fred, identical twins. Frank is the good guy. Fred is a shady character. People are always mistaking Frank for Fred, and Frank gets beat up on. See the opportunities for all kinds of fun? ''First You Have to Find Him'' has to do with stolen art, the mob, murder, Fred's disappearance and other such wonders. It's lighthearted, conventional and pretty thin.

Bill Pronzini's MASQUES (Arbor House, $12.50) is advertised as ''a novel of terror.'' A visitor to New Orleans during Mardi Gras falls prey to unknown forces that handle him like a puppet. Voodoo, two mysterious women - the works. ''Masques'' displays Mr. Pronzini's usual professionalism, but the dialogue is so repetitious that the book feels like a short story padded out to the length of a novel.

Recently we had ''Apple Crunch,'' by Frederick Vincent Huber, in which a computer caper brings New York to its knees. Now comes THE LUCIFER KEY by Malcolm Mac-Pherson (Dutton, $13.50), in which computers bring the Soviet Union and the United States to the brink of Armageddon.

The two books coincide in several respects, though Mr. MacPherson's is much more serious. In both a computer specialist diddles with the machine, creating havoc. But whereas ''Apple Crunch'' was a lighthearted entertainment, ''The Lucifer Key'' is an ambitious effort that tries to juggle everything at once - the K.G.B., a mathematical genius, big business, a romance, the White House, the Kremlin. It does not always work. Mr. MacPherson is a mechanical writer who invariably resorts to formula, sometimes carelessly so. Right off, there are two impossible hisses: '' 'Come on,' he hissed between clenched teeth,'' and '' 'Get down!' Domitrin hissed.''

''The Lucifer Key'' is also one of those books where the amateur triumphs over the professionals. Pretty nearly everything is conventional about the plotting and writing except for one thing - the research that the author has put into the defense computer setup of the United States. That part is scary. Mr. MacPherson indicates that no computer, not even the computers locked in the bowels of the Pentagon, is secure against a brilliant expert.

Alan Furst's THE CARIBBEAN ACCOUNT (Delacorte, $11.95) introduces Roger Levin. He is a shrewd operator who does for others things that they would prefer not to do themselves. On a cost-plus basis, of course. He is hired to deliver some money to Miami, no questions asked. But some unpleasant things, like murder, happen at the drop. He also gets mixed up with a rich and rebellious girl. Levin has to get her home.

''The Caribbean Account'' is a very nice job, smartly written. Mr. Furst writes well in the present tense, which lends a kick to the prose. There is sex, some of it very explicit. There are observations about life. There is constant action. ''The Caribbean Account'' is a hard one to put down.

When B.M. Gill's first novel, ''Death Drop,'' was published last year, it created a good deal of interest, in this column and elsewhere. Miss Gill's second book is SUSPECT (Scribner's, $9.95), and it is a bit of a letdown. There can be no quareling with the author's sensitive outlook. She is an expert writer, but here, in this story of murders in a British hospital, she gets bogged down in a slow tempo that never really picks up.

''Suspect'' is also one of those books in which the identity of the killer is revealed halfway through. Or seems to be revealed. So the reader dutifully plows on. Has the author a trick in store? Despite Miss Gill's sympathetic and even keen insight into character, she has not really succeeded in getting everything together for a satisfactory mystery novel.

A much more traditional British mystery is A MAN CONDEMNED by Peter Alding (Walker, $9.95). Peter Alding is one of the many pen names of the immensely prolific Roderic Jeffries. All of the Alding books have Inspector Fusil as their hero. Here he has to guard an important, unpleasant Iranian, solve a bank robbery that culminates in murder, investigate the frame-up of a cop and seek out a terrorist. But this procedural is not of the Dell Shannon type, in which several unrelated cases are going on at once. In ''A Man Condemned,'' the strands come together in one case. The tough, uncompromising Fusil comes through brilliantly, as always. But this book is more novella than novel, and shows evidence of hasty writing.


THE play was announced as ''The Gentle Art of Making Enemies,'' which was the title of a work published by James McNeill Whistler in 1890. Since then, the title has reverted to that of the novel written by Lawrence Williams, which Mr. Williams and his wife, Maggie, have turned into a play. It is a one-character play in which John Cullum takes the stage as Whistler and tells his life story.

Is it a play? It is certainly more a play than ''Sarah in America'' ever became. In it, Lilli Palmer attempted to create Sarah Bernhardt during her many farewell tours of America. In each scene in which Miss Palmer spoke to people who were not present, she and the playwright pointed out the emptiness of the stage on which she was working. Happily, Mr. Cullum and the Williamses do not fall into that trap. When Mr. Cullum's Whistler speaks to someone, he answers. Mr. Cullum changes his posture and his voice, and there is the illusion of another presence. It helps, as do costume changes from cape to coat, from wide-brim hat to red beret. But still in all, ''I, James McNeill Whistler,'' is essentially a one-man tour de force, a monologue created for a virtuoso actor.

In adapting a play from Mr. Williams's fictional autobiography, Mrs. Williams - Mr. Williams graciously acknowledges his wife ''did far more adapting than I did'' - has had to do a lot of compressing to get in all of the facts. It sets Mr. Cullum to racing in his speeches - and therefore stumbling over words throughout - and a great deal of the agony of the struggling artist is lost along the way.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Mass., but was soon taken by his mother to St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father, an engineer, was supervising the building of a railroad. In time, the family moved to Stonington, Conn. In his growing years, Whistler was dismissed from West Point and then lost a job as cartographer for the Government.

He went to Paris to study and paint. In time, he moved to London, where he eventually came into conflict with John Ruskin, the art critic. The resulting lawsuit, in which Whistler won damages of one farthing and no court costs, put him heavily in debt. As with true love, artistic and financial success came late in life for Whistler.

If not the most fascinating character to ever take the stage, Whistler is still an interesting one, though more examples of the Whistler who described himself as an ''arrogant outsider'' are needed. Mr. Cullum is an interesting actor who easily holds the entire stage and manages to populate it with an assortment of people.

Mr. Cullum, mustachioed, with curled hair complete with a white lock in the center, looks much like sketches of Whistler made during his lifetime. Program notes, referring to Whistler as a ''pocket Apollo'' and ''a feisty little guy'' suggest a much smaller man than Mr. Cullum, but it doesn't matter. If the man on stage in Hartford is not James McNeill Whistler, he is still very much alive.

Jerome Kilty has staged the show to get the most out of it. It is a strenuous evening for Mr. Cullum in that he not only has an enormous script to learn, but also has to deal with the physical demands made on him. For example, there is a fight he must re-create between Whistler and a woman he lived with in Paris who was known for good reason as ''La Tigresse.'' Before the scene is through, Mr. Cullum has rolled over half the huge stage fighting violently - and talking all the while -with a pillow that passes for the woman.

''I, James McNeill Whistler'' - a play that has yet to find its ending - is more interesting than fascinating. It is more educational than gripping, but one suspects it is still being worked on. Considering the quality of the workers, its future seems promising. However, the question remains: how much do you want to know about the life of Whistler? b --------------------------------------------------------------------- ''I, James McNeill Whistler,'' by Lawrence and Maggie Williams. The Hartford Stage Company, 50 Stage Street, Hartford. Through June 28. 527-5151.

Illustrations: photo of Lawrence and Maggie Williams


DETROIT, Sept. 24— The number of layoffs in the United States auto industry rose sharply this week, despite a 7.4 percent increase in domestic car production, according to industry reports released today.

The five major domestic auto makers said they had 166,650 employees on layoff without a recall date, compared with the 158,550 reported last week.

There were 50,450 workers on temporary furlough, up from last week's 23,005.

Meanwhile, the industry journal Automotive News said domestic auto makers planned to build 111,925 cars this week, up from 104,223 last week but 17.8 percent fewer than the 136,099 made in the comparable week last year.

United States truck production was expected to reach 29,703 for the week, up 3.3 percent from last week's 28,746 but down 7 percent from 31,941 in the 1980 week, Automotive News said.


Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak says the move by governments to retain the metadata of consumers is unethical.

Speaking at a business forum in Sydney, Wozniak said Australia was heading in the same direction as the US, and likened snooping laws to having a neighbour and best friend who had a secret camera in your bedroom for eight years.

"Would he be your friend any more?" he asked.

"That's a lack of ethics. What you expect is what you should get.

"It's unethical in the sense that as a human being, I expect one level of treatment and I'm getting another. There's secrecy, there's peeping."

Wozniak said there had been many examples of similar laws not working.

He also said that today, privacy is a dream and almost gone.

"Every step you take, every message you send, is out there on the web," he said.

The engineer behind the Apple 1 and 2 computers said he hopes one day to be an Australian citizen.

"As a matter of fact, I can not only see myself as a citizen, but some day saying I lived and died as an Australian," he said to applause.

But he had an uncomfortable warning about technological dominance, hypothesising that accident rates for self-driving cars may be so low there may one day end up being laws to stop humans driving.

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Summary: The man who co-founded the Apple Computer says US and Australian snooping laws are unethical, but there's no privacy left.


The US Airways plane safely landed in the Hudson River in New York in 2009

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Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger captured the world's attention when he miraculously

in New York's Hudson River, saving the lives of every passenger on board.

Now, the story of this real-life American hero is being turned into a movie, with

directing it, Warner Bros. announced on Tuesday.

On January 15, 2009, a US Airways flight piloted by Sullenberger lost power after a multiple birds flew into the plane's engines, causing them to fail. As the aircraft lost altitude, Sullenberger realized he would not be able to reach the nearest airfield and was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River.

All 155 occupants were successfully evacuated, after a nearby ship rescued the passengers and crew from the sinking plane. Much of the evacuation was captured on video and quickly became a media sensation, with the incident being dubbed the "Miracle on the Hudson."

director will helm the as-yet-untitled film from a screenplay by Todd Komarnicki, based on the book

, by Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow.

"I am very glad my story is in the hands of gifted storyteller and filmmaker Clint Eastwood, and veteran producers Allyn Stewart and Frank Marshall," Sullenberger said in a statement.

Warner Bros. president Greg Silverman added, "Simply put, Clint Eastwood is at the top of his game, not to mention a global treasure. On the heels of his extraordinary work in

, it is tremendously exciting to see him explore the life of another captivating true-life hero."

Summary: "I am very glad my story is in the hands of gifted storyteller and filmmaker Clint Eastwood," pilot Chesley Sullenberger said of the film