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Scott Eastwood portrays Luke in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel “The Longest Ride.” PHOTO BY MICHAEL TACKETT/20TH CENTURY FOX

REVIEW: “The Longest Ride” a chafe-inducing road to nothing special

Amanda Lucidi April 10, 2015

The titular longest ride of the newest Nicholas Sparks-adapted romance flick “The Longest Ride” was sitting through the film and attempting to digest its story. Directed by George Tillman Jr., the...

Patrol officer Joseph Reynolds, Sgt. John MacLellan and Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese testified Monday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse about their involvement in the confrontation in Watertown of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Police Testimony Sheds Light on Watertown Shootout

Amanda Lucidi March 17, 2015

The Tsarnaev trial continued Monday at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse with the testimony of three Watertown policemen recounting their experiences from the night of April 18, 2013. Dzhokhar...

Madeline Goldstein and her boyfriend Aaron McGill pose in Mugar Memorial Library Sunday. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

For Valentine’s Day, chemistry sheds light on chemistry

Amanda Lucidi February 10, 2015

Valentine’s Day brings feelings of love, passion and sometimes resentment. It stands to reason that not every couple will end up happy ever after, but can science detect the signs before we get in...

Marci Sapers is a marketing specialist and advisor for several companies including Staples and P&G. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCI SAPERS

Marketing maven Marci Sapers speaks on breaking into business

Amanda Lucidi February 5, 2015

Marci Sapers has had quite the career, with 25 years of brand building, strategic planning and training experience. The former vice president of marketing excellence at Gillette is now the advisor for...

The market for gluten-free products is expanding as more people become aware of the health benefits of the diet. GRAPHIC BY SAMANTHA GROSS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Gluten-free trend incites app startups, expects increased market value in coming years

Amanda Lucidi November 20, 2014

Gluten, the protein composite that everyone loves to hate, has proven to be lucrative for businesses as more restaurants offer food that excludes wheat, barley, rye and wheat-rye hybrid triticale. Businesses...

Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine have found that alcohol consumption disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and can cause other problems for chronic drinkers, such as insomnia and sleep apnea. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Booze or snooze: BUSM researchers uncover negative effects of alcohol on sleep

Amanda Lucidi October 7, 2014

Although many college students are familiar with the cautionary tales of what effects excessive alcohol consumption can have on the body, a recent study from the Boston University School of Medicine has...

Boston University researchers have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to work on "Smart City," a program that aims to simplify a variety of municipal functions via a mass centralized database. PHOTO BY EVAN JONES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF. GRAPHIC BY CLINTON NGUYEN/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Smart City: BU researchers work to improve urban living

Amanda Lucidi October 2, 2014

English zoologist and author Desmond Morris once said, “The city is not a concrete jungle. It is a human zoo.” In Boston, this metaphor certainly holds true thanks to the city’s less-than-savory...

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