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Concept artist Tara Rueping works on an Internet game at Turbine, Inc. The firm secured $41.7 million in the April-June quarter.

(Wendy Maeda / Globe Staff Photo) Concept artist Tara Rueping works on an Internet game at Turbine, Inc. The firm secured $41.7 million in the April-June quarter.

By Robert Weisman

Globe Staff / July 28, 2008

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