40% in survey support a state bailout for MBTA A state bailout of the cash-strapped MBTA won the backing of 40 percent of Massachusetts voters surveyed in a new Boston Globe poll, outstripping those who said they would categorically oppose an infusion of aid.
They’re reinventing the wheel (the one for vinyl records) Brookline roommates Bob Hertig and Peter Maltzan were in the market for a new turntable for their extensive vinyl record collection, but couldn’t find what they were looking for.
A hit of kindness It was a mob hit in a cannoli shop. But cash not crooks descended on The Cannoli Guy Café here Friday at the cityâs first âcash mob.ââ
Chicago Tribune Hoodie evolves into a symbol of protest Nineteen-year-old Jonathan Knowles has an array of hoodies hanging in his dorm room closet, scattered among his suits, dress shirts and ties. But the moment he walks out in a hoodie, he said, he is no longer just a Northwestern University engineering student. In the eyes of some, he is a threatening menace.
National Geographic While Rare-Earth Trade Dispute Heats Up, Scientists Seek Alternatives In the 21st century, natural resource battles will be fought not only over oil and water, but over elements with tongue-twisting names like dysprosium, yttrium, and neodymium.
Breastfeeding Avatar: Computerized Lactaction Consultants Encourage Moms To Breastfeed Though the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breastfeeding infants exclusively for six months, nursing doesn’t come easily to every mom – Yahoo! Shine recently uncovered six rarely discussed breastfeeding challenges.
Posthumous Profiling? Puzzling Pieces Abound in the Trayvon Martin Case There seems to be no end to the proliferation of puzzling information in the wake of the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin. While the evidence suggests that George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon Martin before killing him, many now wonder whether the Sanford Police posthumously profiled Trayvon as well by failing to conduct a thorough and […]
Infosecurity Magazine Government needs to work with academia to head off cybersecurity gaps early Government should work more closely with academia to address cyber vulnerabilities at an early stage of technology development, rather than waiting until flaws are discovered once the products hit the market. This argument was made by Stephen Flynn, codirector of Northeastern University’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland Security.
Fox 25 Criminologist discusses Vermont mother’s murder News of a Vermont mother found murdered has shocked people all across New England. Now, a couple is facing charges in her death. FOX 25’s Bob Ward sat down with Northeastern University criminologist James Allen Fox to discuss the horrific crime.
Health law hearings offer live case study For Martha F. Davis, a law professor at Northeastern University, the Supreme Court debate on the Affordable Care Act could not have come at a better time: the week before her constitutional law class’s annual mock trial.
A Human-Rights Lens on the Affordable Care Act As the Supreme Court weighs the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) this week, it should consider the law’s international significance as well as its domestic impact.
Global warming linked to deadly, costly weather disasters Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists says in a report issued Wednesday.