Fox News Celebrity Endorsements Often More Trouble Than They’re Worth, Experts Say Jim Bob Duggar may have fired up Rick Santorum during last week’s Iowa caucuses, but the Republican presidential candidates are steering clear of bringing more of Hollywood into their campaigns for now — and with good reason, experts say.
U.S. News & World Report 4 Technology Must Haves for Online Students Many online and distance-learning students cite a reliable Internet connection as the most importantâif not the onlyâthing they need to succeed. With a dizzying array of new and pricey digital toys being produced regularly, many online students swear by their iPads and iPhones. Others say online education should be user friendly and low tech.
Scientist’s Online Interviews Draw His Peers Out of Lecture Mode The physicist Caesar Hidalgo is not a late-night TV host, but he plays one on the Internet.
The Tricky Second Wave of Urban Highway Removals Dismantling urban freeways – replacing elevated viaducts of steel and concrete with parks and boulevards – is happening in so many places, it’s like an unspoken national urban policy. We’ve reached a unique point in city-building when the destruction of a public works project has all the glamour and buzz of breaking ground on a […]
Young Adults Most Often Turning To Waitressing, Hotel Jobs In Down Economy: Survey Looking for young adults in the workplace? Look no further than hotels, bars, restaurants and their own startups.
The New Republic This Is the Most Boring New Hampshire Primary Ever Having emerged unbloodied Sunday morning from the weekend’s debate double-header, Mitt Romney barreled down Route 101 at more than 80 miles an hour towards a noon rally at the Rochester Opera House.
The Washington Times Fourth-generation Kennedy considers a House run The first member of the Kennedy clan’s so-called fourth generation is inching closer to running for Congress – a place where his family had served almost continuously for more than six decades until last year.
New Hampshire Double-header: A Tale of Two Debates Saturday night and Sunday morning. Two back-to-back Republican presidential debates featuring the same cast, the same issues, the same New Hampshire setting, and the same basic format. Yet despite a separation of only 10 hours, the events felt as different as night and day.
Boston Herald Device measures how well skin creams work A team of Northeastern University researchers is working to develop a new device to measure the effectiveness of pricey skin-lightening products and ultimately help detect skin cancer.
Forbes At ASSA: Higher Returns for Activist Hedge Funds Do (high-frequency) activist hedge funds have higher returns? At the 2012 Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) conference in Chicago, Nicole Boyson (Northeastern University) and Robert Mooradian (Northeastern University) presented the paper, âThe Skill of Frequent Hedge Fund Activistsâ.
Massachusetts Health Plan Extended to Immigrants Massachusetts cannot bar legal immigrants from a state health care program, according to a ruling issued Thursday by the state’s highest court, a decision that edges the state closer to its goal of providing near-universal health care coverage to its residents.
The Christian Science Monitor Obama plan to boost teen employment could be an uphill battle Uncle Sam used to reach into his deep pockets to pay for programs to keep teens off the streets in the summer and instead get some work experience. But, with federal budget cutting the norm, those days are over. So, on Thursday, the White House kicked off its efforts to encourage the private sector to […]