Arlington author Gary Goshgarian has never had a near-death experience, but he has always been fascinated with the phenomenon as it relates to two basic mysteries of human existence: where we came from and where we go.

If you’re an athlete, your skills, ambition and work ethic are supposed to determine your career path, rather than nepotism or insider connections. Which means you can come from anywhere and succeed. Clint Dempsey grew up in a trailer park in South Texas, playing soccer with migrant kids from across the Mexican border. LeBron James […]

The job market is lousy; the housing market is stuck in neutral; the European debt crisis is far from over; congressional leaders still haven’t come to a deal about the debt ceiling; and crude oil is once again hovering at $100 per barrel. Yet investors seem to be ignoring the grim news, as US stocks […]

While media attention on Somalia seldom strays from terrorism, piracy, and a 20-year-old civil war, those problems are among the least pressing for young Somali-Americans, according to participants in a weekend conference in Boston.

Governor Deval Patrick’€™s embattled transportation secretary, Jeffrey B. Mullan, said he will step down by year’€™s end for personal reasons, a decision he said he conveyed to the administration in May.

GDC Europe has revealed a new batch of lectures for the upcoming August show, featuring industry legend Mark Cerny on the future of the industry, Age of Empires and Titan Quest veteran Brian Sullivan on level design, and Battlestar Galactica Online developer Bigpoint on handling large IP.

Recent statistics have shown that many full-time workers who are considering campus-based or online education are not aware that their employers might be able to help them pay for tuition costs.

Engineers loaded 32 tons of steel plating onto an aluminum bridge erected in the parking lot of an industrial complex, just a bungee jump away from the throngs eating deep-fried Twinkies and riding roller coasters at the San Diego County Fair.

Will Moore decided to put his summer vacation to good use this year. He got a job.

When he’s not repeatedly – €”and incorrectly €”- blaming President Obama for making the economic recession “worse” and “last longer,” GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is trumpeting his own job-creating bona fides. He explains that the jobless rate in Massachusetts, where he served as governor from 2003 to 2007, declined by nearly one percent during […]

Jim McInerny hopes every day at work will be like “The Gong Show.” But unlike the iconic 1970s TV talent show, swinging the mallet does not mean rejection at VMTurbo, a high-tech start-up company based in Waltham and Valhalla, N.Y. It signifies that a potential client has agreed to a Web software demo.