Health costs in Mass. are heading upward
There are signs the rate of increase in Massachusetts health care prices — and insurance premiums — may soon start accelerating again.
Discord in Rome greets cardinals on eve of conclave
As the College of Cardinals prepares to choose a new pope to follow Benedict XVI, the tableau is rife with Vatican rivalry and controversy.
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Will the church address its real issues?
Will the church address its real issues?In choosing a new pope, the cardinals must be open to someone who will move the church forward in its teachings on sex and gender equality.
Children’s monitoring system predicts patients’ problems
New technology at Boston Children’s Hospital allows doctors to track several monitors providing data on a patient on a single display.
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Some preschools’ seats empty after freeze on state aid
In Mass., 30,000 children from low-income families linger on preschool waiting lists, unable to obtain the state voucher that will pay for their care.
Focus shifts to averting government shutdown
GOP leaders expressed a willingness to call a long-enough truce with their Democratic colleagues to allay fears of a shutdown at the end of the month.
Mitt Romney rues errors, says loss ‘kills me’
In a TV interview, the former presidential candidate reflected on topics ranging from Washington gridlock to what he sees as Obama’s failings.
Youth Harbors finds shelter for homeless adult students
The program fills an urgent need in student homelessness and provides assistance to young adults struggling to make it on their own.
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Canadiens snap Bruins’ winning streak
Bruins coach Claude Julien accused the Canadiens of embarrassing embellishment in the 4-3 loss to Montreal.
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Seder celebrates 100th year of Jewish civil rights group
People of disparate faiths gathered in a Seder in Boston celebrating the centennial of the Anti-Defamation League.
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Born with HIV, baby appears to have been cured
The infant in Mississippi was treated with drugs soon after birth, a step not usually taken, to halt the AIDS virus.
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Voting rights march remembered as fight goes on
More than 5,000 people walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the bloody civil rights march of 1965.
Business
Amid profits, businesses in no hurry to add jobs
The split between American workers and the companies that employ them is widening.
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Denk carries audience through a masterful maze
Superb and insightful pianist Jeremy Denk played at Jordan Hall on Saturday night.
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Ear infections don’t necessarily require antibiotics
Many ear infections are caused by viruses and will get better without antibiotics.
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Ski seasonBeginning in the 1930s, New England ski trails quickly expanded, and today skiing isn’t the quaint small business it once was.