Netflix is going back to the future.
Patent trolls -- companies that license patents but do not actually sell anything -- have long been looked on with fiery scorn in Silicon Valley. This week, a Boston University study offered fresh fuel for those flames.
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An autopsy is scheduled for New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard, whose body was discovered in his apartment.
His was a suicide with a macabre twist. In February, former Chicago Bears safety David Duerson shot himself in the chest, but not before leaving behind a note requesting that his brain be studied for evidence of a disease striking football players.
Laurent Gbagbo was offered the chance to teach at Boston University in the United States if he would renounce his claim to be president of Ivory Coast and end the country's civil war, sources familiar with the negotiations told CNN Tuesday.
Tregg Duerson, his face drawn and his eyes exhausted, expressed confusion and dismay about many of the details surrounding his father's suicide last week. But he is sure about one thing.
U.S. agencies have warned some employees that reading the classified State Department documents released by WikiLeaks puts them at risk of losing their jobs. But what about students considering jobs with the federal government? Do they jeopardize their chances by reading WikiLeaks?
"Ask the Doc" investigates gender identity disorder and how to identify key traits.
Zac Brokenrope got called into the school office almost every day as a freshman in high school. His offense, he was told, was "acting gay."
A young woman who was briefly hospitalized after police believe she and others were targeted by spiked drinks at a party attended by Central Washington University students has been released, police said Sunday.
A neighbor recounts what she saw outside a house party in Roslyn, Washington where police say some students overdosed.
If you're trying to find a job these days, it might help to get rid of your cigarette habit.
BOSTON -- A Zamboni at Fenway? You sure that wasn't Yastrzemski? Merloni perhaps?
As I sat chatting in the living room last year with a former defensive lineman who played in a Pro Bowl and on a Super Bowl-winning team, he suddenly thrust out one of his huge hands, grasping the back of my neck, squeezing hard. The pain I felt was excrutiating. My hands shot up in desperation to try and release his grip.
The NHL rarely gets it right. Professional hockey is a consensus Number Four (and we don't mean Bobby Orr 4) whenever we get around to ranking sports that grip the American mind. Like Ringo, hockey is always the caboose, rarely taken seriously and unable to compete with John, Paul and George.
An experimental system is letting a paralyzed man turn his thoughts into the beginnings of real-time speech, according to researchers.
The lead singer of the rock band Weezer was involved in a bus accident Sunday that left him and another passenger in an upstate New York hospital.
You can tackle the laundry... and have time and energy to spare, too. Try these smart, helpful tips from real women and experts who tackled the ghastly scenarios you posed to us in a recent survey
Question: I'm 24 years old and feel like I've become a savings junkie. I've already maxed out my Roth 401(k) contribution for this year and now I'm thinking about opening up an IRA too. I have no debt, and I have about $13,000 in other savings as well. What do you think -- should I open the IRA? --Kyle, Boston, Mass.
BOSTON (AP) -- A college hockey doubleheader will follow the NHL's winter classic at Fenway Park.
Philip Markoff is arraigned with his family and his alleged victim's mother in the courtroom
UNION, N.J. -- Drederick Irving, the 43-year-old with gray in his facial growth and low-cut Chuck Taylors on his feet, walks into the Y.W.H.A. basement gym and slips off his sneakers. Nine players -- including his son, Kyrie -- from the New Jersey Roadrunners AAU program wait idly for their tenth man in order to start a pick-up game. He pulls on a pair of size-12 sneakers that his son was given at a recent camp. "Old school time," the father says as he stretches on a recent Sunday. "The kids think I'm just Kyrie's dad."
Philip Markoff was arrested after an exhaustive manhunt along the East Coast
In a year when stocks have sunk more than 40% and even supposedly safe bond funds are down, all you probably want is a little peace of mind -- or an investment that won't sink with the rest of your portfolio.
Tom Perls, an aging expert at Boston University, explains why women live five to 10 years longer than men
A new fossil discovery provides evidence that the Antarctic continent was once much warmer than today and may have been able to sustain life.
Time.com: Who Owns That Prayer?updated: Fri Jul 11 2008 18:00:00
Viewpoint: Once upon a time, religious art and literature belonged to only one Author. Nowadays, however, ego (or royalties) may trump piety
In a break with long-standing dogma, a new survey finds that even Evangelicals may be more tolerant of other religious beliefs than previously assumed
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Dr. Alan Marscher of Boston University performs his song 'Superluminal Lover' at a conference in Miami in 2005.
"Attracted by your gravity, your body's so compact / Pulling me inward, prepare for close contact," Boston University astronomer Alan Marscher sings in his song about a deep-space object known as a black hole.
Secretly, I'm congratulating myself.
Sweaty palms, jagged nerves, choking insecurity: LEVEL ORANGE.
Dear FSB: I am a newly appointed VP of Sales at a sporting goods manufacturer. While I've held various management roles in sales for more than 10 years, I am new to this company. Can you recommend any advanced executive training seminars that may help me in my new endeavor?
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why people get sleepy after eating Thanksgiving dinner.
Time.com: Cities Breaking Downupdated: Fri Jul 20 2007 14:30:00
Manhattan's tower of steam is just one more dramatic example of the cost of letting urban infrastructure deteriorate
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Newborns face little risk of birth defects from antidepressants taken by many women early in pregnancy, say the reassuring findings of the two biggest studies of this controversial link
Money Magazine: The nest-egg philosopherupdated: Thu Apr 26 2007 13:45:00
The country's personal savings rate is negative, yet economist Laurence Kotlikoff wants to protect Americans from oversaving. Huh?
SI.com: The Winnerupdated: Tue Apr 10 2007 09:53:00
One minute to go. A booming voice in Mellon Arena announces this, and the delirious crowd roars. Really, can a March night get any better? The fans arrived buzzing with the news that their beloved Penguins had been saved when a last-minute deal for a new arena locked the NHL franchise into Pittsburgh for the next 30 years. Then Penguins great, team co-owner and now savior Mario Lemieux walked onto the ice and declared how proud he was that the Pens "will remain right here in Pittsburgh where they belong!" And then the game: swift and furious, score after score, months of tension dissolving in the din. Now the inspired team and its dazzling star, Sidney Crosby, hold a 4-3 lead over the Eastern Conference-leading Buffalo Sabres; now the old building shakes with civic love and joy and the adrenaline rush that comes from fans knowing they'll be able to say, decades on, that they were there for that historic scene. A banner declares, it's a great day for hockey!
Last week, CNNMoney.com published "Top 50 Business Schools for Getting Hired."
Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a middle-finger-waving moon man that triggered repeated bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday and prompted the closure of bridges and a stretch of the Charles River.
The RedOwl is a robotic head that looks more like a PowerPoint projector than a sharpshooter's worst enemy. But don't let its Circuit City appearance fool you.
Not long ago a wedding was a modest affair: a little lace and a bit of the bubbly were all it took to launch a couple on the sea of matrimony.
Warning: Being U.S. president may be harmful to your health.
Going home ...updated: Thu Jul 01 2004 10:00:00
It was time to hit life's little red "reset" button.
High inflation is a distant memory. So distant, in fact, that people forget that inflation can occasionally--and despite the best efforts of the FED--take quantum jumps. In 1978, for example, infla...
Money Magazine: Rethinking incomeupdated: Thu Aug 21 2003 14:46:00
It takes a lot to rattle my Aunt Betty, who grew up during the Depression on a frosty farm in upstate New York with no electricity, running water or central heating.
Fortune: Funding Feudsupdated: Mon Dec 30 2002 00:01:00
Liesel Pritzker, 18, is suing for her share of the family fortune, and insurance titan Peter B. Lewis is using a $12 million gift as leverage to get the Guggenheim Museum's director to be more fisc...
FSB: Gains & Lossesupdated: Mon Apr 01 2002 00:01:00
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Fortune: Speech Therapyupdated: Mon Aug 13 2001 00:01:00
Toastmasters, beware. There's new hope for business folk plagued by glossophobia (fear of public speaking). Eleven U.S. clinics--and four internationally--now offer virtual-reality therapy, thanks ...
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Ever wake up in the wee hours with your mind churning along the following lines: Your kids are now how old? Boy, college isn't that far off. Assuming an annual inflation rate of 3% or 4%, within te...
Chances are, you've never heard of Summit Technology in Waltham, Massachusetts. But if you are one of the 60 million or so nearsighted Americans who wear glasses or contact lenses and would prefer ...
If you think you can cut your child's college bills only by being needy enough to qualify for financial aid, you're in for a pleasant surprise. There are many other means of slashing thousands of d...
People just won't shut up. Lee Sproull, a Boston University sociologist who is co-author of Connections, a book about behavior in networks, says: "People are always surprised to discover that if yo...
Let sleeping dogs lie. That about sums up Washington's prevailing attitude toward Social Security and Medicare. But howling will eventually be heard, because both programs promise current and futur...
My mother would never spend her money on herself. She regularly passed out gigantic birthday checks to my sister and me but worried over grocery prices and drove to a distant supermarket just to ge...
AFTER A DECADE of adopting schools, lobbying legislators, consulting on curriculums, wrangling with teachers' unions, and struggling to understand a culture practically devoid of secretaries, telep...
Here's a clear case of less is more: If your child completes a bachelor's degree in three years instead of four, you and your Einstein can save far more than one year's tuition. That's because your...
Here's a clear case of less is more: If your child completes a bachelor's degree in three years instead of four, you and your Einstein can save far more than one year's tuition. That's because your...
Your MONEY Guide: Best College Buys, 1993 edition, erroneously reported that Boston University provides only $290 in average gift aid per student. The accurate figure is approximately $4,200. Only ...
''Take a letter to the Wall Street Journal,'' the senior editor on Keeping Up's economics desk suddenly bellowed the other morning. But just as suddenly, he reversed course. ''Wait,'' he said softl...
BUY A BURGER and catch a disturbing glimpse of America's future. When they ring up your order, those bustling teenagers behind most fast-food restaurant counters are pressing pictures of hamburgers...
Fortune: BOCCE A LA MODEupdated: Mon Aug 28 1989 00:01:00
Not long ago the game of bocce brought to mind images of elderly men smoking Tuscano cigars. It was about as glamorous as, say, shuffleboard. Now a younger set of devotees swear that bocce (pronoun...
Fortune: Companies To Watchupdated: Mon Nov 24 1986 00:01:00
G&K Services Inc. Paying attention to little things like missing buttons and torn sleeves has helped G&K Services win customers in the mundane business of renting uniforms. The Minneapolis company ...
It's hardly a new idea. Shakespeare's characters are constantly put to crashing around in the forest, sorting out identities, gaining insights. In times of crisis North American Indians would retre...
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