Detroit Free Press Susan Tompor: Teens face a tough job market this summer Just a decade ago, snagging a summer job was the thing to do. Nearly half of all teens nationwide either had a job or was busy filling out applications in 2000.
The Jewish Advocate A scholar delves into the Bible for roots of Jewish stereotypes They’re in everything from Philip Roth novels to Woody Allen films.
ESPN Pena named to Bay State Games HoF The Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation has announced that Carlos Pena has been named to the Bay State Games Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2011.
Here, a hangout for trash talking Dave Portnoy, the blogger and would-be media tycoon, spends most of his life under very tight deadlines. Every 30 minutes or so, he has to feed the Stoolies, as his devout readers are known, so he spends his days searching for things to savage.
The Globe and Mail Premier raises spectre of ‘little jail downstairs’ for Bruins fan Lekstrom As the battered Bruins fan Blair Lekstrom can attest, mixing hockey and politics isn’t always a good idea.
Life News Freakonomics Claim Abortion Drops Crime Rates Refuted Again Boston Globe writer James Alan Fox has yet another refutation of the claim by economists John Donohue and Steven Levitt in their infamous book Freakonomics that legalizing abortion led to a drop in crime rates.
The Province Nanaimo bars versus East Coast lobster Everybody who’s anybody in B.C. was getting his or her wager in before the puck dropped Wednesday night in the opener of the Stanley Cup final -and they were all confident of the outcome.
Daily Finance What Everyone Ought to Know About Roth IRAs Though it has been part of the retirement investing landscape for more than a decade now, many people still don’t really understand the Roth IRA, or what it can do for them.
Boston.com Northeastern places Stanley Cup bet with Vancouver school The college campus where the Boston Bruins’ legacy began has formed a rivalry with a Vancouver school for the Stanley Cup Finals.
Vancouver Sun Gloucester’s Sarah Green is talking on the phone from her Los Angeles office about the film that all of L.A. seems to be talking about, Terrence Malick’s new cosmic epic, “The Tree of Life.” Cross-city, good-natured natured bets are old hat in the NHL playoffs, with mayors and city officials often trading barbs and regional goods as they wager over the home team’s good fortunes.
Gloucester Times Local producer reels in Cannes’ top prizes Gloucester’s Sarah Green is talking on the phone from her Los Angeles office about the film that all of L.A. seems to be talking about, Terrence Malick’s new cosmic epic, “The Tree of Life.”
Boston-area home prices off 2.7% in a year Boston-area home values dropped in March as another downturn in sales pushed prices across the country to new lows since the US housing market collapsed in 2006.