As baby boomers begin to approach traditional retirement age, the workforce is aging rapidly. But not all industries are aging at the same rate. Some companies employ significantly more older workers than others.

One of the singular features of the American political system is that there are two kinds of votes in Congress. The first involves passing real legislation. The second aims simply to embarrass the other side.

An ambitious new online community project aims to bring the concept of a book club to Twitter. It’s called 1book140 and it starts Wednesday.

For now, the NFL isn’t backing down. But Northeastern University law professor Roger Abrams, whose extensive writing on sports and labor law includes the book “Sports Justice,” suggested that — at some point prior to the scheduled start of the 2011 season — “someone in the NFL should be made vice president of saving face.”

A freshly dug trench of concrete pipes snakes along the barren, dusty stretch of highway that runs from Jordan’s southwestern port city of Aqaba to its capital in Amman. Though it currently serves as little more than an expensive eyesore in an otherwise tranquil desert landscape, it will eventually act as a conduit for the […]

On Saturday mornings, the Madison Park Community Center gym is the very definition of organized chaos.

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After dropping 11% from its record price three months ago, copper’s looking a little more appealing, especially if investors factor in prospects for strong economic growth from emerging markets.

A bitter split has erupted among past and current members of the citywide board that oversees the network of neighborhood community centers set up to provide a range of after-school programs for youths and families across the city.