All eyes have focused on Europe lately as the financial crisis there threatens economic recoveries in Massachusetts and the nation. But problems in another of state’s key international markets is adding to the worries.

Seattle’s disturbing death toll from shootings recently might prompt lawmakers and other officials to enact new laws. But guest columnists James Alan Fox and Jack Levin urge them all to understand that Ian Stawicki’s rampage that killed five innocent victims is in a much different category than the others.

With more than 12.7 million Americans unemployed, companies have no trouble attracting applicants. What’s tougher for some firms is finding qualified workers. Just ask California Steel Industries.

From Mauro Martino at Northeastern University comes this intriguing infographic of fundraising by the presidential candidates from March 2011 to Feburary 2012.

The less American citizens know about how our country works, the worse our country seems to work.

A top hostile takeover expert said today that companies targeted for hostile takeovers such as Vulcan Materials Co. usually wind up receiving subsequent offers.

Seven students from Boston and Bali grouped in Yowana Kencana Intelligent Youth started their compelling presentation on teen smoking habits before an audience of hundreds at the Seminar Building on Ganesha University’s campus in Singaraja on Tuesday afternoon.

The great and the good of Hollywood crowded into a white tent off Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard on 8 March as paparazzi snapped photos and well-dressed speakers braced themselves to take the stage.

A beleaguered Elizabeth Warren agreed yesterday to debate GOP rival U.S. Sen. Scott Brown four times on TV in a high-risk, yet high-reward strategy that experts said gives the Harvard professor the one-on-one comparison she needs.

Experts warn that the recent glut of reported acts of cannibalism in the United States, Canada, Japan and Sweden is a trend that — figuratively as well as literally — can feed on itself.

When you have a car as I do it’s a constant game of rationalizations: Should I drive into the city tonight or take the T from the burbs? How bad will the traffic/construction be getting in there? What are the odds I’ll find a metered spot and not have to pay more for a garage? […]

Boredom, curiosity, or even revenge are reasons why a hacker could jump on a keyboard and steal data from your agency’s servers. Themis Papageorge, of Northeastern University, has a list of three questions every agency should ask in order to analyze cyber threats.