Boston resident Justin Dowd has dreamed about going into space since starlight first streamed through his telescope as a little kid.

The virtual doctor won’t see you just yet. But that day is getting closer. Today’s health-care industry is making increasing use of Web-based virtual agents and avatars, or computerized assistants, not only to perform clerical duties but also to dispense medical information.

There are such things as honest mistakes, of course, but as the income tax filing deadline approaches, the better angels of our nature battle it out with those devils that encourage our cheating ways.

April 17th – Tax Day – is just two days away, and for Americans everywhere, these are taxing times. If you think filing your tax return is stressful, try preparing 21 MILLION of them. That’s how many Wilma Hayes and her fellow tax pros at H&R Block did last year.

One of the three candidates in the race to head the World Bank has pulled out, calling the selection process a “political exercise”.

A job fair in the UMass Lowell recreation center brimmed with hopeful graduating seniors on a recent afternoon. But more surprising, the cavernous gymnasium also brimmed with employers – so many that event organizers had to turn some companies away for lack of space.

A job fair in the UMass Lowell recreation center brimmed with hopeful graduating seniors on a recent afternoon. But more surprising, the cavernous gymnasium also brimmed with employers – so many that event organizers had to turn some companies away for lack of space.

One of the three candidates in the race to head the World Bank has pulled out, calling the selection process a “political exercise”.

Perhaps no one has more at stake in this year’s presidential election than the ultra-wealthy.

Two high-profile shootings of police officers in small towns – one on each coast – are highlighting statistics that show a sharp spike in police officer deaths nationwide during the past two years.

Two high-profile shootings of police officers in small towns – one on each coast – are highlighting statistics that show a sharp spike in police officer deaths nationwide during the past two years.

Massachusetts was still reeling from the bursting of the tech bubble. It was also in the midst of a decades-long bleeding of manufacturing jobs. Under Romney, manufacturing payroll employment dropped more than 14 percent, giving the state the third-worst record nationally during that time, according to analysis by Andrew Sum, director of the Center for […]