The biggest bill for the Miami Marlins’ recent spending spree won’t come due until 2015, thanks to a payment plan that those in baseball describe as unusual, creative and risky.

A 10-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a close friend got along well with other children in his tight-knit neighborhood, despite struggling to control his anger and occasionally exploding into violent fits.

The police chief hunting for the ‘€œrogue cop’€ who swiped drugs from Attleboro Police Department’€™s evidence room said random drug testing could have prevented the theft€” and he’€™s calling on Beacon Hill to help make sure it doesn’€™t happen again.

For Claire Morrow, Africa was love at first sight. “There is something about this continent and especially Rwanda that is captivating to me,’’ says Morrow, who is in her third year at Northeastern University, majoring in international affairs and human services.

Awaiting a panel discussion titled, “What if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had Tweeted the Civil Rights Movement,”€ Franklin Henderson sits in the darkened Steve Allen Theater, talking about the life he didn’€™t have to lead because of King.

Earthquake building codes aren’t really designed to save buildings. Engineers need to protect occupants, but there’s no rule that buildings should withstand earthquakes of any particular magnitude.

The number of elected officials in Congress who can be counted on to put the country’s interest above their personal gain can be counted without the need for removing both hands from your pockets.

Leonard Brown is an associate professor at Northeastern University in Boston, with a joint appointment in the Music and African American Studies Department. In addition to Jazz Studies, he also teaches courses in Ethnomusicology. It could easily be argued that he breathes jazz.

The City Eats – Northeastern University has launched its Open Classroom Series for the semester, and it’s based on food policy: Food & American Society: an Urban Prospective.

For the first time in almost half a century, homicide has fallen off the list of the nation’s top 15 causes of death, bumped by a lung illness that often develops in elderly people who have choked on their food.

For the first time in 45 years, homicide is no longer among the 15 leading causes of death in the United States, according to an analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Last year, Mayor Menino honored Northeastern University with the 2011 Green Business Award, applauding the school for its multi-dimensional sustainability strategy and leadership in green initiatives. Mayor Menino isn’t the only one who’s taken notice of the school’s progress, though.