As we head toward the end of the week when the government will release July’s employment data, the economy, we now know, grew only 0.4 percent in the first quarter of 2011, rather than 1.9 percent, as reported previously. Overhanging this dismaying news, the acrimony of the debt ceiling crisis lingers in the Washington atmosphere.

To change the beliefs of an entire community, only 10 percent of the population needs to become convinced of a new or different opinion, suggests a new study. At that tipping point, the idea can spread through social networks and alter behaviors on a large scale.

In an interview with 13WMAZ’s Frank Malloy, two experts gave outside opinions on the Lauren Giddings murder case.

The Kevin Youkilis who stepped to the plate in the eighth inning of Tuesday night’s win at Fenway Park was the super-competitive one, the one who is one of the best corner infielders in baseball.

The Obama Administration healthcare reform legislation -€“ which already includes Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services programs for coordinated care and requirement changes for hospitals that are tax-exempt -€“ may also be altering the compensation of hospital leaders.

You know which colleges rank highly for academics and status. But what about the most beautiful campus? Or the most robust financial aid?

Politico’s Ben Smith notes today that Mitt Romney hasn’€™t just been avoiding Iowa -€“ he’€™s been nearly absent from the rest of the traditional campaign trail as well. Here’€™s what he says in a piece that labels the front-runner’s campaign strategy as the ‘€œMittness Protection Program’€:

In 1950 there were six hospitals, thirty-four doctors, twelve dentists and twenty drugstores serving them in Jamaica Plain. There was also one farrier, or horseshoer. Two of the best-known physicians were Dr. George Faulkner whose first practice was at C. B. Rogers store about 1900, just before he founded the famous hospital, and Dr. Frederick […]

Massachusetts would lose an estimated $400 million in federal dollars next year and $800 million the following year in the federal budget deal moving through Congress, cutbacks that could slow the state’s tenuous economic recovery, regional economists said.

The road to success may be paved with hurdles, but facing adversity should not be a barrier to achievement, says Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick.

Here is the main thing Mitt Romney’€™s presidential campaign wants voters to know about him: Mitt is not a career politician,€ his website says. €œHe has spent most of his life in the private sector, giving him intimate knowledge of how our economy works.

The Massachusetts economy, spurred by business spending on technology, grew faster than the nation’s through the first half of this year, continuing a yearlong trend of strong growth.