Northeastern’s search for a hockey coach led athletic director Peter Roby to one of the university’s own.

It is a seductively simple idea: human traits, ranging from smoking to loneliness to obesity, are contagious, spreading through social networks like the flu.

Norwegian massacre suspect Anders Behring Breivik’s purported 1,500-page manifesto paints a picture of a deliberative, driven killer — not a rambling crazy person, criminologists said Tuesday.

Maybe tattoos aren’€™t just for Harley riders or rebellious teens after all. In a few years, diabetics might get inked up with digital tats that communicate with an iPhone to monitor their blood.

The Norwegian courts decided to close the hearing of the man responsible for the massacre to the public and media, stating that Breivik might have used it to send signals to accomplices.

Apple’s strong second quarter performance momentarily overshadowed its legal difficulties, while Google dealt with growing lobbying bills from its own courtroom troubles.

In a sign that Boston could be taking a step forward on one of its most challenging problems, new state data to be released today show that the number of black infants who died before their first birthday plunged by nearly 50 percent between 2008 and 2009.

Anders Behring Breivik said he was a boy when his life’s path began to turn. It was during the first Gulf War, when a Muslim friend cheered at reports of missile attacks against American forces.

Republican Mitt Romney bills himself as a business-savvy job creator, but his presidential campaign will have to contend with the fact that Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation during his tenure as governor.

Boston-area rents are hitting new heights – with the median price recently reaching $1,665 a month – as the vacancy rate falls to the lowest level in almost a decade, new data show.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel may want to update his summer reading list with an article by a law professor at the University of Chicago.

Gambling wasn’t a problem for Michael Burke until 1994, when a casino opened near his home. It was only then that he became a compulsive gambler, playing more often and losing larger sums of money.