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Tobacco Products Liability Project hails $244 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris as a oeentirely proportionate to the level of reprehensible misconduct by the companya November 20th, 2009 A Fort Lauderdale, Florida jury on the afternoon of November 19, 2009 returned a nearly $300 million dollar verdict against tobacco giant Philip ...

Published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 5:43PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 10:16AM EST O ver the past two months, our Breaking Through series has chronicled the lives of people living with mental illness, including students, comedians, authors, lawyers, mothers, and many more.

The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped last month for the first time in two years, and job losses slowed - signs the state's beleaguered job market may be stabilizing.

The Lifetime Employment, Earnings and Poverty Consequences of Dropping Out of High School in the Los Angeles Metro Area One in five Angelenos between the ages of 16 and 24 is unemployed and not in school, putting a severe drain on the city's limited resources, a study released Thursday said.

It's a good thing President Obama will be having a jobs summit because the recovery of the African-American community from a recession, as part of the general recovery of the national employment picture, is not assured.

Jeff Santos is on an ambitious mission: For the past year, he has been building Boston's only progressive radio talk show station.

Scott's bear-baiting entry based on the NAR's economist's market predictions was published the same day I got my Greater Boston Real Estate Board and NAR membership renewal bill.

The Northeastern University Libraries are recruiting an Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources.

This device, one of several robotic rehabilitation tools from Northeastern University, adjusts a persona s gait as he Video by Biomedical Mechatronics Laboratory, Northeastern University - Read the Article Next Video Robo-Rehab for MRIs This robotic rehabilitation device from Northeastern University is designed to let patients exercise hand and ...

IS HE bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? The News Corporation chairman, Rupert Murdoch, has prompted a fierce debate among media watchers with his accusation that Google is ''stealing'' from his vast newspaper empire and his threat to ...

Residential permit parking began in 1979 to bring relief to homeowners living near hospitals, schools and universities in Chicago.

Top of the News: Amid Washington state's long-shot effort to win billions in new federal education funding comes a new report on the huge costs of high-school dropouts.

When a person suffers a stroke, the interruption of blood flow to the brain can cause lasting loss of function in the limbs.

Although America's supply of drinking water is considered among the world's safest, there is an urgent need to develop more stringent regulations to guide how water is monitored for pollutants, according to April Gu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University.

Share + Nov 9, 2009 4:57 pm US/Eastern TILTON, N.H. For years, Roger Aldrich doubted that he'd ever see his World War II medals.

Mayoral candidate Michael F. Flaherty gave his concession speech last night at Venezia Restaurant in Dorchester.

Dozens of young people gathered Saturday around a flag-draped coffin at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne at a time in their lives when they should have been meeting for a wedding or a class reunion.

Tucked away in a simple gray box within a basement archive at Northeastern University there is, curiously enough, a single red brick.

Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm David Ferriero as the 10th Archivist of the United States.

The body of fallen United States Marine Corps Captain Eric A. Jones returned to Cape Cod today at Otis Air National Guard Base.