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President Obama left a high-level international summit Tuesday without having secured the major breakthrough on Syria he'd hoped to achieve.

Eight women surround Jeff Fournier, their knives poised and ready. But the chef and owner of 51 Lincoln restaurant in Newton Highlands is taking it in stride.

By many measures, Sharon Daniels is a star at Boston University. She heads the school's Opera Institute and is one of the most prominent voice instructors and stage directors in the city.

Gabriel Gomez and Edward Markey spent their final debate before next week's U.S. Senate special election clashing over their records and who has the better vision for both their commonwealth and their country.

While modern medicine has made significant strides in reducing the incidences of death from cancer and heart disease, it has had virtually no success in finding a cure or suitable treatment for those stricken with Alzheimer's disease.

Pictured Christ Child co-President Kathryn Colao, Dr. John Schnedeker, Summit High School, Christ Child Board member Maura Perier, recipient Jackie Balandiuk, Vanessa Balandiuk, Christ Child Co-President Lori White and Christ Child Board member Christina Amundson .

Aside from extensive backgrounds in teaching and educational administration, Braintree's newest elementary school principals have one thing in common.

Three students from Purdue University in Indiana face felony charges for their roles in a scheme in which the students allegedly boosted their grades by breaking into professors' accounts and in some cases their offices.

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's leaks to the Guardian newspaper have thrown back the curtain on the world of diplomatic espionage, revealing - in explicit detail - how British spies monitor enemies and allies alike.

The inaugural issue of a regular series on CM, XQs , is a conversation with the author of new and exciting works in South Asian Studies.

Q: To what extent should administrators of public universities have the right to censor student newspapers that receive funding as part of their university affiliation? Saba Hamedy, 21, senior, Boston University Hamedy is double majoring in journalism and political science.

The Carriage House Poetry Series invites the public to attend a free event on Tuesday, June 18 at 8:00 p.m. in the Kuran Arts Center on Watson Road, off North Martine Avenue, adjacent to Fanwood Borough Hall .

Q. I inherited this bust of Louis Pasteur from my dad, who was a doctor. I remember him bringing it home in the late 1950s.

A 20-year-old Boston University sophomore and self-described "cellist-nerd" named Olivia Culpo brought the Miss Universe crown back to the United States for the first time in more than a decade when she won the televised contest Wednesday.

After failing for years to win legislative support, Gov. Deval Patrick announced in November that he would allow the children of illegal immigrants in Massachusetts to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities.

An athlete receiving a second concussion before fully recovering from the first falls into a dangerous category known as Secondary Impact Syndrome .

It was during the summer in Montevideo when I came to know my father - for me a half a lifetime ago.

For three engineering students, the value apparently was enough to jeopardize their academic careers and more.

Robyn Williams: Have you ever thought of taking your body back to the shop and asking for a refund? Or have you, as someone close to me has just done, spent a fortune on trying to get a bit of broken body fixed - her spine in the case.