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Actress Laura Silverman grew up in Bedford and attended Manchester West High School.

A nationwide search is on for the Latinobama. With the country's largest minority on its way to representing one-third of the U.S. population by 2050, many are speculating about who might be the first Latino president.

Newton-based Commodore Builders will spend the summer working on 11 new projects on nine New England school and college campuses.

An African-American newspaper that covered Boston's busing riots of the 1970s, the fall of black political leaders and the rise of state's first black governor, Deval Patrick, has suspended publication after 44 years and laid off its 12 employees.

Massachusetts state Treasurer Timothy Cahill is leaving the Democratic Party. He's expected to become an independent this week, a move that could pave the way for him to challenge Gov.

Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open access journal PLoS Medicine .

Tufts University drama prof Barbara Grossman thinks the late King of Pop and 19th century stage actress diva Clara Morris had a lot in common! "She was probably addicted to her doctors, just like Michael Jackson was," said Grossman, author of the recently published "A Spectacle of Suffering: Clara Morris on the American Stage." "Like , she was in a ...

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Tufts dental researchers conducted a three-year follow-up study that examined the stability of a treatment option for receding gums and found that complete root coverage - the goal of the surgery - had been maintained.

Srinagar, June 25: A Kashmiri Muslim woman has been appointed United States' Special Representative to Muslim communities, in charge of a new office that is responsible for outreaching Muslims around the world.

After banning a Christian student organization from meeting on campus, Wright State University has reversed course and granted recognition to the Campus Bible Fellowship for the 2009 2010 academic year.

A pair of former Tufts University administrators have admitted stealing nearly $1 million from the school, Massachusetts prosecutors say.

River's Edge, a 200-acre development along the Malden River nearly 15 years in the making, will have new tenants this summer, marking a vital step in a project spanning three cities.

Main Category: Seniors / Aging Also Included In: Medical Students / Training Article Date: 26 Jun 2009 A highly successful and innovative training program that prepares chief residents at medical schools to diagnose and treat health problems common to older adults -- and to prepare the medical students and residents who they help train to do the ...

Like many diseases, causes for age-related macular degeneration can be categorized as either "nature" or "nurture". Researchers think these factors, when used in the proper model, can be strong predictors of the disease.

A few months ago, Rebecca Gottlieb faced a difficult choice: continue on at her $50,000-a-year private school in Massachusetts, or leave her new friends and life and enroll at a cheaper school near home in Washington.

A cappella group Tuckermans at 9 returns to Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street, Berwick, Maine, on Saturday, June 20.

Secularists scoff when conservative Christians complain that they're oppressed. So many demands for putative religious rights - like the "right" to conduct official school prayers - are really demands for religious power.

Main Category: Eye Health / Blindness Also Included In: Nutrition / Diet Article Date: 22 Jun 2009 Omega-3 fatty acids found in fatty fish such as tuna and salmon may protect against progression of age-related macular degeneration , but the benefits appear to depend on the stage of disease and whether certain supplements are taken, report ...

Two former Tufts University employees pleaded guilty late Friday to stealing nearly $1 million from the University in two separate schemes.