MIT Names Provost Reif Its New President

L. Rafael Reif, a 61-year-old electrical engineer, has been provost at MIT for seven years.

Schilling’s Video Game Co. Asks R.I. For More Help

Former Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked the state for additional help to save his company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify further investment.

Mass. Senate Details $32.3B Spending Plan

Budget-writers in the state Senate are proposing to spend more on local aid than the funding level approved by the House in April.

Boston’s WFNX-FM To Be Sold To Clear Channel

Rock station WFNX may soon have a new owner. Multiple reports say there have been layoffs, too.

Amid Stalled Negotiations, Some Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Workers Sent Home

Workers picketed the Plymouth plant after the plant’s owner sent home half of the employees.

Menino Plan Aims To Curb Boston Violence This Summer

By Bob Oakes

The mayor's plan includes developing relationships with gang members and engaging young people.

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New Yorker Writer Adam Gopnik Explores Our History With Food

Writer Adam Gopnik. (Brigitte Lacombe)

What do French philosophy, Keith Richards' guitar, and science have to do with how we eat? Quite a bit, according to New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik.

Bush Says 'I'm For Mitt Romney,' But He Likely Won't Play Role In Campaign

Back in 2006: Then-President George W. Bush and then-Gov. Mitt Romney

As an elevator's doors closed, former President George W. Bush confirmed the obvious. But Romney's campaign doesn't see Bush playing an important role in the 2012 campaign.

At Trial, Serb Gen. Mladic Taunts Survivors

Former Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague earlier today.

Charged with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, he remains defiant.

Medical Report Details George Zimmerman's Injuries

George Zimmerman during a court appearance on April 20.

The man who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has argued he acted in self defense. Evidence of his injuries may support his case.

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Nyachieng Nguot Teng, 25, lost her left leg when a Sudanese bomb fell on her hut in Lalat, South Sudan, on May 5. (Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR)

Nyachieng Nguot Teng, 25, lost her left leg when a Sudanese bomb fell on her hut in Lalat, South Sudan, on May 5. (Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR)

Civilians Flee, Soldiers Dig In On Sudanese Frontier

Sudan and South Sudan are still threatening one another along their borders. The U.N. is warning both Sudans that they could face sanctions if they can't reverse their escalating feud.

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Latino Voters: Seen, But Will They Be Heard, In 2012?

Latinos protest Mitt Romney's opposition to the Dream Act, outside his campaign headquarters in Las Vegas on Feb 2.

Now the fastest growing voting group, Latinos have never been so heavily courted in a presidential race. They could play a key role in battleground states in the 2012 elections.

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The Nation’s Least Active High Schoolers: How To Get Mass. Kids Moving More

By Carey Goldberg
(geograph.org.uk)

A new briefing paper discusses way to get Massachusetts children, including the nation's most inactive high-schoolers, moving more.

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Special Interests And The Democratic Party

Photo Illustration (Alex Kingsbury/WBUR)

Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.

Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking

William Reigle has fibrosis, a disease that may be aggravated by nearby fracking. (Maggie Starbard/NPR)

Is fracking making people sick? The question has ignited a national debate. A proposed study in northern Pennsylvania could help resolve the issue.

Poll: More Support For Compensating Organ Donors

By Scott Hensley
Nino Giarratano joins hands with his father, Mickey Giarratano, after the transplant of a kidney from son to father in Denver last year. (AP/Courtesy Giarratano Family)

Federal law bans payments for organs. But about 60 percent of Americans support health care credits as compensation for organ donors, the NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll finds.

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Must-Watch Video: Paralyzed Woman Uses Brain Signals To Serve Self Coffee

By Carey Goldberg

Video of a paralyzed woman using her brain signals to control a robot arm that lets her serve herself coffee.

DeLeo To Facebook: ‘A Renewed Presence In Mass. Makes Sense’

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at MIT in November 2011 (WBUR File)

House Speaker Robert DeLeo has penned an open letter to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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