After a decade of “mission creep,” the Department of Defense has become America’s default tool for dealing with the world. Where does this leave the next president?

Ariba Inc., a California cloud- computing applications maker, was sued by a shareholder claiming SAP AG’s $4.3 billion takeover offer undervalues the company.

The renewal, even as safety questions linger, ended the longest-ever review of a US nuclear power plant’s request.

Three of the nine people facing criminal charges for an alleged hazing incident inside the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity appeared in a Brighton court Friday.

Rhode Island should get out of venture capital entirely and focus on policies that improve its business climate overall.

“Mary’s Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace” offers spies, missing documents, Cold War geopolitics, and a sprinkling of Georgetown glitter.

Onscreen portrayals of big literary names require big acting names, and HBO didn’t stint when it came to its latest original film.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who joined Scott Brown at a Faneuil Hall event Friday, said the question over Elizabeth Warren’s heritage is “not relevant.”

After a guard was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday, crossing guards and safe streets advocates said they were saddened, but not surprised.

Great Barrington feels like what Cambridge would be if everyone there wasn’t riled up about delays on the Red Line or long lines at Starbucks.

A macaque monkey died in its cage at a Brigham and Women’s Hospital facility in April while playing with a toy designed to enrich the lives of research animals.

Last year, the Boston School Superintendent received a contract extension until 2015. That will feel like an eternity unless she gets her administrative house in order.

Senator John Kerry Friday called Mitt Romney “naive’’ and “wrong’’ for asserting that Russia is the nation’s top enemy.

The entire nursery business is geared toward stocking the maximum selection of plants for this weekend.

All that appears to be motivating anybody in “Chernobyl Diaries” to do anything is paltry screenwriting.