Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios, has laid off all of its employees in the wake of financial difficulties, according to a company insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The Providence company, which had close to 400 employees, attracted top talent from the video game industry. 38 Studios received a $75 million loan guarantee from Rhode Island in 2010 to move from Maynard to Providence. But Rhode Island officials held emergency meetings after the company was two weeks late on a $1.1 million payment it owed the state this month and asked the state for millions more in aid to stay afloat. The firm applied to Rhode Island for $8.4 million in film-tax credits, which it could then ... Continue reading →

snapshot: per person income, 2009 Per person income varies widely across the state. Weston is at the top, with income above $211,000, but three others are above $100,000 -- Dover, Sherborn, Wellesley. The wealthiest communities are clustered around Boston. The information, for 2009, is from the Department of Revenue. Community: Continue reading →

Man in custody in 1979 Etan Patz case By the CNN Wire Staff updated 6:47 AM EDT, Thu May 24, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Police: A suspect has implicated himself in Etan Patz' disappearance More details will be released later, authorities say New York (CNN) -- Investigators in New York have a man in custody who has implicated himself in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, Commissioner Ray Kelly of the New York Police Department said Thursday. Authorities plan to divulge more details Thursday, Kelly said in a statement. Patz's disappearance received national attention and helped trigger a national movement that focuses on missing children. Most popular stories right now Law firm search Continue reading →

Unearthing history with mummy exhibit Globe Staff May 23, 2012 David L. Ryan/Globe Staff The "Lost Egypt: Ancient Secrets, Modern Science" exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science opens Sunday. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Mimi Leveque (left), Peabody Essex Museum conservator, Becca Melius (center), curator of Boston's Museum of Science, and intern Rebecca Barber examined a mummy. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff The mummy had to be unpacked from its protective case. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Leveque worked on the mummy on Tuesday. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff A closer look at the mummy's details. The exhibit features a mummy prototype in its "unwrapping" stage. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Detail of a mummy in the exhibit. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Intern Rebecca Barber looked over a coffin in ... Continue reading →

Elizabeth Warren, emerging from what many consider the roughest patch yet in her Senate campaign, has pulled into a virtual tie with US Senator Scott Brown, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll. Warren, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has the support of 47 percent of likely voters in Massachusetts, compared to 48 percent for Brown, a dead heat in a poll with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. That is a significant shift from the last Suffolk poll in February when Warren, a consumer advocate and Harvard Law School professor, trailed Brown, a Wrentham Republican, 49 percent to 40 percent. Just 5 percent of voters were undecided in the current poll, down from 9 percent in February, leaving both campaigns ... Continue reading →

Enedino Neto thought his prayers were answered in 2001 when he walked into a downtown Boston law office overflowing with illegal immigrants like him, all in a frenzied rush to apply for newly available work visas that could someday lead to US citizenship. Everyone said lawyer John K. Dvorak was the one for the job. But now, 11 years later, the government is sanctioning the lawyer, and Neto is being expelled from the United States. Last week, Dvorak’s Massachusetts law license was suspended for 18 months, following federal sanctions in March for failing to provide accurate information in immigrants’ visa applications. Advocates say Neto is one of potentially hundreds of immigrants swept up in a broad investigation that led to a temporary penalty for the ... Continue reading →

Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber who is serving life in prison for sending deadly mail bombs, won’t be able to attend his 50th reunion festivities at Harvard College. But he did contribute a bizarre entry to the Harvard College alumni report for the class of 1962. While many of his classmates sent in lengthy updates on their lives for the 2 ½-inch-thick “red book,” the entry for “Theodore John Kaczynski” only contains nine lines. The listing says his occupation is “Prisoner,” and his home address is “No. 04475-046, US Penitentiary—Max, P.O. Box 8500, Florence, CO 8126-8500.” AP File/1995 A 1994 photo of Kaczynski. Under the awards section, the listing says, “Eight life sentences, issued by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, ... Continue reading →

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. were sued along with other underwriters and Facebook Inc. by investors who claimed they were misled in the purchase of the social network firm’s stock. The investors said the members of a proposed class action, or group lawsuit have lost more than $2.5 billion since the initial public offering last week, according to a complaint filed today in Manhattan federal court. Also sued were units of Bank of America Corp. and Barclays Plc, and members of Facebook’s board, according to the filing. Facebook went public at $38 a share. While the stock rose 1.5 percent and raised $16 billion in the IPO, it plunged 19 percent over the past two ... Continue reading →

EVERETT — A 71-year-old crossing guard suffered life-threatening injuries today when she was hit by a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority pickup truck, a collision that horrified a handful of students who ran screaming to their elementary school, authorities and a witness said. The collision knocked Marie Stewart to the ground in the crosswalk at the intersection of Ferry and Cherry streets shortly after 8 a.m. Stewart was wearing a high-visibility vest and holding a stop sign today, something she routinely did, according to officials and a neighbor. Neighbor Michael Ricci said he was at home when he heard what he described as a “loud-pitched tire squeal.’’ Ricci looked towards the intersection and spotted Stewart lying in the street, bleeding heavily from a head wound. Ricci ... Continue reading →

snapshot: per person income, 2009 Per person income varies widely across the state. Weston is at the top, with income above $211,000, but three others are above $100,000 -- Dover, Sherborn, Wellesley. The wealthiest communities are clustered around Boston. The information, for 2009, is from the Department of Revenue. Community: Continue reading →