As investigators try to unravel the possible motives of the Boston marathon bombing suspects, factors like their Muslim faith and family histories are being dissected. But their age and gender are perhaps so obvious, we don’t consider them as factors. "I'm currently at a child development conference and here, if you'd gone up to anybody, even before they knew a single thing [about the suspects] and asked them who did this? They'd all say: Male in his 20s," said Laurence Steinberg, professor of psychology at Temple University.

A relatively slow rate of growth in U.S. health-care spending over the last four years has led to some hope that broad-based reforms by the industry are having an impact, but a new study found that three-quarters of the decline can be attributed to recent economic turns.

This afternoon, PECO and Temple University will applaud more than a dozen students whose college careers come with what you might call a power boost. PECO Scholars Program was established in 2010 with an eye toward providing a little extra financial boost for some high-achieving students, 15 this academic year, for whom other grants had fallen a bit short. The program has helped 36 students for a total of $75,000.