Paris called and Cambridge answered

When a family friend told Stephanie Guirand last summer he wouldn't be able to cosign her college loan, the young Cambridge resident began to despair. More »

African head wraps to uplift the spirit

Surrounded by mystery books at the Egleston Square Branch Library in Roxbury, fashion designer Imani McFarlane stimulates her audience's imagination. More »

New Roxbury tech center gives kids gift of access

Three-dozen Roxbury preschoolers and adults opened a different kind of gift this Christmas, and it's the kind of gift that keeps on giving. More »

Obama: 'Time to turn the page and stand for change'

DES MOINES, Iowa - Barack Obama declared last Thursday that he is the only candidate who can bring true change in Washington, hoping to persuade Iowa voters to give him the first victory in the Democratic presidential race. More »

Questions surround study on Conn. death penalty cases

HARTFORD, Conn. - State prosecutors are questioning why lawyers for Connecticut death row inmates abandoned a publicly funded study of potential biases in death penalty cases in favor of a second review that cost taxpayers another $256,000. More »

Both sides claim victory in Kenyan presidential vote

NAIROBI, Kenya - Thousands of people waved machetes, looted shops and burned down homes Saturday, angry about the slow return of results from the closest presidential election in Kenya's history. More »