With new book, Dot pastor aims to inspire

Last Saturday, following the season's first snowstorm, Pastor Dianne Van Der Meer-Kelley spent the day worrying about how homeless Bostonians were coping with the inclement weather. More »

AP study: $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs

WASHINGTON - Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. More »

In financial bind, BMC to cut staff and services

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is making cuts to staff and services to deal with a massive reduction in state aid. More »

Mugabe says 'Zimbabwe is mine,' won't be toppled

HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe declared last Friday that "Zimbabwe is mine," saying only Zimbabweans can remove him from power and that no African nation is brave enough to wrest it from him. More »

Mastermind of '94 Rwanda genocide given life in jail

ARUSHA, Tanzania - A former Rwandan Army colonel behind the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 people was convicted of genocide last Thursday and sentenced to life in prison, the most significant verdict of a U.N. tribunal set up to bring the killers to justice. More »

ACLU: Mass. juvenile detention 'haphazard'

The state's juvenile detention centers lack trained staff and are wrongly detaining arrested youths, as well as placing children in inadequate facilities, according to a report released last Thursday. More »