LOCAL NEWS
Financial meltdown tests Patrick, Mass. leadersAs a candidate for governor, Deval Patrick vowed to reinvigorate the economy, usher in an era of green technology and make Massachusetts a biotech hub - all while fighting to lower property taxes. More » |
Hub anti-war rally lacking in diversitySeveral hundred activists gathered at Boston Common last Saturday to call for an end to the U.S.-led war in Iraq, but some rally participants said they were troubled by the lack of people of color in attendance. More » |
Born premature, Dot teen now sets sights on pre-medWhen Uniqua Mason was born on Oct. 15, 1991, she weighed just 1 pound, 14 ounces. Her mother, Janella, gave birth after a pregnancy that lasted only 24 weeks. More » |
Red Sox Mentoring Challenge helps to find mentors for kidsMentoring provides a wealth of benefits to children, including improved grades, self-esteem and prevention of risky behaviors. Yet in Massachusetts alone, nearly 5,000 children are waiting for mentors. In fact, many of those children have been on those lists for six months or more because of a severe shortage of volunteers, according to Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP), the statewide umbrella agency for youth mentoring in Massachusetts. More » |
Mentoring has many facesImagine this: a caring adult enters a child's life, and through the basic acts of spending time, and being both a good listener and dependable, incredible things start to happen to both mentor and mentee. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Surge of newly registered voters likely favors ObamaJACKSONVILLE, N.C. - The surge in new voters that helped propel Barack Obama to his party's presidential nomination is carrying over to the general election - 9 million newly registered voters who are overwhelmingly Democratic and could add up to a big victory on Election Day. More » |
NAACP watching, ready for voter problemsSAN ANTONIO - The NAACP will have lawyers targeting 750 precincts around the nation on Election Day to help address complaints about possible voter disenfranchisement, the organization's new president said. More » |
Ohio GOP playing voter fraud card, but lacks facts to trumpCOLUMBUS, Ohio - If Republican lawsuits and rhetoric are any indication, the specter of voting fraud is looming large over the November election. More » |
Clinton campaigns for Obama in VirginiaRICHMOND, Va. - President Bush's response to the nation's financial crisis is helping Barack Obama's presidential campaign, former President Bill Clinton said on Sunday. More » |
Peace Corps markets public service to retiring boomersDAYTON, Ohio - As a new member of the Peace Corps, Ralph Bernstein is trying to get used to the heat and humidity in the equatorial African nation of Ghana, the bone-jarring rides over unpaved roads and unsanitary conditions. More » |
WORLD NEWS
In food crisis, Cuba limits sales so that all can eatHAVANA - Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough - barely - to go around. More » |
ANC members may form new S. African opposition partyJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A leading South African politician said last Wednesday that he and other members of the governing African National Congress (ANC) may break away to form a new opposition group. More » |
