LOCAL NEWS
With new book, Dot pastor aims to inspireLast 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 » |
Sudanese exiles' stories shared at Rox readingAt 826 Boston, stories matter, and Craig Walzer had some pretty amazing ones to tell. More » |
Patrick meets with Mass. delegation on stimulus planGov. Deval Patrick met last week with the state's congressional delegation, labor leaders, construction executives and economists as he tried to ensure that Massachusetts is ready and able to spend the money expected to flow from the economic stimulus bill that President-elect Barack Obama says is one of his top priorities. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
For much of 2008, 'change' was the operative wordNEW YORK - All year long, the word was everywhere. It was something we could believe in. It was something that mattered. But by the end of 2008, it was not, most definitely, richly jingling in our pockets. The word was "change." It was what we craved, what we feared, what we endured. More » |
AP study: $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execsWASHINGTON - 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 » |
WORLD NEWS
Mugabe says 'Zimbabwe is mine,' won't be toppledHARARE, 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 » |
