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Front Page - 2007-12-20

City setting sights on lead poisoning in kids

When Taina Polanco bought her South Dorchester home in February of 2006, she worried about plenty of things: her job, improving her English, and making sure her 3-year-old daughter brushed her teeth in the morning. More »

A hunger to serve For clients of Community Servings, the path to health goes through the stomach

From succulent peach cobbler to hearty macaroni and cheese or spicy Spanish beef, there are certain foods that just always taste like home. These are the dishes Community Servings is intent on delivering. More »

Hub nonprofits cultivate small business owners

These days, sunshine greets Yvonne Jones as she enters her recently opened Halisi Day Spa & Salon in the Crosstown Center in Roxbury. More »

Mass. woman misdiagnosed with HIV gets $2.5M verdict

A Massachusetts jury awarded $2.5 million in damages last week to a woman who received HIV treatments for almost nine years before discovering she never actually had the virus that causes AIDS. More »

Yale study: Race bias mars Conn. death penalty cases

HARTFORD, Conn. - Lawyers for state death row inmates last week released a study that concludes minorities are disproportionately sentenced to die for their crimes in Connecticut, and decisions to seek the death penalty are often arbitrary. More »

Clinton dig at Obama has ring to his own '92 race

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Bill Clinton says Sen. Barack Obama is a highly ambitious, political prodigy who is asking voters to "roll the dice" and elect him president. More »