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Front Page - 2008-09-11

Sept. 11, 7 years later: Where are we now?

It is not a tidy anniversary this year. Seven years between that awful day and this Sept. 11, the terrorist attacks linger somewhere between the immediate, a conscious part of our days, and the comfortable remove of the distant past. No longer yesterday. Not yet history. More »

City changes some polling places before state primary

The city's Elections Department on Monday announced changes to a number of polling locations throughout the city, hoping to inform prospective voters of shifts in time for this coming Tuesday's state primary elections. More »

Hub anti-crime activist Georgette Watson dies

Georgette Watson, a community activist that co-founded the successful "Drop-a-Dime" hotline, died on Aug. 29 in Baltimore. More »

Mass. group raises $219,000 for pot decriminalization

A man charged with drug offenses nearly a decade ago after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student fatally overdosed on laughing gas contributed $25,000 to supporters of a ballot question to decriminalize minor marijuana possession because he believes changing the law could help avert future tragedies. More »

At GOP convention, diversity on display, except on stage

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican National Convention showcased a Native American color guard, a black preacher and video footage of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, all part of its effort to present the Republican Party as a picture of diversity. What it didn't offer is many minorities speaking from the podium in prime time, or sitting among the delegates. More »

South Africans protest mass eviction order in court

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Dancing the toyi-toyi, stomping their feet and singing protest songs, more than 100 residents of the informal Joe Slovo settlement in Cape Town and their supporters rallied outside of South Africa's Constitutional Court last month in support of the community's right to adequate housing. More »