Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A half-million Haitians who fled their shattered capital after the earthquake are starting to return to a maze of rubble piles, refugee camps and food lines, complicating ambitious plans to build a better Haiti. More »
Dot college prep inspires young minds
Lisa Andrade, now 18, dropped out of Elizabeth Seton Academy when she was 16 years old. Like many teenagers, Andrade was caught up in her social life, found school boring and wasn't taking it seriously. More »
Asylum hearing for Obama aunt ends with no ruling
An immigration hearing for President Barack Obama's African aunt ended last Thursday without an immediate decision in her second bid for asylum in the United States. Kenya native Zeituni Onyango did not comment after testifying for about 2 1/2 hours last Thursday at the closed proceedings in U.S. Immigration Court. More »
Two more candidates in Mass. governor's race
Two more candidates have jumped into the race for Massachusetts governor, including a Democratic challenger to Gov. Deval Patrick. Human service activist Grace Ross, who ran against Patrick as a Green-Rainbow candidate in 2006 and garnered less than 2 percent of the vote, said she plans to challenge Patrick as a Democrat. More »
