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Front Page - 2011-05-05

Will killing Osama kill the movement he inspired?

WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials believe al-Qaida will have a hard time recovering from the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden. More »

Haiti again feels pinch of rising food prices

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Marie Bolivar, a gray-haired woman with a raspy voice, crushes peanuts into paste for sandwiches which she sells by the roadside for 12 cents apiece. These days the paste is thinner, because the price of peanuts has jumped by 80 percent. More »

Some blacks see racism in 'birther' questions

WASHINGTON - Shortly after President Barack Obama declared himself an American-born citizen with papers to prove it, Baratunde Thurston declared himself a disgusted black man. More »

Blacks more willing to spend all for cancer care

ATLANTA - Blacks and other minorities with cancer are more likely than whites to say they would spend every-thing they have on aggressive treatments that might prolong their lives, a study found. More »


Mass. gov.: 'Dial down rhetoric' on union fight

Gov. Deval Patrick urged both sides to "dial down the rhetoric" in an increasingly bitter debate over whether to sharply limit the collective bargaining power of public employees over their health insurance benefits. More »

Local efforts to rebuild Haiti's universities

Local Haitian educators are taking a lead role in forming an international consortium of colleges to help rebuild and reform Haiti's system of higher education, which was devastated in the earthquake last year. More »

Marsalis: The essence of music comes from the spirit

Music - especially blues and jazz - has little bits of all of us in it according to celebrated jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. More »