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Patrick speech highlights jobs, education, civic engagement

Gov. Deval Patrick, delivering his first State of the State address last Thursday evening, said the key to reviving the state's economy is strengthening education, creating more jobs and inspiring the public to become more engaged in civic life. More »

Roxbury native Moran named Tremont credit union's VP

BRAINTREE - Roxbury native William A. Moran has been appointed vice president of community and government affairs for Tremont Credit Union (TCU), President Len Broderick announced Monday. More »

BRA, neighborhood council discuss plans for Rox parcels

When the United House of Prayer sought the right to develop housing and a church on the vacant land at Washington Street and Melnea Cass Boulevard in 1994, city officials questioned their ability to finance the project. More »

Bostonians campaign for Obama in South Carolina

The droves of campaign volunteers that worked to help Barack Obama coast to a commanding victory in last Saturday's South Carolina Democratic primary included a number of Boston boosters who, like many others around the country, find themselves enthused by the Illinois senator's idealism and message of change. More »

Harvard scholars contribute to black biography project

CAMBRIDGE - Stagecoach Mary Fields was a gun-toting, hard-drinking, cigar-smoking frontierswoman who gambled, brawled and reputedly even killed a man. Well into her 60s, she dependably steered her coach through some of Montana's harshest weather to deliver the mail. More »

NATIONAL NEWS

Playing the race card: Nothing new for Clinton

It started as a joke - something funny that comedian Chris Rock wrote in Vanity Fair about Bill Clinton being the first black president. More »

Obama sweeps S.C., ready for Super Tuesday

DILLON, S.C. - Maggie Manning, standing beneath a faded Coca-Cola sign on the brick siding of a dry goods store, looked down Main Street past the vacant storefronts and slant-in parking spaces, mostly empty, and accurately predicted that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would sweep this old mill town. More »

Kennedy endorsements add to Obama's momentum

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination received a Camelot coronation on Monday, as a triumvirate of Kennedys offered a stirring endorsement of the Illinois senator before a raucous student crowd at American University in Washington, D.C. More »

Dems split support for Obama and Clinton

Just five days remain before Massachusetts chooses its nominees for November's general election, as the Commonwealth will be among 22 states holding primary contests on Tuesday, Feb. 5. More »

Trial starts for Conn. radio race discrimination case

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Ratings soared when WZMX-FM Hot 93.7 switched from "dancing oldies" to an edgier hip-hop format. But behind the on-air banter, racial tensions were rising among the stars at the Farmington radio station. More »


HEALTH

U.S. secretary: Key health care divides will continue

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration's health agenda this year will consist largely of fending off Democratic lawmakers until a new president and Congress take charge. More »