LOCAL NEWS
Rising fuel costs a chilling concern for Mass. residentsFor the last 30 years, Dorchester resident Wilhelmina Mathis has been receiving government subsidies to help her pay her winter heating bills. Last winter was hard enough for the 74-year-old Mathis, who spent the coldest months bundled in her warmest parka and huddled around her oven. More » |
Ready for kickoffAs football season starts, Hub coach looks to rebound from shooting More » |
More valedictorians pick Northeastern for collegeAmong valedictorians in the Boston Public Schools' Class of 2008, Northeastern University is the most popular college choice. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
Disunity may cloud Democrat conventionWASHINGTON - A cloud of disunity hangs over preparations for the Democratic party's national convention later this month as Barack Obama's vanquished primary opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton has not ruled out having her name put in nomination for a roll call vote - a potentially major distraction leading into the final campaign stretch against Republican John McCain. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Mauritania coup casts doubts over democracyNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - The small clique of army generals who masterminded Mauritania's latest coup say all the right stuff: they want to end authoritarianism, they want elections, they want real democracy. More » |
