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Hub residents prepare for Obama inauguration

Brian Knowles has spent the last three months preparing for his trip down to Washington, D.C., to attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. More »

Cutting costs, corruption on Hub's legislative agenda

Mayor Thomas M. Menino revealed the city's legislative agenda for the new year last Thursday, a wish list aimed at enhancing Boston's fiscal flexibility while featuring initiatives from paving the way for single-sex schools to giving Boston police the ability to ticket wayward cyclists. More »

54th Mass. Regiment to march in inaugural parade

The Massachusetts National Guard's newly organized and designated 54th Volunteer Regiment (Selected Honor Guard) will carry its proud lineage to Washington, D.C., to march in President-elect Barack Obama?s inaugural parade on Jan. 20. More »

NATIONAL NEWS

SPECIAL SECTION: Honoring the 80th Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On March 31, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. discussed his planned poor people's demonstration from the pulpit of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. "This is America's opportunity to help bridge the gulf between the haves and the have-nots," King said. "The question is whether America will do it. There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty." More »

Beyond the 'new' black pol

There's something different about Obama's generation. But what? More »

WORLD NEWS

S. African savings clubs brace against bad times

NHLAZUKA, South Africa - Fano Ephraim Mtshali hasn't held a steady job since 1998 and claws out a living for himself, his two children and his eight orphaned nieces and nephews by growing vegetables. More »


HEALTH

Mass. launches new anti-obesity efforts

Massachusetts government officials last week unveiled a plan to tackle obesity after a Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation study revealed that nearly a third of the state's school-aged kids are overweight or obese. More »

Health Notes

CDC: Mississippi has highest teen birth rate in U.S. More »