LOCAL NEWS
'Idol' vet Studdard leads brand new show at StrandRuben Studdard glances at his iPhone as it pings softly. He has new mail. At his side, a Blackberry lies idle. More » |
Community rips BRA at Parcel 3 meetingRoxbury residents who packed an auditorium at the Dudley Square branch of the Boston Public Library blasted the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and Mayor Thomas M. Menino during a meeting of the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee on Monday. More » |
Yancey's annual fair gives 50,000 books to Hub kidsAn overflow crowd packed Dorchester's Prince Hall Grand Lodge last Saturday for the 23rd annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair. Some families waited outside on the drizzly afternoon, hoping to catch some of the fair's musical and dance acts and take home a backpack full of new books. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
States pull back on get-tough crime lawsNEW YORK - For the last four decades, the laws of the land were all about cracking down on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Obama outlines sweeping goal of nuclear-free worldPRAGUE - Declaring the future of mankind at stake, President Barack Obama said Sunday that all nations must strive to rid the world of nuclear arms and that the U.S. had a "moral responsibility" to lead as the only country ever to use one. More » |
