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November 1, 2010

Man gets 9 years for setting 2008 black church fire

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) - The fire destroyed the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield in the early morning…
October 25, 2010

Tales of Katrina told through new museum exhibit

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The $7.5 million exhibit at New Orleans' French Quarter museum recounts tales of the 2005 hurricane,…
October 19, 2010

‘Gone Baby Gone’ actress pins break-in on black man

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - Jill Quigg, 35, of Quincy, who played the role of Dottie in the movie directed by…
September 13, 2010

Mass. black public school students top peers on SAT

MALDEN, Mass. (AP) - Massachusetts education officials say the state's black public high school students are outperforming their SAT-taking peers…
August 25, 2010

Obama 'having a great time' despite vacation rain

WEST TISBURY, Mass. (AP) - The president made the remarks, his first in public since heading out on vacation last…
August 24, 2010

9 states, DC named 'Race to the Top' grant winners

ATLANTA (AP) - The aim of the historic program is to reward ambitious changes to improve schools and close the…
August 19, 2010

Report: missing pregnant woman may have 2 husbands

Media reports suggest pregnant Nantucket woman who has been missing for almost a month, may have been married to two…
August 6, 2010

Mass. police search for missing pregnant woman

VIDEO - Trudie Hall was last seen July 27th, after going to Barnstable on cape cod for a doctor's appointment...
July 8, 2010

Federal gay marriage ban is ruled unconstitutional

BOSTON (AP) - A U.S. District Judge ruled in favor of gay couples' rights in two separate challenges to the…
July 7, 2010

Obama pep talk, crowded field helps Deval Patrick

BOSTON (AP) - President Obama told Gov. Deval Patrick to get over his revulsion about asking for campaign cash and…
June 17, 2010

Study on Henry Gates arrest: Cambridge police don’t use racial profiling

The report by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, which was published Thursday in the Boston Globe...
June 16, 2010

Man pleads guilty in Mass. black church arson

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - One of three white men charged with burning down a predominantly black church hours after Obama…
June 11, 2010

Guilty plea expected in Mass. black church arson

BOSTON (AP) - One of three white men accused of torching a predominantly black Massachusetts church because they were angry…
June 9, 2010

Hitler portrait in young artists exhibit offends

VIDEO - For his first exhibit ever, the artist wanted to create a conversation...
June 4, 2010

Ex-UMass student gets probation in stabbings of 2

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - The case sparked passionate rallies in support of the biology major, and accusations of racism against…
June 3, 2010

Mass. sen. who stuffed money in bra pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) - Dianne Wilkerson, a Boston Democrat, entered the pleas to eight counts of attempted extortion at a hearing…
April 5, 2010

Obama mission: Saving Gov. Deval Patrick

Few politicians are as close to Obama as the Massachusetts Democratic governor or have deeper ties to the president and…
February 9, 2010

TheGrio’s 100: Deval Patrick, groundbreaking governor of Massachusetts

TheGrio's 100 - Patrick, 53, was elected Massachusetts' first African-American governor in November 2006...
February 1, 2010

Mayor-elect in Newton, Mass. set for historic inauguration

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) -- The city of Newton inaugurated the first African-American to be elected mayor in a popular vote…
January 20, 2010

Coakley ignored black voters at her own peril

OPINION - Hopefully Martha Coakley's loss will be a wake-up call for the Democratic party because black folks are certainly…