DIVISIVE TIME--In this 1974 file photo, police guard while Black students board a school bus as Boston begins a school busing program. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg, File)

by Bridget Murphy

BOSTON (AP) — Last fall, Ginnette Powell traveled from her home in Boston's Dorchester section to her old middle school in South Boston — a journey of just two miles, but one that covered a huge emotional distance. Finally, she was able to leave the painful past behind.

HELP WANTED-- This Friday, March 29, 2013 file photo shows a help wanted sign at a barber shop in Richmond, Va. U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. Many discouraged Americans are giving up the job hunt for school, retirement and disability. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

by Jesse Washington and Paul Wiseman

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a full year of fruitless job hunting, Natasha Baebler just gave up.

PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES--In this Feb. 16, 2012 photo President Barack Obama walks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, center, after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

by Darlene Superville

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has apologized to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney general" at a Democratic fundraiser they attended together this week.

 PARDONED--In this July 26, 1937 file photo, police escort two of the five recently freed "Scottsboro Boys," Olen Montgomery, wearing glasses, third left, and Eugene Williams, wearing suspenders, forth left through the crowd greeting them upon their arrival at Penn Station in New York. (AP Photo, File)

by Jesse Washington and Bob Johnson

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The legacy of the "Scottsboro Boys" is secure: