Shakira wins medal

March 5, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

Shakira wins medal

Shakira has received a medal from the U.N. labor agency for her work to help impoverished children.

The 33-year-old Colombian pop star has worked as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. Her Barefoot foundation provides nutrition to more than 6,000 children in Colombia, and she is a member of the ALAS foundation that advocates for children across Latin America.

At a small ceremony Wednesday in Geneva, U.N. labor chief Juan Somavia called Shakira a “true ambassador for children and young people, for quality education and social justice.”

Shakira said in a statement Thursday that social, economic and environmental policies must focus on children and their education.

FBI hopes DNA can help solve ’90 art heist

The FBI is hoping advances in DNA technology can help solve a 20-year-old Boston art heist.

A spokeswoman for the FBI’s Boston office tells The Boston Globe the lead agent in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum case is resubmitting evidence taken from the scene for DNA analysis.

Agent Geoffrey Kelly said he could not disclose what evidence would be reviewed, but experts familiar with the case said it would probably include duct tape used to bind two museum security guards.

The heist was one of the world’s biggest art thefts. Two men disguised as police officers talked their way into the museum in March 1990 and stole 13 works, including pieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet worth an estimated $250 million.

Palin pitches plan for a reality show

Fox News Channel may not be Sarah Palin’s only foray into television.

The former vice presidential candidate has been pitching an idea for a show about Alaska to network ex- ecutives. She’s team-ed with Mark Burnett, one of television’s busiest producers. Burnett is best known for his “Survivor” series on CBS.

Three broadcast executives, who spoke on condition of anonymity because their networks don’t publicly discuss story pitches, said Thursday that Palin was meeting with officials at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox this week. The meetings were first reported by Entertainment Weekly.