--Deval Patrick boosted the payroll for his own staff by $1.1 million. The Herald is not amused. [Boston Herald]

--Speaking of not being amused, Outraged Liberal is appropriately outraged at the Herald for some fuzzy math regarding the news bit mentioned above. [Massachusetts Liberal]

--King Downing, an official with the ACLU who specializes in fighting racial profiling, suing the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts State Police. He was hassled while leaving the airport, and he feels he was profiled for flying while black. [Boston Herald]

--Harvard's class of '67 is accusing current Harvard students of "apparently docile political behavior." [Harvard Crimson]

--Now that the Hotel@MIT is going to become a Le Meridien, Beantown Bloggery tells us what to expect. The answer? Not much. [Beantown Bloggery]

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