Update: WBZ has pictures of an SUV crashing into the bus. Another car plowed into the back of the car that hit the bus. The people involved were lucky--only three people on the bus and four in the SUV were hit.
--A car hit an MBTA bus this afternoon while the bus was on American Legion Highway and Mount Hope Road. Three people on the bus went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. [Boston Globe]
--In a baffling move, Everett city lawyers are telling a Wellesley kid who was trying to collect toys for Everett kids who lost their homes in the tanker explosion that he can't give the toys away. Why? Because of the toy recall in China. Hello? Can someone not go through the toys, pick out the ones that have been recalled, and give them away? And what does that say to the kid? Thanks, but helping your community is a bad idea. We understand why there are lawyers and liability laws. Sure, laws are necessary and usually in our best interests (unless you are a New Hampshire survivalist who doesn't need that sort of thing), but this seems silly.
Pardon us, but is there no one in Everett--say, the mayor or City Council--who can tell the lawyers to stuff it? Give mayor John F. Hanlon a buzz at 617-394-2270. [Boston Herald, WBZ]
--For every Grinch, thankfully there's a non-Grinch actually helping people. The Pine Street Inn is hosting its holiday meals. [Boston Globe]
--Deval Patrick on a ballot question that would stop the state income tax: "Just a dumb idea." [Boston Globe]
Image of a living statue at Downtown Crossing by seosmh from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.
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