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--A truck making an illegal left turn near the BU East Green Line Stop hit a Green Line train yesterday morning. One Green Line passenger went to the hospital, and the truck driver has a date with the courts. [Boston Globe]

--Speaking of bad drivers, some people never learn. [Boston Globe]

--Laura Crimaldi into how the mortgage mess has hit the city, particularly Dorchester, where 33 percent of the city's foreclosures happened. [Boston Herald]

--Local author Peter Manso has been working on a book about the Christa Worthington case, in which a white fashion writer was found dead in Truro, and her black garbage collector, Christopher McCowen, was convicted of the crime amidst allegations of racism on the part of the jury. Manso has taken McCowen's side, so much so that he is aiding the defense. [Boston Globe]

--One of the signs of "Manny Being Manny" is the Red Sox player's love of cars, which he once shared with Jay Leno. He's letting one of his hot rods go to benefit a local children's hospital. [WCVB]

--At least one sports blogger isn't done with Bill Belichick's flame-red Super Bowl Hoodie From Hell. [Bleacher Report]

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