April 2, 2008
Bite Size News
--What is going on with all these tanker accidents? Another tanker crashed this morning in Woburn. It appears that injuries were minor, but I-93 South was shut down. [WBZ]
--Brookline resident Yang Jianli will walk 500 miles from Boston to Washington DC to draw attention to human rights violations in China. The subject is close to his heart--he survived a Chinese prison camp and the Tiananmen Square massacre. [BU Daily Free Press]
--It's going to cost more to park in Harvard and Kendall Squares in Cambridge. Now, it will cost a quarter to park for 15 minutes. [Cambridge Chronicle]
--Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards and a considerable force in her own right, will be a fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics. [Harvard Crimson]
--Boston Beer Co., who makes Sam Adams, is stepping in to avert a hops crisis by sharing it hops with other craft brewers. Thousands will hoist a Sam Adams tonight. [AP/Boston Globe]
--Manny Ramirez is going to be Macy's face of Father's Day. We never imagined him as that huggable, but so it goes. [Surviving Grady]
Image from Derequito entitled "The Spoils of Capitalism" from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.



Manny Ramirez is going to be Macy's face of Father's Day. We never imagined him as that huggable, but so it goes. [Surviving Grady]
but haven't you seen his kid's (Manny Jr.) bedroom? it's awesome:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/galleries/2005/0717/design/
on the other hand, he has two sons named "Manny."