Bite Size News, October 27

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  • A gun show in Western MA let an 8-year-old boy shoot a submachine gun, and he accidentally killed himself. [Boston Herald]
  • The State Education Secretary says we don't have the funds for Gov. Patrick's proposed education programs. [Boston Globe]
  • Whitey Bulger was arrested in Toronto -- except it wasn't Whitey. Again. [Boston Herald]
  • Ralph Nader might have a new Guinness world record after making 21 campaign stops across Massachusetts in one day. No word if he also broke a record for futility. [Cambridge Chronicle]
  • Congratulations to Burlington native Amy Poehler, and husband Will Arnett, who gave birth to her first child, Archie. [Entertainment Weekly]
  • The filming of "Edge of Darkness", starring Mel Gibson, may have exacerbated rush-hour traffic last week. An anonymous source told Bostonist that local government officials chose the shooting time. [Boston Channel]

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