Bite Size News, July 28: Stimulus Cash For Cops Edition

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  • Massachusetts will get $29 million in Federal stimulus funds to pay the salaries of 131 cops. [WCVB]
  • Phillip Brunelle, a 29-year old double scratch-ticket winner from Fall River, has quite a colorful past that is both heroic and fraudulent. [WBZ]
  • The Mass. Board of Bar Overseers wants former House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran to permanently lose his license to pactice law. [Boston Herald]
  • The Globe's Bella English tells us that a recent survey found 60% of men consider themselves sexy. Well, 100% of people who read about it want to know who conducted the survey because Ms. English didn't include that fact. [Boston Globe]
  • Boston's Catholic Archdiocese is raising the retirement age for priests from 70 to 75. [Boston Globe]
  • The Food Netwok is coming to Massachusetts this week to tape a segment for its "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" program at Morin's Diner in Attleboro. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]

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