Bite Size News, August 7: Pay To Read The Globe? Edition

Image by Chris Devers from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.

Will people pay to read the Boston Globe on the Internet? We may find out. [Boston Herald]

James Aloisi, the Mass. Transportation Secretary, suggested the MBTA may no longer need a general manager at all after Daniel A. Grabauskas "resigned" on Thursday. [Boston Globe]

The Center for Disease Control picked Somerville as one of 10 sites to host information sessions on the H1N1 virus. [Somerville Journal]

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith broke his shoulder when he fell from the stage during a concert on Thursday. TMZ.com has pictures and video from the fall. [Boston Globe]

Federal investigators learned that equipment malfunction on at least a 12 recent flights by U.S. jetliners prevented pilots from knowing how fast they were flying. A similar problem may have caused an Air France crash in June that killed 228 people. [Fox News Channel]

Melanson’s boat yard in Ipswich was destroyed in a three-alarm fire today. No injuries were reported. [Boston Herald]

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