Bite Size News, August 20: Crimson Tie Edition

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  • The annual "best university" survey can't decide whether Harvard is better than Princeton. [US News & World Report]
  • James Taylor is donating the estimated $500k profits from his 5-day music festival to the BSO. [Berkshire Eagle]
  • If the World Cup comes to the USA in '18 or '22, Gillette Stadium might host part of the tournament. [Boston Globe]
  • Oprah loves chicken pot pie from Cape Cod, which ensures that place will be busy for years. [Cape Cod Times]
  • The cool, wet weather may reduce the state's cranberry yield by 20% this year. [Boston Herald]
  • Local TV anchor makes some news of her own when she collapses in the studio -- but it's not on her station's website yet. [Boston Channel, Boston Herald]
  • Bruin JoeShawn Thornton is making dinner tonight at the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans. [NESN]
  • When you stand on the yellow line, you can get hit by the Red Line. [Boston Globe]
  • Previously seen on Bostonist: Cambridge PD releases info that won't change anyone's mind about Sgt. James Crowley. Ted Kennedy wants someone appointed to the Senate when he dies.

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  • cheap_robv

    D'oh! I typed too fast...

  • clockworkted

    joe thornton left us for the sharks years ago bostonistas... that's a pretty sic reference and shawn might well be insulted if he is a reader.

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