Bite Size News, September 24: Paul Kirk Era Edition

The selection of Paul Kirk as interim Senator is not the end of the story as he is apparently Ted Kennedy's executor and related to Cardinal William H. O'Connell. Oh, and the state Republican Party has filed an injunction to block the appointment.

• Funding for the Urban Ring bus link, expected to be $2.7 billion, has been cut. [Cambridge Chronicle]

• A horse in Peabody died of EEE on September 19. [Boston Globe]

• Three weeks of Mayoral e-mail can be made public for a cost of $2208. [Boston Herald]

• Fox25 compares a private construction project with a public one. [MyFoxBoston.com]

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked the U.N. in general, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in particular, in New York today. [Reuters]

• Kraft Sports Group was hired by ESPN to sell ads for ESPNBoston.com. [Boston Business Journal]