- Senator John Kerry included a $20 million earmark in a Defense Department bill to fund the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. [Boston Globe]
- Martha Coakley spent lots of cash gearing up for a Senate bid even before there was an open seat to run for. [Boston Herald]
- State buget director Leslie Kirwan is resigning to take over as dean of administration and finance for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. [Harvard Gazette]
- Citigroup insists it's not pulling out of Boston despite reports to the contrary. [Boston Globe]
- The Cambridge Police Review and Advisory Board voted to launch a separate investigation into complaints filed as a result of the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. [Cambridge Chronicle]
- Does the Globe want Bostonist to get drunk this weekend? [Boston Globe]
- For some reason, a newspaper in Nevada stated an opinion on the Bay State's Senate succession process. Adam Reilly of the Phoenix is curious as to why the Mass GOP thinks a Vegas-based editorial shouldn't remain in Vegas. [Las Vegas Review Journal]
- Charles Manson disciple Susan Atkins died in jail on Thursday. [AP via Yahoo!News.com]
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