Bite Size News, October 1: Emails A-Comin' Edition

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  • City Hall says they plan to place online more than 5,000 "recovered emails" that were deleted by a top Menino aide, but they didn't say when or where. [Boston Globe]
  • Anatomy of a news story: Bostonist posts a link, Univeral Hub links to it, and a TV station does a piece about Ben Franklin chasing a thief. [WHDH]
  • Is planting bomb threats a new fad? Or is there a single prankster? [Boston Channel]
  • Statistics indicate drug-related deaths outnumber auto-related deaths in Massachusetts. [Associated Press]
  • Audits find that a significant number of Mass. businesses aren't complying with their health insurance payments for employees. [Boston Globe]
  • MIT and Northeastern now have state-of-the-art self-serve ice cream machines. And they can make out in dorm rooms regardless of their roommate's presence. [Xconomy, Boston Globe]
  • While not as bad as Detroit's situation, New England is running out of space at cemeteries. [Boston Globe]


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