Bite Size News, October 5: Nobel, Fair, & Green Prizes Edition

• Congrats to Dr. Jack W. Szostak of Harvard/MGH for sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine. [New York Times]
• Congrats to the 1,000+ lb. gourd that won the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off at the Topsfield Fair. [Salem News]
• Congrats to a Waltham man who defended his title at the Garlicky Greens Eating Championship. [Boston Herald]
• Immigrants are still moving to Massachusetts. [Boston Globe]
• Massachusetts may explore the slavery profits made in the Commonwealth's past. (How many meals were served to slaveowners at Union Oyster House? Enquiring minds want to know!) [Boston Globe]
• A Connecticut soldier and Tufts Grad was killed in Afghanistan on Friday. [Hartford Courant]
• The best discounts at Natick Collection were at the condo auction this weekend. [Boston Globe]

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