- A $600 million budget gap could lead to trimming 2,000 state jobs, not to mention other cost-cutting measures. [Boston Globe]
- The Mass. unemployment rate jumped to 9.2% in September, which might mean the Bay State is still in a recession. [Boston Herald]
- Potential amendments to the state's transportation reform bill could eliminate some of the saving that was the purpose of the reforms. [Boston Herald]
- Some Bay State towns caught an early glimpse of snow. [WBZ]
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand was born in Cambridge and lived in Brookline as a child. On Sunday, a plaque will be dedicate to commemorate his residence. [Boston.com]
- The balloon boy was really the hiding-in-the-attic kid and was never in danger. It may, or may not, have been a publicity stunt. [CNN]
- An interrracial couple was denied a marriage license in Louisiana by a justice of the peace who was concerned about any children they may have. "I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way. I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom," said Tangipahoa Parish justice of the peace Keith Bardwell." [AP via Yahoo!]
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