- With the Patrick administration considering expanding gambling in Massachusetts, the Governor is proposing budget cuts to helping gambling addicts. [Boston Herald]
- Governor Deval Patrick's administration plans to cut funding for special treatment units for prisoners with mental illness. The cut could restart a suit by the Disability Law Center against the Department of Correction that was headed for an out of court settlement. [Boston Globe]
- Boston's emergency rooms report visits by people with flu-like symptoms (H1N1) may have peaked. [WBUR]
- Two National Guardsmen from Massachusetts are part of a proposed class-action lawsuit againsts KBR Inc. and Halliburton Co., two government contractors. The suit alleges 100,000 soldiers were “poisoned” by the companies. [Boston Herald]
- Cambridge's legendary storyteller Brother Blue died this week at 88. [WBUR]
- Congressman Ed Markey wrote to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar in support of the Cape Wind project. [WickedLocal.com]
- A brawl inspired by soccer is commonplace. The fight involving players from two Rhode Island high school girls' soccer teams is not. [WCVB]
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