Bite Size News, December 9: Politics/Winter/Holiday Edition

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  • It's Brown vs. Coakley for Teddy's job. Scott Brown launched the first volley in the general election by taking a no-tax pledge. George H.W. Bush is proud. [Boston Globe]
  • Winter made its presence known in the Hub today with snow and rain and traffic. [WCVB]
  • The Holiday Pops season begins tonight with Keith Lockhart prompting the Prudential Tower to light up. [Boston Herald]
  • Only in New Hampshire: snowmobile racing. [WCVB]
  • Boston's fourth- and eighth-graders earned above average scores in a national mathematics test but Hub schools still show a big achievement gap regarding racial and ethnic backgrounds. [Boston Globe]
  • Mayor Tom Menino is back in circulation after surgery and took advantage of that by ripping the developers of the Filene's project for a lack of progress in Downtown Crossing. [Boston Herald]
  • A proposed pedestrian footbridge outside Gillette Stadium won't receive $9 million in federal stimulus money. The federal government pulled funds. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
  • The unofficial mascot of the Kenmore MBTA station, Kenmore the cat, was finally rescued and given a new home. [WHDH]

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