- A student at WPI successfully solved three Rubik's Cubes in less time than it took Mike Lynch to explain the NFL playoff picture. [WCVB]
- Two Boston firefighters were injured in a Jamaica Plain fire. [Boston Globe]
- A Pentucket Regional High School hockey player, 17-year old Matthew McCarthy of Merrimac, died at the end of a practice yesterday. [Boston Herald]
- The deadline to register for the January 19 special Senate election is tonight at 8 p.m. [Boston Globe]
- Massachusetts raised about $76 million through the liquidation of abandoned property. [MyFoxBoston.com]
- Russia wants to shoot down an asteroid. [AP via Yahoo!News]
- Tom Brady may not know how long he'll play Sunday but at least he knows he and wife Gisele Bundchen are among the most desired celebrity neighbors. [Boston Herald]
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