Bite Size News, January 15: Politics/Help Haiti Edition

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  • WCVB-TV Channel 5 is holding a day-long fundraiser to help Haitian earthquake victims. [WCVB]
  • Gisele Bundchen donated $1.5 million to the Red Cross Haitian relief fund. [AFP via Google]
  • Conan O’Brien’s close friend Rev. Paul O’Brien, the pastor of the St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence, is proud of Conan's response to the NBC controversy. [Boston Herald]
  • Arlington public schools could face a deficit as high as $6.8 million in the 2011 fiscal year. The worst-case budget scenario might require cutting 80-95 jobs. [Boston Globe]
  • Boston's foreclosure prevention and reclamation efforts will get a $13.6 million boost from the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. [Boston Herald]
  • East Boston pizza icon Santarpio’s is expanding plans to open a second location in Peabody by May. [Boston Herald]


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