Bite Size News, January 19: Senate Election Edition

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  • Jon Keller of WBZ reports heavy voter turnout for today's special Senate election. [WBZ]
  • Secretary of State William Galvin said politics will not be a factor in certifying today's vote. [WCVB]
  • The Boston Elections Department enforced a rule that that bans political signs within 150 feet of a polling place. [Universal Hub]
  • If there was a phone booth around, CNN anchor/action hero Anderson Cooper would have been dressed in tights and a cape when rescued an injured Haitian boy from looters. [TMZ]
  • The Supreme Judicial Court rejected Canton's legal challenge to the Westwood Station development project. [Boston Globe]
  • The Massachusetts Maritime Academy training ship, the T.S. Kennedy, will not participate in Haitian earthquake relief efforts after federal authorities rescinded an order to do just that. [Boston Globe]
  • A new law in Massachusetts requires any child who is in day care for more than four hours, or has a meal in day care, to brush their teeth. [WCVB]
  • Robert B. Parker, the mystery novelist whose writing inspired the TV series "Spenser for Hire", died at his desk on Monday at 77. [Boston Globe]

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  • IUsedTo

    RIP Mr. Parker

  • p0larbare

    Now, if only they could make a law that forced bums on the T to brush their teeth..

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