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September 30, 2008
-- Christian Morgenson, a 61-year-old man, shot and killed his wife Sunday night before calling the police and killing himself, according to authorities. In a chilling twist, Morgenson posted a notice of the couple's deaths on his website prior to carrying out the apparent murder-suicide. [Globe] -- A man was arrested outside of the Jackson Square T station in Jamaica Plain Sunday night after he allegedly pulled a knife on a passerby and tried to...
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David Fioravanti wasn't the Biggest Loser when he competed on the reality TV show in 2005, but he did win $100,000 by losing the greatest percentage of body weight (he started out at 260) after being eliminated in week 5 of the show. He took a stab at being a motivational speaker, but something--possibly rumors about racial slurs--stepped in his way. So he did what any "loser" would do--resorted to crime. The Herald reports that...
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Cape Cod Sunset by Chris Seufert Colleges have sleep classes now. When we were kids, we slept seven miles in the snow both ways, and had nobody to teach us how. [Globe] Bloomberg's going for a third term! You know, since everything's going so well on Wall Street and all. [NYT] Stocks came back a bit. [CNN] Don't understand the financial crisis? Maybe this bracket will help. [TechCrunch] Haleigh Poutre will not be called...
Continue Reading "Bite Size News, September 30: Less Money, More Sleep"According to WGBH, Massachusetts Representatives Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch will join Emily Rooney tonight on WGBH's Greater Boston at 7-7:30pm on WGBH 2. The Democrats will discuss the Congressional stalemate over the bailout bill, and their opposing perspectives. Capuano, from the eighth congressional district, voted for the bill. Lynch (ninth District) opposed it....
Continue Reading "Bailout Commentary on WGBH Tonight"September 29, 2008
The federal bailout of the financial industry fails to pass the House. Wall Street and the nation gulp loudly. [NY Times] The Alleged Criminal Formerly Known as Clark Rockefeller was held on a breathtaking $50 million bail; his lawyer offered a breathtaking lesson in tortured logic while denying a kidnapping charge. [USA Today] Sonia Chang-Diaz wins the recount in the contested state Senate primary, but incumbent Dianne Wilkerson will still run to keep her...
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September 28, 2008
Retro futurism found at fabiofeminofantascience.org SFist looked into the future of San Francisco by worrying about the taco intake of its youth; hailing its first-ever bicycle traffic light, installed at an infamously dangerous intersection; and questioning Mayor Newsom's plan to turn the Civic Center, a notably violent neighborhood, into the "Sustainable Resource District" of tomorrow.Gothamist was horrified to watch a video of the police using a Taser on an emotional disturbed man, who fell...
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We covered the launch of BusRyda, which provides mobile MBTA info, last week. The service has already expanded to include a Trip Planner that will help you find out how to get from one particular place to another. Designed with the iPhone in mind, BusRyda also works on other mobile phones. Bostonist talked to BusRyda founder Eric D. Fields, who has a closer connection with DMX than you might think. Read on to learn how...
Continue Reading "BusRyda Mobile MBTA Service Interview"According to the Boston Business Journal, Massachusetts was a major target for the unwise lending practices that led to Washington Mutual's bailout by JP Morgan Chase this week. WaMu had over $1 billion in option adjustable rate mortgages in Massachusetts, a small percentage of its total portfolio but a large amount for a small state. We were WaMu's sixth largest option ARM market; California and Florida accounted for a whopping 63% of WaMu's ARMs....
Continue Reading "WaMu welcomed MA with option ARMs"September 25, 2008
-- A 23-year-old man was shot in broad daylight yesterday on Mystic Ave. in Somerville. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and no arrests have been made. [Somerville Journal] -- John Hinds, a 66-year-old Cambridge man who was convicted in 2000 of killing two relatives, lost again at trial. His previous conviction had been overturned by the Supreme Judicial Court. [Globe] -- A man was held up delivering Chinese food last night in Jamaica Plain. The assailant's...
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When children behave badly, tainted candy is still available in Chinatown markets. [Boston Herald] Starbucks employees help rescue a kidnapped woman. No mention if she had to buy a coffee first. [Cambridge Chronicle] Thieves are no longer deterred by objects bolted down; bleachers in two MA towns have recently been stolen. [Boston Globe] Football players and other athletes are donating their brains to science. One day researchers may determine if any of them could...
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As his teammates reel and (possibly) retire, and while the Red Sox rejoice, Tom Brady shops. Ah, the life of injured luxury. Jezebel commenters make astute observations about TB's appearance, including: why the blazer? is he hiding more babies in there? This is the first picture of him I've seen where I didn't want to launch myself at his pulchritude. I'm feeling sorry for him; he looks so bereft and sort of pathetic. It's gratifying...
Continue Reading "Gisele and Tom Brady Go Shopping"Tania deLuzuriaga, the Boston Globe reporter whose sexy emails became the flashpoint of a cross-country scandal earlier this month, has resigned from the paper. In 2007, while she covered the schools beat for the Miami Herald, deLuzuriaga purportedly exchanged a series of explicit emails with Alberto Carvalho, then an associate superintendent of the Miami-Dade school system. Carvalho is married. The billets-doux, which, if genuine, revealed an illicit relationship on the brink (and somewhat more about...
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-- Boston police arrested a 30-year-old Dorchester man yesterday for the afternoon shooting of a man in the South End. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries. [BPDNews] -- A New Hampshire man was beaten to a bloody pulp by alleged friends in Somerville, authorities say. [Somerville Journal] -- A pair of teenage robbers pulled off a nighttime robbery at a gas station using a stun gun, according to police. One teen, a 19-year-old from Somerville, has...
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Why did our economy explode? "Bath math," foreclosures, and those damn activists. [Good Math, Bad Math, Globe Math, WND] Why did John McCain suspend his presidential campaign? The economic crisis! [Globe] Will Paulson agree to limit executive benefits from the bailout? Maybe! [NYT] How can we fix our economy? Ask Sweden. [NYT] Can Boston students help Wall Street with math? MCAS scores are up in math and English. [Herald] Dancing medals photographed by volcanojw...
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In an era when everyone bemoans the future of journalism, NECN founder Philip Balboni thinks he has figured out a way to make money from it. According to Forbes, Balboni's new venture, GlobalNews Enterprises (GNE), plans to revive journalism by--wait for it--helping journalists make money. You don't say! With the markets in meltdown, will journalism become the new i-banking for smart young Ivy Leaguers? GNE plans to station journalists around the world, bringing back the...
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September 24, 2008
Like UndergroundHipHop.com, the on-line rap music mecca that has a storefront at 234 Huntington Ave, local music blog Ryan's Smashing Life will transcend e-existence. They're hosting a show tomorrow at the Middle East Upstairs featuring Boston indie trio Static of the Gods. Afterwards, Static of the Gods will be getting in an appropriately-sized vehicle and heading west for a string of shows in Texas and beyond. To celebrate, they've given Ryan's Smashing Life an exclusive...
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k a t m captured the hotness Flemmi says Connolly did it. Tipped him off, that is, not killed anybody. [Globe] The Google Phone has flaws? Say it ain't so. [Gizmodo] South Boston home, resembling many an undergraduate residence, is declared "uninhabitable." Uninhabitable by people with standards, maybe! The sad part is these standards-less people had a 5-year-old living with them. The child is now in protective custody. [Herald] Much like that home is...
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Massachusetts forced everyone to have health insurance. Now it takes longer to see a doctor, and there are fewer practices accepting new patients. Ah, success. [Boston Globe] Microsoft opened a new research facility in Cambridge. Perhaps they'll eventually get "Obama" into Word's spell-check. [Mass High Tech] The Department of Homeland Security has nixed MBTA plans to expand chemical attack sensors because the existing system is effective enough for them. [Boston Globe] As usual, people...
Continue Reading "Bite Size News, September 22"September 21, 2008
Photograph by labatata on Flickr Gothamist went on the Wall Street roller coaster during a crazy week for financial institutions (bankruptcy, sale, bailout) and the county.Phillyist analyzed the problem of hecklers at live performances.Londonist eagerly anticipated the annual Open House Weekend, where for one weekend only, the public get to poke around some of the capital's more interesting buildings.LAist headed to the LA County Fair to earn a heart attack by checking out all...
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