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City Year founder and former Americorps CEO Alan Khazei is running for Ted Kennedy's senate seat, and has been endorsed by Max Kennedy. Now, Khazei's asking you to pick his campaign video. We kinda like the "I rhyme with Jay-Z platform," but others may be more partial to this somewhat amazing take on the Cheers song.

-- Social media gets shut down in a Boston hospital. Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel, comments on his blog. [Running a Hospital]

• Thirteen communities Massachusetts are getting $8.1 million in federal stimulus cash to rehire 127 firefighters. [Boston Herald]

• While Martha Coakley has some favorable polling data, Alan Khazei has something Coakley probably won't get: the endorsement of a Kennedy, in this case, RFK's son Max Kennedy. [Boston Globe]

Bostonist isn't running for Senate. Neither is Stephen Lynch, who said there wasn't enough time to prepare for a run. Everyone else is, or may be. City Year founder Alan Khazei is apparently running. The Boston Globe said Khazei will get the nomination papers today and begin collecting signatures. Khazei had been considering running for the Senate so it's not a huge surprise that he's making it official. The idea that Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, last seen trying to buy the Globe, is possibly running for the seat vacated by Ted Kennedy's death in August, comes out of half-court left field.