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--The city of Boston is lawyering up big-time for an expected suit from Shawn Drumgold, a man wrongly convicted of the 1989 murder of a 12-year-old. Drumgold spent 15 years behind bars. [Boston Globe] more ›

--It's warm out. And it's heavenly, but it's a little scary at the same time. more ›

--The recent toll hikes just keep on giving. Your cab ride from the airport into Boston just got more expensive. Now that the Big Dig no longer seems to be swallowing people (at least not at the moment), it is content with swallowing our money. [Boston Globe] more ›

--What would happen if you threw a Christmas mass and the priest never came? [Boston Herald] more ›

--The Office of Health and Human Services has allowed the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center to use skin-shock treatments for another year, even after the incident in which a prank caller caused staff members to shock two of the center's residents. [WBZ] more ›

--Former Boston City Councilor, Albert "Dapper" O'Neil, who probably enjoyed the best nickname bestowed up on a councilor, passed away at age 87. The Globe used many adjectives to describe him, all of which can be freely interpreted, such as "irascible" and "colorful." He opposed desegregation and, in the words of the Globe, "railed against feminists, gays, and immigrants." [Boston Globe] more ›