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Students are volunteering in Massachusetts today. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Christmas continues for Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod as the base is getting a $23.5 million aircraft hanger. The Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy also got a $100,000 grant from the Boston Foundation. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Senators Scott Brown and John Kerry are disagreeing once again. First it was on nukes. Now, it's pay equity for women. more ›

Senator Scott Brown visited Bob Schieffer on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday to explain why it's good for Massachusetts that he supports a Republican filibuster to stop a Democratic-led overhaul of Wall Street. In the good old days of February, Brown used to be against filibusters. We'd now love to say Brown gave us some wonky reasons we didn't understand that support an effort to stop companies like Goldman Sachs from being companies like Goldman Sachs, and then explain them all to you. Instead, Brown gave us something about an arm, a web and banks not being casinos. We have nothing on that except a clip... more ›

Health care reform may have passed and signed into law but that hasn't stopped Scott Brown from opposing it. FoxNews.com says Brown's response can be described as "repeal and replace" when it comes to health care. That means "gutting" the just-passed bill and passing Republican ideas in its place. Brown also wants to enable states with existing health plans, like Massachusetts, to opt out of reforms. more ›

--Meet Dirus Gaines, a man with an iron constitution. Mr. Gaines' seemingly lifeless body was found by the railroad tracks on Wednesday afternoon in Framingham. Gaines exhibited all the signs of being dead – no movement, eyes rolled back in head, odd position of body. Then, Gaines "suddenly" awakened and displayed his beverage of choice, a bottle of blackberry brandy. And here's the best part – Gaines is awfully lively when he's not completely pickled:... more ›

It's a good week to take the whole week off. Well, is there such a thing as a bad week to take off? Grilled meats will be invading your pores for the first time in such a heavy dose since Memorial Day, which was only about a month ago. In addition to this weeks picks for some of the great shows creeping up on us in Boston we'd like to point you over to a little fifty state musical roundup on the internets. Trees lounge has gotten 23 states done in the 50 state project. Celebrate your independence my checking out some Massachusetts themed tunes (some of them are pretty borderline on the whole "theme" but we'll cut him some slack for finding 60 songs with MP3s to download) more ›

WBOS' EarthFest played host to upwards of 100,000 people yesterday – with nearly 7,000 of them waiting in line not for music, but to turn in their losing scratch tickets. The Herald reports on a bad experience had by one man trying to redeem 60,000 losing instant win tickets, while the Globe reports a win for recycling on the day as The Lottery reclaimed 50 tons of paper. For every 25 losing tickets returned a $1 scratch ticket was issued. more ›