The power drunk wafflers at the New York Times Company have changed their minds again about the Boston Globe. Turns out, it isn't a huge gaping money suck anymore, and Sulzberger and friends no longer want to sell it. We have yet to confirm that the Times Co. front office has done any real number crunching on Dan Shaughnessy's expense report. [Globe]
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The Newport Folk celebrated its 50th Festival over the weekend. [Providence Journal]
Caught red-handed/palmed: A information request reveals that some Barnstable County Sheriff officers like to pass risqué images via email. [Cape Cod Times]
Some of Boston's hoofed cops have found retirement digs in Plymouth. [Boston Globe]
A Massachusetts appellate court decides that incarcerated felons aren't guaranteed voting rights. [Ballot Access]
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Today, the Boston Globe reports that Catholic hospitals are banning the use of reiki, the practice of waving one's hands over a patient in the hopes of magically channeling a nonexistent "life energy" in order to promote healing. How nutty is this practice, exactly? Well, the Catholic Church officially believes in ghosts, zombies, multiplying dinner rolls, and crackers that are people, but even they're too savvy for this stuff.
The Phoenix's Adam Reilly relayed the news last night that Boston's Afro-centric weekly has suspended publication. The obvious cause—declining ad revenues—was not the only motivation that publisher Melvin Miller cited when confirming the closure:
The Herald reports that the Boston's Globe's unions are not prepared to make the concessions that the evil overlords in New York City are demanding that they make. The unions, who reportedly have already made significant concessions, don't see the point in conceding more ground without a guarantee that more concessions will not be demanded in the future. Bostonist can't say that we blame them. The standoff continues, as Boston readies for May 1, when the Globe will die or it won't.
Lissa Harris denies being behind the keyboard of the Marty Baron Twitter feed. If the feed is to be believed, which it is not, Globe editor Marty Baron is a whale-obsessed, booze-drenched jet-setter with a fondness for grape soda. Funny ha, or funny meh? Sometimes, both.
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