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• Obama visited Buchenwald. [Globe]
• One in ten are unemployed! Aagh! [Forbes]
• Feder vs. Soderling! Where is our Nadal? [NYT]

• Harvard will endow a LGBT chair, possibly the first of its kind. [Globe]
• Beth Israel will honor Rep. Barney Frank and Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons at the 16th Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Achievement Awards. [Cambridge Chronicle]
• Sal might get up to 20 years in prison. [Herald]

• An old man drove his car into a Wal-Mart. There'd be a punchline here, but people were hurt. [WBZ]
• Paul McCartney might come to Fenway. [Herald]
• Even if he doesn't, you can still play Beatles Rock Band. [Globe]

• You knew whales were big, but have you ever seen a tongue like this? [WBZ]
• Coast Guard Beach in Eastham is a top 10 beach according to some list. Except when it's full of whale tongues. [WBZ]
• A New Edition songwriter is a suspect in the recent murder in a Harvard dorm. [WCVB]

• The Somerville Journal accuses the Somerville News of plagiarism. It's MoDo/TPM all over again! [Somerville Journal]
• New traffic tools may help you avoid an awful weekend of driving this Memorial Day. [Commonwealth Conversations]
• An MGH employee left patient records on the T; now the hospital is being sued. [Globe]

• Wellesley goes all H1N1. [Wellesley Townsman]
• As does Somerville.. [Somerville Journal]
• And the Public Garden goes swan (flu-free... we hope). [Globe]

• Arlen Specter went blue. [CNN]
• In a cost-cutting measure, the MBTA cut down trees and started to reconstruct an expensive sidewalk. If by cost-cutting we mean cost-wasting. [Herald]
• T cops arrested a man who spat on a bus driver. Maybe he was mad about the sidewalk? [Herald]

• Dusty's bringing us a boost... at Dunkin. [Herald]
• Bristol County woes continue as sheriff says he's unable to provide health care to his prisoners. [WCVB]
• Could it get into the 80s this weekend? God, we hope so. [WBZ]

The MBTA is going to lay off 75 of its 6000 employees. Are any of the 75 the people who stand at Coolidge every morning distinctly not collecting any fares? Probably not. [Globe] more ›

• It's so nice out that people are getting scantily clad and sunbathing on the common. [An Inside Source]
• A brush fire burns in Lexington. [WBZ]
• A heater fire sent Hopkinton Elementary School staffers home. [WCVB]

• The Beige Book shows mixed results for the Mass. economy. [Globe]
• U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Michael Sullivan is resigning. [WCVB]
• United to alienate obese people by charging them for an extra seat. Classy. [WBZ]

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• A gunman killed at least 12 people and himself in a massacre in Binghamton NY; five more people are being treated for injuries. [Globe]
• Did the Ruggles Place development get shut down because of Menino? [Herald]
• Three Massachusetts cities are "most livable" according to Forbes; Portland, Maine, topped the list. [Globe]

• President Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod. That's not news. What's news is what's on it—Dylan? Stevie Wonder? Some people have questioned the gift, but at least it's less self-centered than what the queen gave him: a picture of herself. Cute, Lizzy. [Globe]
• Soon, you may no longer be able to ease the pain of unemployment with drugs. Except alcohol and tobacco. Because those don't count. [CNN]
• Margaret Greer tries the craiglist defense. [Globe]

• Following widespread criticism of her appointment to a high-level state job, Deval Patrick's pal Marian Walsh now says she won't take the position. [Globe]
• Obama arrived in the UK for the G20 summit. [NYT]
• The son of a woman on trial for withholding his medical care has died. [Globe]

• Americans spend 8.5 hours a day on screens, getting 61 minutes of advertising exposure. [NYT]
• Teens can pick from 10,000 new summer jobs from the state through YouthWorks. [WBZ]
• Obama makes plans to shake up Afghanistan and Pakistan, intensifying opposition to Al Qaeda and the Taliban with 4000 more troops. [NYT]

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• A German student went on a shooting rampage. [CNN]
• Former house speaker George Keverian was remembered in a memorial service today. [Globe]
• The FDA and drug chiefs were picked. [Times]

• Get yourself a three-bedroom at Longwood Towers for just $860,000. [Globe]
• News flash: budget people are nerds. Nooo. And this makes them incompetent. Um. Huh? And being macho makes you more competent. Okay, now you're just getting nutty. [Herald]
• Stocks are up, no thanks to nerds, apparently. [Globe]

• Layoffs are "mounting" in the horse and bike police forces. [Globe]
• A Wal-Mart shopper found teeth in a wallet he was about to purchase. Has the tooth fairy been getting a little confused? [WCVB]
• Mass. gets a $438 million stimulus. [Herald]

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• The Barenaked Ladies are still naked, but now minus Steven Page. Mix 98-5 has an interview. [WBZ]
• PWD FTW! [Globe]
• Even Disney's offering deals in this economy. [NYT]

• The Turnpike Authority proves, with a befuddling toll increase plan, that Deval Patrick is right to get rid of it. [Globe]
• The DC quarter features Duke Ellington. (What will ours have?) [Globe]
• Just because it's foreclosed doesn't mean it's closed, apparently. People were found living in a foreclosed Dorchester home. [WBZ]

• We never thought people got into animal rescue for the money, but now we're changing our minds. The MSCPA's CEO made $340,595 in 2007. [Globe]
• Brides, running, blah blah. It's happened before. [Globe]
• Is Vicki ready to take Ted's seat, or will she follow in Caroline's fruitless footsteps? [Herald]

• Apparently losing $8 billion can slow down even Harvard. The university is chilling on its Allston takeover... for now. [Herald]
• This is one retired cop we wouldn't mind cuddling with. [WCVB]
• Say "goodbye" to Saturn and Pontiac as GM phases them out. [NYT]

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• The city closed off the Old Granary Burying Ground because of a sinkhole. [Universal Hub]
• Stocks fell again after the bailout announcement. [Globe]
• People don't like the idea of a gas tax increase. Because driving is a right we deserve, not a privilege we pay for! [Herald]