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Shh... The President and his family are vacationing on the Vineyard. [Martha's Vineyard Times]
Former Gov. Cellucci supports restoring the gubernatorial power to appoint a temporary Senator. [Boston Herald]
A local firm won't divulge the "secret ingredient" in their solar-power system. [SmartPlanet]
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In one week, two whales have died at the same Rhode Island beach. [Providence Journal]
Cape Wind opponents continue to drag their feet -- into a courtroom. [Cape Cod Times]
Uh, oh. Genzyme's contaminated Allston factory may endanger some that count on their drug treatments. [Boston Globe]
A soldier from Chicopee has died from wounds inflicted by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. [Worcester Telegram]
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Local little leaguers play the world's longest baseball game on purpose. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
The world's longest lobster roll was made in Portland yesterday. [NECN]
Falling clams and ice kill a man at a chowder plant. [CBS]
The mystery meat might have been grosser than you thought. Many local school cafeterias aren't regularly inspected. [Boston Globe]
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They can't defend their championship, but the Celtics have been named "Professional Sports Team of the Year." [WEEI]
After 3 years, the Arlington T station renovation is complete with an elevator and public restroom. [Boston Metro]
Mayor Mumbles is trying a new tack to randomly drug test firefighters. [Boston Herald]
Tom Brady and some his Best Buddies ride bikes on the Cape and raise $3.6 million for charity. [Cape Cod Times]
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A crowd of citizens (and city councilors) actually showed up to a public hearing to oppose Turnpike toll increases. [Boston Herald]
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Only one bar missed the sprinkler deadline and had to close on Saturday. It's surrounded by water on a pier. [Boston Globe]
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The Globe releases a survey of top workplaces in the state. Bostonist is overlooked again! [Boston Globe]
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Last week, a soldier became the first Iraq casualty from Framingham. Sgt. Scott J. Metcalf suffered "non-combat-related injuries," and his death is being investigated. [Metrowest Daily News]
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A gun show in Western MA let an 8-year-old boy shoot a submachine gun, and he accidentally killed himself. [Boston Herald]
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According to TMZ.com and ABC via WCVB, Michael Jackson, 50, died after he suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday. Various reports say paramedics responded to his home where he was already in cardiac arrest. Jackson dominated pop music in the 1980's after becoming a star in the 1970's as a member of the Jackson 5. The LA Times has posted < href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bio-mjackson-pg,0,5657216.photogallery?index=1">a collection of photographs of Jackson. Jackson has three children Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II.
You might have trouble getting tickets at Fenway, like most of us do. But it's comforting to know that when all those and myriad other troubles have gone away, you can still proclaim your allegiance to the boys even as you while away the centuries.
--One would think that Boston would be prepared to handle snow. But it isn't a good sign when headlines read "what went wrong." [Boston Globe]
--The BPD arrested two people in the South End for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm. The gun wouldn't have been discovered if it hadn't accidentally gone off in the bathroom. The Herald reported that the woman who was arrested was the mother of Dontel Jeffers, the child who died at the hands of his foster mother, who was recently sentenced for the crime. Laurel Sweet writes, "Crystal Claiborn [Jeffers' mother] claimed that while aiming the...
--A woman who was pregnant with twins was shot in the back last night in Mattapan. Police are saying the 22-year-old was shot through her apartment window. The woman is now in stable condition. The Herald adds that Police Commissioner Ed Davis went to the scene and that It was unclear last night whether the woman was targeted by someone she knew or whether she was a victim of a bizarre act of random violence....
This week's episode of Project Runway Season 4 brought us all sorts of drama. From forcing the competitors to ::gasp:: work together to create a cohesive set of outfits to having them use ::gasp:: outdated materials to make their looks, Heidi & Co. (TM) challenged designers to the max. Accustomed to working on their own with only the latest materials, some designers reacted negatively and picked unnecessarily melodramatic fights with one another. Still, a few...
Ann Marie McNally died when her car and a BPD cruiser hit each other in South Boston in November. Yet she lives on because hackers, for some strange reason, are using her name as a way to draw people to their own sites. Louise Story at the New York Times spoke with McNally's friends and family because several of them thought they found a video for her memorial service on the web. The memorials were...
--The banner brawl continues. The Highway Department decided that the banners declaring support for the troops that hang over the roadways pose a potential road hazard. That decision poses a potential PR nightmare, and Governor Deval Patrick has put it on hold. [Boston Globe] --Corinne Stephen, 26, was sentenced to 8 to 12 years for the involuntary manslaughter of her foster child, 4-year-old Dontel Jeffers. [DA's Office, background] --A longshoreman fessed up to putting...
Pollock Matters Through December 9 McMullen Museum of Art Boston College 140 Commonwealth, Devlin Hall 108, Chestnut Hill (T: Boston College. Directions by car.) Boston College is running an art exhibit addressing the relationship between painter Jackson Pollock and his friend Herbert Matter. The exhibit is national news because the paintings, which were discovered by Matter's son Alex, may or may not be original Pollocks. Numerous experts have evaluated these paintings to discover the truth,...
--An employee at the TGI Friday's at the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley in Millbury was stabbed to death in broad daylight in the restaurant's parking lot. Ronda Healey, 27, of Worcester, was a mother of three. Her boyfriend, 30-year-old Justin Hiser, has been arrested for the crime. The Herald described the weapon as a "large hunting knife." According to the Globe, he led police on a chase but was arrested after hitting traffic in Southborough,...
Larry Bird was once quoted as saying, "I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end." If this theory holds true, Larry was speaking in the long-term - the Celtics gave 100 percent last night and things didn't work out in Cleveland in the end. After battling through regulation and overtime, the Celtics fell to the Cavs, 109-104. In order to pull...
Reverend Bruce Wall has gone to great lengths to draw attention to the violence on the streets of this city. The last time he appeared on Bostonist, he had published a letter advising tourists not to visit Boston following the death of New York City resident Chiara Levin in February. Wall is in the spotlight again for different reasons. The Globe reported today that his 15-year-old son is a suspect in an armed robbery in...