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The Patriots recently showed off the team's new Putnam Club premium seating club at Gillette Stadium. Club seats feature a great view of the games, extra space for sating, and a full bar and menu. [Foxboro Patch] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

A series of thunderstorms hit Massachusetts on Thursday, knocking down trees and wires and causing power outages. A casino bill compromise is in the works that would create three resort-style casinos and a fourth gaming site at a racetrack. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Did Tom Brady destroy Wall Street and the economy? He did have some free time on his hands when the American economy wasn't really flourishing. Bostonist is kidding, of course. (We'll apologize to Tom's sister Nancy anyway and blame Bernard Pollard.) The leader of the New England Patriots was, through no fault of his own, linked to the mortgage unit at Goldman Sachs, a group of traders involved in some risky moves that went wrong. In what appears to have been a cheesy teambuilding stunt, young traders were asked to emulate Brady's "methodical" approach and his "cool under pressure" demeanor instead of simply being given a yellow stress ball with a smiley face to squeeze. Imagine if they had been as effective as Brady... [Wall Street Journal] 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 ›

• What is faster than the speeding Green Line? A hamburger? [Wicked Local Allston]

• Students at Dedham High appear to have planned and carried out a food fight. [Dedham Daily News Transcript]

• Close to two dozen runners expected to compete in the 114th Boston Marathon on Monday are stranded in Europe by Iceland's volcanic ash cloud. [WCVB]

With visions of sugar plum fairies dancing through their heads, the -Ists began to get into that holiday mood. Well, some did. Austinist wasn't as the NY Times dissed them and a local Tex-Mex institution sold out. Making them feel better was music, sweet music and the local theater getting name checked on "Heroes" Chicagoist tried to wrap their heads around a religious movie being banned from a Christmas themed park. To wash that... more ›