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Senator Scott Brown is full of surprises. Being Senator was probably the biggest surprise of all, but he can still keep us guessing.Friday saw Brown surprisingly attend a groundbreaking for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate - his visit was reportedly "unadvertised" - where he got into a mini debate with Gov. Deval Patrick. more ›

Look for Gov. Deval Patrick to act like a frontrunner as a new poll has him leading Republican Charles Baker, 41-34. We thought that sounded cool. We assume Patrick is happy he's winning, though. more ›

Political season is upon us and so are endorsements. more ›

Apparently, he spells it Glenn Beck. more ›

• Gov. Deval Patrick went to Washington, D.C. today to boost Massachusetts' chances in the Race to the Top, a federal program that could net the state $250 million in education grants. [Boston Herald]

• Wyclef Jean won't be at a fundraiser for Gov. Deval Patrick tonight. John Legend will be there. Jean is running for president of Haiti. [Boston Globe]

Bostonist may have found a winning issue for Gov. Deval Patrick in his reelection campaign: disposable bags. It's really a lack of disposable bags that the governor could use in November. more ›

• Gov. Deval Patrick wasn't missing. He was in Iraq. [WBZ]

• The Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is incomplete due to state budget cuts and "flat donations." [Boston Globe]

• Margaret Marshall, the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, is retiring in October after 11 years. Marshall was the first female Chief Justice in Massachusetts. [WCVB]

We think he is somewhere in Washington, D.C. Or, he was. No one is going to tell us where he is. Gov. Deval Patrick visited the D.C. area Tuesday to pay an 11 a.m. visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he met with wounded soldiers. After that, Patrick had no publicly scheduled events, and his staff is not saying anything. The Governor's Communications Director Kyle Sullivan said his schedule will be updated on Wednesday in response to an Associated Press inquiry Tuesday evening. He reportedly wasn't meeting with President Barack Obama, doing any campaign fundraisers, or dealing with any health issues. [Boston Globe] more ›

Provincetown's school committee voted to allow every student, apparently even first-graders, to obtain condoms at school, beginning in September. There are currently 152 students in the entire Provincetown school district. The school committee doesn't expect first-graders to actually ask for condoms. "We didn't want to pick an age, and I really don't believe we're going to get first-graders asking for a condom, as a practical matter," school committee chairman Peter Grosso said. Gov. Deval Patrick doesn't like it. Bostonist is okay with schools giving kids access to condoms, and also providing appropriate sex education. We also know first-graders who really shouldn't be aware of what a condom is used for. [Cape Cod Times] more ›

• Gov. Deval Patrick rescinded the $5 service fee imposed by the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Monday. Does Patrick get to count this as a tax cut? [WCVB]

• Don Kent, WBZ's legendary weatherman, died Tuesday at 92 years old. [WBZ]

• Senator 41 Scott Brown got three committee assignments today: Armed Services, Homeland Security and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. [Boston Herald]

Scott Brown went to D.C., had a sit down with Boston Mayor Tom Menino and meets with Gov. Deval Patrick on Thursday. Tomorrow's session with Patrick could have some substance to it as Brown "respectfully" disgrees with how he is disbursing stimulus funds allocated to Massachusetts. The Herald reported the Patrick administration has spent $2.4 billion of $4.3 billion received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Bostonist might - might - consider making out with Senator Brown if he takes down corporate bad guys. more ›

• Budget Cut Redux: Gov. Deval Patrick plans to save the state's new film-industry tax credit while advocates for residents of Massachusetts with mental illnesses are concerned about cuts to social services. [Boston Herald]

• The father of the Boston special officer who shot and killed the man who stabbed the psychiatrist discussed his son with the media. [Boston Globe]

• Four environmental groups resigned from a state advisory panel to Gov. Patrick's administration after a dispute over clean water policy and the Water Management Act. [WCVB]