Let the real campaign begin! Senator Scott Brown has finally engaged apparent Democratic Senate campaign frontrunner Elizabeth Warren in the build up to the 2012 election. Naturally, it's on a pressing issue: Nudity. During Tuesday's debate, some reporter asked a time-wasting question about Brown's mostly naked Cosmo picture taken to get him through college. Warren said “I kept my clothes on.” Today, Brown responded by saying "Thank God" in an interview with WZLX this morning. Beavis would be proud of the Senator.
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The Cape Wind project takes another step forward after signing a deal with National Grid. [Cape Cod Times]
Boston stoners may be too high to remember their marijuana tickets. About 80% of the citations have not been paid. [Boston Herald]
The New Kids on the Block apparently don't know what year it is, because they performed at the American Music Awards last night. [CBS News]
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The City of Boston is seeing some success with a program to prevent college students from dropping out. [Boston Globe]
If campus police don't ask permission to search your BC dorm, then they can't legally find your drug stash. [WBUR]
Before the Harvard-Yale game, a Crimson comedy team joked about the Yalie who was murdered last year. [New Haven Register]
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Fifteen Massachusetts community colleges received $20 million from the U.S. Labor Department to design new technical job training programs. [Boston Herald] Harvard's website was hacked on Monday by a Pro-Syrian government group. They left a message reading "SyRiAn ELeCTronic ArMy WeRe HeRE." [Huffington Post] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
John Henry's sports empire is booming and so is his wallet. The Sox, Liverpool, and NASCAR team owner added another comma to his net worth. Henry is a billionaire. [Forbes] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
As the sports talk radio war continues between WEEI and 98.5 Sports Hub, Comcast SportsNet will simulcast the top-rated afternoon show hosted by Mike Felger and Tony Massarotti. The simulcast will begin once the show's new studio is finished. WEEI recently began an FM simulcast on WMKK to counter SportsHub's ratings lead. [Boston Herald] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Elizabeth Warren looks like a legitimate challenger to Senator Scott Brown. A recent poll had her leading Brown by a 46-44 margin while he has a double-digit lead against previous Democratic frontrunners Alan Khazei and Newton Mayor Setti Warren. We'll see how she stacks up against the six other Democrats running for Senate in the first debate that's been set for October 4 at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
A 2.5-year old girl from Chelsea was attacked by a pit bull. She was treated at Mass. General for non-life threatening injuries. The dog is under a 10-day quarantine at the North Shore Animal Hospital in Saugus .[WCVB]Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
With the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy now officially over, Boston lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents are continuing to assert themselves to keep striving for equal rights. A group called GetEQUAL plans a protest at the State House today so transgender Americans can also serve in the military. The rally will also call for general equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender from all levels of government. Now that the DADT policy is finished, Harvard is officially welcoming ROTC programs back to campus.
Rachel Maddow got what she billed as the first national interview with Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren last night. She led up to Warren with a recap of Senator Scott Brown's recent activities. Basically, she labeled Brown as having a week grasp of issues and being a top receiver of Wall Street campaign cash. Maddow painting Brown in a negative light isn't a huge surprise. Her blog is loaded with Brown-centered links.
Harvard is back on top of the realm of higher education, again, and wasting no time showing us why. Okay, Harvard technically tied with Princeton for top National University in the 2012 U.S.News & World Report Best College rankings. Harvard was first in 2011, by itself. They even like to share. Bostonist wanted proof of Harvard's scholarly greatness. We found it easily on the Internet. A team of Harvard researchers discovered a new planet in the constellation Lyra, located 650 light-years from Earth. Yeah, there's tons of planets out there. Why is Kepler-19c so special? It's a frickin' invisible planet. Harvard found a planet and nobody can see it.
Tonight is the night fans of Harry Potter have been waiting for and dreading all at once: The premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last movie in the series about the young wizard after a decade's worth of films. While the movie will probably more loads of money, there are some mixed reviews. James Verniere was not wild about Harry in the pages of the Herald. Other reviews praised the film and even suggested Alan Rickman deserved a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Severus Snape.
Cambridge is America's most well-read city, according to Amazon.com. Yes, the smart kids at Harvard and MIT have a lot to do with it, too. Amazon's top 20 most well-read cities include many college locales. Runner-up Alexandria, Virginia hosts George Washington University and Virginia Commonwealth University satellite campuses; Berkeley and Ann Arbor, Michigan are also near the top of the list. The results are based on print and digital sales of books, magazines, and newspapers on Amazon.com. Does buying books mean you automatically read them?
A five-year-old boy was found "unresponsive" on Revere Beach Parkway and his mother's boyfriend was arrested on charges of assault and battery on a child causing serious bodily injury, wantonly or recklessly permitting bodily injury to a child and child endangerment. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, Joseph Testa, 28, will be arraigned Monday in Chelsea District Court. The boy is in Mass. General in stable condition. [Universal Hub], [Globe]
Thursday was a big day for bicycle riders in and around Boston as the city finally announced Hubway, a new bike-share program, at a public event at City Hall Plaza. The $6 million program, funded by fees, grants, donations and corporate sponsorships, is set to begin this summer with 600 bikes and 61 bike kiosks.
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is the commencement speaker at Babson College this year. Thre graduation ceremony is set for May 14 in Wellesley. Stone dropped out of Northeastern and UMass Boston. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Nuclear plants in New England are old, costly, and have a great deal of nuclear waste from spent fuel rods. The Syrian government finally returned 21-year-old Pathik “Tik’’ Root, a student from Middlebury College and Ripton, Vt., after being held since March's anti-government demonstrations. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Wayne Leduc of Milton entered a not guilty plea to multiple charges, including drunken driving, today Quincy District Court and was held on $1,500 cash bail. Leduc was arrested on Sunday for allegedly hitting a state trooper on I-93. The trooper was identified as Brian Berry, 43. He was treated at Boston Medical Center and already released. [Globe]
Boston University (21-13) is Massachusetts' lone representative in the NCAA tournament after winning the America East title on Saturday against Stony Brook, 56-54, thanks to 27 points, 11 rebounds, and two winning free throws from John Holland. The Terriers are rolling through March with an 11-game winning streak. They're now the #16 seed in Southwest Regional and play #1 seeded Kansas (32-2) in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday.
Allowing 60 points in the first half is usually a good way to lose a game and last night was no different as the Clippers cruised to a 60-43 lead at the half and escaped with a 108-103 win at the TD Garden. Even 61 points in the second half wasn't enough as the Celtics fell to 27-6 at the Garden. Gary Tanguay said on CSN that every home loss has been to a western conference team.
The Cure Lounge, owned by Paige Hospitality, on Tremont Street in Boston must pay a $30,000 fine to the state, send its employees to anti-discrimination training, and publicly apologize after some black Harvard University graduates were not allowed into the club for an event after the Harvard-Yale football game on November 20.
Hundreds of teenagers marched from Copley Square to Beacon Hill Thursday to call for funding for youth jobs. Governor Deval Patrick proposed spending $8.4 million to fund youth jobs. Governor Deval Patrick is going to discuss jobs and the economy a group of Democratic governors and President Barack Obama. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
See? No offense, Eagles or Terriers, but the Beanpot needn't always be all about the BC/BU matchup. Monday's Garden double-header offered a pair of thrilling hockey matchups for Boston-area hockey fans, and while the Boston University community is wincing today, at least they can take consolation in knowing that they were part of an exciting installment of the area college tradition.
Google is adding an estimated 6,000 jobs in 2011. Some jobs will be added in Cambridge.
Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding drama troupe surprisingly, to us, named Jay Leno as its Man of the Year. Leno will get his pudding pot on February 4 and will be properly roasted by the Hasty Pudding crew.
Boston faced trouble on the highway and trains today. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
President Obama led the country in a moment of silence at 11 a.m. to honor the victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Six people died and 14 people were wounded, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, who is currently in a medically induced coma and in critical but stable condition.
Adam Wheeler, 24, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of larceny, identity fraud, and other charges today in Middlesex Superior Court for cheating his way into Harvard and was sentenced to 10 years of probation. Wheeler also has to pay at least $45,800 in restitution, attend counseling and can't profit from his story.
Today is the day. Harvard and Yale stage the 127th edition of The Game at Harvard Stadium at noon. Yale (7-2) leads the series 65-53-8. Harvard (6-3) won 14-10 in 2009.
