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Governor Deval Patrick drove to work today from Milton on the first day of Car-Free Week. Oops! [Boston Herald] Massachusetts suspended over 100 people's licenses because they were obtained in Arizona and converted them to Bay State licenses. [WBUR] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Joel Tenenbaum goes to Boston University to pursue a doctorate in physics. He's getting quite familiar with the American legal system, too, after appealing US District Court Judge Nancy Gertner's court order to reduce a $675,000 damage award to $67,500 in damages for illegally downloading music. Tenenbaum said the reduced damage award is "equally as insane" as the original amount. The former Providence, R.I., resident says the reduced award would force him to declare bankruptcy. The four record companies due the damages, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Bros. Records Inc., Arista Records LLC, and UMG Recordings Inc., also appealed the reduced award. [Boston Globe] more ›

-- Joseph Joyce, a 27-year-old Scituate man, turned himself in to face an indecent assault and battery charge at Cambridge District Court in Medford after allegedly pulled down a 16-year old girl's shirt at the Kendall Square station. Joyce also allegedly assaulted a woman in Cohasset on July 4. The Cohasset woman called police after seeing Joyce's photo from the Red line incident. Also, Donald Kalil, a Level 3 sex offender, pleaded not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and failure to register as a sex offender on Thursday after allegedly pulling women's shirts and trying to grope them. [Globe] more ›

There are a few songs in history that might be worth $22,500 apiece. "Thriller," "Yesterday," "Layla," "Stairway to Heaven." "Come As You Are" might even make it into the group. But "The Perfect Drug," much as we love(d) NIN, does not. So it's extremely unfortunate that a jury recently ordered a BU doctoral student to pay $675,000 for downloading and sharing 30 specific songs, including the aforementioned Nirvana and Nine Inch Nails tunes. more ›

• Senator Edward Kennedy will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama on August 12. In his 46-year Senate career, Kennedy has produced legislation supporting public schools, civil rights laws, healthcare, senior citizens, the military and Americans with disabilities. [Boston Globe]

• Approximately 100-200 Massachusetts farms are battling the same fungus that caused the 19th-century Irish potato famine. [Boston Globe]

Joel Tenenbaum, a Boston University grad student from Providence, is accused of illegally downloading and distributing thousands of songs in a civil lawsuit filed by the recording industry. The recording industry alleges Tenenbaum downloaded more than 800 songs on the Kazaa file sharing Web site. The suit is only focusing the suit on 30 songs. He expects to lose, and if he does, could be fined up to $4.5 million. His lawyer, Harvard law professor Charles Nesson, said that possible fine is "crazy". Tenenbaum, 25, has a websiteexplaining his perspective. Check out this ComputerWorld blog for more details. more ›