There's a new chapter in Mayor Tom Menino's battle with Wal-Mart. You know there's a history between the two focused on how the company will treat employees at any store that is opened in Boston. In February the Mayor said he would like the company's local profits to "stay in our neighborhoods and employ neighborhood people." Admirable. That brings us to June. Reports in the media that Bostonist read said Boston had about 1,400 fewer summer jobs for teens in 2011 than in 2010. ABCD called the shortage "dangerous." Despite that fact, Mayor Menino ruled out a hypothetical boost to the city's jobs programs from Wal-Mart.
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Charges against four Pace University students arrested after Easton's Danroy Henry was shot and killed on October 17, 2010 were dropped by a town judge in New York on Thursday. The players faced charges of disorderly conduct, obstruction and criminal mischief against the teammates. The officer who shot Henry was not indicted. [Herald]
Boston failed to make the Top Ten in either the most or least expensive cities as ranked by Kiplinger, a finance magazine. Bostonist was surprised that Fairbanks, Alaska placed sixth in the most expensive city category. Utility costs drive up expenses there, according to the survey. The NYC was first and Honolulu was next. Fort Smith, Arkansas was least expensive and Pueblo, Colorado is second. We figured Boston could have cracked the most expensive list. At least we have the Most Beautiful college library.
-- The Red Sox "B" logo is everywhere these days. Unfortunately, it's now appearing on alleged criminals while they are doing bad things. In New York, 13 muggings have been perpetrated since January by a man in a Red Sox hat. He does his thing on the subway, mainly against women, and has taken cash, bank cards, cameras, phones an i-Pods. He gets around, too, as he has struck in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens. Newsday describes the suspect as a "Boston fan" and decided to include a reference to David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis in their coverage. Bostonist is not laughing.
- If your business is struggling this month, just look out the window to get the reason for it. [Boston Globe]
A gathering of some of the greatest (and would-be greatest) sports bloggers in the country? Talking about where sports blogging is going, how it will and won't rule over traditional media? With free drinks? Count us in!
We can get wireless on commuter rail cars; it doesn't really help those of us who take the regular T, but we suppose it's a nice convenience for the long-distance commuters. New York City agrees; the MTA is trying to get the wireless hookup for its own travelers. Rep. Chuck Schumer theorizes that NYC might even be able to get federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to take its trains online. Why didn't we think of that?
After Senator Edward Kennedy's unfortunate seizure during the inauguration yesterday, Caroline Kennedy has announced that she is withdrawing her bid for new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's New York Senate seat. Was it the MoDo column? The reduction of her identity to "mere" writer? "A person" informed of Caroline's decision says that Teddy's health was the dealbreaker.
Kennedy clanster Caroline is seen by some as a favorite to take over Hillary Clinton's Senate seat as Clinton transitions to Secretary of State in Barack Obama's administration. The New York Times has just put up a question and answer session with Kennedy's staff regarding her positions on the issues and plans for the senate seat once held by Robert F. Kennedy. New York governor David Paterson has jurisdiction over filling the seat once Clinton vacates it. A few excerpts:
--A young woman from Southbridge died from a gunshot wound after an alleged robbery attempt in the Bronx, NY. The 18-year-old's fiance was also wounded in the incident. Her young child, who was nearby, was unharmed. [Boston Herald, Gothamist]
Recently Bostonist wondered: how do hometown-loving fashionistas show their Boston pride without resorting to tacky t-shirts or the ubiquitous Red Sox hat? So we made a visit to our favorite source of unique, handmade merchandise, Etsy, and searched "Boston." To say we were delighted with the results does not do justice to the amount of squealing that occurred.
Tears and sorrow fill the offices of mainstream publisher Riverhead books as another memoir delivered from the school of hard knocks turns out to be a complete fabrication. Love and Consequences, a memoir released last week by Margaret Seltzer (published under the silly pseudonym Margaret B Jones), which chronicles the author's difficult life story of foster families, drug running, and all around thuggin' on the mean streets of L.A., turns out to be a complete bowl of lies.
Ivy League schools aren't supposed to have good basketball teams, are they? They have teams for fun, so they can relax their weary minds with sports, but no one expects them to be a powerhouse. They're supposed to suck. A good Ivy League team might rip the fabric of the universe.
Some alleged boneheads should have their Red Sox Nation cards revoked, and we're not talking about Hank Steinbrenner. In a scary incident reported in the Cambridge Chronicle, a man wearing Yankees attire got beat up outside the Cantab Lounge in Central Square early Sunday morning. From the Chronicle:
An MIT student died early this morning in what the AP says was an apparent fall from the fifth floor of the Delta Upsilon fraternity house.
Bostonist called it! Once we wondered if Tom Brady was evolving into his panty model girlfriend Gisele Bundchen. Well, he might be. The New York Post has unleashed a bombshell that Brady, who is a Stetson model and a Smart Water model and an everything model, might be donning Calvin Klein underwear for a new series of ads. The Calvin Klein label has a sweet tooth for New England men, as Mark Wahlberg once donned their britches.
Unfortunately the world of vegan gourmet dining is a small one, with most restaurants concentrated in the Veg-friendly cities of New York, San Francisco, and Portland.
A Boston pharmaceutical sales rep who is on this season's cycle of "Big Brother" went to the hospital after having an allergic reaction to "slop."
--Terry Francona will stay with the Red Sox through 2011. [Boston Globe Extra Bases]
Call us crazy, but we're not as excited about the Oscars as we could be. We're happy the writers' strike is over, because we support writers as much as anyone (we're pretty writerly ourselves, y'know). Still, the fact that everyone's excited about ads, parties, and fashion (though we do like the Penelope Cruz pick) rather than films speaks to just how Hollywood our movie industry has become--and just how sad that is for the films themselves. So please excuse us if we seem a little grouchy this weekend.
--Wo ist Whitey? The Feds are going on the German equivalent of "America's Most Wanted" to ask for help looking for Whitey Bulger. If you are an old white guy planning a leisurely European tour or happen to know an old white guy considering such a trip, watch out for overeager foreign policemen, even if you wear a Yankees cap. [Boston Globe]
A recent article in the New York Times pondered that constant buzzing question, are Americans willfully stupid? Though it may seem asking this question is a favorite pastime of the popular rag, a recent profile on a bevy of books on the subject argues Americans are less willfully stupid than they are openly hostile towards the smarty-pantses of the nation.
An editorial in yesterday's Globe swiftly rose to the top of the "Most E-Mailed" ranks. The title alone was a grabber: "Go-Go Dancing All Over Red's Grave."
It looks like it's going to be an easy season for Red Sox beat writers. It looks like all they'll have to do is set up a microphone within half a mile of Jonathan Papelbon, and he'll come a-runnin' with enough material to fill a dozen Notes columns. More, if they can be padded out with 40-year-old rock lyrics (hi, Dan!).