If you're stuck in a North Korean jail, and Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter come walking through your cell's door, you are going home. Just ask Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 31, of Mattapan, who was released by North Korea on Thursday to Carter after being in prison there since January. Gomes faced eight years of hard labor in North Korea after entering the country illegally. He is due to return to Boston today. Carter traveled there as a private citizen, with the knowledge of President Barack Obama's administration. In 2009, former president Bill Clinton visited North Korea in a similar capacity to release two American journalists. [CNN, Globe]
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About 8% of MBTA bridges are "structurally deficient." [Boston Herald]
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There should be a term for someone who waits 24 hours outside on Boylston Street for an iPhone when he had pre-ordered it: "iDiot." [WBZ]
State legislators will vote today on a new budget without the anticipated $687 million in federal assistance. [Boston Globe]
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