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Massachusetts has reached a settlement with Modern Continental, the bankrupt Big Dig contractors responsible for bolting in those deadly tunnel ceiling tiles. The $21 million agreement bars Modern Continental from performing further work on the Dig. Project managers Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff settled earlier this year for $407 million, and Powers Fasteners (who made the glue used along with bolts to hold up the tiles) paid out $6 million. At least the Green Line tunnels aren't falling down... yet? more ›

The Blotter and the Bite Size are merged today, given that everyone seems to be on break. Thank you for reading this if you're here! more ›

--The following falls more in the "Don't Panic" category instead of the "Blotter" category. If you stuck a TV set on top of a light pole at the corner of Main Street and Bishop Allen in Cambridge this morning, the Cambridge Police Department would like to have a word with you. You caused quite the freak-out. [Cambridge Chronicle] --The Christmas tree at the State House is covered blue light-emitting diodes," which conserve energy. However, the... more ›

Powers Fasteners, a New York based glue company, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Milena Del Valle. Del Valle was killed in the Big Dig's I-90 Connector Tunnel's collapse last year. The bad news for us is that if under Massachusetts law, Power Fasteners, if found guilty, cannot be fined more than $1,000 (geez - we thought was a typo when we read the paper this morning). Though the tiny fine... more ›