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--So, just how many new construction jobs will the casinos proposed by Governor Deval Patrick create? He said 30,000. An independent analyst says no way: "... building three casinos at a cost of $1 billion each in Massachusetts would create a total of 4,000 to 5,000 new construction jobs for the duration of the building period, probably three years." [Boston Globe]

--A judge set the bail for Damion Jamaal-Anthony Haley, the man who allegedly fired a gun into a crowd of brawling partygoers at Aria over the weekend, at $1 million. [WBZ]

Update: At least someone found humor in the hoodie.

We are optimistic about many things. We're optimistic about the Bruins' chances when it comes to the Stanley Cup. We're optimistic that the Red Sox will manage to land Johan Santana while keeping Jacoby Ellsbury on the roster. We're optimistic that the San Diego Charges will, after being defeated soundly at Gillette on Sunday, line up as a team at the 50-yard-line and bow down before Brady and Moss.

One can imagine that San Diego sports writers and fans are gleefully rubbing their hands together now that Patriot Randy Moss is distracted by accusations that he injured a woman.

The Pentagon has announced that Army Specialist Christine M. Ndururi, 21, of Dracut, died on Tuesday. The military has stated the cause of death was an "unspecified illness." Her family wants to know what happened now because it was the first day of her first overseas mission. Her father told the Eagle-Tribune that she hadn't been sick: "I’m waiting for them to tell me what happened. She was not ill, unless she was ill after...

This post has been reprinted courtesy ofBrock Keeling at SFist. Yes, this is Bostonist, but, if you want to send help to Southern California, this is a place to start. As of now, six people have died and more than 500,000 people are in "mass migration" over the mind-numbingly destructive wildfires happening all throughout Southern California. It is, for lack of a better word, heartbreaking. All of it. (Map of San Diego fires) But...

First, the good news for Yaderlin Hiraldo Jimenez, the wife of missing American soldier and Lawrence resident Alex Jimenez - after all the sturm und drang und red tape, she got her green card! The Eagle Tribune, which has been running a series on Jimenez and his family spoke with her about how she's feeling. She said, " "I feel relieved and thankful for those who supported me." She also discussed the pain of not...

Troops found the ID cards of two of the missing men, including Sgt. Alex Jimenez of Lawrence. The cards were located in an "al-Qaeda safe house." Jimenez was captured on May 12. A group had claimed that Jimenez and another soldier who went missing on the same day were dead, but no bodies have been found. Three soldiers were taken in the original May 12 ambush. One of them was killed, and his body was...

Until May 21, representative Jim McGovern is seeing how some of his constituents live by taking the Food Stamps Challenge. He and his wife, Lisa, are living on food stamps and blogging about the simple fact that living on a food-stamp budget sucks.

The Ron Borges been-caught-stealin' story ain't over. The Globe reporter who was suspended for two months without pay for taking content from the Tacoma News Tribune has stirred up quite the ethical debate over at Deadspin.

The initials "GM" have taken on an entirely new meaning for the Red Sox of late. "Gigantic Mess" seems appropriate. It's been two weeks since the press conference where we saw Theo Epstein depart the position everyone assumed he'd hold until at least his twenty-year reunion at Yale. It's been two weeks since we saw principal owner John Henry, at the very same press conference, speak in a manner of disbelief usually reserved for those who have just been told there's no such person as Santa Clause.

Ever since Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave Russian President Vladimir Putin his Super Bowl Championship Ring, to look at, Bostonist has been resorting to our childhood phrase: "see with your eyes not with your hands." Kraft made a statement on patriots.com yesterday afternoon that the ring was, in fact, a gift to the Russian President, and not a misinterpreted gesture. No word from Vladi on how he might return the favor to Kraft. Perhaps with...