The Joint Committee on Transportation has approved a bill that bans the use of using a handheld gadget while driving, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives will vote on the bill next, the Globe reports. If the bill passes, drivers will be fined $100 if they are caught with a handheld gadget for the first time, $250 for the second, and $500 for the third. Theoretically, the police should confiscate the handheld gadget and make......

A Mighty Heart will screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre tonight, Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30. The sneak preview is free and first-come, first-serve. In A Mighty Heart, Angelina Jolie takes on the meaty role of Marianne Pearl, whose husband, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by terrorists while working for the Wall Street Journal in Pakistan. Not only did Marianne Pearl have to cope with the loss of her husband, but she also had......

Soon, our Eastern friends will find themselves as addicted to donuts and coffee as we are if Dunkin' Donuts has its way. Yesterday, Dunkin' Donuts put out a press release to declare the company has opened a store in Taipei, Taiwan. Besides the obvious donuts, the Taipei menu includes "sweet potato, green apple and pineapple doughnuts, and mochi rings." The Wall Street Journal reported that Dunkin' Donuts won't shock the Taiwanese customers with coffee just......

Boston intellectuals are once again duking it out on the international stage, this time in the Wall Street Journal and the London Review of Books. Professor Ruth Wisse, Harvard Professor of Yiddish and comparative literature, has a piece in today's Journal (online version requires subscription) in which she assails Professors Stephen Walt, of Harvard's Kennedy School, and John Mearsheimer (of U. Chicago) for their article in the British publication, which suggests that U.S. foreign policy......

Bostonist recalls as a child asking its parents on either Mother's or Father's Day each year: "Why isn't there a kid's day?" Of course, Mom and Dad were quick on their feet and answered "Every day is kid's day." Now looking back on that comment, every day is indeed kid's day. Well, tomorrow is "Take Your Daughter or Son to Work Day," where all parents are welcome to bring in their lovely children and show......