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As part of a strategy to eliminate youth violence in Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick wants to toughen gun laws. Governor Deval Patrick has set aside $6 million in state and federal funds to pay for 3,000 youth summer jobs. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

-- William O’Brien, a Framingham accountant, was arrested on charges that he bilked Harvard's Hillel chapter of $780,000. O'Brien worked for the Jewish campus group from 2003 until 2008. [Herald] more ›

-- Police have made a second arrest in connection with the May 18 shooting of Justin Cosby outside of a Harvard dorm. Blayn Jiggetts, a 19-year-old New Yorker, was arrested in Harlem yesterday just before midnight. Jiggetts joins Jabrai Jordan Copney, also of New York, in prison for the crime, which police say was a "botched 'drug rip'" that left Cosby dead from a gunshot to the gut and $1,000 cash and a bag of marijuana laying nearby. Police still seek a third suspect. [Globe] more ›

-- A woman and her boyfriend were arrested on charges that they abused a 7 year old Middleborough boy. David Privette, 22 of Boston, was arrested Monday after the child's school filed a third report of abuse with the Department of Social Services. Police say the boy had burns on his genitals and buttocks and that Privette put them there. He was also accused of striking the boy with a belt and urinating on him. Privette has done time for crack cocaine possession and has a history of drugs and violence. He faces two counts of indecent assault and battery and mayhem. more ›