Occupy Boston hasn't been getting that much media attention, from our perspective, until today. However, WCVB has some interesting bits of news on today's demonstrations on their Live Wire twitter updates.
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Sunday was a busy night at Logan Airport as two planes landed in Boston with up to 18 passengers injured by turbulence. Seven injuries were reported on a JetBlue flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Boston. Flight 182 included 130 passengers and five crew members. A Lufthansa flight was diverted to Boston with as many as 11 injuries due to turbulence. That flight was headed from Charlotte, N.C. to Munich was due to arrive at about 11:45 p.m. with as many as 11 injured people on board. No serious injuries were reported by WCVB.
Mike Dowling seems okay to Bostonist. He's honest, and there's no reason for us to doubt him. He produced a truly great tweet. He wrote: "Patriots just try to clarify Tom Brady's quote ",w/ 4 O'clock start, their is plenty of time for fans to start drinking","he meant hydrate"." Look, this is not a big deal. Football fans drink before games. Brady knows this. He's joking, and we assume this is part of a longer exchange that led up to what Brady said. But, the excuse the Patriots gave Dowling is so dumb it's insulting. Hydrate? Really? Nobody believes that.
Judging from Channel 5's tweets on thebostonchannel.com, On The Record could be appointment television this Sunday at 11 a.m. The Massachusetts Senate election for the seat held by Scott Brown is a hot topic on the show. Setti Warren reportedly told Janet Wu that President Obama shouldn't go on his vacation to Martha's Vineyard. Mary Anne Marsh reportedly said that Elizabeth Warren is running for Democratic nomination for the US Senate.
Two local TV stations have changes in the works with their on-air roster. Frances Rivera is leaving Boston for New York after spending a decade here, including five years as one of the channel's leading anchors. WHDH is holding in-house auditions to replace her. For fans of WHDH, staffers like Anne Allred, Amanda Grace, Adam Williams, and, of course, Sorboni Banerjee. Over at WCVB, Michele McPhee has joined Channel 5 as a crime and law enforcement reporter and begins on September 6. McPhee worked at WFXT and hosted a talk show at WTKK-FM 96.9 until late last year. McPhee said she "grew up watching WCVB."
The debt ceiling debate rages on in Washington with no apparent resolution in sight. The House of Representatives, specifically 218 Republicans, got around to passing a bill authored by Speaker John Boehner. The Senate rejected the Boehner plan, by a 59-41, about as fast as any piece of legislation has ever been rejected. Locally, a dozen municipalities in Massachusetts might face credit downgrades if an agreement can't be reached to extend the debt ceiling. The towns include Dover, Brookline, Hingham, and Weston. Twenty Bay State Mayors wrote to President Barack Obama and the Massachusetts congressional delegation asking for some kind of settlement. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Whitey Bulger and Catherine Greig lived for 15 years in the same rent-controlled apartment at which they was arrested in California yesterday. They lived under the names Charles and Carol Gasko in Unit 303 and paid their $1,145 rent, on time and in cash, each month. The FBI recovered some 20 guns and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from his apartment.
Hockey season is officially over. Tim Thomas has shaved his beard. Thomas was the last of Bruins to shave his face afer winning the Stanley Cup. He kept the mustache and his visage now has a very 70's vibe to it.
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo's office confirmed that first-term state Rep. Mark Cusack of Braintree is being investigated for an incident involving a fellow legislator's aide. According to WCVB, DeLeo's office said there is an "internal review" under way. Cusack, 26, engaged in " inappropriate behavior" inside the House chamber after a late-night budget debate session. It happened about a month ago and was interrupted by a court officer. Braintree Councilor John Mullaney said Cusack is guilty of making a mistake and should be honest about what happened. The crime is never as bad as not telling the truth about it," he said. The Patriot Ledger said Cusack reportedly identified himself as a different legislator. *By Weinergate, Bostonist means a sex scandal involving a politician. We’re not comparing the specific allegations. We almost described the Cusack story as a “Mini Weinergate.” That sounded tacky, howver.
Congressman Michael Capuano is defending Congressman Anthony Weiner by saying he hasn't broken the law or violated his oath of office in his Facebook sex scandal. According to a tweet from Janet Wu of WCVB, Capuano didn't call for his resignation. According to Wu, Capuano and Weiner were rommates in Washington, D.C. for 12 years.
Storms are moving towards eastern Massachusetts at 35 mph and tornadoes have reportedly been spotted in Westfield, Worcester, Monson, Oxford, Wilbraham, Agawam and Springfield. Channel 5 reported that Westfield police spotted an apparent tornado in the Shaker Road area of the town and the Globe reported ham radio operators saw tornado near downtown Springfield headed toward the South End of the city and East Longmeadow. Warnings for many counties were due to expire at 5:45 p.m. Plymouth and Bristol counties were added to the tornado watch area. [Globe ], [WCVB]
The State police, in light of the latest injury to an on-duty trooper, said troopers being struck by cars is largely due to "impaired and reckless drivers." A federal report says 25% of Massachusetts middle-schoolers and 16% of high school students are bullied. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Massachusetts got its props from the Academy Sunday night as The Fighter and The Social Network combined to win five Oscars. The big overall winner was The King's Speech with four Oscars. The film earned the Best Picture Oscar, and Colin Firth captured the best-actor statue. the directing prize for Tom Hooper won Best Director for The King's Speech, David Seidler got the original-screenplay Oscar. Natalie Portman was Best Actress for The Black Swan.
Channel 5 asked an unexpected question. The question in question read: "Does Mass. Need State Cowboy?" Our answer? No, thanks. Senator Susan Fargo (D-Lincoln) wants to name 82-year-old Rex Trailer as the state's official cowboy. We know that Massachusetts has an official almost everything and there's no particular issue with Rex Trailer. But, other issues - economy - take precedence. Fargo wants to honor Trailer's work with children with developmental disabilities. [WCVB], [Lowell Sun]
The next storm, or storms, are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Channel 5 says Tuesday brings snow. It switches to a snow-mix rain and reverts to snow on Wednesday afternoon. David Brown said it is a "long duration" storm. Great. The only good part is that Western Mass. may get more snow than us.
According to the Globe, Tom Brady will have surgery to repair a "lingering" stress fracture in his right foot. Patriots team physician George Theodore will do the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital as early as today or as late as Monday.
The WCVB news helicopter made a "precautionary landing" or "emergency landing" on the Boston Common Tuesday night around 6 p.m.
According to WCVB, Dianne Wilkerson was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison after pleading guilty in June to eight counts of attempted extortion.
It won't take effect until next September, but WCVB is replacing the “Oprah Winfrey Show" with the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" at the 4 p.m. slot Oprah is vacating. Ellen's show currently airs at 9 a.m. on WCVB every weekday. WCVB will replace Ellen's show with “Regis & Kelly," which currently airs on WHDH and will be replaced with a local news show. [Boston Herald]
How would the Better Business Bureau (BBB) rate itself? We'll probably never know. A better question might be how do they really rate businesses because Channel 5 is reporting some irregularities with the ratings the BBB gives out.
Bostonist is hooked on "Chronicle." Totally. We love to see what's new in New England, or what's old, find things to do or neat places to go.
Republican Charlie Baker will appear on WCVB’s "On the Record" (OTR) on Sunday. Clips of the interview are already available on the WickedLocal.com Massachusetts Politics Blog.
Apparently, everyone watched Boston Med's premier episode last Thursday. Bostonist was watching, too. We got some grossly fascinating visuals, met a few skilled, well-intentioned physicians and observed a couple of procedures (transplants, reconstructive surgery) that changed people's lives for the good. Reviews, like this one, were good. Channel 5 chatted with one of the two lung transplant recipients, Maureen Bishop of Tyngsboro, after the first episode aired. Part 2 airs tonight at 10 p.m. on Channel 5. The episode gives Pina Patel a shot at redemption.
WCVB is reporting that Amy Bishop will be indicted for first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of Seth Bishop, her brother. The Norfolk D.A. reopened the case, originally ruled an accident, after Bishop was charged with murder in a shooting spree at the University of Alabama-Huntsville in February. All charges alleged until proven under law. [WCVB]
On Sunday, WCVB's month-old On The Record (OTR) political talk show reported on the high-profile Mayoral and Senate elections facing voters in Boston and Massachusetts this fall.
- Massachusetts has the second-lowest obesity rate in the nation at 21.2%, which still seems too high. [WCVB]
- Boston firefighters are defying Boston Fire Department orders to volunteer to staff three stations. [Boston Herald]
--Three teens, at least two of whom were friends, went to Callahan State Park in Framingham on Saturday to smoke marijuana and only two lived to tell the tale. The trio arrived in a Volvo, two fought over some allegedly stolen pot, guns were drawn and witneses heard three shots and a man yelling. According to police reports, the shooter said he would kill the victim and anyone who snitched on him, and "did not care if he went to jail for life." Nice. His attorney asked for cash bail - really - which the judge obviously denied. [MetroWest Daily News]
According to TMZ.com and ABC via WCVB, Michael Jackson, 50, died after he suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday. Various reports say paramedics responded to his home where he was already in cardiac arrest. Jackson dominated pop music in the 1980's after becoming a star in the 1970's as a member of the Jackson 5. The LA Times has posted < href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-bio-mjackson-pg,0,5657216.photogallery?index=1">a collection of photographs of Jackson. Jackson has three children Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II.
