House Speaker Robert DeLeo proposed a test, similar to one required of prospective State Police troopers, for future Probation Department workers. Mark Kerrigan's manslaughter trial has been postponed until May because his lawyer broke her wrist. Kerrigan, Olympian Nancy Kerrigan's brother, is accused in the death of his 70-year-old father, Daniel. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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A dozen WGBH executives earned over $200,000 in 2009. The family of Eurie Stamps called his death in January an "unjustifiable shooting" after Framingham police determined he was killed by a SWAT officer who "accidentally fired his rifle." Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Shaq revealed to Emily Rooney - really, the "Emily Rooney Show" on WGBH - that he wants to be levitated over the TD Garden and asked Criss Angel to help pull the trick off. It was really an interview with girlfriend Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander to promote her new reality show.
"South Park" paid homage to 1970's children's educational TV show "ZOOM" in its latest episode. Three South Park characters are sent to hoarding rehab. One character recited a memorable line from the show that alluded to the fact that the show was filmed at the WGBH-TV in Allston. The line references Allston's zip code, 02134. The line: "." The episode has been released online and can be viewed at the show's website. Check in at 8:30 of the clip.
If you live in the Massachusetts Tenth Congressional District and remain undecided with just over a week left until the primary election on Tuesday, September 14, pay attention to WGBH on Wednesday for Mass Decision 2010 coverage.
Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt, who was the Norfolk County District Attorney when Amy Bishop killed her brother Seth in 1986, will be on WGBH's Greater Boston tonight to address his handling of the case. He'll be joined by John Kivlan, Delahunt's former assistant DA. [WGBH]
We've kinda been covering the race to fill Massacusetts' Senate seat as though it were Democrat-only, and it has been more than 40 years since Massachusetts elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate, but Massachusetts Republicans do exist. And there are even two of them going head to head in next week's primary for the chance to be the elephant on the ballot in January. WGBH will host a Republican Senatorial Forum (like its Democratic Senatorial Forum) with primary candidates Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson next Monday, December 7, airing at 7pm on WGBH 2, WGBH 89.7. If you aren't swayed by any of the Democrats thus far, you might look into these "Republican" characters and see what they have to say. Non-party candidates have until Tuesday, December 8 (the date of the party primaries) to file for candidacy. William S. Coleman and Joe Kennedy are the possible independent candidates at this time (as we said, Schilling's out).
Bostonist was there for the taping of the debate between Democratic primary candidates competing for the chance to get Teddy Kennedy's senate seat in the upcoming January special election. Here's our record of what happened, in case you didn't get to watch for yourself. We weren't supposed to post before the thing actually aired. This is unedited, uncut, so forgive errors--will correct as soon as possible! And to be clear, this is by no means an exact transcript--there's lots of paraphrase, and a little snide commentary. (Full program if you missed it.)
In pop culture, scientists have mostly suffered from the flimsiest of one-dimensional portrayals. Whether socially awkward shut-ins or evil geniuses bent on world conquest, the popular imagination has taken a rather dim and confused look at real people doing interesting work. And really, is there much to see behind the white coats, anyway?
Through his numerous TV appearances and books (including the recently released The Pluto Files), astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has shared his infectious enthusiasm for discovery with worldwide audiences. Tyson's show on WGBH, Nova scienceNOW, kicks off its fourth season on Tuesday night at 9:00, and we talked to him beforehand to get his thoughts on the state of science education and space exploration.
Our good friends at WGBH have told us that they are hosting a live webcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of NOVA scienceNOW, tomorrow night at 6 pm. The event will be open for all middle and high school science teachers; to register, just head right over to NOVA's website.
In addition to his work with WGBH, Tyson is well-known for his appearances on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. If you have some time after school tomorrow, get signed up and get your questions ready!
Save America's Treasures, a grant program dedicated to preserving America's cultural heritage, is awarding $72,120 to WGBH for the preservation of public radio broadcast of the August 28, 1963, March on Washington. WGBH has the only existing recordings of radio coverage of this historic event. The Save America's Treasures grant will help document, restore, and preserve these recordings for enjoyment and study by academics and the general public.
Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North explores the slave-trading background of the DeWolf family of Bristol, Rhode Island. Katrina Browne, who created the documentary, discovered while doing library research that her ancestors had been the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. The news affected her deeply and she contacted hundreds of distant DeWolf relatives to give them the news and try to start a dialogue on the subject. Only a few responded to her messages.
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