Results tagged “wrko”

• Gov. Deval Patrick rescinded the $5 service fee imposed by the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Monday. Does Patrick get to count this as a tax cut? [WCVB]

• Don Kent, WBZ's legendary weatherman, died Tuesday at 92 years old. [WBZ]

• Senator 41 Scott Brown got three committee assignments today: Armed Services, Homeland Security and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. [Boston Herald]

-- Norton Cartright, the 21-year-old Chelsea man who assaulted his mother with a claw hammer and left her to die in a closet, was sentenced to life without parole by a Suffolk Superior Court Judge today, according to the Suffolk DA's office. During sentencing, prosecutors read aloud a letter from Cartright's 10-year-old brother that read, in part, “I think he should stay in jail for the rest of his life because if he got out in 15 to 20 years he would be 30 or 40 something and he could get away with a lot, like he could kill everyone." more ›

--Word is out that former House Speaker and current WRKO radio-show host is going to drop his plans to become a lobbyist, finally realizing that lobbying while being a talking head might be a conflict of interest. Adam G. joked, "The WRKO job must pay more." [Boston Globe, Universal Hub] more ›

--A Brazilian doctor pled guilty today of manslaughter after allegedly killing a woman in a botched liposuction surgery that took place in a Framingham house in 2006. However, the judge has rejected the guilty plea. [WBZ] more ›