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Tim Russert is Dead

Tim Russert, a powerhouse journalist of NBC's Meet The Press, who made interviewing an art form, died today at age 58 of a heart attack after collapsing at the NBC's Washington bureau.

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More crowded than Roche Bros. the day before Thanksgiving

Around 7 p.m. tonight, the line outside the newly opened iScream Works stretched to the end of Real Deal. Even at 9:30, there was still a line outside. You'd think Centre Street hadn't seen ice cream in years. Oh, wait. It hadn't. Inside, the store is kind of small, but cool, what with exposed…

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Unwelcome in Boston - The Boston Globe

A story about union problems in Boston.

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Gun-toting drag racers strike fear in Hyde Park

Faimount Hill residents call for action after shots were fired on Neponset Avenue when some low riders were denied entrance to a party. Police recovered seven shell casings; a young boy found another.

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Etsy :: nanjodogz :: Boston Terrier Bead

A sweet little Boston Terrier bead hand-sculpted from polymer clay. Size is approximate: 3/4" vertical (top to bottom<sep/>

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Governor Deval Patrick's Daughter Comes Out Publicly

Yes, you read it here...she's gay. How awesome is it that her dad protected our rights to marry when he didn't even know how close to home the issue was? Awesome! Truly awesome!

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Oh, baby: Woman charged with trying to turn a late-term trick

The South End News reports an Andover woman who is seven months pregnant was arrested on prostitution charges when she offered oral sex to an undercover officer at Tremont and Appleton streets on June 6 - for $40. The paper also reports a 75-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint not long after on…

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Goodbye to Good Time

Somerville's Good Time Emporium must close at the end of this month, to make way for IKEA construction. Somerville News editor George Hassett will especially miss the many entertaining police reports that the place has generated over the years. Such as this one.

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Stuff White People Like: Government Center Edition

News flash: white people like enjoying things ironically. This includes trucker hats, '80s "fashion," and even children's games played as adults. The now annoyingly infamous "Stuff White People Like" blog, which can (ironically?) list itself as something white people like way too much,…

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Don't riot if the Celtics win

Boston Police commanders are meeting today to map out their plans to keep drunken out-of-town college students Celtics fans from running amok in the streets should we reach that Celtics clinching scenario. Officers in riot gear sitting on horses will no doubt be involved. Read more

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Cooperstown on the Charles

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is based in Cooperstown, NY, of course, but they've been taking their show on the road. Their traveling exhibition, called "Baseball As America", makes its final stop at the Museum of Science beginning next week, and it's amazing. Bostonist got a special…

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Concert Review: Cryptacize at the Middle East Upstairs

Cryptacize's songs are puzzle boxes, suitable for storing something small and probably evil. Catchy, nostalgic pop elements are shifted just off-kilter enough to be eerie, embellished frequently by guitarist Chris Cohen's TV-commercial jingles for a minor-key alternative universe. Both…

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Tales Of Mere Existence "Last Night/This Morning"

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE) "Tales Of Mere Existence" By Levni Yilmaz R.O.T. Buy a Comic/DVD set from Lev! http://www.ingredientx.com/buy/main.htm For more comics, animations and correspondence, kindly visit http://www.talesofmereexistence.com If you gravitate towards isolated,…

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Photo of the Day: June 13, 2008

DBomb Photography too shows her Celtic pride. Let's wrap it up this weekend boys; this city needs another Championship.

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Harvard's Psychedelic Flashback

Decades after Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert and the controversial Harvard Psylocybin Project, researchers at Harvard and elsewhere are trying to do serious research with psychedelics. "[Creator of LSD Albert] Hofmann, who died this past April at the age of...

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