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The Grand Procession into the new year

My favorite parts of the First Night Grand Procession are always the unusual outfits and the giant puppets, because you just don't tend to see stuff like that in your average parade. Hope you have a great New Year's! read more

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Presidio grad school expanding to Boston as number of applicants grows - Denver Business Journal:

Presidio grad school expanding to Boston as number of applicants grows - Denver Business Journal: http://is.gd/51TcS #li #pgs #presidio [from http://twitter.com/stevepuma/statuses/5979080704]

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Peter Pan bus catches fire on I-93 in Medford

Northbound at Roosevelt Circle, Ben Jackson tweets. Based on the comments below, sounds like everybody got out OK.

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Bite Size News, December 31: Bye Bye '09 Edition

Image by AntyDiluvian from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. Anything flammable from Yemen is getting closer scrutiny, as a LNG shipment is about to reach Boston Harbor. [Boston Globe] The daughter of the murdered Tedeschi's clerk will be allowed into the country for his funeral.…

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Roslindale man charged with coke trafficking

Boston Police report arresting a Washington-Beech resident after finding more than 45 grams of cocaine in his apartment. read more

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Tip: If you rob a bank, leave your probation card at home

Wicked Local Roslindale report police have a pretty good idea who robbed the Citizens Bank branch in Roslindale Square yesterday - he left his probation card in the cab he used to get away in. Name not released because the police haven't stopped laughing yet he hasn't been caught or formally…

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Daughter of slain Tedeschi clerk will be able to attend his funeral after all

WBUR reports that U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano showed the U.S. embassy in Katmandu the stupidity of its ways and that it will issue a visa for Surendra Dangol's nine-year-old daughter after all. Dangol, here legally, had been saving money to bring his wife and daughter here when he was murdered at a…

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Photo of the Day, December 31, 2009: Leaving Winter

hbp_pix made a tonemapped image of Boston Harbor on his way south. The blue and green tones coupled with a high contrast look give the photo a real sense of the coldness outside.

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Giant Venus in ice

Seth Gitlell photographed the giant Venus under construction in Copley Square today. Finn posts another view.

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Court rules that cruise line who hesitates is lost

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today ordered a lower court determine how much mental anguish Norwegian Cruise Lines caused a Massachusetts couple by refusing for four years to refund the cost of a cruise they decided not to take five days after 9/11. read more

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Court rules public officials can't use e-mail to circumvent the state open-meeting law

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that e-mail discussions can be a form of "deliberation" subject to the state law that requires public meetings. Governmental bodies may not circumvent the requirements of the open meeting law by conducting deliberations via private messages, whether…

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Sports Redux: Even Steven

Elise Amendola / Associated Press One team's up, one team's down. One team is charging into the new year even with injuries, one has two stars out and is floundering. Our whole city is Even Steven today. Let's start with the good news. The Bruins buried Atlanta 4-0 yesterday, rolling to a…

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Conductor on train that didn't stop in time at South Station sues railroad

MBCR conductor Alexis Roman yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against his employer for injuries he says he received when a Worcester Line train crashed into the bumper at the end of the tracks at South Station on Sept. 15. Roman says that by allowing the crash, the company, which operates the…

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