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The hole truth: New England runs on Dunkin'
Providence Business News reports the two most donut-heavy cities in America are Providence and Boston: A recent study by the market-research firm NPD Group Inc. found that the Providence metropolitan area has more doughnut shops per capita than any other region in the Untied States. ...
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Boston Blotter: Suspect Tries To Jump Out Window, 3 Crimes/3 Days, Shanley Convictions Upheld, RMV Fraud
Blotter siren -- Boston police arrested a Roxbury man Wednesday after responding to a call from an apartment on Topliff Street in Dorchester. A pregnant woman told police that the suspect, who turned out to be the father of her born and unborn kids, had "hit and kicked" her. The suspect was…
A Bostonian in Port-au-Prince
The Boston Haitian Reporter gets through to the home of Richardson Innocent, a longtime Bostonian who recently returned to Haiti: ... Everyone in the house was fine. The house was standing and, so far, they had enough to eat and drink. Their home was not badly damaged. They were the lucky ones.…
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Chinatown bank robbed
The FBI reports the Sovereign Bank branch at 43 Kneeland St. was robbed around 3:50 p.m. on Monday by a guy who showed a note and motioned as if he had a gun. Look familiar? Call the FBI Bank Robbery and Violent Crimes Task force at 617-223-6408. read more
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Bite Size News, January 15: Politics/Help Haiti Edition
Image by Jeanette Runyon from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. Scott Brown called Rudy Giuliani to Boston to help his campaign. Martha Coakley responded with Bill Clinton and President Obama. [Boston Globe]WCVB-TV Channel 5 is holding a day-long fundraiser to help Haitian earthquake…
Healthcare Payments Automation Summit September 19-21, 2010
September 19-21, 2010 The Sheraton Boston Hotel
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Imagine a giant floating city in Boston Harbor
Massive development along the Waterfront is so last century. E. Kevin Schopfer proposes the Boston Arcology (Boa) - a floating block of concrete and steel in the harbor with enough room to house 15,000 people and "sky gardens" every 30 floors: read more
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Imagine that Martha Coakley is not involved. Do you believe that Gerald Amirault truly committed child-abuse in the 1980's?
You can't separate this from Coakley, you evil Republican. Of course he was guilty - otherwise she can't win! Coakley aside, I believe he's guilty. Some victims still remember his abuse, and no prosecutors have backed down. Coakley aside, I believe…
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Thanks to This Week's Advertisers
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Bostonist. MacMillan, making its American premiere January 21-13 at the BSO. Gatz, not a stage adaptation of Fitzgerald’s novel, but a reading of the entire book - brilliantly brought to life by one of New York’s most…
Perfect Units: Boston Apartments, Boston Housing, and Boston Rental Units
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MPSCA Pet of the Week - Max
Photo courtesy MSPCA The Boston MSPCA Animal Care and Adoption Center is open Tuesday through Sunday; from 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 1 to 5 p.m. all other days. Adoption rates vary, but you can find all adoption information and policies here. Not able to adopt? The MSPCA always…
Facebook Connect Comes to MySpace
via clblinks: Facebook Connect Comes to MySpace #socialmedia http://bit.ly/6fqw4a [from http://twitter.com/carolinebeavon/statuses/7784156 677]
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Giuliani poses with candidate in the North End
Doug Bennett reports he was jogging through the North End today when he spotted a crowd on Hanover Street and before he knew it, there he was posing for a photo with Rudy Giuliani, shortly before Giuliani crossed the street to stoke up a cigar. And, yes, Bennett is a candidate. He tells Universal…
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The Archives @ BostonRadio.org
Station profiles, articles, timeline and multimedia collection. The Archives @ BostonRadio.org are provided as a public service by Garrett A. Wollman and Scott D. Fybush, using facilities provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The information presented here is believed to be…
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Frontline Advocacy & the people of Boston - Practically Paradise - Blog on School Library Journal
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Eddie House Makes It Rain in the Snow
Eddie House wants to be in the 3-point contest at the NBA All Star Weekend in Dallas, so much so that he is shoveling off the line to make it rain in the snow. Rather fittingly, Tori Amos' "Winter" played on our Pandora as we wrote this post. We get a little warm in our heart when we think of…
Sunset on ice
Paul Marotta watched the sun go down over the Charles yesterday. Copyright Paul Marotta. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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Guy in Red Sox hat sought for spate of Roxbury car break-ins
District B-2 reports 24 cars have been broken into in search of GPS units since Dec. 1. Police say they're looking for a black, non-Hispanic male, about 30, 5'6", with a thin build who wears a blue Sox cap with a red brim and a ski mask and who carries a blue or light gray backpack. He also like…
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Court to feds: You can lock up deviants past their sentencing date, but don't abuse the privilege
A federal appeals court ruled today a 2006 law that lets federal prosecutors seek civil commitment for "sexually dangerous" convicts as their criminal sentences expire is constitutional, but cautioned it's beginning to get the sense that authorities are getting carried away with keeping people…
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Raise a Glass for Massachusetts: Wine Law Unconstitutional
If you've ever lived anywhere but Massachusetts, you know this state has some annoying laws. Package stores, price stickers, police details: the list goes on and on (though many factors seem to start with p). Now a law passed in 2006 (after the Supreme Court struck down state bans on wine…