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Boston Has the Most Depressing Local News
Scott Brown, Dianne Wilkerson, Sal DiMasi—need we go on? But corrupt politicians aren't even the half of it: crime, in fact, makes up nearly half of our depressing news. Asylum.com's "Misery Index" puts Boston at the top (bottom?) of a list of depressing local news. Apparently 40% of our…
Police fight cellphone recordings | The Boston Globe
Two party policy where both parties must consent to surveillance is being abused by police
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Celtics hope to pass elite test
Things appear to be coming together slowly but surely for the Celtics after a rough four weeks that saw them lose eight of 12 games. Their MVP, Kevin Garnett(notes), is back after missing 10 games with a knee injury and the Celtics are 2-0 since the Big Ticket returned. (OK, not exactly convincing…
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Ushahidi-Fletcher Situation Room Update | Ushahidi
Shots of me in the volunteer situation room in Boston
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The angry, angry toothache
Spatch reports on the toothache from hell, one so bad not even Vicodin is helping: ... Pain that rages through opiates is some serious pain, friends. ...
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MBTA.com > Official Website for Greater Boston's Public Transportation ...
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Pothole Reporting Competition
There's an awesome website called SeeClickFix that I blogged about over at WestwoodBlog. It allows citizens to report potholes and other problems so the city can fix them. It's full of reports of potholes and general complaints about road conditions. It would be great if the "fixers" were watching…
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Redistricting Massachusetts
Lance reports there's an app that lets you play Tommy Finneran and redistrict the state. So starting with the assumption we'll lose one of our ten congressional seats, Lance drew up some possible reconfigurations. Probably the weirdest one would have one district that includes both the Cape and…
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Anne Hathaway in Harvard Square
Sam Baltrusis has a write-up and photos from her Hasty Pudding visit today.
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IngentaConnect Meditation meets behavioural medicine. The story of experimental ...
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Boston Phoenix - Local News, Events, Music, Restaurants, Reviews, Arts and Entertainment
The Phoenix - award-winning, incisive journalism and the most comprehensive arts-and-entertainment listings in New England.
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State Radio - "Knights Of Bostonia" [music video]
Really sad I wasn't home for the filming of this video when they were calling for extras. Turned out awesome though, looks liek everybody had fun.
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James Donovan Goldman Sachs | Jim Donovan Goldman Sachs
Jim Donovan of Goldman Sachs / James Donovan Goldman Sachs Business Leader page
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10 Headshots
Terry Torres' blog, performing arts major from Emerson College, intern from John
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There's an App for That: Istaverse on the App Store
Even if you're not jumping on the iPad bandwagon, you might have an iPhone (you know, the smaller, cheaper iPad that can also make phone calls and fit in your pocket). Today, we debut the Istaverse iPhone App, which will let you keep track of all your favorite ist cities in one convenient iPhone…
Circle
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Masked man robs woman of $10,000 in cash in Newmarket Square
1/25/10 - 3:52 pm District C-6 reports a woman walking from Victoria's Diner to a nearby Citizens Bank to make a deposit Monday afternoon was held up by a man in a black face mask who told her "I have a gun. Let's go for a walk." The suspect…
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Bite Size News, January 28: Indecision Edition
Image by material guy from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. While delivering heating oil, Joseph Kennedy speculated whether he should've run for his uncle's old Senate seat. [Boston Globe] Hey drunk T riders, you really should stand behind the yellow line. [WHDH] Three priests…
Police: Quincy man shows up in Hyde Park and mugs, punches woman at commuter-rail stop
1/27/10 - 4:15 pm Boston Police report a woman waiting for a train at the Hyde Park commuter-rail stop in Cleary Square yesterday afternoon was mugged at knifepoint by a man who got annoyed when she had no money so he grabbed her and punched…
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Cambridge firm working on Android-based iPad killer
Mass. High Tech reports on a company called Tap 'n Tap that's building the "firmware" (think software etched into chips) for touchscreen tablets based on Google's Android platform - at a lower cost than their Apple equivalents.
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