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Associated Press: Boston Man An Alleged World Leader In Child Porn. George Shipps of South Boston pleaded not guilty today and was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail on charges of possession and dissemination of child pornography. Hmm, in 2006, a much younger man also named George Shipps was…

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MSPCA Pet of the Week: Brady

Photo courtesy of the MPSCA. 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…

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Somewhere in Boston, a drug dealer is very upset right now

The Globe reports on a 200-pound shipment of cocaine seized at Logan Airport on Wednesday - with a street value of around $13 million.

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This Week In Booze: Warmer

Despite a brief interruption in beer supply, Belgium continues to exist. Boston drinks socially and purposefully. [Stuff]And, now, in Snuggies™: "Scenesters who complain that Boston’s behind the times have a legitimate point this time. According to snuggiepubcrawls.com, 62 cities held…

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Bob Powers | Twine

Boston Bob Powers Our company delivered the national ID system for Senegal.

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Could Republicans pick up vast numbers of state-senate seats this year?

Conor Yunits crunches the numbers from Scott Brown's victory and thinks that based on them: [T]here could be as many as 25 Senate seats in play this year (assuming the Republican party can mount a successful candidate recruitment drive). That's pretty impressive given that a) there are only 40…

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Boston sports fans shouldn't expect a repeat of the 2000s in the decade ahead - ESPN Boston

A great, albeit cynical, view of where Boston sports are and where they are probably going.

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Photo of the Day, January 29, 2010: Parkway

Image tagged Bostonist by greenecam. Greenecam nailed it with this photo of the parkway. The composition is striking and beautifully abstracted. It’s well exposed, and it makes good use of both reflection and contrast. We also like how there are several linear elements moving towards…

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So who's going to blow their day in the virtual waiting room tomorrow?

And with how many laptops and open browser windows?

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Some Haverhill customers got an unexpected upgrade this morning

Got this T alert on my cell this morning. (Haverhill Alert) Haverhill # 212 (7:30am ib) will service customers from Lawrence to Boston. Amtrak Downeaster will pick up customers at Haverhill for Boston. Of course, the question is - What happened to the passengers from Bradford?

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Caduceus wild downtown

If you look up while you walk around downtown, you start noticing all these buildings adorned with caduceuses, such as 12 Post Office Square, above. Was fin-de-siecle Boston full of doctor's offices and hospitals? No, it turns out that Mercury, the Roman god whose staff ultimately led to MGH was…

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MBTA bus runs red light, nearly squashes bicyclist

Grimlocke reports a near miss with death this morning at Cambridge Street and Harvard Avenue - the same place where another bicyclist died in a 2007 collision.

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A whole lotta lint: In case you were wondering why there were all those firetrucks outside the Taj this morning

Dryer fire in the basement around 11 a.m. Extinguished quickly; guests didn't have to be evacuated.

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Man injured in Dorchester triple-decker fire

Local 718 and Ladder 29 tweet a man suffered burns serious enough to require transport to a local hospital following a fire that broke out around 9:30 a.m. on the third floor of a triple decker at 38 Lyon St..

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Barack Obama and Scott Brown are Cousins (Haverhill Style)

The Herald says Barack Obama and Scott Brown are tenth cousins, linked through the common ancestor Richard Singletary of Haverhill, who died in 1687. How can a Muslim not born in the United States possibly be related to a truck-driving hometown hero? The mind boggles. Could these men share genetic…

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Back Bay restaurant gets approval to sell liquor

The Boston Licensing Board yesterday voted to let the owners of a new restaurant at 61 Massachusetts Ave. serve liquor. Although several nearby residents attended a Wednesday hearing to support the proposed Deux Ave., the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay objected, saying the license would…

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