J.M. Lawrence reports on a hearing in US District Court yesterday for Tarek Mehanna, a Sudbury man charged with terrorism:

... There were so many supporters for Mehanna, who is accused of providing material support to a terrorist organization, that an overflow courtroom was created where they could view the brief proceedings on closed circuit television.

Several young boys, who waved at Mehanna as he entered the courtroom, wore hand-me-down suits a few sizes too big for them. One woman wore a headscarf with another scarf covering her lower face as she tried to soothe a fussy infant. ...

Kevin Convey to take over at New York Daily News. Convey replaced another editor who fled to New York; started with the Herald back in 1981 as a business writer.

Both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald are reporting that an electrical short circuit spark was the cause of the July 8th basement fire at DeLuca's Market on Beacon Hill.

“It is known that there was an electrical problem earlier that morning that resulted in an electrician being called and then doing work in the basement,” Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald said.

Meanwhile, down the road in Back Bay, the other DeLuca's Market was allowed to open yesterday afternoon after being closed for health code violations that included "a trash bucket full of deli meats, some of which was unwrapped, that had gone unrefrigerated at the burned-out store for an unknown amount of time" that was transported to the Newbury Street shop, according to the Boston Herald.

The owner of DeLuca's Markets was assessed a $100 fee for the cost of the re-inspection.