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By adamg - 8/15/12 - 8:20 am
The Boston Business Journal reports City Hall is talking about meeting with Uber at some point, now that state officials have said it's breaking state law by using GPSes instead of taxi meters.
By adamg - 8/14/12 - 7:12 pm
Bostonians tuning into NESN to watch the tribute in Baltimore to Johnny Pesky and, oh, yeah, a ballgame, instead got a test pattern tonight, followed by some Rolling Stones, followed by a blank screen.
UPDATE: The signal came back on just in time to hear Jerry Remy say "Buenas noches, amigos!" and watch Mr. Text Message get himself out.
By adamg - 8/14/12 - 10:38 am
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COMMONWEALTH vs. Neil ENTWISTLE.
SJC-10788.
Middlesex. April 6, 2012. -- August 14, 2012.
Homicide. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure, Jury. Search and Seizure, Emergency. Jury and Jurors. Practice, Criminal, Capital case, Motion to suppress, Jury and jurors, Empanelment of jury, Voir dire.
INDICTMENTS found and returned in the Superior Court Department on March 28, 2006.
A pretrial motion to suppress evidence was heard by Diane M. Kottmyer, J., and the cases were tried before her.
Stephen Paul Maidman (Stephanie Page, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the defendant.
Casey E. Silvia, Assistant District Attorney (Michael L. Fabbri, Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.
Present: Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Gants, & Duffly, JJ.
GANTS, J.
By adamg - 8/13/12 - 11:22 am
The state court system today opened up registration for bloggers who want the same ability as mainstream-media reporters and photographers to record and report in courtrooms.
The court system's new access rule, which goes into effect Sept. 17, will, for the first time, grant citizen journalists the ability to record trials, arraignments and certain other proceedings on a routine basis:
By adamg - 8/12/12 - 10:13 pm
RadioInsight.com reports Clear Channel seems to be turning its AM station at 1200 into an all-yukker - and that this could be related to the "major announcement" that Clear Channel talent Matty in the Morning is making tomorrow morning.
By adamg - 8/12/12 - 8:43 pm
The Standells (yeah, yeah, not from here, but still) and Jonathan Richman segueing into NKOTB, Aerosmith and Kay Hanley, all performing on top of cars and trucks jammed on a symbolic Southeast Expressway, while Tom Menino stands on top of a replica Custom House yelling at people. It'd be great!
More, oh, so much more, including some ideas for a Boston Olympics:
By adamg - 8/12/12 - 10:08 am
Mostly retiring after 44 years:
So why now? It's time; that’s all. I’ve covered the events I wanted to cover. I reached a goal with the Bruins' Stanley Cup run in 2011 to have covered championships in all four primary pro sports. I've covered 29 Final Fours. London has been my 11th Olympics. I even did a dog show. I am fulfilled.
By adamg - 8/11/12 - 9:53 pm
The New York Times reports Logan Airport has a bit of a racial-profiling issue - seems TSA agents just love to search them some blacks and Hispanics:
Officers in Boston acknowledged that they had no firm data on how frequently minority members were stopped. But based on their own observations, several officers estimated that they accounted for as many as 80 percent of passengers searched during certain shifts.
By adamg - 8/10/12 - 3:36 pm
UPDATE: We're now also under a flash-flood warning until 8:30 p.m. Darn, was looking forward to a romantic drive along Morrissey Boulevard.
By adamg - 8/10/12 - 12:03 pm
Back Bay Patch reports on the impending arrival of Pret a Manger on Boylston Street.
By adamg - 8/10/12 - 11:09 am
Comcast Sportsnet reports on the grim scene in the clubhouse last night after yet another stupid loss:
Lackey was so busted up after the latest defeat that he was strutting around the clubhouse with a can of Bud Light in each hand, or what is known as "double-fisting" on every college campus in the history of mankind.
By Kaz - 8/10/12 - 9:53 am
In a recent press statement, Scott Brown declared that he was upset at a recent lawsuit settlement that requires the state to comply with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act (aka "the Motor-Voter Law"). The law requires states to offer voter registration when you apply for government services like a driver's license, but also social services like welfare too. Voting rights groups across the country have taken their states to task recently to force compliance.
By adamg - 8/10/12 - 9:38 am
WBUR reports on law signed by Gov. Patrick last week that requires businesses with at least three employees to let people with doctor's notes use their restrooms. Among the law's backers: Tom Menino, who has Crohn's disease.
By adamg - 8/9/12 - 11:34 am
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today a commission investigating possible anti-police bias by a Boston judge cannot take a look at any memos or documents that might point to his thinking on his rulings and verdicts.
By adamg - 8/7/12 - 10:54 pm
Who has done this amazing thing? The Subway Nut, of course - part of a far larger project to photograph every single subway station in North America.
Via Al Hood.
By adamg - 8/7/12 - 1:39 pm
Nancy Cao reports that when she spotted this license plate this morning, she had to snap it:
By adamg - 8/7/12 - 8:22 am
WBUR's CommonHealth rounds up the conventional wisdom on the law Gov. Patrick signed yesterday to control health-care costs. Josh Archambault, director of healthcare policy at the Pioneer Institute, is more dour, and refers to a system already dominated by Partners Healthcare (MGH and the Brigham):
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