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By adamg - 4/18/13 - 11:26 am
Worker at City Hall pause to remember

Bennett Wilson reports City Hall set up screens so that workers and visitors there could watch the interfaith service.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 10:31 pm

Brian D'Amico reports two men were shot at 609 Shawmut Ave., in the Roxse Homes complex, around 10 a.m. Northeastern University Police stopped a suspect.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 4:26 pm

The T just announced the station, right by the Marathon finish line, will remain closed tomorrow.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 1:37 pm

WCVB reports video from Lord & Taylor across from the second bomb blast has led investigators to a suspect, and that an arrest could be imminent.

UPDATE: The FBI released a statement around 3 p.m.: Read more.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 11:38 am

The Globe's Andrew Ryan tweets that the first person to take out papers for mayor today was Althea Garrison. She now needs to collect 3,000 signatures to get on the preliminary ballot.

By adamg - 4/17/13 - 8:37 am

Suzanne Koven, a primary-care physician at Mass. General, reports on her day with patients yesterday:

The patients I saw at Massachusetts General Hospital the day after the terrorist attacks just two miles away, near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, were very calm. And more interested in talking about others than themselves.

By pj - 4/16/13 - 4:34 pm

Some local Boston running groups are getting together to remember those that were hurt or lost their lives in yesterday's tragedy. The Kier Byrnes Freedom Runners have weekly Tuesday night runs from Courtside Karaoke in Cambridge. They decided to gather and raise money for the victims and their families, and to show that Boston is a strong city, and will keep running.

Donations will be taken to give to the Boston Marathon Relief fund, Courtside will also donate a portion of the nights profits.

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 4:25 pm

Said evidence consists of two Boston-related tweets from the recipe site this morning, including:

Boston, our hearts are with you. Here's a bowl of breakfast energy we could all use to start today.

Which had a link to a recipe for some crap. Of course, once called, the site deleted the tweets and then posted a new tweet apologizing for the tweets that "seemed insensitive."

By adamg - 4/16/13 - 12:18 pm

A Reddit group is working with Anytime Pizza (formerly Pizza Ring) in Cambridge to get free pizzas to hospitals and police stations for medical workers and police officers on duty today.

By adamg - 4/15/13 - 10:57 pm

UPDATE: Sounding like it was self inflicted.

Brian D'Amico and AlertNewEngland report somebody was shot around 10:40 p.m. and then walked into the Dudley T station. Exactly where he was shot remains a matter of investigation, because the victim doesn't feel like sharing the information with police.

By Suldog - 4/15/13 - 6:48 pm

If you're a regular, how about leaving a quick comment to let everyone know you're OK? Also, if you know of anyone in our community who was hurt, let us know.

If this isn't cool, Adam, please delete.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

By adamg - 4/15/13 - 1:18 pm

Ivers

Shaun Ivers, a Jamaica Plain real-estate agent and consultant, said today he's running for one of the four at-large city-council seats this fall, vowing not to become another mayoral kowtower engaging in "meaningless soapbox grandstanding:"

By adamg - 4/13/13 - 8:32 pm

Boston Sports Media Watch reports on how Pete Sheppard ended his career at WEEI this evening.

By adamg - 4/13/13 - 9:28 am

Accuweather alerts us.

By adamg - 4/12/13 - 7:21 pm

Surgery tomorrow, the Herald reports.

By adamg - 4/12/13 - 7:04 pm

Boston Police report:

Mark Cohen, a 28 year employee of the Boston Police Department and Director of the Hackney Unit, has been placed on paid administrative leave as a result of an internal complaint.

These allegations bring into question the overall management of the Hackney Unit. Accordingly, until a full review of the Hackney Unit is completed, Cohen will remain on leave.

By Douglas Bennett - 4/12/13 - 5:09 pm

It's been reported by the Boston Herald, that Mayor Thomas Menino broke his leg today. He will have surgery tomorrow.

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