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By Anonymous - 9/11/12 - 1:09 am

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What changed since the Massachusetts AFL-CIO endorsed Scott Brown in 2008? Mostly Brown's positions.

by Laura Clawson

By adamg - 9/10/12 - 11:29 pm

UPDATE: Boston Police report the victim's name was Arthur Stewart.

By adamg - 9/10/12 - 11:07 am

An off-duty air marshal who hit an Occupy Boston organizer and grabbed her camera an hour before police shut down its Dewey Square encampment last December, was sentenced to 18 months' probation and ordered to undergo drug and alcohol treatment and take anger-management classes, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

By adamg - 9/10/12 - 6:55 am

Biking in Heels posits that differences in the way our traffic signals work for pedestrians explain why Bostonians dart every which way from every direction, while Cantabrigians are more thoughtful, even when jaywalking:

By adamg - 9/9/12 - 3:08 pm

New-York Tribune's view.New-York Tribune's view.

By adamg - 9/8/12 - 11:18 am

The National Weather Service ALERTS US:

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BETWEEN NOON AND 2 PM...THEN BECOME MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG OR DAMAGING WINDS. THEY WILL ALSO CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAM AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THERE IS A MUCH LOWER CHANCE OF TORNADOES...BUT IT IS A CHANCE WORTH MENTIONING.

By roadman - 9/7/12 - 8:46 pm

another power problem on the Riverside Line - with buses replacing streetcars between Reservoir and Riverside. Here's the official alert:

Alternate shuttle bus service will replace Green D-Branch trains between Reservoir and Riverside Station due to a power problem. Please expect significant delays and seek alternate transportation where available. Â 9/7/2012 7:42 PM

Note that the MBTA has posted this exact same alert about the wire problem at least four times since 6:20. They obviously don't understand that people don't need to have their phones on to get messages.

By adamg - 9/7/12 - 3:40 pm

Boston Police report a man in his 50s was found with a gunshot wound in the Public Garden around 4:15 a.m. today.

The man was taken to Tufts Medical Center and is in stable condition, police say.

By Anonymous - 9/7/12 - 12:15 pm

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On September 7, Republican Scott Brown commented on the new jobs report and claimed he "will be a fighter for jobs." But his record as US Senator says otherwise, which makes me wonder, how does Scott Brown fit into the Republican strategy of obstruction and will the press hold him accountable?

By adamg - 9/7/12 - 6:39 am

The Globe gets ahold of the more detailed reports on just what it was BU hockey players were up to, including one party at Agganis Arena that featured sex in the penalty box and naked puck shooting. Also:

By adamg - 9/7/12 - 6:22 am

Unfortunately for him, he didn't want to go back. But he lost the Register of Probate Democratic primary race to Patty Campatelli, 51-49. The results also signal, again, that Tom Menino's coattails don't extend very far.

Maura Hennigan staved off Robert Dello Russo rather handily in the angry Criminal Clerk race.

By adamg - 9/6/12 - 8:26 pm

WBUR reports the mayor found the revised district-council map shoehorned too many minority voters into too few districts.

By adamg - 9/6/12 - 8:50 am

You'll be one of the few and proud, in today's generally low-key Thursday primaries. Some Boston-related races (all Democratic, natch):

Maura Hennigan vs. Robert Dello Russo, Suffolk County Superior Court Criminal Clerk. They hate each other.

By adamg - 9/5/12 - 10:00 am

Updated: Authorities now say woman was cut by tap handle, not broken mug handle.

A Medford man is due for arraignment today for an incident at last night's Madonna concert, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

By adamg - 9/4/12 - 1:23 pm

The Globe reports a federal judge found the "the treatment is the only adequate care for his serious mental illness, gender identity disorder."

By adamg - 9/4/12 - 10:12 am

Big Red & Shiny is coming back and is using Kickstarter to raise funds to create "a bigger and bolder Blog devoted to New England art & artists and a monthly web-based Journal with perceptive and incisive writing from around the globe." With art/music/dance in the South End on Sept. 29 and panel discussions on art writing and community at MIT on Oct. 27.

Earlier:
We Love Beantown gets ready to launch.

By adamg - 9/4/12 - 8:05 am

No, not our junior senator. Mike Ball reports on his own honorary-girl moment:

In particular when I chaired the board of a large downtown church, the woman who was senior minister called me that more than once by way of pointing out that my policies and proposals under discussion were female inclusive and aware. I grew up in an equality minded family...and this was a UU church, after all.

By adamg - 9/3/12 - 12:52 pm

The Globe reports on efforts by the school department to prevent the fiascos of the past two years, which led to thousands of students getting to school late - if at all.

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