Life imitated TV this afternoon when a man was stabbed inside the Boston Medical Center emergency room, leaving him in critical condition, Channel 5 reports.

The New York Times reports.

Boston Police tweeted about a fire at 70 E. Newton St., around 6:30 p.m.

Beth Israel Deaconess CEO Paul Levy explains why the answer to the increasing costs of the state's health care system is not to cut funding to Boston Medical Center the and Cambridge Health Alliance, which get extra money from the state for treating such large numbers of the uninsured - an argument made by the Pioneer Institute in the Globe today. ckquote>

Christine compares Boston's High Spine with a high spine - seven floors up at Boston Medical Center.