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Shaq is Here, Can He Help Glen Davis?
AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper. Shaquille O’Neal's two-year pact with the Celtics will be his final contract in the NBA, he says. He's 38 and essentially said he's on a victory lap on what he considers one of the "most dominant" careers in NBA history. He told the New Orleans Times Picayune he had the option of taking more money from teams other than Boston. He wanted to join Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul...
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Bite Size News, September 8: What We Eat Edition
Bay State families are raising their own chickens and dining on homegrown eggs. [Boston Globe]About 34% of Massachusetts students are overweight, according to a state Department of Public Health report. [Boston Globe]
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R.I. Green Airport Beats Logan
Call Bostonist crazy if you like. When we travel by air, we like to arrive at our destination at the right time. Fly from T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island T.F. Green Airport when you have to get there according to your schedule. Travel and Leisure magazine rated Green Airport the nation's best for on-time arrivals and departures in a July survey. Overall, the airport was ranked fifth best in the country. Boston's Logan...
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Idol Judge Crazy Talk: Is Aerosmith Done?
Image by Paul Keleher from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. Now that Kara DioGuardi is officially gone from "American Idol," the announcement of the new judges is said to be imminent. The new panel is rumored to include original judge Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler. That Tyler's rumored Idol gig is about to become officially official has stoked up the simmering Aerosmith feud. The band's Cocked, Locked, Ready To...
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Gubernatorial Candidates Debate
Image by hmmlargeart from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. The first Massachusetts gubernatorial argument discussion debate took place last night. Bostonist was bored watching it. Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein, who was largely ignored by the boys, Gov. Deval Patrick, Republican Charles Baker, and independent Timothy Cahill, rightly described the exchanges as bickering. Baker responded to Stein with "I don’t think this is bickering." He bickered about whether or not there was bickering. Baker tried...
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Sports Redux: Sox Closing in on Fourth
Image from Wikipedia. So much for needing Clay Buchholz on short rest. So much for a lot of things. Even when it was a 2-0 Sox lead early in last night's game, Don and Jerry seemed more inclined to talk about some couple they kept showing in the stands than anything happened on the field. (The crack Bostonist research team learned that they were contestants from a TV show called The Bachelorette. The crack...
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Building Better Coffee Cups
Coffee shops compete at a high level. That explains why there are so many Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts in the Hub. Can they ever come together, ever, for a good cause? Yes. And it also might be good for business. Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts joined with Tim Hortons in April to try to create a sustainable container. That's an environmentally sound coffee cup to us. In 2010, styrofoam is headed for replacement once a...
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B's Take to Skates
The Bruins held their first informal skate of the year on Tuesday. Zdeno Chara, David Krejci, Shawn Thornton, Tuukka Rask were among the veterans at the first session. Newcomers Gregory Campbell and Nathan Horton debuted with the club. The Globe gave a positive review to Horton....
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Boston Blotter: Home Invasion Stopped by WWII Veteran
-- Police allege Alan Menchin, 19, of South Dennis broke into a Yarmouth home last week and was fought off by an 83-year-old marine and WWII veteran. Menchin reportedly hit the victim with a glass candlestick. He was charged with home invasion and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. [WBZ]
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Bite Size News, September 7: Both Ways Edition
Tim Cahill left the Democratic party to run for governor as an Independent candidate. He still plans to vote in the Democratic primary next week. [Boston Herald]Karyn Polito is a Republican candidate for treasurer in Massachusetts. She supports a ballot question to cut the state sales tax to 3%. If it passes, Polito wants to raise it back to 5%. For and against tax cuts all at once. [Boston Herald]
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UMass Amherst Geologist: Space is Cooler Than Sushi
NASA Image from a Mars Rover. The Boston Globe recently described University of Massachusetts-Amherst as a place stuck between what it is and what it wants to be. Resources are limited, facilities are lacking, and home grown students are going to exotic places like Connecticut for the education the Amherst campus can't provide. The school countered negative press by trying to build the world's largest sushi roll. Nice. We think the school should prop...
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Boston Blotter: Pizza Killers Pleaded Not Guilty
The three suspects in the murder of Richel Nova, the pizza deliveryman killed in Hyde Park last Thursday night all pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges. Judge Kathleen Coffey held Alexander Gallett, 18, of Hyde Park; Michel St. Jean, 20 of Hyde Park; and Yamiley Mathurin, 17, of Mattapan without bail. The prosecutor bluntly described the suspects plans: "It was never their intention that Richel Nova would leave that home in any other way...
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Tom Brady: Patriots Heart Him, Jets Fans Really Hate Him
AP Photo/Winslow Townson. The Boston Herald reports the New England Patriots are close to signing Tom Brady to an extension. The paper says it's a three-year extension worth $58 million, or $19.3 million per season, that could be done in 24 hours. A family is suing the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority after being treated badly by Jets fans at a 2009 game between the Jets and the Patriots in New Jersey. Jets...
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Sports Redux: PawSox 12, Rays 5
Photo by flickr user shoothead. When we looked at the lineup set for Monday night's game between the down-and-almost-out Red Sox and the see-you-in-October Rays, we felt badly for those who'd plunked down cash for tickets. Sure, seeing Rocco Baldelli back at Fenway was going to be special, but a lineup chock full of rookies against a hot AL East team? That's just cruel and unusual punishment for the fans - perhaps worse than...
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Bite Size News, September 6: Greens Edition
The Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston in Norton is the only carbon neutral event on the PGA Tour. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]While Massachusetts' tax revenue rose 6.9% in August compared to the same month a year ago, the $1.4 billion collected last month was still below predictions. [Boston Business Journal]
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Sports Redux: Is it 2011 Yet?
AP Photo/Winslow Townson. The White Sox swept the Red Sox and finally put the Boston squad out of its misery for 2010. As the Globe says, just look at Terry Francona's lineup against Tampa Bay: Daniel Nava, Ryan Kalish, Yamaico Navarro, and Lars Anderson are all starting. As for Jonathan Papelbon, well, he's had better nights. Just in time to prepare for Sunday's NFL opener for the Pats. Bill Belichick is only worried about...
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Boston Blotter: FBI Stops Attempted Bank Robbery in Weymouth
-- The FBI, Weymouth police, and a state police SWAT team arrested two Bay State men who were allegedly preparing to rob an East Weymouth bank. Police got a tip about the planned heist and set up surveillance around 7 a.m. Police observed the suspects watching the bank, and watched them go to a nearby store to buy disguises. The suspects were arrested without incident. Police found a sledgehammer and crowbars in the car. Both men were charged with attempting to commit armed robbery while masked, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit a crime and possession of burglarious tools. They are being held at Weymouth Police headquarters on $100,000 bail until a Tuesday arraignment in Quincy District Court. [patriotledger]
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UMass Amherst: Education or Gigantic Sushi Rolls?
According to the Boston Globe, UMass Amherst wants to become a "public Ivy" along with institutions like Michigan, Virginia, and Cal-Berkely. If you are Robert Holub, chancellor of the Amherst campus, the news that the new academic year begins with an attempt to make the largest sushi roll - 400 feet long - in the world can't be a good sign. Some 300 volunteers will go for the record, currently held by Cal-Berkely at...
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WGBH Focused on 10th District on Wednesday
Image labeled "Bostonist" by Truck Stop Tea Party If you live in the Massachusetts Tenth Congressional District and remain undecided with just over a week left until the primary election on Tuesday, September 14, pay attention to WGBH on Wednesday for Mass Decision 2010 coverage. Candidates will debate on the Emily Rooney Show at noon on WGBH-FM 89.7. The Callie Crossley Show follows at 1 p.m. with analysis from Kelly Bates, Executive Director of...
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Week Around the Ists
(Photo by James Calder www.jamescalder.com) DCist had a busy week: they provided up-to-the-minute information on a gunman who held hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, recapped the Restoring Honor rally in photographs and liveblogged a high-profile debate between the city's two leading candidates for mayor. Philyist had a busy week, first celebrating its relaunch, complete with new look, and then finding a way to make 90210 Day relevant. LAist wondered if...
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