Bite Size News, January 14: Tragedy, Doughnuts Edition
- Many local Haitian-Americans are still waiting to hear from loved ones, and it's difficult when news arrives. [Boston Globe]
- Besides the catastrophically bad news, a college student from Central Mass was found alive in Haiti. [Boston Channel]
- Is that powdered sugar on your shirt? Providence & Boston have the most doughnut shops per capita in the country. Let's just say the world. [Providence Business News]
- Yes, "American Idol" edits their program to make would-be contestants look bad. [Boston Herald]
- Following Amherst's lead, Newton aldermen vote to allow a Guantanamo Bay prisoner to live in the community -- if he ever gets out. [Newton Tab]
- The mother of the intoxicated teen who died in Norfolk is suing her daughter's friends among others. [Boston Globe]
- A hummingbird took a wrong turn and found its way into Cape Cod rehab center. [Cape Cod Times]
- Samaritan MBTA bus driver keeps other passengers waiting to help a forgetful old lady (as other riders might've been thinking about it). [WHDH]
- Valerie Bertinelli is the first celebrity dieter to announce their Boston Marathon entry this year. [Boston Globe]
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