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• The Boston area, including Cambridge and Quincy, is the eighth-most congested traffic region in the country. Boston has ranked eight for three years straight. [Boston Business Journal]

• After two students were expelled for bullying a South Hadley High School freshman, the town is developing an anti-bullying task force to find something good in the midst of a tragedy. [WCVB]

• Siobhan Magnus, 19, of Barnstable is competing in American Idol. Her neighbor, Diane Munsell, has launched an e-mail campaign to help get her votes. [WickedLocal/CapeCod]

• West Roxbury Councilor John Tobin wants to make pay raises automatic for city councilors. Good luck, John! [Boston Herald]

• John Roy, a 79-year-old Cohasset man, was killed Monday in a tour bus crash in Florida. [Boston Globe]

• The Navy plans to lift its ban on females serving on submarines. Unless Congress passes specific legislation blocking the change in the next month, women will be cleared to serve on subs in at least 18 months. [ABC News]

• Auditor Joe DeNucci hired his 77-year-old cousin as a "fraud inspector" in 2008. [Boston Herald]

• The Boston city council wants the Boston Police Department to train all private security guards. [Universal Hub]

• UMass Boston wants to buy 20 acres of waterfront land from the Bayside Exposition Center for $18.7 million. [Boston Globe]

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