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A car full of BC students (including members of the hockey team) ran into a Green Line train, and the driver wasn't drunk. [Boston Herald]
About a dozen students needed alcohol-related medical attention at UMass Amherst's "Blackout Weekend" dance. [The Republican]
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The FBI is in the process of releasing their files on Ted Kennedy, and the first batch is about 3,000 pages. [Boston Globe]
A shipwrecked British ship from Revolutionary War era has been partially uncovered near Provincetown. [Cape Cod Times]
Sarah Palin is partying with teabaggers in Boston this week, but Scott Brown is flaking on his most enthusiastic supporters. [Boston Herald]
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There are conflict-of-interest concerns regarding the firm hired to recover City Hall's deleted emails. Hmm... [Boston Globe]
Did Tweet the Giraffe die from something he ate on a movie set? Or did Kevin James murder him? Hmm... [Boston Herald]
A clever kid didn't want to be in kindergarten, so he walked home by himself. Hmm! [Somerville Journal]
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Senator Kennedy is taking his final drive around Boston. [Boston Globe]
President Obama is scheduled to eulogize Kennedy at his funeral. [Washington Post]
Tropical Storm Danny is approaching. [Milford Daily News]
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The T is years away from protecting the Green Line from their texting trolley operators. [Boston Globe]
Teddy Kennedy passes on the Figawi race. [Cape Cod Times]
A white powder in the mail may ironically be a headache for MA emergency personnel. [Boston Herald]
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Gay marriage was legalized 5 years and one day ago, and the sanctity of marriage is apparently holding steady. [Boston Herald]
And it's been good for the economy! [WHDH]
The FBI is looking into the questionable suicide of an Amherst student in India. [The Republican]
The next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race got off to a rough start. [Boston Globe]
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Judicial Watch allegedly obtained previously redacted FBI files on Teddy thanks to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit originally filed on June 9, 2010. Kennedy wasn't even a Senator when he possibly rented a brothel in Santiago, Chile and met with leftists in Columia and Mexico.
Ted Kennedy, who died of brain cancer in 2009, will receive the Salute to Greatness award posthumously from the King Center for the decades he spent working to support civil rights. This year, the award commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, a holiday backed by Senator Kennedy. According to the Globe, Kennedy's first Senate speech supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [Globe]
President Barack Obama's speech regarding the "end" of combat operations in Iraq seemed as apolitical as it could have been, and it still wasn't good enough for Republicans. He thanked the troops and promised to support them at home, he graciously mentioned President Bush, and expressed his desire to focus on domestic issues.
- The Kennedy family gathered at the Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville for a Mass to mark the one-year anniversary of his death. [Boston Globe]
- People are talking about Ted Kennedy a year after he died. Senator Scott Brown commented on Kennedy's service to Massachusetts. [Attleboro Sun Chronicle]
- Jon Keller tells us how to properly remember Ted Kennedy. [WBZ]
When Bostonist heard about Senator John Kerry's tax flap with his yacht, we laughed. Who didn't?
-- The Kells is closing, and someone made a valid argument to keep it open: "I'd rather have a place like the kells there to keep everyone who wants to go to a place like that in one spot." [lemmingtrail]
jameswilsonphoto has another great Film Friday shot. This photo is much like his others with great contrast and a good use of available light. The framing of the shot works well and makes the subject of the photo appear larger than life.
Great article in this month's Boston Magazine by Joe Keohane, who looks at the way that Ted Kennedy's political career was shaped by his experience in Boston politics. For Keohane, it all comes down to the pivotal 1962 debate when Eddie McCormack wiped the floor with Kennedy in front of a crowd of Southie Irish.
The interim replacement for Ted Kennedy's seat was named today, and to commemorate this occasion, we present a guest comic strip by Kate Beaton, a web comic artist from the great frozen beyond: Canada.
The Globe now reports that Paul Kirk will be Massachusetts's interim U.S. senator. Sorry, Michael Dukakis. It's bad news for the Democratic core. As the Globe notes:
WBZTV reports that the Massachusetts Senate has passed the bill that would allow the governor to appoint an interim U.S. Senator to fill the seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy's death. It was a close vote, 24-16. Governor Deval Patrick is expected to sign it into law tomorrow. But will he appoint army tank and public transportation fanatic Michael Dukakis to the seat? Does he have any other, good choices?
Republican State Senator Scott Brown might be the nakedest candidate in the race for Ted Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat. The graying right-winger appeared nude in a 1982 issue of Cosmopolitan, which named him "America's Sexiest Man" when he was a 22-year-old law student at fussy, Catholic Boston College. We don't think that Ted Kennedy was ever dubbed America's Sexiest Man, but we're sure that there were a couple of decades where he wouldn't have turned down the nomination. But would he keep his short-and-curlies beneath his trousers? As you can see after the cut, Scott Brown didn't.
After the cut: Potententially NSFW photo of a naked State Senator hiding his wang with his hand.
We've had a lot to say about the passing of Ted Kennedy, too much to sum up in a tidy post. Thankfully, considering the exchange rate between words and pictures, Bostonist contributor Korri Leigh Crowley has put together a farewell slideshow that we'll present as our final statement on the passing of our favorite senator. It's the depiction of a city in mourning, and we're not sure what could be more moving than that.
-- Someone wrote about paying her respects to Ted Kennedy at the JFK Library. [Adverbial Warfare]
Saturday was a day filled with sadness, humor and hope for the Kennedy family. All three were embodied in the funeral Mass by the address given by Teddy Kennedy Jr., who, while normally outside of the public glare that accompanies his surname, certainly inherited the Kennedy voice. He was emotional as he recalled his father telling him "there is nothing you can't do" to encourage him after he lost his leg to cancer.
- Tens of thousands of people gathered on Friday to mourn Senator Edward Kennedy. [MyFoxBoston.com]
- Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston and Rev. J. Donald Monan, formerly the president of Boston College will preside at Sen. Kennedy's funeral tomorrow. Other funeral details are available. [Boston Globe]
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Massachusetts began to say goodbye to Senator Edward M. Kennedy early Thursday afternoon. Kennedy left his home in Hyannis Port on Thursday, carried in a flag-draped casket to lead a motorcade that traveled from Cape Cod to Boston, wound through the city and finally reached the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Dorchester shortly before 5 pm.
Bostonist contributor Korri Leigh Crowley sends a photo essay from the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Dorchester, where Senator Edward Kennedy will lie in repose beginning later today. As you can see, the memorial for our departed senator has already been arranged and mourners have already flocked to the library to pay their respects. Kennedy's public wake will take place in JFK Library's Smith Center later this evening and will continue tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What can be said? What needs to be said about Senator Kennedy? His death today at 78 was expected yet still shocking. Tributes from the President, a tearful Vice-President, world leaders, and the Kennedy family are expectedly, and justifiably, glowing. They reflect his lifetime commitment to service and family. The family called him their "irreplaceable center," which comes as no surprise given his leading role in the many public moments of the life of the Kennedy clan.
Boston.com is blank but for a Ted Kennedy slide show. We don't have the technology or file photos to manage that, but we do have a kind word for the senator, who died from the brain tumor that he has been fighting for months. Rest in peace, Edward M. Kennedy. Massachusetts will never have another one like you. Update: Our sister site Gothamist has a fancy Kennedy slideshow.
- The city of Boston honored an EMT and over 50 Police officers for heroic service in the line of duty. [Boston Herald]
- For the 8th time in its 21-year history, Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) was named the top public access TV station in the country. [Cambridge Chronicle]
Recovering from cancer, throwing out the first pitch... now Sen. Edward Kennedy can add another unique item to his already-long resume: getting a puppy for the White House. Teddy played a role in finding Bo, a Portuguese Water Dog, for the Obamas. The official puppy announcement comes on Tuesday, but the news is leaking everywhere (WaPo requires a signin). FirstDogCharlie.com has an alleged interview with the pup himself. Timing aside, this seems like a pretty good Easter gift to us.