Boston dogs make Puppy Bowl roster
Super Bowl Sunday will feature some of Boston’s own on the gridiron: running, tumbling, and... nibbling? Two dogs from a local shelter will be featured in Puppy Bowl XIII on Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. on the Animal Planet cable TV station. Advertisement Daisy Moses, a Chihuahua mix, and Mr. Whimpers, a pit and lab mix, are from Last Hope K9 Rescue, a shelter in Boston that saves neglected and abused dogs from high-kill shelters, according to its website.The Puppy Bowl will feature 78 dogs available f..>> view originalStudents injured after I-95 school bus crash
WESTON — Jaira Pimentel and her friends on the school bus were chatting and playing on their phones when the sixth grader saw something veering toward them. The next thing she knew, the bus had barreled through an Interstate 95 guardrail and rolled onto its side. For a moment, panic took hold. Advertisement “We were all scared,” said Jaira, who was sitting on the driver’s side of the bus. “It was like we were going to die. We thought we were going to die. We were all screaming.”But the bus ..>> view original10 things to do in Boston this weekend
BosTen is your weekly guide to events and cool happenings in and around Boston. Skip Netflix this weekend—here are 10 ways to get out of your home and not be bored in the city. If you’d like BosTen delivered to your inbox every Thursday, click here. Want more things to do? Check out our events calendar at boston.com/events. The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center will be filled with $25 million worth of automobiles from 37 manufacturers this weekend for the 2017 New England International Au..>> view original'I want to become the 55th mayor of the City of Boston'
Ending months of speculation, City Councilor Tito Jackson will announce Thursday that he is jumping into this year’s mayoral race, in what he vows will be a vigorous campaign against his friend and former ally, Mayor Martin J. Walsh. The 41-year-old Roxbury councilor, who will announce his mayoral candidacy at 2 p.m. at Dudley Square’s Haley House, is setting the stage for an uphill but competitive contest later this year. Although the field of candidates is not set, Jackson is hoping to become..>> view original'Boston Curb Alert' Flags Items Up For Grabs On Our City's Streets
What if you keep the spirit of Allston Christmas alive all year round? A website developed by a Boston resident is doing just that. Jack DeManche developed and launched Boston Curb Alert last August. He's lived in Boston for a number of years now and has seen many a Sept. 1 scramble. So DeManche got to thinking: What if people could flag household items, furniture and appliances that are left out for the taking throughout Boston's streets, no matter the time of year? “It occurred to me that the..>> view originalMan videotaped two children in his care at Boston hotels
A 64-year-old Georgia man who worked with underage performers used his position to gain their trust and then secretly videotaped them in various states of undress in their hotel rooms, Suffolk prosecutors said.William H. Allen, co-owner of Cirque de la Symphonie, captured nude and partially nude images of two performers under the age of 16 by hiding cameras in the smoke detectors in their rooms, Assistant District Attorney Nicole A. Poirier said in court records.“He violated their trust, he viol..>> view originalThursday's business agenda
ECONOMIC DATA US mortgage rates New numbers for the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage will be released Thursday. Last week, Freddie Mac reported the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.20 percent from 4.32 percent the week before. PANEL Green buildings Attend a panel on integrated efficiency technologies with speakers Elijah Ercolino, director of building automation services at Boston University; Michael Fitzgerald, general manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ..>> view originalStudents left shaken after bus rollover
A group of Hub middle school students escaped serious injury yesterday when the bus they were riding home in from a Sudbury charter school rolled over on Interstate 95, tossing the unbuckled children around inside.“They are very lucky,” said Dr. Ilan Schwartz, chief of pediatric emergency medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, where 10 of the 22 children on board were treated.“They were not restrained and some flew from one side of the bus to the other. Most of the injuries we are seeing are bru..>> view originalCarr: BuzzFeed's 'news' about as credible as Rolling Stone's
“You are fake news!”That was President-elect Donald Trump’s dead-on accurate description of CNN yesterday. And it appears the alt-left media don’t even realize what a favor they’ve done for their archnemesis.He’s immunized now, at least for a while, from any negative press. Due to the prurient nature of this latest fake news — golden showers — yesterday’s bogus story has more legs than, say, The Washington Post’s recent run of fake news (alleged Russian hacks in Vermont that were actually a guy ..>> view originalRepublican-led Senate takes first step to repeal 'Obamacare'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Thursday passed a measure to take the first step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, responding to pressure to move quickly even as Republicans and President-elect Trump grapple with what the replace it with.The nearly party-line 51-48 vote came on a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that eases the way for action on subsequent repeal legislation as soon as next month. Advertisement ‘‘We must act quickly to bring relief..>> view original
Thursday, January 12, 2017
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