Archive for October, 2004

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Boston Police to “Take Out” Hooligans

All of Boston remains horrified at the tragic death of journalism
student Victoria
Snelgrove at the hands of Boston Police last Thursday
morning. Investigations into training and use [...]

Sliding Into Second

Apparently,
as the race for the presidency tightens, the jockeying for position is
becoming intense.  Both campaigns are trying hard to push their
candidate into - second place.
This is to take advantage of the [...]

We’re All Naked Under Our Clothes

A
developer in Tokyo has created an add-on for Vodafone handsets that’s
meant to be used as a night filter to let people take pictures with their
phones in the dark.
Unfortunately, the night [...]

A Sense of Sartorial Decorum

Watching
the Red Sox in the World Series is completely different than watching
them clutched in a Death Struggle with the New York Yankees.  Much
easier to relax and enjoy the action, even when [...]

Only in America


WBUR Steals Dowbrigade Lunch Money

We
knew something was up as soon as we arrived to work yesterday morning
to find our building surrounded by cops, squad
cars illegally parked on each corner, and a line of Boston City [...]

STEINBRENNER ACQUIRES NUCLEAR WEAPON

Trades
Alex Rodriguez to Kim Jong-Il: More Proof of Links Between the Evil Empire
and the Axis of Evil
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner acquired
a nuclear weapon today
[...]

We Warned Our Students

We
warned our students to stay away from Kenmore Sq. Although it is practically
part of the Boston University campus, Kenmore Square, the
Foyer of Fenway Park, crowned by the iconic CITGO sign, [...]

Comic of the Day - Ted Rall


Heroes and History

Somewhere
in America a young mother without a job waits in line six hours to get
a flu shot for her undernourished baby. Somewhere in Africa a nurse with
AIDS works taking care of [...]

Bloody Sox

A magic night of baseball in the Bronx. This was our kind of baseball
game; 9 well-played innings, a crisp 3 hours and 45 minutes, bizarre,
controversial plays, Sox stained red with blood, enraged Yankees fans pelting [...]

Another One Bites the Dust

BANGALORE,
India — Police have shot dead India’s most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy
Veerappan, accused of chopping up many of the more than 100
people he killed, officials said yesterday.
[...]


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