US – Sunday, March 21
My Voice
The Senate’s Weak Health Care Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid “got to 60” at 1:08 yesterday morning, clearing a key Republican hurdle and keeping the Senate’s version of a health care reform bill on track for passage before Christmas.
 
Boston
Alumni look for like-minded fans
When last month’s apocalyptic snowstorm never hit, despite empty streets outside, 50 Syracuse basketball fans still attended a local alumni association basketball watch party at the Pour House.
 
Boston
MBTA steps up for Riverside riders
Riverside Line commuters only have to endure two more days of bus service as Secretary of Transportation Jeffery Mullen estimated yesterday that the D line will be open for the Monday morning commute.  
 
Boston
Twenty years without a clue
For the past twenty years officials at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum have been working with FBI agents the U.S. Attorney’s office to bring back 13 stolen artifacts that were infamously stolen on March 18th, 1990.  
 
Boston Arts
Two tickets to ‘Paradise Lost’
“Paradise Lost” is a Depression-era drama rife with parallels to the current economic and political climate. In the wrong hands, a predictable production of Clifford Odets’ period piece could bore an entire audience into a coma.
 
Arts
‘I’ll be your mama’
Sandra Shipley says she wants a lot of people to come see her in “Entertaining Mr. Sloane,” but there’s one person she’s a little nervous about.
 
Between the Lines
Allen: NFL 365
I was a little surprised this week when I saw that media sessions were being set up with Patriots players who are participating in the voluntary offseason workouts down in Gillette Stadium. I guess I shouldn't be, but its just another sign that the National Football League is a 365-days-a-year proposition these days.
 
Boston Sports
Buchholz: Season in majors the goal
For three years, the Red Sox have implored Clay Buchholz to slow down. Still, who could blame the right-hander for wishing April 9 was here already?
 
Listings
T Time: Week of February 26, 2010
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Congress St. Bridge set to open April 28

BOSTON. The Congress Street Bridge, which has undergone major rehabilitation work for three years, is slated to reopen to traffic later this month after several delays.

The bridge, one of the financial district’s chief passageways to the South Boston Waterfront, will open to drivers on April 28. Crews will then finish the remainder of the work by the end of July, according to Executive Office of Transportation spokesman Adam Hurtubise.

The cost to fix the bridge has spiked more than $2.5 million since work began in 2004, when the project was pegged at $16.3 million. The work is now estimated to cost nearly $19 million. Over this last stretch of maintenance, workers have been replacing the main deck, completing extensive sidewalk repairs and cleaning and repainting the bridge.

Last year, a state transportation official attributed the delays and increase in cost to the bridge’s conditions being “worse than expected.”

 
 
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MMMpod
The March MMMpod features conversation and music from Surfer Blood and The Allman Brothers Band (There's a double-bill you're not too likely to see. However, Gregg Allman does mention Hannah Montana!). We also speak with Vampire Weekend and the Dropkick Murphys.