US – Wednesday, March 17

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.

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.

Amateur Irish need not apply

Kelley Costello, a South Shore native who is third-generation Irish, knows a thing or two about how to celebrate St. Patrick’s day. Costello has preformed with the Dropkick Murphys and worked for Ken Casey at his bar, McGreevy’s Third Base Saloon, since it opened in April of 2008. Here are some of her tips on how to avoid looking like an amateur on St. Patrick’s Day.

Evacuation Day safe as study is called for

Fiscal responsibility and history have clashed several times on St. Patrick’s/Evacuation Day. Yet even with pending local aid cuts and other budget woes, lawmakers didn’t strike down a bill yesterday to repeal the Suffolk County holiday that some believe costs the state millions of dollars a year.

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.

‘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.

No Dance, but they’re playing

Tommy Amaker was surely something just south of exhausted yesterday afternoon, but the Harvard men’s basketball coach was still smiling.

SPRING ASIDE, PROSPECT NOT REDD-Y

Red Sox prospect Josh Reddick has gotten plenty of playing time during spring training – and he’s made the most of it.

T Time: Week of February 26, 2010

Where to go and what to see

Updated 21:32, July the 23rd, 2008

Brothers admit to using Medicaid to fund gambling

BOSTON. A Two brothers who once co-owned five nursing homes pleaded guilty yesterday to taking Medicaid funds intended for food, medicine and sanitation for their residents and using the cash on luxury boats and gambling.

Joel Logan, 53, of Norwell, and Todd Logan, 47, of Pembroke, will both serve five years probation and pay $150,000 in restitution for a variety of offenses tied to their scheme.

According to Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office, the pair — which owned two nursing homes in Braintree and one each in Middleborough, Quincy and Weymouth — bilked Medicaid funds from Jan. 2001 through June 2003 for their own use.

Some of the funds were used to bet on horse races, authorities said.

The Logans also pleaded guilty yesterday to embezzling roughly $77,000 in deductions from employee wages intended to fund a 401(k) plan and disability and insurance policies.

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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.