US – Wednesday, March 10

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.

Don't be just another sucker

Every day consumers are ripped off by elaborate schemes, while others gnash their teeth over risky investments or squabbling with contractors over how their home additions are coming along. Getting tripped up by scams not only makes consumers want to pull their hair out. But it also makes them dread the thought of the next big investment or even a routine bank transaction, so state officials are out to empower the cautious and inform the masses.

Getting social, having a riot, too

RiotVine, a free online social networking guide created by Cambridge local, Kabir Hemrajani, 29, is gathering momentum and followers. The site, started in November, uses a Twitter or Facebook account to find out which bands are playing where and who is going to see them.

DeLeo pushes back bill

House Speaker Robert DeLeo pushed back the release of his gaming bill, discussed casino development strategy, but skirted questions tied to potential gambling state revenue while appearing on WRKO-AM’s Charley Manning show yesterday.

All that jazz, and a whole lot of other stuff

This year, the Regattabar’s annual jazz festival celebrates its 25th anniversary. But don’t expect too much ballyhoo as the renowned, three-month-long music event set in the Charles Hotel kicks off Friday with a performance by pianist Dr. Stanley Sagov and poet Robert Pinsky.

Clawing your way through spring arts

Spring is in the air. Well, maybe not yet, but there is evidence of some warming up going on in the theaters, concert venues and performance halls. Enjoy writer Zeth Lundy's picks of what the hottest shows in town are this season.

Mentality key to surging Blazers

Three games into the 2010 NLL season, the Boston Blazers were in a bad spot.

Hall hoping to recapture 2006

Bill Hall is a self-described baseball freak. His laptop is never far from his bedside, just in case the new Red Sox utilityman wants to take yet one more look at his swing mechanics.

T Time: Week of February 26, 2010

Where to go and what to see

Published 22:27, July the 29th, 2008

Common theatre to get IMAX screen

BOSTON. Moviegoers will soon be able to see films such as “The Dark Knight” in IMAX in the city without shipping out to the suburbs.

In September, the AMC Loews Boston Common theater will be unveiling its first IMAX screen, the only such screen in Boston that would show primarily studio films. Boston-area venues such as the New England Aquarium and the Museum of Science also feature IMAX screens but primarily show shorter educational and documentary films over big budget Hollywood movies.

The screens will be equipped with “the latest and greatest technology,” according to AMC Theaters spokesman Justin Scott.

In December, IMAX Corp. and AMC Entertainment Inc. announced a plan to install 100 new IMAX digital screens at locations in 33 markets around the country, including one at the Boston Common theater.

Earlier this month, the first of those new IMAX screens were unveiled in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area, Scott said.

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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.