US – Saturday, July 4
Opinion
Rest in peace, Michael Jackson
A week ago today, the world lost one of its most precious treasures. Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer to ever walk the earth, died tragically from cardiac arrest. While much of the media coverage has focused on the most salacious aspects of his life, Jackson has undoubtedly left a legacy that is bigger, broader and brighter than the words of his detractors.
 
BOSTON
Will Mass. be able to wipe the slate clean?
BOSTON. With Gov. Deval Patrick signing sweeping ethics reform legislation Wednesday, the state is hoping to turn the page after a series of embarrassing accu­sations against former lawmakers in the last year has rattled the public’s faith in government. 
 
BOSTON
Those rainy day feelings saturate the Bay State
BOSTON. For Julianne Mahoney the incessant rain this spring has meant no running outside, only a handful of walks with her  baby and no BBQs at her new house in Norwell.
 
Boston
Boston’s summer is an endless bummer
BOSTON. July began Wednesday with torrential downpours, flood warnings and temperatures which struggled to reach the mid-60s.
 
BOSTON
Lockhart holds down the Fourth
BOSTON. The last time Keith Lockhart used his vacation time for Independence Day was about two decades ago.
 
T time
T time: Week of July 3
What to do and where to go.
 
Boston Sports
Red Sox must be sad to see June go
MLB. June is over. If you like seeing the sun, that’s a good thing.
 
Boston Sports
Big-name signings not on Bruins’ free-agent agenda
The Bruins’ free agency period won’t be as exciting as last year, when they pursued star-crossed Marian Hossa before settling on Michael Ryder.
 
T time
T time: Week of June 25, 2009
Where to go and what to do
 
Updated 21:57, August the 20th, 2008
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News in brief

 Cops cleared in Tierney slaying
BOSTON. The Bristol County District Attorney’s office has declared that two police offers who shot and killed 45-year old Gerard Tierney in May were acting out of necessity. Gerard allegedly refused to drop two kitchen knives as he approached the officers, at which point he was shot and killed — a circumstance that has been deemed a justifiable homicide after a thorough investigation by the district attorney’s office. METRO/CB

Pot trafficking bust
BOSTON. Jeremy Barnes of Providence, R.I., plead not guilty to federal charges of drug trafficking at his arraignment Monday in Boston. The man allegedly brought amounts of marijuana totaling millions of dollars and 4.5 tons into New England from violent Mexican drug cartels. METRO/CB

House chair calls for ban on trans-fats
BOSTON. The Department of Public Health is exploring whether it has the legal authority to ban trans-fats in Massachusetts restaurants.

DPH Commissioner Jon Auerbach told the News Service yesterday he has asked agency lawyers to pursue the request of House Public Health Committee Chairman Peter Koutoujian that DPH issue regulations prohibiting trans-fats.

In a letter to DPH, Koutoujian said he hopes the agency will do what the Legislature wouldn’t.

“Enacting a statewide ban would not only save lives, it would save resources,” he wrote, citing a Harvard study that found that as many as one in four heart attacks would be prevented and 1,400 lives in Massachusetts saved with the abolishment of trans-fats. Opponents have argued that the legislation would be too burdensome to restaurants already eliminating trans-fats.           SHNS

Time capsule found in Quincy
BOSTON. A masonry reconstruction team discovered a time capsule on Tuesday while doing routine work on the Abigail Adams Cairn, a Revolutionary War monument in Quincy. The metal box, thought to be over 100 years old, was buried alongside an 1889 U.S. penny and a commemorative medal, and has been given to the members of the historical society at the Adams Academy to determine proper ways for opening the box.
METRO/CB

N.H. man denies killing wife’s lover
BOSTON. A New Hampshire man has told a Middlesex Superior Court jury that he did not take part in the slaying of his ex-lover’s husband and another man at a Wakefield concrete plant in March of 2006. Sean Fitzpatrick, who admitted to having an affair with Michelle Zammitti, said he was at home asleep the night of her husband’s murder.
METRO/CB

 
 
Music
MMMpod
The June edition of MMMpod features an interview with Perry Farrell on getting Jane's Addiction back together, as well as a talk with actor Ed Helms about his love/hate relationship with a capella music. We also have new music from Phoenix, Magic Magic, Lady Sovereign, and a classic from Booker T. & the MGs. As always, there's a chance to win a whole lot of free music.
 

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