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 22:01, November the 16th, 2008

Drunk driver charged with man’s death in Allston

BOSTON. A drunk driver allegedly struck and killed a man crossing Soldier’s Field Road in Allston early yesterday morning, according to state police.

The accident happened shortly after 3 a.m. Police said 26-year-old Robert Finnerty of Charlestown was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee westbound when he hit the pedestrian. The incident took place near where Everett Street intersects with Soldier's Field Road.

State police said Finnerty has been arrested and charged with drunk driving.

Neither Finnerty nor his 25-year-old passenger in the Jeep were injured in the crash, and police had not officially identified the victim as of last night.

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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.