US – Tuesday, February 9
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.
 
Patrick jumps on jobs bandwagon
As Washington leaders work furiously on national job creation legislation, their Beacon Hill counterparts are now doing the same. Tomorrow, Gov. Deval Patrick is expected to detail plans that include offering a $2,500 tax credit for every new job a small business adds — a move that could wind up creating 20,000 positions.
 
DeLeo wants house troops to go retail
Speaker Robert DeLeo has a message for the seven score or so House Democrats who will try to get reelected in the fall: Scram.
 
Will a two-phase plan ever finish?
For years, Somerville and Medford residents have anxiously awaited the Green Line's extension into their transit-deprived neighborhoods. But now it’s a question of how far the MBTA line will actually go.
 
For a really good time, call ahead
As Marvin Gaye so beautifully sang, “Let’s get it on.” Who are we to disagree, especially with so many smoochable spots to enjoy Valentine’s Day? It doesn’t have to cost the earth, either. 
 
[not too shabby]
“[title of show]” is a silly, little show filled with nudge- nudge, wink-wink moments and enough self-congratulations to make a Hollywood award show look like a spiritually-driven mission of mercy. And though there’s been a dearth of musicals that proclaim, “look at us, we’re a musical making fun of musicals,” there’s something fresh and oddly charming about this one.
 
Beanpot on its way back to the Heights
The outdoor game at Fenway Park last month went to Boston University.
 
What’s next for the Bruins?
After 10 agonizing games filled with near-misses, bad breaks and downright sloppy play, the Bruins ended their epic losing streak with a cathartic win on Sunday. Now that the distraction of that brutal run is over, here’s what to look for as the Bruins go forward:

 
T time
What to do and where to go. 
 
Updated 22:08, November the 17th, 2008
 
Officials worked on the Green Line tracks yesterday after a Boston College student, who was wearing headphones while crossing, was struck by a trolley. Officials worked on the Green Line tracks yesterday after a Boston College student, who was wearing headphones while crossing, was struck by a trolley.
Photo: NATHAN FRIED-LIPSKI/METRO
 

College student hit by Green Line train

 A Boston College student wearing headphones was hit by an inbound Green Line trolley yesterday morning as he was crossing over the B Line tracks on Commonwealth Avenue.

The 21-year-old unidentified student crossed the tracks a few hundred yards from the Boston College stop. The student was rushed to Brigham & Women’s Hospital with head and leg injuries, but he was apparently conscious and talking when he was taken from the scene.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo said when the trolley’s operator saw the pedestrian, he sounded his horn but couldn’t avoid striking him.

“The operator blew his horn, but to no avail,” said Pesaturo, who characterized the pedestrian as “trespassing.”
The accident happened around 9:20 a.m., and riders were bused between the Boston College and Washington Street stops for several hours.

The majority of the B Line tracks along that stretch of Commonwealth Avenue are separated by a metal fence. But Pesaturo said the section of tracks where the student crossed was not fenced off because it used to be a crossover for drivers to take a left to get to the Boston Archdiocese property, which is now owned by Boston College.

 
 
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MMMpod
The February MMMpod features conversation from Ozzy Osbourne. Michael Emerson from "Lost" tells us about his days enjoying punk rock in Boston. We also dig up an old interview from the late great Howard Zinn. We have a song from Delta Spirit and The Soft Pack, who tell us where they got their name.