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. 
 
Published 22:30, April the 16th, 2009
 
 

Cancer survivor goes for marathon victory

By the numbers
  • $150K Prize money for winner of men’s and women’s races
  • $806K Total prize money for men’s and women’s races
  • 38,708 Number of entrants in the 100th Boston Marathon in 1996, which set an all-time record for the world’s largest marathon
  • 25,283 Number of participants last year, the second-highest total in race history
  • 15 Number of participants in the inaugural race in 1897
  • 10 Finishers in the 1897 race
  • 500,000 Number of spectators estimated to line the course from Hopkinton to Boston
  • 61 Number of Boston Marathons started by the legendary John A. Kelley, a record. He finished 58 of them, and he won in 1935 and 1945.
 

 When Win Apel completes the Boston Marathon on Monday, he’ll be doing so much more than just finishing a race.

Apel, a 59-year-old prostate cancer survivor, has run a marathon in every state in the country but one — Massachusetts. It is no coincidence that the road to No. 50 will end on Boylston Street.

“This is the most famous marathon in the world,” Apel said when reached in his New Jersey home. “I saved Boston deliberately for last.”

There actually is one more leg to Apel’s journey — in July he’ll run a marathon in Australia, finishing a mission to run one on all seven continents. While always looking ahead to the next race, however, the Idaho native has never lost sight of what it means to simply be able to put one foot in front of the other.

Apel was diagnosed with cancer on Sept. 11, 2001, making a horrific day even more trying. He missed the New York Marathon that fall after having radical surgery but wanted his recovery to be more than about simply defeating the disease.

Apel ran three marathons in 2002, 10 in ‘03 and he was on his way.

“I knew I could do this and show that despite the cancer I’m still as good an athlete as anybody else that wants to make a deal out of it,” Apel said. “If you can physically do something you can do it.”

Apel has raised more than $21,000 for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team.

Race from home
  • Apel will be wearing a white headband and bib No. 22012.
  • To view his homepage, with links to the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team site, visit http://www.geocities.com/winapel/
 
 
 
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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.