US – Thursday, March 18
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.
 
Alumni look for like-minded fans
When last month’s apocalyptic snowstorm never hit, despite empty streets outside, 50 Syracuse basketball fans still attended a local alumni association basketball watch party at the Pour House.
 
MBTA steps up for Riverside riders
Riverside Line commuters only have to endure two more days of bus service as Secretary of Transportation Jeffery Mullen estimated yesterday that the D line will be open for the Monday morning commute.  
 
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.  
 
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.
 
Cooke-ing up a B’s grudge match
When the Bruins and Penguins face off tonight at the Garden, it will be more than a chance for the Bruins to hang on to the final playoff spot in the East.
 
Dice-K on road to return?
The groin. The shoulder. The back. The neck.
 
T Time: Week of February 26, 2010
Where to go and what to see
 
Published 23:04, July the 22nd, 2009
 
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, was interviewed on CNN in New York City last night.Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., left, was interviewed on CNN in New York City last night.
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Controversy over Gates arrest continues

From the blogs ...That any Cambridge police officer would not recognize Professor Gates or adhere to the confirmation by campus police that the figure he was arresting was indeed Professor Gates raises obvious suspicions — yet another iteration of the “uppity Negro” backlash that has reached a fever pitch in the Obama era.   -newblackman.blogspot.comNow it would be naive to suggest that there is no such thing as profiling, or that black males don’t have a much greater chance of getting arrested that white males, but it seems that the only reason an arrest occurred or that it is garnering so much attention is because Gates and his supporters are trying to make it only about race.  -wizbangblog.com
 
From the blogs ...

That any Cambridge police officer would not recognize Professor Gates or adhere to the confirmation by campus police that the figure he was arresting was indeed Professor Gates raises obvious suspicions — yet another iteration of the “uppity Negro” backlash that has reached a fever pitch in the Obama era.   -newblackman.blogspot.com

Now it would be naive to suggest that there is no such thing as profiling, or that black males don’t have a much greater chance of getting arrested that white males, but it seems that the only reason an arrest occurred or that it is garnering so much attention is because Gates and his supporters are trying to make it only about race.  -wizbangblog.com
 

BOSTON. The controversy surrounding a prominent Harvard University scholar’s arrest last week continues to escalate, while President Barack Obama yesterday called it “an example of how race remains a factor in this society.”

It still isn’t entirely clear what transpired last Thursday when Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested outside his Cambridge home. A police report indicates Gates was screaming at the officer, called him a racist and ignored warnings to calm down.

Gates, however, denies he acted inappropriately and said the officer didn't respond to his requests for identification.

Obama said the “Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting someone when there was already proof someone was in their own home.”

The disorderly conduct charge against Gates was dropped Tuesday, but he has indicated he may seek legal action.

Meanwhile, the officer who arrested Gates — James Crowley — reportedly told WCVB-TV yesterday he won’t apologize for his actions — a day after the Harvard scholar demanded he do so.

The Cambridge police union released a statement expressing its support for the officer.

 
 
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MMMpod
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.