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 21:37, August the 24th, 2009
 
 ASSEMBLY SQUARE. More than $65 million in state bond and federal stimulus funding is supporting a mixed-use project which will involve office space, retail space (including a new hotel), 2,100 housing units and an MBTA Orange line stop. The project is expected to create 18,000 construction jobs and some 20,000 permanent positions. ASSEMBLY SQUARE. More than $65 million in state bond and federal stimulus funding is supporting a mixed-use project which will involve office space, retail space (including a new hotel), 2,100 housing units and an MBTA Orange line stop. The project is expected to create 18,000 construction jobs and some 20,000 permanent positions.
Photo: NICOLAUS CZARNECKI/METRO
 

Dems continue stimulus war of words

SIGNS OF PROGRESS
  1.  About 10,000 summer jobs have been created with the help of $21.1 million in ARRA funds.
  2. Proposals were submitted earlier this month for a total of $105 million in ARRA money to expand broadband infrastructure in 70 western Massachusetts communities.  
  3. Nearly $50 million in ARRA funds has targeted weatherization programs, with the goal of lowering energy costs for low-income families.
 

 BOSTON. State Democrats yesterday defended progress made through federal stimulus funds while taking shots at Republicans who have railed against the initiative for months.

“When faced with a problem, Democrats responded with a plan of action that they implement effectively,” said Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair John Walsh. “Despite the complaining and carping on the part of Republicans in Washington and Boston, the effort is successful in halting a free fall.”

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray boasted that the Bay State ranks seventh nationally in its spending of awarded funds — Massachusetts has spent 45 percent of $4.4 billion given through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Republican critics have bemoaned delays in the spending and a continued rise in unemployment. The state jobless rate rose to 8.8 percent in July, the highest it has been since 1993.

 
 
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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.