US – Thursday, July 9
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CITY HALL. City Council members met behind closed doors yesterday to decide what to do with their scheduled 5 percent pay raises only 48 hours after city workers had their wages frozen by the city.
NEW YORK. Lenny Dykstra, the former star center fielder for the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
BOSTON. MBTA fares would spike nearly 20 percent overall under a proposal the agency recommended yesterday to address its growing financial crisis.GOSSIP.Yesterday, Tori Spelling released three photos to the tabloids of her family spending a mini-vacation with Denise Richards and her children in Maui. (Um, don’t people usually just send out a link to their Kodak online gallery?)
UFC. A UFC pay-per-view in Boston?
NEWS. The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look into exclusivity deals between cell phone manufacturers and carriers, which allow new cell phone designs to be available from only one carrier.
Photo: GETTY IMAGESPOS-car owners cash in on deal
‘Cash for Clunkers’ program is paying off
Having driven the equivalent of six smoke-belching laps of the planet, Tony Metzler figured his aging Chevrolet Blazer SUV would not make a good trade for a new car. Until now that is.The Word
Paris, you got servedGOSSIP.If you can’t start your day without knowing exactly where in the world Paris Hilton is, rest easy. The famed for-something-or-other is in Miami, but not to club it up with the hair gel aficionados. No, she's there to defend herself against a federal lawsuit that accuses her of not adequately promoting the 2006 movie “Pledge This!”Local fighter shares UFC 100 strategyTom Lawlor is insistent: He doesn’t get punched in the face for a living.
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Bloggers test Saudi ruleArmed with a computer, an Internet connection and his own intellect, Ahmed Al-Omran is one of a few Saudi bloggers trying to push for change and make themselves heard in the conservative Gulf Arab monarchy.National
Study: Healthy diet puts off diseasesCHICAGO. A 20-year study of monkeys shows that a reduced-calorie diet pays off in less disease and longer life, researchers said on Thursday, a finding that could apply to humans.Movies
Bruno’s evil geniusREVIEW: Trying to explain Sacha Baron Cohen to the uninitiated is like trying to explain string theory to a koala: It feels stupid and pointless because it is stupid and pointless. Either you’ve seen Cohen unleash his agents of chaos in “Borat” or “Da Ali G Show,” or you haven’t.Poconos golf scene is as diverse as the mountain resort region itself
Whether family vacations or heart-shaped tubs pop to mind when you hear the word “Poconos,” it’s probably a memory built long ago. But as travel budgets dwindle and time is at a premium, the Poconos have re-emerged as an ideal destination for anything from a romantic getaway to a guys’ golf weekend.
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