Wow, I so totally played “What Does Your Soul Look Like (Part 4)” this week.

boston:

DJ Shadow’s influence looms large

- The sample artist known to his family as Josh Davis has never been hungry for the spotlight.

It’s sad to see this regional difference go away.

boston:

In Boston, ‘tonic’ gives way to ‘soda’

For most Bostonians, the carbonated drink is now “soda,” not “tonic,” and the final volume of a new dictionary sheds light on the history of the usage.

Because in this economy what we really need are fare hikes and cuts to services.

boston:

Riders blast T fare, service plans

- Nearly 300 MBTA riders wedged into Newton’s War Memorial Hall to express fear and frustration over the steep fare increases and dramatic service cuts proposed by the T.

I love the Hahbah Islands!

boston:

Birds of winter charm a Harbor Islands cruise

- State and federal officials have teamed up with the owner of a whale-watching boat to offer what many New Englanders might consider to be an oxymoron: a winter cruise.

Forget the freak show in the GOP. Romney’s the one to watch and to oppose. Residents of Massachusetts should be gearing up to warn the nation what’s underneath the handsome façade.

boston:

Romney staffers wiped out records in ‘06

- Just before Mitt Romney left the Massachusetts governor’s office and first ran for president, 11 of his top aides purchased their state-issued computer hard drives, and the Romney administration’s e-mails were all wiped from a server, according to interviews and records obtained by the Globe.

All a-flutter.

boston:

Black Licorice, a Treat that Can Play a Trick On Your Health

- The FDA just issued advice regarding the consumption of black licorice candy. According to the FDA, “if you’re 40 or older, eating 2 ounces of black licorice a day for at least two weeks, could land you in the hospital with an irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia.”

This is why your neighbors have lights on their houses.

boston:

Indian Americans across the region are celebrating Diwali today, an annual holiday also known as the “festival of lights.”

Liberian women demonstrate at the American Embassy in Monrovia during the height of the civil war in July 2003. (Pewee Flomoku) (via Forcing an end to war in Liberia - The Boston Globe)

Very sad.

boston:

2 dolphins die after 13 beach themselves in Eastham

- An animal welfare organization is checking the health of 11 common dolphins that survived after beaching themselves on First Encounter Beach in Eastham yesterday.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? We the people are, apparently.

Hear ye, hear ye!!

The First Circuit Court of Appeals—the highest federal court for New England just below the U.S. Supreme Court—last Friday handed down a ground-breaking decision defending our right to videotape the police and other public officials as they engage in their official duties—including when, as in this case, the cops appear to be beating a man on the Boston Common.

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