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The FBI raid

Thanks to our lax immigration policies we can count on more of this in a neighborhood near you/me soon.
– blakekid

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Last year's Celebration of the Spring, a collaboration between the Revels performing group and Perkins School secondary program chorus.

Perkins School participates in annual Revels celebration

Tonight marks the ten-year anniversary of a unique collaboration between two very different organizations, one that makes the blind dance and the past come alive. Boston Globe, 1:38 p.m.

Snapshot: behind bars

Take a look at how Watertown - which has 2.5 state inmates per 10,000 residents - ranks statewide, and create your own chart using the data. Boston Globe, 5/27/10

Robotics team takes home first place,
with help from Eleanor

Eleanor "Dante" Rigby, version 3.0, a robot about 30 inches by 42 inches by 17 inches, helped the kwarQs, Watertown High School\'s competitive robotics squad, win Beantown Blitz, a tournament that pits student-designed robots against each other. Boston Globe, 5/26/10

Hairdresser was inspiration for poet

When the poet found out his work had been selected as a finalist for a prize, he and his wife showed up at the hairdresser's shop with flowers. Boston Globe, 5/24/10

Watertown schools to cut teachers

The School Committee presented a 2011 budget whose austerity measures include a loss of 2 classroom teachers, plus cuts to administrative and support staff. Boston Globe, 05/27/2010

Deluxe Town Diner takes another step toward opening in Newton

The quest to bring a popular Watertown eatery to a spot overlooking the Newton Centre T stop cleared a big milestone last week. Boston Globe, 5/26/10

Phone number of bomb suspect found

Federal agents found the cellphone number of Faisal Shahzad, the alleged Times Square bomber, on an envelope bearing the name "Faisal" in the Watertown apartment of a man who was arrested last week, a government lawyer said today. Boston Globe, 5/20/10

2 men not tied to bomber, lawyer says

A lawyer for two Pakistani men arrested in Massachusetts last week said that there was no evidence linking them to the attempted Times Square bombing, but that the pair attracted the suspicion of authorities because days before the botched attack they had booked a flight from New York to Pakistan on the same route as the accused car bomber. Boston Globe, 5/19/10

Consul general complains of detainee treatment

Pakistan's consul general in Boston complained today that one of the three men arrested in New England last week as part of the investigation into the attempted Times Square bombing is being "treated like Osama bin Laden,'' even though he has not been criminally charged and is being held on alleged immigration violations. Boston Globe, 5/18/10

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Check out area government salaries

Over the last year and a half the Globe's regional sections have compiled stories and data on salaries and pensions of city and town employees. The lists are dominated by police officers earning thousands in overtime and detail pay, and educators.

Snapshot: Room to spare?

Take a look at how Needham - which has 3,540 square feet of land per person - ranks statewide in spaciousness, and create your own chart using the data. Boston Globe, 3/31/10

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