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• A made-for-TV lawsuit: MIT sues television makers over digital sets
• MBTA Bingo, alpha edition
• How the Facebook IPO could help the Boston Phoenix
• Menino rolls out plan to curb summer violence
• Be vewwy, vewwy quiet - he's hunting mushwooms
• Councilors, school officials to consider educational musical chairs on Thursday
• If a tree falls in a public square ...
• But will they rename it WSUX?
• Hub of the Universe, indeed
• Group wants to grab the City that Always Sleeps by the shoulders and shake it awake
• Former local prosecutor vows hunger strike on steps of New York City Hall
• Councilor wonders: If the T lets you pay for parking with your phone, why not Boston parking meters?
• Officials want to know why BPS teaching staff so much whiter, more female than student population
• Death of bicyclist under 18-wheeler on rainy night in Cambridge ruled an accident
• Harvard Bookstore not only survives Amazon onslaught, it thrives