Published October 18, 2010

What’s news on a sunny Monday in Boston.

NStar is being sold for $4 billion. “On completion, the deal will create one of the nation’s largest utilities, the two said in a press release.” (Globe)

A new poll shows a dead heat in the 10th congressional race. “The poll of 400 likely voters in the Massachusetts 10th Congressional District shows that the race to replace retiring Democratic Congressman Bill Delahunt is extremely tight, with 46 percent of likely voters polling for Democrat Bill Keating, and 43 percent for Republican Jeffrey Perry. The poll’s margin of error of 4.9 percent means the race is a statistical tie.” (WGBH)

In the 1990s, Baker “varied his math” on the cost of the Big Dig project, a Globe review finds. Meanwhile, “Governor Deval Patrick’s campaign could not provide any evidence to back up allegations that the work of his Republican rival, Charles Baker, on the Big Dig added to the MBTA’s debt.” (Globe)

A 20-year-old man from Easton was shot dead by police outside a bar in New York state. Danroy Henry, a junior at Pace University, “was shot to death in his car around 1:20 a.m. outside of a bar in Mount Pleasant, N.Y., about 35 miles north of New York City, according to police and university officials.” Police describe a dramatic chase in which Henry struck two officers with his car. (Globe)