Published March 15, 2011
Dangerous levels of radiation are leaking from a nuclear plant damaged by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said there is a high risk of more radioactivity leaking from overheating nuclear rods and ordered everyone within 12 miles of the plant to evacuate.
The Globe’s Big Picture blog has devastating pictures of the disaster.
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Mass. House Speaker Robert DeLeo proposed changes designed to reduce the influence lawmakers have over the Probation Department, which is under the cloud of a corruption investigation. WBUR’s Fred Thys is covering the speaker’s remarks scheduled to be delivered at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
When you hit all green lights on your drive to work, found a dollar bill in the back pocket of your jeans and managed to score a free lunch in the office kitchen, you thought you were lucky. That’s small potatoes compared to a list of “lucky” Massachusetts residents.
A state auditor’s report says that the Commonwealth is missing out on thousands of dollars in tax revenue thanks to ineffective policing of the Lottery. The report says an ongoing scam has lottery winners that owe back taxes giving their winning tickets to middlemen who then cash the winners in, for a fee. The report doesn’t label the middlemen, but some “lucky” residents have cashed in up to a thousand tickets. Luck of the Irish?
As the world watches the growing nuclear crisis in Japan, fears are spiking over local nuclear power plants. The Pilgrim Power Station in Plymouth provides electricity for about 600,000 homes. Operators assured state officials Monday that the facility is safe.
Steeped in complex medical jargon, a dizzying array of insurance paperwork and wonky economic principles, the rising tide of health care costs are often difficult to understand. WBUR’s Martha Bebinger reports on the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization’s efforts to catch consumers up.
Authorities yesterday struck a blow to fans of running naked through Medford when the president of Tufts University announced he was scrapping the school’s annual Naked Quad Run. Twelve students were hospitalized and one was arrested at the last Naked Quad Run in December. No word on the number of embarrassed college males.
What we’re following: We’ll, of course, continue to report on the nuclear crisis in Japan, the investigation of Sunday’s chemical plant explosion and the ruling that allows protests at military funerals.