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U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:40pm mrmdc

Boston Globe -- Attorney General Martha Coakley announced this morning that Turner Broadcasting System will pay $2 million in restitution and other compensation for last week's bomb scares that paralyzed parts of the Boston region... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 9:22am neoform

Reuters -- Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay the full cost -- around $1 million -- of a security alert in Boston triggered by battery-powered cartoon advertising signs for one of its shows, The Boston Globe reported on Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 4:58pm neoform

CNN -- Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing electronic light boards that caused a bomb scare Wednesday in Boston... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 8:35am neoform

CBS News -- Boston police say they have made in arrest in connection to the suspicious device scare that turned out to be a marketing ploy for a television cartoon. The Peter Berdvosky was arrested in Arlington Wednesday night and charged under a recently enacted sta.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 4:53pm mrmdc

CNN -- Five suspicious packages planted throughout Boston Wednesday forced the shutdown of major roads, a bridge and a stretch of the Charles River... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jul 1, 2007 @ 12:19am neoform

USA Today -- The busy shipping lanes in and out of Boston Harbor will be narrowed and shifted northward Sunday in a bid to lower the risk of rare right whales being killed by ships. It's the first time in U.S. history shipping lanes have been changed to protect wil.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

FOX News -- A 7-year-old boy fatally shot an 8-year-old cousin while they were playing with an illegal, unregistered gun at home in Boston, authorities said. Police were still searching for the child and his mother following the Sunday night shooting of LaQuarrie.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 11:09am neoform

Yahoo News -- Police are investigating a fight that broke out between two men during a Boston Pops concert this week and will refer the case to a magistrate to determine if charges are appropriate. No charges were filed after Wednesday night's incident, which drew i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 22, 2007 @ 11:14am neoform

FOX News -- A body found by divers in Boston Harbor Wednesday has been identified as that of a missing Navy petty officer. Navy Lt. Paul Brawley confirmed Wednesday night the body recovered just off Long Wharf is that of Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Willis, 26,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 10:19pm neoform

FOX News -- A body has been found in Boston Harbor, near the tourist area where a missing Navy sailor disappeared on Friday, according to local news reports. Divers from the fire department discovered the body Wednesday near the Long Wharf pier, just opposite the.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Feb 9, 2007 @ 2:51pm mrmdc

Slate -- Turner Broadcasting will pay the state of Massachusetts $2 million in compensation for a guerilla ad campaign that went terribly awry last week when devices meant to promote a show on the Cartoon Network were mistaken for the handiwork of terrorists... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 8, 2007 @ 6:28pm neoform

Mercury News -- So much for the notion that any publicity - even bad publicity - is helpful: Ratings hardly went up for the Cartoon Network show with the ad campaign that briefly paralyzed Boston. Blinking electronic devices planted around Boston to promote "Aqua Teen.. Read More