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Cursing helps, fruit-bat fellatio and other 2010 Ig Nobel Award winners
By Marc Levy
Published: September 30, 2010
Scientists and researchers from around the world gathered Thursday for the year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremonies, celebrating such astonishing advances as confirming that swearing relieves pain, that organizations would be more efficient if they promoted people at random and that whale snot is best collected using a remote-controlled helicopter.
Sign opponents announce effort to overturn law
By Marc Levy
Published: September 30, 2010
Opponents of changes to Cambridge’s sign law, voted in Monday, aren’t giving up. Instead, they’re gathering signatures for a referendum question to overturn parts of the law.
Top biologists offer free lecture, fundraising dinner Friday
By Marc Levy
Published: September 29, 2010
How we understand and protect the wild living world, how we can do these things better and why we should care will be addressed by Harvard’s E.O. Wilson and Daniel Janzen, of the University of Pennsylvania and nonprofit Area de Conservación Guanacaste, at a free lecture and discussion and fundraising dinner Friday.
Nice shot: Wainwright isn’t branching out
By Marc Levy
Published: September 29, 2010
Wainwright Bank hasn’t changed its advertising much in the past six years. It’s still funny in ways the friendly institution probably doesn’t intend.
District notes gaps, focuses on positives in MCAS results
By Marc Levy
Published: September 29, 2010
Results of the year’s MCAS standardized test were mixed, Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Young said, giving the edge to “areas of substantial growth.”
Council OKs sign ordinance in bitter 6-3 split
By Marc Levy
Published: September 28, 2010
Changes to the city sign ordinance passed Monday in an acrimonious series of votes by the City Council, culminating in a 6-3 vote that capped a three-and-a-half-hour meeting.
U.S. investigates Helmand owner, Journal says
By Marc Levy
Published: September 28, 2010
Mahmood Karzai, owner of The Helmand restaurant in East Cambridge and brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, is under investigation on corruption charges from U.S. prosecutors, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Porter iParty Halloween store could become permanent
By Marc Levy
Published: September 25, 2010
The iParty Halloween store open in the Porter Square Galleria may become permanent, a manager said Saturday — significant because it fills space left empty by one of the three large retailers who have left in the past year.
Colleges flocking to fair another sign of charter school’s growth
By Justin T. Martin
Published: September 24, 2010
More than two dozen colleges and universities from across the country sent representatives to the Community Charter School of Cambridge on Wednesday for the school’s inaugural college fair.
Rep. Wolf invites residents to office hours
By Marc Levy
Published: September 23, 2010
State Rep. Alice K. Wolf is holding office hours in Cambridge from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, legislative aide Emily B. Szargowicz said, open to hearing about any issues of concern to residents.