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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us In a argument, assault and battery was reported. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6753196/from-http-spotcrime-com-assault-first-st-and-cambridge-st,-boston,- Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:00:08 -0700 Cambridge resident was stabbed by an unknown person. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6753438/from-http-spotcrime-com-assault-mass-ave-and-pleasant-st-,-boston, Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:08 -0700 CAMBRIDGE - Rumeal Robinson scaled the pinnacle of American sports in April 1989, an ice-in-his-veins basketball player from the streets of Cambridge who sank a pair of pressure-packed free throws to vault the University of Michigan to a storybook national championship. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749343/more-than-a-game-is-on-the-line Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:45:08 -0700 CAMBRIDGE - Rumeal Robinson scaled the pinnacle of American sports in April 1989, an ice-in-his-veins basketball player from the streets of Cambridge who sank a pair of pressure-packed free throws to vault the University of Michigan to a storybook national championship. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749376/more-than-a-game-is-on-the-line Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:45:08 -0700 Wicked Local Cambridge reports a candidate for city council (the immortal Minka vanBuezekom) is baking cookies and handing them out to voters. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742823/if-floon-tried-this,-isd-would-be-on-them-in-a-second Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:17:08 -0700 Free Stuff It's Columbus Day, which means it's time for the Fenway Alliance's annual Opening Our Doors event. That means free admission to everything from the Museum of Fine Arts to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and to just about everything in between. (Including the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749277/monday-happenings Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:10:08 -0700 WORCESTER - A software developer from Cambridge was in the city Saturday to find out if he's as smart as he thinks he is. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6743117/are-you-as-smart-as-you-think- Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:00:08 -0700 Shining light on a secret Iberian bargain Three-year-old ethnic bargain spot Con Sol snuck under reviewers' radar with an Iberian menu that draws mostly on Portuguese-American food — a cuisine that feels native to long-time Cantabrigians, but otherwise is little... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749251/con-sol Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:47:08 -0700 Image by baumannphoto from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr . The T board is dead. Long live the T. [ Boston Globe ] President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. [ New York Times ] A Framingham man, Nathan Brooks, will pilot the Goodyear blimp tonight over... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749289/bite-size-news,-october-9-t-gone-edition Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:55:08 -0700 Image by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research We're big fans of Honk! Festival , Davis Square's annual convergence of lefty, adult marching bands, but we feel like Boston has gotten screwed in years past. HonkFest has been confined to Somerville and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749294/honk-invades-the-neighborhoods Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:30:08 -0700 The MIT Communication Forum presents a discussion about "Race, Politics and American Media" from 5 to 7 tonight at the Bartos Theatre (20 Ames Street, Cambridge). The talk will focus on media coverage of race and politics, touching on Gatesgate , the decline of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749303/race,-politics-and-american-media-forum-at-mit Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:30:08 -0700 Exploding Cow Dept. In high-school English class, we're taught that literature features three basic types of conflict: man versus man, man versus environment, and man versus himself. In high-school English class, we're taught that literature features three basic... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749232/hans-rickheit-versus-the-novel Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:57:08 -0700 The Harvard Square Business Association held its First Annual Urban-Agricultural Fair at Winthrop Park in Cambridge yesterday, in an effort to celebrate locally-grown Cambridge produce and goods. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6726880/celebration-promotes-locally-grown-produce Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:37:08 -0700 A dozen law enforcement and conflict resolution experts have been appointed to the Cambridge Review Committee tasked with analyzing the controversial July arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr., Cambridge officials announced last Thursday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716381/gates-review-panel-announces-members Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:43:08 -0700 CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS -- Home. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716502/erie-region-guard-unit-gets-warm-reception-in-homecoming Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:00:08 -0700 One of David Soane’s best-known start-up companies, California-based Nano-Tex Inc., treats fabrics with a special polymer so they resist oily stains. The serial entrepreneur’s latest venture, Soane Energy LLC, deals with a different kind of oil: The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720390/start-up-seeks-way-to-clean-up-after-oil Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:53:08 -0700 Image tagged "Bostonist" by Flickr user Chris Seufert . Today's Happenings post sadly features a lot of things that aren't happening. Rain has canceled or postponed the JP World's Fair , FensFest , and La Grande Fête , the Union Square Haitian festival. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720341/saturday-happenings Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:50:08 -0700 The Somerville News reports that the lovely Cameron Diaz will visit the decidedly unlovely Nissenbaums Auto Parts between Inman and Union in Somerville to film a movie next Monday, September 21. Road closures are expected in the area, specifically Windsor Street... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720342/cameron-diaz-to-film-movie-in-slummerville Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:00:08 -0700 Matt Damon , who is not dead, thank you very much, is all smiles on the October 2009 cover of Esquire . The Cambridge homeboy, 38, allowed... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6713274/matt-damon-lives-it-up Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:48:08 -0700 Though students looking to occupy their January days with classes on writing or foreign languages won’t be able to find them at Harvard College, they will be able to find them elsewhere in Cambridge—at the Harvard Extension School. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6712815/extension-school-to-offer-january-classes Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:38:08 -0700