Texts of the week
Recently we asked our readers to text in their thoughts on the best new cd they’ve heard, and who should succeed Tim Russert as moderator of Meet the Press. Here’s what two of them had to say:
The best all around cd of late - EVIL URGES, from My Morning Jacket. Strange at first but by the second listen through you WILL be hooked!
Andrea Mitchell or BBCs Katty Kay would be perfect for Meet The Press!
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Citizen arrest, Does Boston hate the BPD?, $50 million worth of mistakes, More 
- Citizen arrest
When it comes to violent crime, Boston Mayor Tom Menino has some advice for his constituents: trust the police and help them do their jobs.
- Does Boston hate the BPD?
When Kathleen O’Toole served as Boston police commissioner, from early 2004 through mid 2006, she and Mayor Thomas Menino seemed in constant denial of the spiraling violence and shocking police scandals that were roiling the city.
- $50 million worth of mistakes
Mistakes by Boston city workers — especially the police — have cost the city more than $50 million over the past four years. The breakdown: Inside the "Oops" fund. By David S. Bernstein Among the uninsured: How other cities handle their mistakes. By David S. Bernstein
- Menino: Get help!
Tom: take a deep breath. Count to ten. Think serene thoughts.
- The war over peace
In the early infancy of this five-week-old year, Boston has been rocked by four homicides and 10 non-fatal shootings. By the time this goes to print, there may well be more.
- Righting a staggering wrong
US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan should launch an investigation into how that department managed to help convict the wrong man in the 1997 shooting of a Boston cop.
- The 11th Annual Muzzle Awards
Freedom of expression may be guaranteed by the Constitution. But it’s an idea we have to fight for every day.
- More police problems
Anyone who watches police dramas such as Law & Order or CSI might get the idea that cops from time to time stretch the envelope.
- When a bicyclist falls in the city, does it make a noise?
Learning to cycle safely on Boston streets is a tempering process.
- When inadvertent lite-brite terrorists attack
The following is a rough timeline of the events, which led Boston police and city officials to hunt down Aqua Teen Hunger Force mooninite displays, believing, at first, that they were bombs, then suspecting that the ads were part of an elaborate terrorist hoax.
- Veterans won’t let veterans march
Maine Veterans for Peace may not be allowed to march in Portland’s Veterans Day parade this year, because parade organizers and participants object to the group’s anti-war politics.
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