HUB-WIDE—The prime boosters of the Boston Olympics say the price tag will be $8.1B, give or take: "That seems simple enough. But if you believe that $8.1 billion will be the final price, then I'd like to introduce you to an investment adviser named Bernie Madoff. It's not that Olympics boosters are trying to pull a fast one on us, but history has not been on their side — bid budgets have rarely come even remotely close to the final numbers." [Globe]
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CAMBRIDGE—The City Council just made it tougher to light up in more public spaces, including playgrounds, though the new rules will not take effect until June 1: "Changing the date the law went into effect was even easier, since otherwise potentially dozens of storekeepers big and small were turned into violators overnight." [Day]