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Quirks of Literature Dept ... The books — a quartet of them, each five-by-five, smaller than a CD case — feel like treasures, handsome little volumes, a different gem of a story in each ... The books — a quartet of them, each five-by-five, smaller than a CD case — feel like treasures, handsome little volumes, a different gem of a story in each. The one by Aimee Bender, sharp surrealist, features a miner, a logger, a bluebird, and a swan. Rebecca Lee's Bobcat details a dinner party and

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Two women arrested after Brighton bank robbery

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Published Dec. 15, 2009 at 2:54 p.m.

Two women are under arrest in Boston for their alleged involvement in a Brighton bank robbery after a detail officer spotted their getaway car from his post, police said ...

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A Bean grows in Brighton

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Published Nov. 17, 2009 at 3:21 p.m.

How five guys in a garage put together Boston's biggest little snowboard brand ... Deep in a Brighton garage, five guys are dreaming of winter ... Deep in a Brighton garage, five guys are dreaming of winter. Leaves, not snow, cover the ground, and the only slope in sight is the gradual incline of the long driveway back to their concrete bunker. But in an unheated and windowless double-bay space, tucked behind an old house in a quiet residential neighborhood, five entrepreneurs are designing and

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Residents want Charlesview vote delayed

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Published Oct. 29, 2009 at 10:36 p.m.

A group of Allston and Brighton residents wants the Boston Redevelopment Authority board to postpone a vote on a controversial project in the neighborhood ... The Allston ...

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Punjab Palace

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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 10:08 a.m.

A quality Indian bargain spot deserving of multiple visits ... Punjab Palace — by the same owners of Kenmore Square’s India Quality — “proves to be the kind of kid brother that would make any older sibling proud,” my colleague MC Slim JB wrote last year. That’s true, but this is also another second-tier Indian restaurant. So why do Slim and I like it so much? ... CUBISM: Kulfi, the original ice cream — here cut into cubes — offers cooling cardamom and pistachio flavor. It’s

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The importance of being Ernie

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Published Oct. 19, 2009 at 2:40 p.m.

What drives Howie Carr’s anonymous tormentor? ... Media feuds don’t come any nastier than the metastasizing spat between Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr and one “Ernie Boch III,” the pseudonymous blogger at the liberal Web site Blue Mass. Group. (Note: the blogger is no relation to the car dealer.) ... Media feuds don’t come any nastier than the metastasizing spat between Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr and one “Ernie Boch III,” the pseudonymous blogger at the liberal Web

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Carnal knowledge

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Published Oct. 6, 2009 at 4:15 p.m.

Nick Cave’s bad Bunny ... When I interviewed Nick Cave for the Phoenix three years ago and he told me — drolly, languidly, literarily — that his next writing project was about “a sexually incontinent hand-cream salesman” on the south coast of England, I assumed he was taking the piss ... DEAR OH DEAR: Drugs everywhere, and seedy companions; terrible scenes in bottle-filled kitchens ... The Death of Bunny Munro ... By Nick Cave Faber & Faber 288 pages $25 ... Well, I don’t know

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Review: Various artists | Tru Thoughts Covers

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Published Sept. 15, 2009 at 4:16 p.m.

Tru Thoughts (2009) ... Brighton-based label Tru Thoughts emerged at the dawn of the millennium with hit down-tempo/IDM acts like Bonobo ...

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Dawat Fine Indian Cuisine

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 4:42 p.m.

Exactly what you'd expect — and then some ... Dawat does what all other Indian restaurants do — sometimes better — with newish things besides ... THE DAWAT SPECIAL: This platter — whether vegetarian or not — shows off the merits of fresh frying and the use of varied spice mixtures ... Dawat Fine Indian Cuisine 129 Brighton Avenue, Allston 617.562.0200 Open daily, 11:30 am–3 pm and 5–11 pm AE, MC, VI Beer and wine Sidewalk-level access No valet parking ... Dawat does what

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