[act-ma] Top Stories from Open Media Boston (week of 7/4/08)

[Jason Pramas]

[please forward widely]

Hi folks,

Be sure to check out this week's top stories at www.openmediaboston.org:

News: Activists, Lobbyists, and Legislators Rally to Cut Emissions
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/225

News: Former Seafood Palace Workers Hold South Boston Protest to Demand 
Back Wages
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/221

Editorial: Congrats, Concerns as Tax Reform Package Passed by Mass. 
Legislature
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/228

Arts: WALL-E Pulls Few Punches in Fine Environmental Family Flick
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/226

Arts: Honk! Bands March to the Beat of Their Own Drums
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/218

Tech: Copyright? What Copyright? Your Guide to Bittorrent Software, 
Security and Services
http://www.openmediaboston.org/node/227


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Jason Pramas
Editor/Publisher
Open Media Boston
www.openmediaboston.org

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