Morning Updates: Tonight’s a good night to witness a meteor shower
Good morning, Boston. This year’s big meteor shower should be particularly bright, Brady and Goodell head to the courtroom, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a meteor shower: “This week take a little drive to the beach, a field, or anywhere dark with a clear view. Bring a blanket and a pocket full of wishes, because the annual Perseid meteor shower will fill the sky with shooting stars. At its peak, between Aug. 11 and Aug. 14, an average of one shooting star a minute will zip through the night sky. … [T]his year the peak coincides with the new moon of Aug. 14. That means that the best night to point your pupils at the sky is Thursday, Aug. 13 – you’ll get the most showers with the least moonlight to outshine them.’’ (The New York Times)
How a couple nicknamed the “Frugalwoods’’ plan to retire by 33: “This involves what the pair calls ‘insourcing.’ What most people pay others to do, they do themselves. They cut each other’s hair. They don’t eat out. They do their own home repairs. They buy everything used (including their 19-year-old car), and always accept free hand-me-downs. They provide their own entertainment.’’ (Boston.com)
Selfies in the voting booth are now legal: “New Hampshire primary voters rejoice! You may once again take ‘ballot selfies.’ A federal judge Monday repealed the Granite State’s law banning photos of filled-out election ballots, ruling that it violated the First Amendment.’’ (Boston.com)
Where Boston cyclists get killed: “At least 13 people have been killed while bicycling on city streets in the last five years, ranging in age from 8 to 74. They have been hit by buses, struck down by cars, fallen into traffic, and — most frequently and recently — swallowed under massive trucks.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Each red dot represents a fatal bycicle accident.
Summer of love: “This weekend, [the four couples] will gather once again to celebrate long, happy marriages that are linked by a shared history that they discovered only after they became friends: All four couples were married on the same summer day: Aug. 15, 1965. … The 50 years that followed were filled with the typical trappings of family life. All four wives started out as teachers, working while their husbands finished medical and law school. Soon enough, all their roads led to Swampscott.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Brady and Goodell – and their lawyers – head to court: “U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman ordered the men to appear before him Wednesday at an initial hearing in Manhattan after the NFL sued the players union two weeks ago. … On Tuesday, Berman asked Goodell and Brady, along with lawyers, to appear before him privately a half hour before a public court session. He said he wants to learn the status of negotiations. He also asked them to continue negotiating prior to the hearing.’’ (ABC News)
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